Hi, all!

Tess and Gideon have been making a LOT of progress over the last couple weeks, and are getting pretty good at coexisting in their neighbouring cages now! I’ve started doing bunny dates with them, and there’s been no fighting at all, but there are some points where I wonder if I should call off the date. It usually goes like this: Tess is minding her business, often just wandering or munching near Giddy, when he starts following her around and trying to mount her. I know that chasing and mounting is pretty normal behaviour, but Tess seems to have a peculiar problem. She’s been flighty and head-shy since I got her — loves attention, regularly follows me around for treats when she thinks I have them, and even asks for pats pretty frequently, but when I reach for her she still steps out of reach (though she’s much calmer about it now; she’s getting friendlier for sure). I thought this behaviour was just towards me, but I’ve noticed that it seems to carry over to Giddy and his mounting. She puts her head down for him, stops to let him catch up, even lets him start to mount about half the time. But before he ever “gets in position” properly she bolts again and stops about a foot away. He’s tried mounting both ways and there has been no nipping but she seems to run out from under him every time. I don’t know if she wants him to stop or if she’s playing or something else, and it seems like Gideon doesn’t know either. Any idea what this could be or if there’s a “tell” for when/if I should stop them?