Bonding a 2 year old fixed male with a 3 month old female

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- 07/13/2017 at 7:39 AM
  Darth Amy
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  So I have a 2 year old fixed male and a 2 month old female who currently has coccidiosis. I am going to bond them in about a month after my female has been cured and I was wondering if I should attempt to bond them when my female is 3 months or should I wait until she has been fixed? Thank you.
  
  And if you have any tips for bonding rabbits please tell me as well
  
  Thanks
- 07/13/2017 at 7:54 AM
  sarahthegemini
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  The first step to bonding is to spay and neuter all involved, so no don’t try and bond til she has healed from her spay and her hormones have disipated.
- 07/14/2017 at 12:59 PM
  Willow Lien
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  I bonded my 2 year old neutered male with a 2 month old baby girl successfully. When it was time for her spay, I kept them separate but in the same room so she could heal for 2 weeks then they had a few bunny dates before being put back together again. They have been together a year now and are quite bonded. We had the boy 2 years before we got his bond-mate and he was and still is extremely bonded to us. He will choose us over his bond-mate most the time.
  
  The downside is that she never really bonded with her humans, though we lavished attention on her. Now that I have a new little girl as a third (and am just now starting bunny dates) I plan to keep her separate until after she is spayed so she can fully bond with us first. Also, I anticipate it taking longer to bond a third bunny plus female to female. My boy bunny and the new baby already get along pretty good during their bunny dates. I don’t think I can bond an un-spayed female with a spayed female. Does are just too territorial.
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