Trying to bond NewBoyBun to my resident GirlBun and SeniorBoyBun. SeniorBoyBun is good with everybun and easily got along as usual. So, for the first time, I’m mostly just working with bonding the other two, rather than trying a trio because I don’t want to stress SeniorBoyBun out.

GirlBun is apparently super territorial and it’s taken a while for her react negative to NewBoyBun. Currently, in neutral areas, GirlBun has progressed to literally licking NewBoyBun from nose to bum. NewBoyBun is super expressive for every little thing (earthquake level thumping, loud grinding teeth, binkying to the point of bouncing off walls, etc) and super skittish/jumpy/bouncy. NewBoyBun is still thumping at GirlBun a little, but also grinding his teeth when laying a foot away from GirlBun in neutral territory. There is no bad behavior. The neutral territories are small areas, 2’x3′ and 3’x3′ but they mostly stay close since i don’t line the entire place with soft flooring. I am confident I can leave them there all day without issue, though I’m not sure about overnight.

They sleep at night in normal area, or between neutral territory sessions, but are grid separated, alternating between who stays with SeniorBoyBun. They are not cordial even with a grid between them. Once in a while, I tried to put them together in normal area but all hell breaks loose. GirlBun will try to get near NewBoyBun and he shoots off like lightening thumping and sometimes so badly that he basically bounces around the pen. The faster he goes, the more GirlBun then goes after him nipping (if SeniorBoyBun is together, he gets caught up as victim of GirlBun too). NewBoyBun gets angrier/more scared and bounces more zooms off and now GirlBun is super aggressive…

The normal area is carpeted with the pen area having a liner and fleece on top of the carpet. I have vinegared the liner, completely new fleece, and tried to vinegar as much of the pen as possible.

For reference, I put NewBoyBun and SeniorBoyBun together while NewBoyBun was still thumping like crazy at him and still quite bouncy too but SeniorBoyBun is very calm and stopped reacting quickly. After a couple nights, no more thumping and they progressed in their relationship.