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You didnt bond him into their bond and you know hes not fixed. Hormonal rabbits cannot bond and rabbits who didnt even go through a bond cant bond. You got lucky with your first two.
That said, thank you for taking him in! He needs to be separated from them, however. He needs to be kept apart from them until he is neutered and youve gone through bonding sessions with them all
Note that when bonding a trio, it can cause the first bond to completely split and they may never bond again. Try with caution. (I say as someone with a trio) -
Hi Mikey,
Thank you so much. Yes. I have completely seperated them now. Pepper and Oreo are in their pen and I have taken the enclosed cage out of the pen and at the other end of the house so they are completely seperated. I’ll let them out to have their run around time but seperately, will that be okay you think? I feel so bad… I’ve obviously upset Pepper, but by the way he was loving toward Milo and they were all grooming, I thought I’d be okay…. obviously not. He will be getting fixed in the next week or so and then I’ll start slowly bonding them.. any tips and tricks I should be aware of?
thank you kindly for your help. As it’s winter here little Milo would most likely have died if I didn’t catch the little fella… I would have to say he’s maybe around the 4 month old mark.. a lot you get than Pepper and Oreo.. Regards,
Kristina -
Separated run around time should do fine. Just make sure they cant reach one another as scared or upset rabbits will find ways to fight through the bars.
Its ok, we all make mistakes sometimes. What matters is that no one was severely hurt and you were able to stop it immediately
For bonding sessions, youll want to start a month or two after Milo is neutered. During this one to two months, you can keep his pen/cage near the other two so that they can all see and smell one another, but cannot reach one another. This will help them get used to having new bunny friends in the home. After the month or two, youll want to do bonding sessions in a neutral space that none of the bunnies have gone in. Most people use their bathrooms because usually bunnies dont hang out in there 
Bonding sessions will be fast at first: all bunnies in the neutral space for a minute, then bring everyone back home. Youll do this multiple times a day. Once they can handle a minute without aggression, move to 3 minutes, then 5 then 10, 15, 20, ect. Once they can handle about 4 hours together, you can start bonding them in the free roam area they will share. Again, start with short sessions and move to longer sessions. After they can handle 48 full hours without fighting in their shared space, they can officially live together and can be considered bonded -
Thank you so so so much. I will absolutely follow what you’ve told me. Your help has been absolutely wonderful. What I’ve done today, is ive placed a cover all the way around the bottom of the pen so they aren’t able to snip at each other
Milo seems a bit on edge still from this morning, poor little fella.. and pepper and Oreo are currently grooming each other, so they seem to be A OK! Fingers crossed I can be successful with this thank you heaps!!!
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