As a bunny owner from Germany I am quite surprised/shocked about this process. To be honest all the steps before you started "stress bonding" are seen as mistakes over here. If you put a fence between them, aggressions can build up and make bonding even harder. It is common knowledge over here that if you wanna bond rabbits (no matter if for the first time or rebonding) you have to put them in a neutral territory which none of them has ever been before. Give neutral hidey houses (e.g. out of cardboard boxes) and several food places. They will start fighting over the rank order. It can look quite brutal as in ripped out fur etc but do not separate them. It is normal for them to chase and bite or mount each other. This process can take from a day up to several weeks. During this time they should stay in that new environment 24/7. Only intervene/separate when absolute necessary and if you do, use something like oven mitts as protection for your hands. It is also normal for them to not be litter trained during that time and even spray urine to mark their territory. When putting them back in their original habitat it is advised to clean all their toys etc with watered down apple cider vinegar to get rid of the smell from before the (re-)bonding and rearrange everything so it seems new to them. I mean no offense I was just so taken aback by this video that I wanted to share this view as well.
I just found your channel by sheer luck and I'm glad I did. I have a pair of bunnies who just broke their baby bond at 4 months and I was getting nervous about the process to rebond them after they are spayed this coming October/November. They are sisters from the same litter, they can still see each other but they are separated now until after their spay and after healing. Thank you for the educational videos. I am also so sorry to read/watch about the passing of Bunmi and Turbo, they were lucky to have you as their bun mom. I hope the current pair is doing well and hope you and the family are doing well
The grain free natural selective is VERY hard to find and the farm origin's are too and my bun did love them but now runs away from them. Ive wasted so much money trying all the pellets. I now have a 4yr old bun i adopted with a poop issue and need fibre pellets but struggle to find the right one to help cause the ones with "high fibre" still make her have diarrhoea. Stay away from jack rabbit, its a meat rabbit pellet and its why my girl is very overweight
So I love the prototype of this yet, think a grate system litterbox all at the bottom booty box across the bottom with a lid you open up at the top to clean with hay holders built in? Think that would be amazing and small little wheels that lock to move to vacuum as your buns hate you silence judging from a distance? Lol Been driving me nuts trying to figure out a goid booty box grated litterbox enclosed with hay holder that looks great and is functional. Very easy to clean. Maybe strip lights on the inside. Place for proper hay storage and an air purifier seems helpful. Been sorting that out as I have 2 rabbits who throw hay parties 🥳 often treating it as confetti then upset when it's time to vacuum lol Fluffles oh our fun little floofs balls of adorable judgement staring into our souls. Impossible not to love them. Was thinking here "outloud" a removable booty box tray with grate where you have a 2nd that is clean to rotate out. Making it even faster to get their area back together while cleaning the other better... Be interesting to see you try making one. Sure Amazon has a grate system litterbox large for $70 way to do this better safer more custom. That would be a great video 📹
I really hope this works. My bunnies have been upset with each other for more than a year now. I still remember the days they used to play together and suddenly they just hated each other. Both neutered. Nothing seems to work…
Thank you so much for sharing. I'm so glad Turbo did well with his! My Snoopy has been battling ongoing ear infections and abscesses since he was 2. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and another condition aged 1, meaning he could never have GA or major surgery. This is the surgery I wanted for him too. I just wanted to comment to say, if your bun isn't able to have surgery, it's not the end <3 My boy is now 8, I clean his ears every few weeks, we barely need antibiotics anymore. He's been on metacam since aged 2 but he does exceptionally well with ear cleans alone so it's not hopeless. Big commitment and I would have liked a surgical option, my biggest fear was this meant I'd lose him really young. I just wanted to post this in case others are in the same boat - that it doesn't always mean the end <3 xxx
Thanks for sharing, i am going though this process now after our bonded females broke their bind after 1 was in Hospital with GI Stasis. Seeing that your in NSW, as are we, where did you get that cardboard aeroplane?
