New(ish) bunny owner here! I have two bonded rabbits, each a little over a year old. One is male and one is female, both were ‘fixed’ about 6 months ago.

They bonded very easily, never even fought once during bonding. Upon their first meeting there was some humping, then just grooming.

They have lived together with no fighting for four months. The only issue was sometimes Fiona, the female, tried to hump Hugo, the male. He is a very chill rabbit and never nipped, just ran away to hide. Then he’d hop out and usually they were good, grooming etc.

But a few weeks ago I noticed Fiona humping him constantly, and he kept running away. Yesterday, I heard scuffling in the cage and saw Fiona leaping in a weird way on and off Hugo, and fur flying everywhere! I threw a blanket over her, which stopped it. Neither rabbit was bleeding, but there were big clumps of fur from Hugo, and some from Fiona, littering the cage. 

To see if they were ok together, I then let them both out of their cage to hop around the living room. They were fine and shared some hay. I thought maybe it was just a little scuffle, and let them back into their cage (while watching them). They lay side by side, Hugo groomed Fiona’s ears for a bit. Then Hugo got up to go to the bathroom, and they started fighting again!

I now have them separated by a wire grid down the middle of the cage (which is sad, since it’s not really enough room for either but I have a really small apartment and can’t fit a larger cage). I was afraid of more fighting. They seemed fine with this, until today Fiona started lunging at the gate, trying to ‘box’ Hugo. He didn’t seemed bothered, I think he is a little slow on the uptake.

I’m really upset about this…does anyone know why this kind of thing happens, or what to do about it? Both bunnies have a good appetite and seem healthy, and nothing major happened with their home situation or anything. Does anyone have any advice? I am moving house soon, is there a possibility that in a new, ‘neutral’ territory they may get along again?

Thanks in advance!