So I’ve had my male rabbit Reggie for the past 4 years (I rescued him at a year old making him 5ish years old now). He’s about 7.5lbs and I don’t know his breed, the humane society said American but they say that for almost all their rabbits. Last year I had the funds to finally get him a companion and we went speed dating he chose a small lionhead-lop mix brownie. Brownie is the same age as him, which was awesome, though she is only about 4lbs, so much smaller then he is. She is very docile which was good because he has a very dominant personality. They have been bonded for almost a year, they were never “in love” bonded but more of a platonic friendship bonded, they don’t often sleep together but they do cuddle and groom each other…

     I’m starting to worry that Reggie is bullying his smaller friend. There hasn’t been any fighting (like I said Brownie is very docile). But whenever I let them out of the cage (XL dog crate with a shelf for a second level) Reggie comes out immediately and Brownie comes out for short periods of time, but then Reggie will approach her and follow her around and she’ll run back inside the cage. I hesitate to say chase because he doesn’t follow her at high speeds, but he does follow her. They eat together fine and relax around each other, but Brownie seems reluctant to spend time outside of the cage with him.. is this something I should be concerned about? how would I go about fixing this possible bullying behavior? I worry about Brownie because she’s so small and docile.