Is this normal behaviour or does she see an opportunity for dominance?

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- 06/12/2022 at 12:47 PM
  Ellie from The Netherlands
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  Our Owen and Molly aren’t bonded yet because they haven’t solved the dominance issue yet.
  
  Owen isn’t feeling well and he was sick last night: he wouldn’t eat, drink or poop, so we took him to the vet. Only now after almost a day, he’s getting better, eating some nibbles of his favourite food and pooping a little.
  
  Owen and Molly are separated by a fence because they’re not bonded yet, and Molly is acting oddly ever since Owen was noticeably unwell.
  
  She’s running circles around his hutch humming, she’s chinning every object in sight, and she nudges or licks him through the bars. (During bonding dates she licks him right before she mounts him btw).
  
  Is her behaviour normal, some sort of worry about her brother? Or is it a move for dominance?
- 06/12/2022 at 2:48 PM
  Ellie from The Netherlands
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  We’re also seeing different behaviour towards us: she’s constantly asking for attention and even lets me pet her sometimes. She suddenly seems a lot more confident, but I don’t know whether that’s real confidence or pretending because she’s anxious.
  
  I’m going to make the most of it anyway, by giving her attention and making her more comfortable with sitting on the sofa.
- 06/12/2022 at 7:17 PM
  LBJ10
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  Haha! Maybe she senses his weakness.
- 06/13/2022 at 4:18 AM
  Ellie from The Netherlands
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  Yes, she IS pressing her advantage… 🙄
  
  We woke up this morning to find a circle of turds all around Owen’s hutch, and Molly peed in several spots.
  
  Yeesh, bunnies aren’t nice to each other when dominance is at stake… She’s really acting like a Queen B….
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