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- 03/22/2017 at 10:29 PM
  aporian
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  Almost four years ago I rescued Flopsy, a lionhead, from a very hostile farm. Since they were selling the bunnies for food, they had around six bunnies, including the mother all inside a wire cage. He was the second bunny we rescued, the first one, Lord, was only 2 months older than dear Flops. At that time I didn’t knew much about the bonding process so I only brought Flopsy home expecting that he would get along with Lord (Ah!, btw they are both male, both neutered). Actually, they never attacked each other, except that Flopsy did seemed a bit more aggressive than Lord. Flopsy sometimes would bite him or hump him, but I’d say like a 51% of the time, he would spend laying down with Lord. Flopsy never liked to be petted or held and he rarely licked any member of my family. But still we took care of him. We love that aggressive little bun.
  
  Two days ago, Lord passed away from an illness which we still don’t know what caused it, not even the vet. The thing is I don’t know if Flopsy will react the same way like bonded bunnies would, with all the mourning and stuff. I do admit I didn’t get the chance to bring Lord body to Flopsy so I’m a bit scared he’s still waiting for him. But at the same time I’m not sure if they ever did bond. Right now I see Flops and he’s eating normally but I do see him a little more jumpy and active, so I do think he’s searching for Lord now.
  
  Now that I feel that Flopsy looking for Lord, I’m not sure if later I should bond him with a new bunny, ok, more like I’m not sure if his aggressive attitude will let him bond with any bunny.
  
  Help!
- 03/22/2017 at 11:21 PM
  vanessa
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  I’m sorry for you loss 🙁 I have a bonded but extremely dominant bunny Guin. Her pal Lancelot is very sick, and I sometimes wonder when it will be his time to pass on. If that happens, I’ll have to decide whether to keep Guin as a single, or bond he with my other pair. She is dominant and agressive, but she and Lancelot are crazy cuddly. How long have yrou bunny’s been living togethe? It sounds like they were indeed bonded. Differen trabbits behave differently. Som hump more than others. Guin and Lancelot never humped eachother – not once. Lancelot never bit Guin once. He has always been very laid back. My other pair used to humpe eachother a lot. They are all different. The other pair I’ve had for 3-4 years, and they are not bonded with me. They barely let me touch them. I can pet them in the mornings when I feed them, but just like you cared for your aggressive bunny anyway, I care for these two anyway. Even if they never bond with me. I didn’t bring Merlin’s body back to Guin when he passed away (her first bunny pal). She searched for him for a while, moped, became sad, and after a month, she cheered up. I gave her a stuffy which helped. Perhaps Flopsy woudl appreciate a stuffy? Give him time to adjust and grieve, and then reevaluate. Some bunnies can be happy as singles, others would prefer pals. Singe aggressive-Guin managed to bond to Lancelot and Merlin, I’m sure she can bond to another-bun, although the prospect is scary. I think it would be the same with Flopsy.
- 03/22/2017 at 11:47 PM
  aporian
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  Lord and Flopsy lived together for almost four years until, of course, Lord passed away.
  
  Thank you so much for the advice! I will give him time and definitely give him a stuffy. You helped me a lot. I thought I was the only one with an aggressive bun since I couldn’t find any information about how to bond this type of bunny.
- 03/23/2017 at 9:13 AM
  vanessa
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  4 years- I’d say bonded. Even bonded buns have small tiffs. Avalon and Morgana have a one or two humping-reminder sessions a year, and when Avalon gets really exited about something, like a new cardboard box, or a new rabbit in the room, or frustration at me trying a trio bond, or he is just super exited because it is morning and he is getting pellets – he chases and nips Morgana. It’s not often, but it does happen. This morning Avalon chased Morgana around the room for a few seconds because she was in his cardboard box. Poor girl! Very seldom does Guin get nippy with Lancelot. She only really gets nippy when he is in a diaper and she wants to rip it off, or she is feeling particularly energetic and wants him to join her. But she was very very aggressive during their bonding.
  Stuffies can be great. Not all bunnies take to them – I think it depends on what they need emotionally at that point in their life. Guin just can’t do without snuggling, so she is either hanging around my ankles for petting, or snuggling up to Lancelot, or snuggling u to her stuffy when Lancelot is feeling too ill to snuggle.
  You know how you bond an aggressive bunny VERY CAREFULLY!
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  Poor Flopsy, I wish him all the best.
- 03/23/2017 at 7:51 PM
  LBJ10
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  I honestly would not let his dominance/aggression prevent you from trying to find him a new friend. Oddly, sometimes that type of personality is the kind that benefits the most from a (submissive) friend.
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