Should I worry?

[Bunnerina]

I have two beautiful babies named Lilly and Logan. They are a newly bonded pair who are sharing a cage. Originally they had two cages and I had plans to bond them slowly but I found after a week of doing that I would come home to Lilly and Logan in the same cage so ended up just combining their cages into one longer one. This was a month or so <g class="gr_ gr_702 gr-alert gr_gramm Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="702" data-gr-id="702">ago</g> but now I'm having some concerns.</p>

They seem to get along pretty well for the most part. They cuddle and groom each other a bit and there has never been any flying fur or blood. Logan even dead bunny flops at least once a day! They share food, water, hides, and even litter boxes! My only worry is that Lilly LOVES to chase Logan around and hump him. Should I be worried? Could it be hormones? Should I separate them?

Logan is a year old neutered albino Rex mix and Lilly is a young unspayed Lionhead

[tobyluv]

It is always advised that both (or all) rabbits be spayed or neutered before attempting bonding. It’s very possible that Lilly’s hormones are kicking in and it may best to separate them then rebond them after Lilly has been spayed. It sounds like Logan hasn’t minded the chasing and humping so far, but he may get tired of it and decide to start nipping Lilly to make her stop.

[LittlePuffyTail]

Ditto Toby. The humping could escalate into fights. I suggest housing them separate but side by side where they can still see and smell each other until she is recovered from her spay and her hormones have clamed down (several weeks to a month afterwards).

[Bam]

I agree with Tobyluv. Lilly ought to be spayed as soon as she’s old enough. She won’t take no for an answer and Logan may become defensive and it may end in proper fighting. It’s better to separate them now while they are still good friends and do rebonding when Lilly has recovered from her spay.
Does should always be spayed due to the very high risk of uterine cancer at a young age (2-3) in intact females.

[Bunnerina]

I have plans to get Lilly spayed! She’s just now reaching the age where it would be safe to spay her. I was originally planning on not even introducing them until after her spay but, like I said, they were insistent on being together.
Do you think putting the cages right next to each other would help keep them from feeling the need to escape their cages to be together?

[LittlePuffyTail]

Hard to say whether it would encourage them more or less. I would escape proof the cages as best you can.

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