Hi all, our boy bunny Augie is 3 now and his bonded friend Aurie girl is 2 yo. They’ve been de-sexed at early age and been bonded for 1.5 years now. Since September (spring in Australia) Augie started humping Aurie. He’s always the top bunny and usually the hump doesn’t last long we just let them work out their bunny hierarchy. 

However we moved house 2 weeks ago, this is the first time they changed home as a bonded pair and it didn’t seem to be going so well! They got their own room where they are kept in their condo during the day and get let out to the full room twice a day when I will go sit on the floor with them. Augie seems to be more anxious than excited. He keeps chasing Aurie, honking, pulling lots of her fur off while trying to get a hold of her(he’s slightly shorter than her).

Another weird thing is he almost always only humps her when a human enters the room. When they are in their condo, I’d leave their room door open, I can hear there’s no thumping or humping and if I sneak a peak into their room, they’re often flopped next to each other or eating together. But as soon as he sees us in the room, he thumps and start chasing her. Sometimes he loses interest if I stay in the room long enough, but if I move suddenly, he’d start again.

He’s not aggresive towards us though, he definitely remembers our smell and he’d eat food we provide and receives petting if he’s calm. He also binkies and does bunny 500 but they always start with a thump and a honk.

In the first week their poops were small and dry because they barely drank water, but this week their water comsumption increased back to normal and poops are looking round and full again. But when he’s chasing her, I try to distract him with his favorite treats but only 50% the time it works, other time he would sniff and run away to her. 

All of their stuff, beddings, toys and food are from the old house. However the previous owner of this house did have 2 cats. We got the carpet steam cleaned and sterilised but there might still be cat smell left?

Anyone here had a hormonal bunny? We were wondering what steps can we do while we are waiting for spring to end? She’s lost quite a lot of her fur on the back due to his biting and it’s hard to watch them like this – they seem stressed and uncomfortable T_T

Thanks in advance,

Megan

Edit – She’s not scared of him, she has more interests in exploring the world and bonding, but with him always dragging behind her, she’s just annoyed. They don’t fight, she’s more athletic so she’s able to run away from him. I think she wants to be his friend but he doesn’t want to snuggle at least not when we’re around.