Hello everyone! I have a male and a female lionhead bunny from the same litter, who are now three and a half months old. My little boy, Parsnip, is due to be neutered on 2nd June, and Pomegranate is booked for her spay on 14th July. I’ve read a lot of varying advice on how long to wait after a spay to begin bonding, anything from 2 weeks to 6 months, so I’m wondering if there are any signs to look out for which will tell me when her hormones have drained enough to begin the bonding process?

Do you think it’s a good idea to start prebonding now, or is it a bit early still? They are currently living on separate levels of a two storey rabbit condo, and I’ve been swapping litterboxes and water bowls every few days. Their play area is attached to their cage, so they can see each other when either one is having playtime, but they’re not able to touch. I split them into their separate floors about 3 weeks ago, and switched them around yesterday, so I’m wondering if I should continue switching their homes at the moment, and how frequently would be effective without stressing them out from continually changing their environment.

I’m hoping to be able to bond them by the end of September, as I’m going away for a week then and it will be easier on both the bunnies and my sitter if they can live contentedly together, so I want to do as much as I can to facilitate that (of course, bunnies usually have other ideas, so I’ll make the best of it with my sitter if need be!). Any advice is greatly appreciated!