Hormones can destroy bunny relationships. You need to separate them and keep them separated until one to two months after they are both neutered. Hormonal rabbits will often fight to the death. Face humping also leads to genital biting, which, without going into detail, is horrible.

You don’t need to worry about breaking their bond – they are babies and therefore not actually bonded.

Separate them now before someone gets hurt and once they have been neutered for 4-6 weeks you can start pre bonding again, and go from there.

It’s best to separate them now because they get into any real conflict. That can make bonding after de-sexing a lot harder. They should ideally still be in the same room, so they can see and hear and smell each other, but not reach each other to bite or mate (rabbits can mate through cage bars). They wont like being separated, but it’s for the best.

You should start the whole bonding process over after desexing, but if you separate before any serious fighting, chances are it will go smoothly. 2-3 weeks after neutering you can start swopping toys between them, then litterboxes. Don’t do it sooner because right after a neuter, the hormones need a bit of time to dissipate. A newly neutered bunny can actually become more hormonal behavior-wise for a certain time (known as a post-neuter craze).

After a couple of weeks of toy- and litterbox-swopping you can start reintroduction. Don’t rush it, patience pays off.

Posted By JoS_1 on 8/31/2017 1:43 AM

Thanks everyone! Separating it is!

Just to confirm, even though they seem the best of friends now and have grown up together, post neuter I need to start the whole bonding process from the beginning as you would two rabbits who don’t know each other?

Is it ok to let them out together if I am there to pay close attention and break up the first sign of an over interested sniff?

Thanks!

In a nutshell, no. No play dates.

I second, no play dates even with supervision. If someone is nipped too hard before you can intervene you may end up with bunnies holding grudges against each other! As bam said, patience really pays off! I know you just want to see them cuddled up and flopped together…but you will get there!

I’ve had my two separated since I brought the mini lop baby home in the first week of July…and he was neutered a week ago so I still have a few weeks of separation. So trust me when I say that it sucks to have separates, but ultimately it will be what’s best for their relationship

Agreed, no play dates. Play dates wouldve only been ok if they had not been showing any signs of hormonal behavior. But, since they are acting hormonally, you wont be able to do play dates.

Baby buns can make friendships, but they dont bond. Hormonal rabbits can bond, but only if they dont act hormonally. Neutered/spayed rabbits can bond if the process is done correctly and they have fitting personalities