Hi, I’m new here and at my wits end with my bunnies.

They’re a female bonded pair (well they were anyway), it was a relatively straight-forward bond and have been living harmoniously for nearly 6 months. Hops is approaching 2yrs old and Fuggles nearly 1yr old. Both spayed. Hops came first, and we rescued Fuggles from looking sad in the adoption section if a pet shop whilst stocking up on litter! (Spontaneous to say the least).

I woke up about 3am the other morning to them making a racket, ignored it for a while thinking Fuggles got spooked by the thunder storm. Woke again a while later with them still being noisy, went to see what was going on and found clumps of fur EVERYWHERE and 2 panting bunnies at opposite ends of their enourmous hutch. I checked for injuries, there’s a few minor bite marks but nothing serious, and separated them for the rest of the night. They both seemed chilled when I went in the next morning so I opened the door and Hops went straight for Fuggles again, seemingly aiming to bite her bum area.

They’ve been separated since, but they can’t stay like this forever. Weirdly enough, I can let them out into the flat together and they’re fine, no chasing- even cuddling up and grooming one another, but as soon as I put them In their house together Hops turns into demon bunny and Fuggles seems terrified of being chased/bitten every time she moves. I have no idea what Hops’ problem is, she seems fine in herself and to my knowledge nothing has changed at all. I can’t understand why this has happened and it’s stressing me out as we won’t be able to keep both if this doesn’t improve and it’s traumatic hav8ng to think about which one will go

I’ve gone back to initial bonding steps, swapping them about in their separated areas to get used to each other etc, and making loud noises with a spray bottle to hand when Hops is mean.

If anyone has any ideas on what may have caused this or anything to try and improve the situation I would be really grateful.