This definitely sounds like progress! Do you have a laundry basket you could put them in? Like have them in the neutral area so they are still feeling unsure. Put them in the laundry basket and immediately start shuffling them around so they don’t have time to even think about what just happened. I really think stressing will go a long way here if you can get them into a laundry basket without them fighting before you can stress them.

Sounds like progress!

I agree with LBJ. If one bunny is more aggressive you can even pre-shuffle/stress the aggressive one in the basket before adding the second rabbit which can discourage fighting before you shuffle them some more.

I think Licorice will be fine.  Stress bonding is supposed to put them in an uncomfortable situation so they seek comfort in each other. Either or both bunny being a little “upset” is going to happen but long term it’s not hurting them. 

I used this method when bonding my trio and quintet. After the initial stressing them in the basket I would jostle/shuffle it whenever they showed any aggression. This would stress them out a bit again and usually stop any bickering. 

Here are three of mine in a basket.  

You sound like you’re pretty close to having them bonded, it just takes that last push to have them cuddling. One of my bunnies was completely lax and flopped the last days of the bonding and the other just seemed to loathe his very existence. She would just sit in the corner away from him and every once in a while start chasing him. It drove me crazy because he would try to cuddle with her butt and she would just move away because she hated him so much. I basically moved them into a really small area for the times she was being standoffish. I put them in a box or something that basically forced them to be together. Honestly they still chase each other and nip every once in a while still and they’ve been together for at least a couple months. Sometimes bunnies just don’t love each other 100% of the time. But like others have recommended force them into a small area like a laundry basket and just make them touch as much as possible. Also the banana on the head trick worked numbers. I got the more relaxed bunny to groom the standoffish bunny and that definitely helped them a lot. Just rub mashed banana on the head, the standoffish bunny will feel like royalty and eventually give in to love. It’s funny now though because my relaxed bunny gets all the grooming.

That’s a great improvement!

They just look weird from the top. In the pic I posted are two mix breed bunnies (I don’t think they have any Lionhead in them, no manes) and an English Lop. I also have two more English Lops that aren’t pictured (all my bunnies are in my signature picture). The most difficult to bond were my two male E. Lops because they are both very dominant bunnies.

YES my lionhead is super skittish it drives me nuts haha. I had also heard they could be notoriously skittish. She loves to snuggle next to me on the couch but when she’s running around she acts like I’m going to hunt her down or something. And yeah she was the problem bunny during bonding. My lop (Sherlock) was aggressive initially but once we got over that hump, the hardest part was getting Simba (lionhead) to love him. She refused to even look at him sometimes -_- but we are past that now luckily.

What happened is definitely not bad. I would call it a positive sign. Keep it up, it sounds like they will get there eventually.

So a little stress from an unplanned source helped push them together? Sounds really cute. I tried to follow your link, but facebook says it can’t find it.

Bonding is sometimes a step forward, step back, forward, and so on. I think you’re making good progress and there’s no reason to give up at this point. It sounds like they’re closer to being bonded now then they’ve ever been.

I agree. This sounds like only a tiny set back. Have you paid any attention to what is going on when Chipper starts becoming hostile? Perhaps something is triggering him. If you can figure it out, maybe you can find a way to work around it. In the meantime, keep with the stress bonding. It sounds like they did well when Licorice was startled the other night.