chasing in play, or being mean?

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- 10/19/2013 at 1:36 PM
  Cereal_Killer
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  My newly (mostly) bonded rabbits Basil and Libby have now moved to shared/semineutral spaces, and don’t seem to be fighting at all although they are not chummy enough to groom, one thing they do do is a lot of running after each other (mainly Basil chasing Libby) how do I know it isn’t territorial/bullying chasing? Have seen the occasional binky from both between chases, and Baz seems to stop well short of libby, and no nipping as far as I have seen.
  I had read rabbits don’t like being chased, so I want to know if this is a behavior I should put a stop to?
- 10/19/2013 at 9:57 PM
  LBJ10
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  Sometimes bunnies will do zoomies together. If they are taking turns, not nipping, and no one looks distressed then I think it’s fine.
- 10/20/2013 at 5:03 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  If there are binkies, sounds more like play to me. Chasing out of aggression usially ends upon a scuffle with biting or hair pulling.
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