My questions are:

Should I allow any interaction during separate playtime, for example, (if Louie goes up to Lola’s cage, should I allow him to peek in and interact? I’ve been scooching him away if he gets to close.

When should I start some prebonding? I’d like to do a week or two of cage swapping and such.

Thanks for the reply! Awesome, I’ll let her chill out for a week then start cage swaps. The woman we adopted her from has a small rescue, with maybe 20-ish rabbits, and she helps other people with bonding, and she told us that because Lola was so great during the speed date, they should have a pretty awesome bond.

Hi.. its a few days later and I’m having a little trouble, so I wanted to check in here again. Lola seems pretty happy-go-lucky, and Louie not so much. When Lola was binkying and zooming around the rug, Louie thumped at her. Is that normal? I’m assuming that because he’s not used to living with other rabbits, it’s normal to notice some strange behavior. They also both seem to be curious about each other.. they will approach each other’s enclosures and try to poke their little noses through, but I do try to separate if they’re getting too close. I’ve been feeding them right near each other, so they can see each other eat through the xpen, I have both of their enclosures mirroring each other. I’ve also traded their chewing logs, they each have an apple log, and Lola tried to get to Louie’s through the cage, so I switched them and they both chewed them like crazy. I’m going to start cage swaps in a few days, and I’m hoping for positive reactions on both sides. Fingers crossed!

@Wick: Oh, ok, they aren’t agressive, and haven’t shown any aggression, other than some thumping from Louie which isn’t really aggression, so I’ll allow some interaction, but the minute it turns bad I’ll separate. Their speed date went super well and ended in some cuddling, so hopefully their actual bonding isn’t too long and strenuous.