My girl Lago hasn’t changed much after being bonded to Panko. I’m not sure about Panko since he wasn’t around before. Lago still comes up to me and nudges me and puts her paws on my legs while I’m sitting at the desk. Panko does like being petted too, it seems. I wouldn’t say in my case that Lago has changed and is ignoring me. Panko seems to be warming up to me slowly as well.

I think it is a myth or maybe just a passing phase, when the bond is very new; my quartet is crazy about me when I sit in their pen. They all bug me for attention at the same time.

I bonded Max to Meadow immediately after getting him, so I never really developed that bond with him.

Meadow I had for almost a year prior, so I was very close with her. The buns tend to do their own thing now. She’ll still come up to me for pets, but it’s not frantic, “I want your attention!” behavior. Some of it could be her age too, she’s naturally mellowing out.

You need to also remember, you’re always going to be “the bringer of food”. So if you can get them excited about your coming with food, you should be able to sneak some pets at that time.

Otto was never super social or sweet and he became less so after bonding. He’s still mostly friendly, but likes pets much less now than before being bonded. Otherwise his personality is the same though – he likes to run up to me and climb on me as long as I don’t try to pet him.

I started bonding Hannah almost as soon as she arrived, so it’s hard to say. She’s always been pretty affectionate and loved attention and she got more so after bonding. I think being with Otto helped calm her down and spending extra time with us made her more comfortable.

Wait the full month, hormone levels need to die down and she needs to be fully healed.

And just a little observation I have had bonding my 2 girls the last few days: Monkey is more open to pets now from me. Before… Queen of No-Touchy, she was. So not all buns get more distanced from their owners. Some get closer!

I think if you have a good bond with them each before you bond them together, they shouldn’t change too much. I never took the time to bond with Lolli before bonding her with Eddie because I didn’t realize this would make a difference for her. She will never be a snuggle bun but she has bonded more to me since Eddie passed away.

As for Eddie, the only thing I ever noticed was he liked hanging out with her instead of me. Which was good and bad. It was what I wanted but I ended up wishing he’d visit me on the couch more than he did. lol He went from completely driving me bonkers by having to be ON me all the time to completely ignoring me in that sense. But his personality didn’t change – he was still my little snugglebun goofball.

With females you must wait a full month. They have undergone a very invasive surgery and it’s going to take a long time for that to completely heal. In addition, the 4 weeks gives them time to regulate their hormones again.

When I got my first rabbit, Bunny, I couldn’t believe how affectionate he was. He was constantly jumping up on the couch to be petted, he would force his head under my hand, he would groom my feet . . . Then we got Rexy. Bunny was still affectionate but now he had someone who actually spoke his language. With my pets, I have always tried to have at least 2 of any one species so they will have someone to talk to, bond with — 2 budgies, 2 cats . . . Since I have had multiple bunnies since the first one, I have never experienced the closeness I had with Bunny with any of my other crew. But I am content knowing they have each other. And yes, I am the “bringer of food” and treats and smart bunnies like they are, they never let me think they don’t need me!