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- 12/01/2018 at 4:15 PM
  Larry and Pickles
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  I have two female bunnies that are both around 3 months old, and so they can’t be spayed yet.
  
  One (Pickles) is expressing a lot of territorial behavior towards the other one (Larry- yes she is a girl!) by humping and pulling out her fur. She will even hump Larrys face and side! Most of time Larry doesn’t seem bothered and will just lay there until Pickles stops, but there are times when she will try to get away. I haven’t seen any blood or any signs of real harm to Larry, but I’m concerned that something might happen.
  
  I know that being territorial is normal, and that spaying them will help this behavior, but I was wondering if there is anything I can do until then to feel less worried about Pickles hurting Larry.
  
  Any suggestions would be appreciated!
- 12/02/2018 at 8:26 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  You need to separate them now. They have hit puberty and can now have the urge to hurt one another. Separate them, have them spayed when they are old enough and then go through the bonding process.
- 12/02/2018 at 3:30 PM
  Asriel and Bombur
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  Agree with Sarah. They need to be completely separated at all times until they’ve been fixed and gone through the proper bonding process.
- 12/03/2018 at 8:19 AM
  caillou
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  Just want to emphasize that spaying will not fix territorial behavior overnight! After spaying, you have to wait for the hormones to dissipate, go through prebonding and then start the bonding process. It’s very dangerous to throw two bunnies in one cage together!
- 12/03/2018 at 12:10 PM
  sarahthegemini
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  You don’t have to wait for hormones to disipate to start pre bonding. You can start pre bonding once they’ve healed from their surgeries
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