Two bunnies in same room?

[Southern]

Hi everyone,

So we have a 4 month old female holland lop (Tiny) and a year old mini lop male (Teddy). We recently moved them both into their own room so they could have more space and privacy. Is it okay that they’re in the same room together (they’re separated & can’t touch each other) even though they both aren’t fixed yet?

 Tiny is free roaming within the room, but Teddy is still in his cage surrounded by an xpen to make sure they can’t get too close to each other. Tiny just started getting hormonal recently, and is starting to buzz everywhere, tear up her litter box, mount us, etc. Teddy is also very hormonal– spraying, mounting, and buzzing as well. Both of them really haven’t shown any signs of aggression, though. We are planning on getting Teddy neutered soon and getting Tiny neutered as soon as she’s old enough (is it 6 months?). Is this an OK setup? Both buns are also taken out of the room to free roam the bunny proofed house every day usually for a few hours.

PS: We’ve taken Teddy out of his cage a few times,still within the xpen, to see how he & Tiny react to eachother. They both kinda just sniffed eachother, and even rolled next to eachother against the pen. (We watched them very closely, as I’ve read bunnies have been able to mate through cage bars before and/or hurt eachother!) Is this a bad idea? We’re very excited to bond them after they’re both fixed.

Thanks all!

Here’s a pic of their room if anyone is interested:

http://s1382.photobucket.com/user/southerncwinn/media/20170319_180337_zpsa76tvntn.jpg.html?o=1

[Boston's Mama]

I wouldn’t be having them together with only a xpen seperating even watching them as it can turn nasty very fast even through bars with hormones raging pre spay and neuter and mating through bars has def happened to many before
And one disagreement can mean grudges are formed effecting the future bonding
Could you add a second pen as divider a few inches gap between the two pens? For safety ?
I like their set up though and love the room
Yep about 6months is best for female spay
Males can be anywhere from 4months if they have dropped
You’ll need to wait 6weeks past the last ones desex before bonding to make sure all hormones have settled

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