I can’t offer any advice as I’m dealing with the same situation. I have two separate bunnies because my female is super territorial and aggressive. And my male is a total sweetheart who just wants to be friends. I will have to keep up with this thread when you get some responses.

I am currently trying to bond my rabbits. This has been on and off for a good while now. I have a thread going on right now about bonding my 2 again.
I have an aggressive male Usagi who would always attack my other rabbit. I didn’t start with stress bonding and I wish I had.
You mentioned that you are bonding on the kitchen island. Are they in a box or something? I would start out in a small box where they have no room to really fight. There are many ways to stress bond. One that I think works well when you can do it is take them for a car ride. Sometimes setting them on top of a dryer that is running also works. For me it didn’t work for long. Its good to have them in a small container or one you can pick up and move when the fighting begins. That’s what I do. I have dragged the box on the floor and walked them around. Since I had some cool late afternoon early evenings I have taken them outside that was also stress bonding for them being they don’t go outside. I would try something like that.
I am no bonding expert since I am still trying to bond my 2 but those are some ideas you can try. I hope it gets better. You will have to keep us update!
Best of luck!

I have the SAME situation – except Chipper is my sweetie grump and Licorice is my happy guy. Then we added Luna hoping to break the stress, and it’s only seemed to add to it!

Chipper is my lunge/biter. There is video of it. Praying at some point these tiny fools chill and love on each other. How cute would 3 snuggling hairy buns be?!

I’m having trouble too. My 3 year old female is mean and grunts and lounges at the new bunny (6 weeks old).

They are fine when I put them in the laundry basket, but when you take them out she starts running away from him and then lounges and grunts at him.

Ditto. I’m dealing with the same issue. I have my buns in a laundry basket right now, and they still fight however I’m able to break it up better. My advice is keep them in a small space and be prepared for it to take a long time. We’re a week in and even with stress bonding my Flemish is still so tense that he starts fights once I stop petting him.

Once you’ve got them in a small space, try to end on a good note. Give them
A treat together. Some sessions will only be minutes long, but it’s better to be quick and end on a good note then longer and end in catastrophe.

*sigh* it seems like we’re not the lucky ones that have buns who fall immediately in love. But keep going! Small steps are still steps!

I would put them in a small box where they can sit side by side but without much room to move around. This makes them be close to each other and there is not much room for fighting. I would just place them side by side not face to face. Move the box around if fighting starts it will usually break it up. I would suggest a car ride if you can. A lot of people told me the same it works pretty good. Rabbits don’t usually like car rides so they can seek each other out for comfort during the ride. It doesn’t have to be long. My boy rabbit use to be extremely aggressive but now through stress bonding he is the one grooming and seeking comfort from my female rabbit during stress bonding. Now if you cant go for a car ride place the box on top of a moving dryer or drag it on the ground or carry it. The point of stress bonding is stressing them . I would stop from time to time and pet them if they are doing good and tell them that. if they start fighting pick the box up. Or move it around. You can also try turning on a vaccum cleaner if they start fighting.
I have been trying to bond mine for quite sometime. I had really bad fighting with mine. Take things slow I would try short bonding sessions and I hope these suggestions help you out. They really have helped me. When they seem to not be fighting in the smaller box move up to a bigger box but not too big you might get set backs and I have had plenty of those. hehe If the fighting doesn’t stop I would suggest taking some time off without letting your rabbits see each other. my last break was several months and I think its what I needed. Best of luck to you!

I now have 3 buns that I adopted all this year at different times. 3 different litters and 3 different ages and all now bonded! I was told told not to get all girls etc etc. What I know about buns came from the internet and this site and constantly doing my research. Im far from knowing even alot about buns, but I hope this gives you hope as it can be done. Patience Good luck!