Bonding that ended with Biting

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- 09/17/2013 at 11:40 AM
  Mrs.HoneyBun
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  I have 2 female bunnies. Honey bun (my baby) and Waffles (so far- little evil spawn), both are spayed. Honeybun use to not care about Waffles and would hop around happy, do her own thing. Well Waffles is aggressive and escaped from her cage twice and attacked Honeybun. Now they go at eachother all the time. I’ve tried normal bonding with no luck and stress bonding in the tub with some luck. Honeybun has 5 huge scabs on around her neck from Waffles biting. Since the last attack by Waffles, Honeybun has been stalking Waffles’ cage waiting to buck her in the face. What should I do? Should I wait to bond again until the scabs are healed? Should I put their cages in seperate rooms? I’m scared of my bunny getting hurt again.
  
  Thanks in advance for all advice!
- 09/17/2013 at 11:50 AM
  Sarita
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  I’m moving this to the bonding thread.
- 09/17/2013 at 11:57 AM
  Mrs.HoneyBun
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  Sorry, more or less I was curious about the what I should do about biting, which I was thinking it would go under “care”. My bad.
- 09/17/2013 at 4:23 PM
  Baxter n Boos Mom
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  I am not an expert on bonding, by any stretch, but since Waffles is an escape artist, and Honeybun is stressed and sounds like she’s looking to get even – I would probably move Waffles to another room/area for a little while, and then start again later.
- 09/17/2013 at 4:58 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  When was your last bonding session? Sometimes a break of about a month can help. I would probably take a break and then start with some stress bonding right away. Maybe a car ride. And make sure Waffles can’t get to Honey at all, if she escapes as this will only make the bonding more difficult (and somebunny could get hurt).
- 09/17/2013 at 7:49 PM
  MoveDiagonally
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  A month long break would probably be a good idea as the aggression seems to be building. If you can’t keep Waffle in her cage then I would house them in separate rooms. Contact in a territorial area could lead to serious injuries and hurt their ability to bond.
  
  Bonding sessions in the bath tub aren’t really stress bonding. If you do decide to try again I would suggest car rides, box/basket on the washing machine, box/basket dragging/shaking, etc…
- 09/20/2013 at 3:36 PM
  Mrs.HoneyBun
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  Thank you all so much! I’m about 2 weeks away from moving. So everything is 1/2 packed up and everything that is not packed up, is in the wrong place. Lol. Going to try to keep the peace between them until we move and can separate them into different rooms. However, I did try the stress bonding with a laundry basket … and it went great! They were huddled together for about 10 minutes. Not to much action … which is a great thing. Waffles (typically the aggressor) was huddled over HoneyBun like she was protecting her. It just melted my heart!
  
  Thanks for the advice again!
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