I have two Holland Lop does who were bonded as babies but broke up due to hormones. They have since been spayed and it has been a month since their operation and they are both healed. They have been living side-by-side in separate cages since they broke up and I have been switching their areas and toys they play with so that they can interact with things that smell like each other. Basically, they have been prebonding for months. Today was the day that I decided to begin bonding them.

It went fantastically! I took them to the neutral bathtub and they spent thirty (30) minutes there grooming each other, ignoring each other, and one bunny even flopped three (3) times during that time so they seem very comfortable with each other. After the thirty minutes was up I returned them to their respective pens and fed them their pellets with their bowls being right next to each other so that they could be social through the bars while they ate. Once one bunny had had her fill she flopped right next to the cage bars and next to the other bunny as well! I am surprised that they didn’t fight or mount at all. My question is, seeing as how that session went so well, should I try another session today? How many bonding sessions are best to do a day? Just one?

I don’t want to overwhelm them and have the great progress be diminished but I also do not want to take things too slow if they want to spend more time together. I’ve seen topics like this on these forums but never with the first introduction going very well, so everyone usually responds by saying to take it slow and give the bunnies space. So when buns are lovey-dovey from the start, does that answer then change?

Thank you, everyone, for your insight. I really appreciate it.