Do bonded bunnies sleep together ?

[HoneyBunnyMummy]

Hey everyone! So the big moment has finally arrived. Xoe got spayed, then two weeks later Honey got neutered, and now it’s three weeks later and everyone is perfectly healed so we decided it’s bonding time!!! We took them to a neutral area, and I think it was love at first site! I was going to bring them back and separate them but they seemed thick as thieves so I went ahead and put them in there pen together, and there has been no fighting. They are eating together, doing wide laps around the pen, and he has groomed her it’s so cute!!! I didn’t think we would be back in an area they might be “territorial” with but I was just kind of going with the flow. And now that it’s bed time I realized I didn’t think of the next step. So bonded bunnies stay in the same cage?!! We put them in cages when we are asleep/at work. And he used to take the pen and she would free roam the room when we were around. I can’t see anything on any website on if they share cages, can someone please advise!!!! Thank you every one! P.S they are my profile pic from today, I can’t for the life of me figure out adding photos.

Side note he is super interested in her but she will ignore/run away sometime is that normal?

[Asriel and Bombur]

Continue to keep them separate until he has been neutered for a month. He can still shoot sperm for up to a month post neuter. It seems like you’re moving too fast. Did you do any prebonding? As they are still rather fresh off their surgeries they will have hormone spikes making bonding more touch and go than smooth sailing. One night does not mean success overall. If she’s running away at all they aren’t bonded and shouldn’t be housed together. Honestly I’d say keep prebonding for at least another month. Female hormones take a bit longer than the males to die down. So I’d hold off an actual sessions again for a little.

[HoneyBunnyMummy]

Okay, I will definitely keep them separate for now. Yes we did prebonding for five weeks, the two weeks after her surgery, and the additional three weeks after his. I would put their meals on either side of the baby gate and they would “eat together”. And they would offer lay on either side of the pen (a baby gate pen) with each other or rub noses through the bars. Also there cages were close by so they could sniff each other, and I would switch their litter boxes and blankets like once a week. I didn’t think I would put them in a cage together tonight( I don’t think their cages are big enough from that right now), I was wondering in the long run. Because I just changed their cage arrangement to be like a double decker bus ( my apartment is too cramped for side by side in the long run) and I would prefer to keep them separate for space reasons. Will they be distressed to be in different cages(long run)?

[Sirius&Luna]

Once bunnies are bonded, they must always be kept together. You can’t separate them at night.

BUT, for now, you definitely should be separating them at night. While it sounds like it’s going well so far, they still need to get used to each other and they might need to establish dominance. I would keep putting them together for hours at a time for a bit longer, then you’ll need to monitor them for 48 hours to ensure that they’re officially bonded. Don’t rush!

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