2 males bunnies bonding issue

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- 08/16/2017 at 4:53 PM
  Christiena
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  Hello guys,
  I came here to seek for some help or advice.
  
  I got two neutered male bunnies, they have been neutered for a year already.
  The thing is that they are both very social, wants attention a lot and I would
  love them to get bonded. For now they are both living in their own pens next
  to each other with a small space between them, because when I let one of
  bunny out to get some space in the room, they keep attacking each other
  throught the fence, sometimes they just sniff around.
  
  Well, yesterday I took them both to a neutral area, with some hay, apples and
  so on. They were eating calmly next to each other and when they were finished,
  they even chilled together or groomed each other and I left them for two hours
  together, it went all good.
  
  Sadly today things went wrong way. Took them out back to terrace with hay etc.,
  just like yesterday. They ate the apple, carrot.. and after they finished eating, they
  started circling, flagging their tails and attacking each other. I was stopping every
  their attacking attemps, sadly a few scratched and bites were made so after 15 mins
  I gave up and took them back to their pens.
  
  The question is, should I keep trying to bond them? Is it possible to bond them after
  the fight? Any suggestion what to do? Or would you give it up on my place?
  
  Showing a few picture of yesterday’s bonding.
- 08/17/2017 at 8:19 AM
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  I’m a bit confused, were these your bunnies that you’ve had for a year and you got them neutered, or did you just get them?
  
  In either scenario, it is important to do “pre bonding”. You can swap them into each others cages or swap litter trays/blankets/toys. They need to have around 1 month of pre bonding before meeting face-to-face. It’s best if you don’t try putting them together and just work on prebonding. Every fight they get in can make it more difficult to foster a relationship between the two. Also, you should never leave the bunnies alone during the beginning of bonding. They need to be at the “inseparable” stage before you leave them alone. They should be grooming/snuggling/no aggression whatsoever before they are left alone. Other than that, I don’t think you should have too bad a time if you properly pre bond and take things a bit slower. It’s good that they snuggled up and ate together with no aggression. But it will be just like humans, sometimes we have good days and sometimes we have bad days. Bonding is stressful for the bunnies so it’s best to take it slow for them.
- 08/17/2017 at 5:17 PM
  Christiena
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  I have got these bunnies for over 1,5 years, they are both neutered for a year (the black bunny was bought as a female, sadly we found out it’s a male later). I will slower down then, they both got toys I want to swop between them, also swopped them into each other’s pen. Well, yesterday they tried to fight a bit over the fence again and then they started grooming each other for a bit. Their signals are really confusing.
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