I got really lucky with Harley and Thumper. Don’t follow my method please.

1) Harley and Thumper were a very easy bond as well.

2) I brought the two of them home and immediately started prebonding. After a week of prebonding I started to alternate between sessions in the neutral area and car rides. After a week of this I said F*** it you guys are friends and removed the barriers in the room.

3) That was 7.5 months ago and other than Storm’s presence they have gotten along great.

Great idea!

1) How easy or difficult was it bonding your rabbits?
I bonded Luna and Atlas first. It was difficult and a professional bonder gave up on them! But, with lots of time and patience we got there. Once I started real bonding for the second time (after months of living next door to each other and sharing a free roam space), they were pretty easy to bond. There weren’t any fights, it was just about them getting used to the other being around. The trio were also a relatively easy bond, once I got into actual bonding.

2) How long did it take to bond?
I did months and months of prebonding for both the pair and the trio. I really think it’s the most important thing for a successful bond. Then for both the pair and the trio, it was about a month of every day sessions, gradually increasing in length before they were bonded.

3) How long have they been bonded?
The trio have been bonded for about 2 months I think they get happier together every day.

I wish

Clover and Dawn? 72 hours. But Clover is weird, and gets along with everyone.

Yumi and Sampras first I thought I would include their bond as it is not a usual scenario, even though he’s a bridge bunny:

1) How easy or difficult was it bonding your rabbits?

Simples!! They were an instant bond, even though she was not neutered. They also didnt need to be separated after her neuter.

2) How long did it take to bond?
2 weeks from the time she came home til the time they spent the first 48 hours happily together.

3) How long have they been bonded?
They were bonded for over a year, when Samp passed away. She was so distraught we decided to find her another bunny companion-
Which leads me to Peep and Yumi

1) Very difficult bond-Yumi was having none of him, he was having none of her. Took a house move before this worked out. He has eyesight issues, so nearly every single interaction was becoming an escalation to a fight at one point…I just ignored that and looked at the positives where I could though !

2) about three months, of every day interaction. We couldn’t do much pre-bonding as Yumi got cage rage and was more upset with the rabbit she couldn’t see/ interact with.

3) Coming up on a year together!

Its so bizarre to see the difference in the way Yumi interacts with Peep compared to how she was with Sampras.

I have 2 bunnys newly introduced they seem fine all day even grooming each other the one does thump from time to time but at night when all alone I think there fighting cuz one ends up with chunks of hair pulled up can anybody tell me what’s up or give me some tips

Lily and Cocoa were a difficult bond at first but the end was easier. I worked on bonding for two months, including the prebonding. They have now been bonded for a few weeks. They seem so happy to be together!

For Guinness and Bleu…

1) How easy or difficult was it bonding your rabbits?

Relatively easy, compared to other experiences. There was some scuffles and dominance demands but no serious injuries or bunny tornadoes. Guinness basically fell for Bleu on first sight and kept jumping the fence to be with him but Bleu needed some time to get used to her. The hardest was probably their first night together, since they got into some scuffles in the night and needed a water mist spray, but once they’d spent a night together they were an easy cementing.

2) How long did it take to bond?

3 weeks. We did a lot of prebonding before then and the first while was mostly them being used to sharing a space separated by a gate during bunny gate.

3) How long have they been bonded?

Almost two years! They’ve been a good match, overall, even if they’re both furry pigs who try to steal each other’s food.

I like this idea – I think most people post on here because they’re having problems with bonding, but it’s absolutely possible that the bonding process can go smoothly. My bunnies bonded super easily! (Thank goodness, because in retrospect I didn’t know what I was doing…)

1) How easy or difficult was it bonding your rabbits?

Like I said, stupidly easy. Mochi (neutered male) was maybe 6 months old when we got Mimi (2 month old unfixed baby girl). We introduced them in a neutral space (at my parents’ house for the weekend) and they took to each other immediately! Mochi tried a little humping the first day, but Mimi was always able to get away and he stopped pestering her pretty quickly.

2) How long did it take to bond? 

A few days? I started out supervising them closely, but by their 3rd night together I was already comfortable keeping them in the same cage together. Since then I’ve learned that it’s not a “true” bond until they’ve both been fixed because hormones can cause problems, but their relationship never really changed. A few weeks before her spay, Mimi started humping Mochi occasionally, but it never turned aggressive. To be safe I started keeping them in separate cages at night, but their relationship went back to normal as soon as she was spayed.

3) How long have they been bonded?

A year and a half!

I don’t want to suggest that bonding should be easy, or that my bunnies are at all typical. Still, it’s nice to know that sometimes it really can be love at first sight! This picture was taken literally the first day they met:

I should add that I’m not trying to recommend people do what I did – I just got SUPER lucky and things worked out that way for my bunnies!

