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[Mommie]

Decided to split the house via baby gate you can lock close this.

[Cinnabunn the bunny]

Are you asking for ideas on how to bond the two?

how long have you had them?

there are several other threads with great bonding tips.

Basically you keep them seperate but close enough to see eachother. you switch their scents around and do this for a few days to a few weeks depending on how they react. after that you bring them into a neutral new territory that is pretty small and see how they do together. you do this for a few minutes and see how it goes but make sure you have something to seperate them like gloves or a clipboard to stop fighting. you slowly increase this time until youre ready to move them to the next stage.

[sarahthegemini]

To add to what Cinnabun has said, you also need to keep them away from your 12 week old. A baby cannot bond properly. All involved need to be spayed and neutered.

[tobyluv]

The first step in bonding is for both or all of the bunnies to be spayed or neutered. You have to wait a month after their surgeries in order for their hormones die down. Then, you go through bonding procedures. Just because you have the same gender of rabbits, doesn’t mean that they can live peacefully together without being spayed or neutered. Rabbits can fight and severely injure each other.

Regarding the new bunny. The reason both of your other rabbits love her is because she is so young and her hormones haven’t kicked in yet. She will soon be entering puberty and all of that will change. So the 3 of them need to be kept apart until all have had their surgeries and some time has passed. They can be in the same room, but not together physically, not even for a few minutes of play time. Also, some rabbits get mis-sexed, and people end up with accidental litters. Are you sure that the new bunny is female? Even vets have gotten that wrong at times. If your two rabbits are not spayed, they should be kept apart from each other and from the new bunny.

Here are 2 good articles on bonding:

http://rabbit.org/faq-bonding-multiple-rabbits/

https://binkybunny.com/BUNNYINFO/tabid/53/CategoryID/9/PID/940/Default.aspx

[Mommie]

There all fixed but the baby lol.

I have had them a month and there right next to each other they can touch there noses to each other.

When I did let them out in the neutral area.

Well lol hell broke loose.

I have switched cages ever 2 day’s on them.

[Mommie]

As a side note I have had 13 rabbits and i always keep them in a group of 3 or 4.

Normally 3 does and a buck and aalways fixed.

These two just have me stumped lol.

[Mikey]

While you have a baby in the house, or a hormonal bun in the house, bonding will be difficult and often impossible. With your first rabbits, you were lucky.

[sarahthegemini]

Posted By Mommie on 5/11/2017 5:22 PM

There all fixed but the baby lol.

I have had them a month and there right next to each other they can touch there noses to each other.

When I did let them out in the neutral area.

Well lol hell broke loose.

I have switched cages ever 2 day’s on them.

You need to separate them properly because if they’re able to touch noses through bars then they can also fight between the bars. 

[Mommie]

I guess i should have said when im home which is almost 24/7

But yes if i step out i move them an inch away.

I however do not care to worry about our younger bunny until she is 5 months old when she gets spayed!

As they have never shown her anything but love.

I now they both had litters before they where spayed.

We went bunny speed dating and our Dutch is just a bully.

So I think I may just keep her in my room and hallway and toss up a baby gate!
Which seems to be a better stress free idea then letting her bully my poor tan.

But yep.

When in doubt split the house lol.

Now to fill up sone fluffy tummies with some kale and a inch of celery and maybe a small strawberry and new hay for the night!

[sarahthegemini]

Posted By Mommie on 5/11/2017 10:26 PM

I guess i should have said when im home which is almost 24/7

But yes if i step out i move them an inch away.

I however do not care to worry about our younger bunny until she is 5 months old when she gets spayed!

As they have never shown her anything but love.

I now they both had litters before they where spayed.

We went bunny speed dating and our Dutch is just a bully.

So I think I may just keep her in my room and hallway and toss up a baby gate!
Which seems to be a better stress free idea then letting her bully my poor tan.

But yep.

When in doubt split the house lol.

Now to fill up sone fluffy tummies with some kale and a inch of celery and maybe a small strawberry and new hay for the night!

…that’s because her hormones haven’t come into play yet…

[Mommie]

She will be spayed before that happens.

And thus it will not matter.

[Mikey]

Hormones can come into play as early as three months old. Spays cannot happen until atleast six months old. Since the others are acting out, they are doing it because they smell her hormones. Once her hormones reach a certain point, she will also start to act out. Rabbits can become aggressive in the matter of seconds when hormonal. Good luck. Have the vets phone number on speed dial.

[sarahthegemini]

Posted By Mommie on 5/12/2017 7:06 PM

She will be spayed before that happens.

And thus it will not matter.

Hormones can kick in at 12 weeks. Does can be spayed at 16 weeks depending on competence of the vet and overall health of the bunny. So no, she will not be spayed before that happens. 

You’re refusing to listen to advice and could wake up one morning to a very sad sight. 

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