Hey! I am really sorry for the longggg post. Just looking for some advice/clarification on a few (or a lot of) things.

Luna is 11 months old, spayed in January. Soooo gentle and calm. Never had any aggression from her. Very very chilled out, our Lazy Luna. Quite a nervous bun (obviously they all are to some extent but her more than average). Dash is 1, neutered in March. Equally as gentle, no aggression from him, either. He’s our Detective Dash though, he is everywhere lol. He’s like a hyper toddler and it’s hilarious. Luna has been with us since October. Dash only came in April so we are still really getting to know him and him, us.

Luna had free roam of the house and would peek in other rooms but had the living room very much as her territory before Dashy’s arrival. Initially, I had them side by side, Luna in her usual cage that is used for toilet/food/etc and Dash in a pen. I made 2 errors. I went to bed thinking all would be well as it was double fenced. Dash being new, I didn’t realise he was an expert jumper as Luna doesn’t jump at all really. I woke up to Luna in her cage and Dash running around the living room (Luna’s living room 😂) living his best life. My second error was that I wanted to combat the obvious jealousy she’d have been feeling so put Dash back in his pen and let Luna have some free roam time in the same room. She made a beeline for him and there was a little bit of aggressive behaviour shown at the bars but she stopped as soon as I made movement. I felt very nervous so from then we kept the door shut and let her continue with the living room and let him have the hallway and my daughters room. I then swapped their toys and things for a few days and then let them swap rooms on trial. Neither showed any signs of stress. Flops from both etc. I got past my nerves and did a first introduction in neutral ground (my bedroom), they ignored each other for a bit, then lots of nipping from Luna. Rabbit researcher me said “that’s fine”. Panicky bun mum me said “IS THAT A NIP OR A BITE? WHAT DO I DO?”. And then I realised.. my nerves would affect them and this was best left to the professionals.

So fast forward.. they went to a rescue for bonding on the 12th. The rescue kept saying that they were a “slow” bond but by night 2 they were in together all night and had no bad behaviour. Day 3 they started to groom each other. From then on, they spent 24/7 together and were perfectly behaved for the next 8 days. On leaving they were in a 8×8 space. I collected them yesterday morning and set them up in a 3×2 in the kitchen. Again, they have been perfectly behaved. Usual bonding behaviour (I think).. Dash mounted Luna once or twice so obviously trying to sort out the hierarchy again. A few times I’ve seen them nose to nose, both with lowered heads and both being stubborn so I’ve been doing lots of bunny magic. They’re eating together, cuddling up, Dash is laying on Luna and she’s happy with it, we’ve had flops from both, Dashy is mirroring Luna lots and watching over her while she sleeps, mutual grooming etc. Just all the positive signs you’d hope to see. I literally slept on the kitchen floor last night to keep an eye and they were just cuddled up all night.

So my questions are, and I’m sorry there’s lots of them….. 

1. Should I be separating them at night?
2. CAN I separate them at night? I’m a bit lost on when it would be seen as them being too far into the bond to be separated or if it’s ok to separate until they’re living completely freely together?
3. When can I assume they’re fully bonded?
4. When can I assume it’s safe to expand the space they’re currently in?
5. I have white vinegared the living room to within an inch of its life but am worried about the carpets/sofas.. How do you neutralise fabric?
6. How risky would it be to put them in a pen in the living room now? We will obviously do what we’ve gotta do if it’s safer not to but it’s really hard to supervise 24/7 etc with them in the kitchen. They’re spending all their time trying to get out which I feel may delay them being focussed on each other? And honestly, I just miss them lol ☹️
7. Kinda going back to question 2… Tomorrow is the one day that nobody is home to supervise. I assume I need to split them up before we go out all day and have them in separate rooms? But just wanting confirmation that this won’t harm the progress we’ve made?

Again, I am so sorry for the length of this.
Any additional tips please throw them at me.
Just want the best for my babies and feeling unsure.

Pictures are of them in the last 24 hours since coming home 🥰
Thank you!!!