Hi there! So sorry to hear about your previous bun I do understand your hesitation but it really is best for females to be spayed due to the high risk of developing cancer. You could always have a full health check (bloods etc) done prior to surgeries to ensure both are as healthy as possible?

Unfortunately, although bunnies are social creatures, there is a very tough process that they need to go through, called ‘bonding’ I urge you to check out the bonding section for more info, but in a nutshell both buns need to be separated right now (more on that in a mo), spayed and have enough time (at least one month) for their hormones to disipate. You need to spend about a month pre bonding which means keeping them separate but swapping litter trays, food bowls, toys etc between the two so that they become accustomed to the scent of the other being mingled with their own. Then you can start a physical introduction. As I said, it’s a very tough process!

The reason why your rabbits need seperating is because once hormones come into play, even bunnies that seem the best of friends can fight or become aggressive with one another and it can happen literally overnight when you’re not there to stop them. I believe this is what is starting to happen with your two now – nipping is okay and chasing can be so long as it doesn’t escalate but as yours are fur pulling, it’s definitely something that needs intervention or they could really hurt each other

So, to sum up Separate them now, they mustn’t be able to touch one another but they can see and smell one another. This means they can be in the same room. What I did for my two was split my living room in half and let one bun have half each. I used pen panels to create the separation but I used a second set of panels parallel to the first set but a few inches apart to create a buffer so they couldn’t get to each other

I know this is probably very overwhelming so apologies for that. Definitely check out the bonding section though, it’s very eye opening!