stress bonding-how often and how long?

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- 08/09/2014 at 4:45 PM
  mossling
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  We did our first bonding attempt with the boys today. We put them in a nic cube and shook them around for a bit. There was a bit of snuggling, Pond groomed Pitch’s head a little. We let them sit in the cube for a minute, then but the back in their separate cages. So when your stress bonding buns, how long do you leave the together, and how often? How will I know their ready to move away from the stress and on to neutral territory?
- 08/09/2014 at 6:10 PM
  Mocha
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  It’s all eventually up to you and how well they are together. I would do it 1-2 times a day starting at 5 minutes and gradually increasing every day. I would do it for maybe a week, and then see how they get along in a neutral area. Do the stress bonding until they stop fighting (mainly chasing, and biting, but a little lunging is okay. My bunnies have been bonding their entire 2 years of life and still sometimes lunge at eachother.)
- 08/09/2014 at 7:48 PM
  MoveDiagonally
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  As Mocha said it’s different for each bonding. Some of my bondings had exclusively stress bonding sessions at first and then eventually only when aggression would pop up.
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