Something that helped me was having bundles of dried lavender by the bunnies. It gave them something beautiful and calming to smell while I clipped their nails. To see the quick, I had a head lamp designed for backpackers. Lastly, I had their favorite snack which is fresh sunflower seeds. I did three bunnies in about 20 minutes in my first try.
😢so sorry for your loss ❤.. I love how you said “ it’s not about replacing the furry baby that you have lost , but about giving your fur baby companion that he had lost ❤..” I couldn’t agree more . When one of our pet ratties lost her companion, even though I was heart broken , I couldn’t be heartless to leave the other rattie to go through grieving all alone , since human company can’t really replace the animal one , especially for social creatures like little critters … Thank you for your videos ❤
Love this . I have a rescue who isn’t even good with me yet but I think he be better with a mate so I thought I would get another more social rabbit to bond with although I can’t really even pic this rescue up or do anything with not social at all not sure I can keep my rescue because doesn’t like anyone
This is super helpful! I'm struggling with an aggressive bun at the minute. Sometimes it's feeling like it'll never happen but fingers crossed. Gotta be more stubborn than my bun 😂
Thank you so much for this video. I have one question, we have 2 bunnies - we just got them 10 days ago, and they are now 10 weeks old. The potty training is not going so well. They do mostly urinate in their litter box. But they tend to poop a ton outside their box. Are they just too young to litter box train?
i’m so sorry. my rabbit recently passed after cpr while closing after sudden GI stasis and liver lobe torsion surgery, and my rabbit before that got the sniffles and died minutes later. they are more than rabbits and losing them is gut wrenching. it has honestly been so traumatic for me, but the joy of caring for and loving a rabbit will always outweigh the grief. thank you for this beautiful video 🤍
Someone please help me. I have two holland lops that are 6 months old girls and sisters. They have shown no signs of aggression towards each other until one of them starting chasing the other and trying to mount her, but the other runs away. Should I separate them even though they aren’t biting? I’m worried the might get more aggressive when I’m not around and I don’t want either getting hurt
Facing a big vet bill now with one of the rabbits with obstruction 😒 being hospitalized, but wonder if I should get it anyway as they didn’t have any issues except of GI. It says on their PDS that they don’t cover you for anything for about 1 year of owing insurance? Wonder how much do they cover you when something happens, if it’ll be only a small % of the actual vet bill
Anyone please I need help. New to bunny bonding. Rather okay with bunnies in general. Work with them but own my first one for a year. I don't want to do any adverse bonding... but my resident rabbit is a VERY VOCAL. VERY PUNCHY. even to humans . You cannot pet her let alone pick her up without a huge deal. She comes when called. Knows the word "bedtime." Runs and plays. Flops around the house. But you cannot pet her or pick her up. I imagine table bonding then would NOT be good for her? Right now we are seperate pens and pen switching with alternate out times. Like the video in a small apartment! She alternates between cage fighting and mirroring/flopping What do I do. Do I give up?? Been about a week and a half. Both spayed females 😢
They are so lovely together! I'm trying to bond 2 males both neutered. Rascal and Harry (named after Houdini and his personality)Rascal was done a long time ago and Harry was done about a month ago. Rascal used to be bonded to another rabbit called Bun Bun but he passed away a while ago. Ever since I've been looking for a suitable rescue bunny to hopefully become his new best mate. The thing is Rascal is a lot older and likes to flop and just chill whereas Harry is much younger so wants to run around and do binkies all the time which is lovely to watch) Harry is about twice the size of Rascal and during speed dates he constantly tries to hump him which is a bit tiring for everyone involved! although not seemingly for Harry. We've got to the stage where Harry will groom Rascal but Rascal will not groom Harry in return. I feel thats the final stage and once that occurs we'll see real progress.
I know its an old video but i laught when you said "Turbo busted into the room and saw Jelly" The first encounter with my rabbit was like "WTF im not the only of my kind ? what is this ?"
