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- 12/31/2016 at 12:08 PM
  sarahthegemini
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  Hi guys,
  
  As you may know Peanut and Buttercup recently moved their partition panels during the night/early morning to be with each other. I discovered this in the morning when I saw Buttercup hop out of Peanut’s hutch. We let them stay together for 5 minutes and then we separated them again. During the 5 minutes that I was able to observe (I’ve no idea what they did before I went downstairs and caught them!) there was no aggression though Peanut was humping Buttercup. She would allow it for a few seconds then run away. He would run after her to hump her again. Buttercup didn’t show any signs of angst and Peanut didn’t seem overly, I dunno, rough? At one point she ran into a box and I thought perhaps she felt cornered but when I had a look, she was just sniffing the box and being inquisitive and Peanut seemed to be waiting for her in a non creepy way lol.
  
  I’m just wondering how to deal with this when I begin bonding (in two weeks) I know generally chasing should be stopped but is that when there are other signs of aggression? Should I stop Peanut every time he tries to chase and hump Butters? Just wanna have a rough idea what to do when the time comes!
- 12/31/2016 at 12:17 PM
  Gina.Jenny
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  If she allows it for a few seconds, then runs away, I would think that’s ok, our buns do that still!
- 12/31/2016 at 12:20 PM
  sarahthegemini
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  Posted By Gina.Jenny on 12/31/2016 12:17 PM
  
  If she allows it for a few seconds, then runs away, I would think that’s ok, our buns do that still!
  
  So should I allow the chasing in the hopes that they work it out themselves? Unless of course she starts to feel distressed or something?
- 12/31/2016 at 12:32 PM
  Gina.Jenny
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  Keeping the bonding space small is a good way of reducing chasing, there simply isn’t room. If he’s mounting a lot, you’ll need some way to stop that.
  
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OP6QR7K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  
  Mine love this, and a bun can’t hump under it!
- 12/31/2016 at 12:36 PM
  sarahthegemini
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  Posted By Gina.Jenny on 12/31/2016 12:32 PM
  
  Keeping the bonding space small is a good way of reducing chasing, there simply isn’t room. If he’s mounting a lot, you’ll need some way to stop that.
  
  https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OP6QR7K/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  
  Mine love this, and a bun can’t hump under it!
  
  Okay, well I’m going to use a small pen when bonding anyway. And I’ve decided to sit in with them at first so I can stop any excessive humping or chasing mmediately. Once I can trust them not to chase, I’ll get out of the pen and just leave them in it.
  
  They will have a lot less space than what the little terrors had when they did it behind my back!
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