Thanks so much for this post guys I’ve been plotting to try another bond with Thor soon… and given my past failure and many negative posts on here I was getting a little discouraged.

Keep the stories (and cute pictures!!!) coming!

I have a bunch of pics in Guinness/Bleu’s bonding thread! It also gives a further breakdown on the bonding process with them

https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/145928/Default.aspx

Great thread idea, Sarah. So nice for people to be able to read about positive bonds.

Just came back to add this ADORABLE picture of my three snuggling… They’re so happy! 

Our bunnies’ bond is fairly new, but figured I should share my experience anyway. Bunji (mini lop, neutered) and Mochi (dwarf, spayed) are both roughly 2 years old. We adopted Bunji a year and a half ago, then Mochi joined the party just last year.

1. The process was difficult for us, largely due to inexperience and ignorance, but also because both bunnies have dominant personalities.

2. It took about 8 months.

3. We declared them bonded in March. The bond broke in the beginning of June. It took us about 2 weeks to rebond them, but it seems like their bond is stronger now than ever.

I think it took us (me and my husband) so long to get them bonded for the first time because we were basically doing it wrong. Their first date was very successful. However, after we took Mochi home, we never did any prebonding. We had an open living/dining/kitchen space which Bunji had free roam of. Mochi lived in a pen in our bedroom, only letting her out to run around when we’re home. At night we would put them together in a pen outside or in the bathroom or in the car for about an hour to bond. It took a few weeks to get them to a point where they didn’t fight. It took even longer to get them to establish some sort of mutual acknowledgement of each other.

When we moved homes in February, we finally had the space to place them in side-by-side pens and actually started swapping them around. This made a huge difference in their relationship! Another thing that helped was taking them to our local rescue’s bunny hoppy hour. All of a sudden, they were grooming each other and flopping next to each other like they never did before. We declared them bonded in early March.

In the beginning of this month, they suddenly fought in our living room one afternoon. We just got back from getting their nails clipped and scent glands cleaned, so I don’t know if that had something to do with it. Fortunately, we were home so I was able to separate them pretty quickly. We set up their pens again and were basically back to where we were in February.

Bunji sustained an eye injury from the fight, which somehow lead to him not eating. We had to treat him for his eye and for stasis for about a week. However, I think the ensuing ordeal of vet trips and medication proved to be a really good stress bond for both of them. It took us about two weeks to rebond them, but they are greater friends now than they were before. They are so adorable and close and snuggly all the time! I am way more confident about their bond now than I was at first.

So TL,DR: pre-bonding is very important and if your have the chance to take your bunnies to some kind of rabbit social hour/play date thing, do it! For some reason, it works like magic.

Cocoa, I am so happy to hear that your girls are finally bonded, I was just thinking about you and them recently!

I’ve had three happy bonds, and one broken bond. All involved Bertha…. that girl gets around.

Bond 1: Bunston and Bertha. My first experience, was really tough at first. We made some mistakes early on so they would fight on sight at first. Took about 3 months of sessions, but then they were madly in love. Bunston worshipped her. They never chased, or nipped, aside from one time randomly. Grooming was pretty one sided!

Bond 2: This was the one that broke, but was also the fastest process. Bertha and JP. I think it was only about 6 weeks, including pre-bonding? I can’t quite remember… I don’t think they were ever truly bonded, because JP was just so scared of everything, but then would demand grooming. They reached a point in their marathon where they were sharing food and not aggressive at all towards each other, and the rescue thought they would just get closer over time and might just be friends, rather than a very close bond, so they thought they were fine to be together. After 5 months of piece a very bad fight broke out out of no where. I learned a lot from this one, the main lesson being trust your gut and go as slow as you need to for the bunnies. I had thought since JP was so scared of people that he would benefit from being bonded more quickly to Bertha, but looking back I should have gone more slowly. If they don’t seem bonded, they aren’t.

Bond 3: Bertha and Moose. This was also relatively fast, about 6 weeks of sessions. They would groom each other, and cuddle, but weren’t as attached to each other as Bunston and Bertha. Bertha would sometimes get a bit bossy with Moose, but we realized that was linked to his underlying medical issues. Once we realized that was what was happening their relationship improved a lot. I think they would have had many happy years together but he passed away suddenly.

Bond 4: Bertha and BunJovi. This bond was easier in the beginning than Bunston and Bertha, but ended up being the most challenging! They’ve been bonded for a few months now, but it took 4 months of sessions! But their relationship is very close. So much snuggling and grooming (and just generally getting into trouble together). Once every 2 days or so, usually in the middle of the night, Bun Jovi will slowly chase Bertha for a bit, ears forward, like he wants to mount. It’s definitely not an aggressive chase, and they go right back to snuggling after (in fact they usually seem closer after), so I’m not worried about it.

Loving this thread, I’m going through my first bond right now and we just had a really good session last night – it’s nice to read successes