I am in the RabbitsOnline forum, and honestly the people there were not giving me a lot of support so I decided to come here and make a post. This is a long story, so thank you to those who read it because the past two days have been so depressing and I’ve felt so alone, like no one will give me any hope.

We have a 7 year old neutered mini lop buck, and we have two mini lop does, who are sisters, and we just got them about 2 1/2 weeks ago. We bonded the trio, and they were getting along really well until Aurora (one of the sister bunnies) took a chunk of Ruby’s ear off. So here’s my theory of what went on: During the bonding process, Aurora seemed to get a spark of dominance when she met Oscar, our buck, and then we took away Oscar and Aurora started circling Ruby. Then after we thought they were bonded, that happens. So we took Aurora and put her in a playpen, and Ruby can still see her through the bars, but I feel so sad seeing her in there, and seeing the trio in shambles right now. By the way, I don’t think I mentioned the sister bunnies are 11 weeks and not spayed. I’ve read that baby bunnies don’t actually bond when they are babies as siblings because they haven’t hit puberty and hormones and dominance, so really they aren’t bonded, so we have to go through the process with them. I’m not sure if they will even bond until they are spayed. With all the rabbits I’ve had, they have never really had to go through the bonding process, so any help would be appreciated.

here are my questions:

will any part of the ear grow back? I’ve done some research on it, and it did say that it can, but if anyone has experienced this, it’d be great to know and understand what I can do to help it. I read steroids can help with the growth but I’m not sure that’s a good idea, so would antibiotics help? Cream? I don’t know! I need help.
can I try bonding them again before they are spayed? There interactions seem so sudden! At one point they are grooming each other or laying down, and the next, it’s some sort of aggressive act. I’m thinking it’s because they are trying to figure out behaviors and hormones and the hierarchy.
can anyone give me some hope? Because every person has not given me hardly any hope, and joy, why is everyone so uptight it feels like?? I know this is serious, but I get negatively thinking when someone tells me “They just might not work, some buns just don’t.”  But I want to try, really try and get someone telling me with motivation, and giving me some light.

thanks for reading so far, I really appreciate it. Here’s some photos, and this is what they used to look like together, why can’t it just be this way again. 🥺😢😔