We recently adopted a 3 month old female bunny to try to bond with a 2-3 year old spayed female bunny we have owned for a little over a year. We have spent a month pre-bonding with their cages side by side and have had a few bonding sessions in the bathtub as neutral territory. The 3 month old bunny is scheduled to be spayed when she is 6 months old as our vet told us that was ideal. Should we wait until she is spayed to continue bonding the bunnies? They have have had several scuffles while together in the bathtub, I have used a spray bottle on them when things get out of hand. I don’t know if we should continue trying to bond them, or if it would be best to wait until the baby gets spayed. In the meantime I do worry about her being lonely as she is only a baby. We do have the option of possibly adopting one of her sister bunnies, but I wonder if that could possibly make it more difficult down the road to bond 3 females together. 

To add to the difficulty, the older female doesn’t enjoy being handled. She was surrendered to the shelter for biting when being picked up, and I know she lived free range with several other bunnies in the past. We have given her lots of time and space and she has gotten friendly with us, will take treats from our hands and occasionally lets us pet her. She seems very stressed by the bonding process and had begun to not eat as well. Im not sure if its the stress of the other bunny or the stress of being handled more during the bonding sessions (ie being moved around, and petted more.) We have given her a week back in her old environment and she has begun eating normally again. 

I’d be grateful for any advice. And we DO plan to spay the baby, just waiting for 6 months per the vets recomendations. Thanks!