Two bonded bunnies fighting

[chris]

I have two young bunnies. When I took them to the vet last month I was not they were not sexually mature yet. They bonded great and it was love at first sight. They were always together and never fought.

I moved into a new apartment. My first one started trying to hump my younger one. We took them out of the cage because I thought they were about to have sex. However, we took the other out and the younger one tried humping the older one. The older one allowed it and tried to hump back. The younger did not allow it and starting chasing. It ended up the older one biting a gash in my younger ones ear. I have an appointment to get it’s ear stiched up.

I am not sure why they started to fight. They were ways in the same cage and now I separated them. Not sure what to do from here.

I am planning to get them both neutered or spayed. They were too young for that when I brought them in to the vet.

The younger one is much less aggressive. The older keeps trying to hump and fight.

Any ideas on why they are fighting? And advice what to do from here?

Thank you everyone.

[Bam]

Baby buns get along very well. When puberty hits one or both, that stops. In order to properly bond two buns, both must be fixed + healed. If they haven’t fought bad in between, chanses are great they’ll form a good strong bond. If they’ve managed to hurt each other, it can be very difficult to properly bond them.

You need to keep your buns separated now until they’ve been desexed and a month has passed after that. This is perfectly normal and standard with bunnies. They’re highly territorial species.

[tobyluv]

Definitely keep them apart at all times. They shouldn’t even be allowed out to play or interact for even a minute or two. You are risking severe injuries if they get together, plus it sounds like you don’t know what gender they are, so you may be faced with a pregnancy if they get together for any time at all.

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