This is really helpful, thanks!! It was so nice to see that even though they were having difficulty on day 1, you handled it so well that they were already to grooming by day 5! This gives me hope for bonding my buns, they've been living in my room separated by ex pens but they're gonna have their first date tonight, so this was great to watch!
I love your approach. It seems like so many people try to force the relationship. I like how you gave them just a little time together but adjusted the time according to their stress.
This was really helpful thank you. I'm trying to bond 2 bunnies at the moment, one I've had since she was young but sadly her partner died and so here we are. The other rabbit she 'picked' to be friends with started out quite well with ignoring, some mounting and then grooming, eating together, laying together etc. Got them home and there was some mounting but I expected that. Yesterday my original rabbit was doing binkies, grooming the new bun and there was some mirroring and laying together. Today however, my new bun doesn't want to be near my original bun at all, she will move away and thump although they did eat together twice. My original bun doesn't seem to be being aggressive and is giving the new bun space. They've had 2 overnights together which went well, but tonight when I've checked on them there is a little but of fur that seems to have come from my original bun? 🤷♀️They are both havanna rexes so it's hard to tell. Should I step back the bonding and limiting their time with each other again and stop the overnights together? I really don't want to stress either of them out or do the wrong thing 😞
This video really helped me with understanding their behaviors! I have two bunnies, one is a holland lop named Dixie, the other is a Netherland dwarf named Onion. They’ve been around each other since either March or April, but have never been together. I put them together just yesterday and for the most part they’ve done great with each other. They’ve had mostly positive behavior which is great, but last night (woke me up) Dixie was starting a big of a dispute to assert her dominance. She mounted Onion on two occasions, and there was some circling, but no nipping during that. Dixie nipped a few times and would chase Onion sometimes. All of this behavior only happened overnight, but today they’ve been really good. I think Dixie has made her point across that she’s gonna be the dominant one in the relationship 😂
My neutered boys started out ignoring, and munching on hay. Then one mounted the other, then he wanted to do the mounting, then started the tornado and one boy got his ear bit. He's ok and I separated them immediately, put them side by side in their own enclosures and they went nose to nose through the bars. I was prepared to jump in immediately but I wanted to see if there was aggression and there was not. Right after that, they each flopped. Despite that little fight, I am happy it started well and that they were ok enough to touch noses and flop within moments of a fight. I will do another date with them today since they both seem calm
Very helpful! I am bonding two neutered males and didn’t realize that nipping was a neutral behavior. We have mainly positive and some neutral behaviors going on here so I feel lucky!
I’ve been trying to get my rabbit a mate and What I’ve learned is that somtimes the rabbits just won’t bond I had gotten a rabbit for my other and that rabbit was so mean to him and would fight everytime they were together.So I said this isn’t going to work after trying for 6 months and got rid of him.A about two months later I found a new rabbit and they fell in love at first sight.I put them in a neutral soace about two times before I realized they just wanted to be together and I just let them be and they love eachother now.Still figuring out the power dinamic but it’s gone amazingly
We’re trying to bond a new female to our male but at the first date he got very frustrated and boxed with her. I put him back in his own space to calm down. We’re thinking of letting them date or be close to eachother in the evening or morning again. This video did make me hopeful though I’m pretty scared it won’t work out between them.
Hello. I recently adopted two male rabbits three and two months old. At the beginning they seem to be doing fine. On day 3 after we finally settled at home ( were we traveling a lot at first) they went into the tornado behavior... I separated them immediately. They seem a bit more relax now( almost a week) but the three month old continues to lounge at the two month old and the two month old just RUNS at the site of the other one... any tips?
Rabbits remember things...I would separate them for a week or so. That way they get comfortable in their surroundings first. Then start short dates(like 1 minute) and build up from there if there is no lunging. (I also recommend waiting till they are neutered before bonding. After they are neutered, it will take a few more weeks for their hormones to settle down.)
Please help I need advice. I rescue two1 year old bunnies from a shelter they're beautiful bunnies very sweet they're both male and they both been fixed but they continually try to fight and hurt each other I keep them separate but I would like to let them free roam together how do I Bond them? Any advice would be much appreciated.
You should watch the rest of my bonding series here on RU-vid. It’s really key to start with very short dates and build up from there. Also, not all rabbit pairs can be bonded so you should keep that in mind.
hi! i have a quick question. i have two holland lop bunnies called io (male) and adora(female) and i've tried to bond them before in the bathtub and playpen etc. but i decided to start over. would you recommend table bonding or bonding in a playpen more? im a little lost :')
@@AurandtFamily I have a 4 month old & a 2 month old I'm trying to bond. I have their cages facing eachother with the doors open so they can jump into eachothers cages to hangout or if they dont wanna be together they can go into their own space. They mirror one another, groom themselves before going to see eachother, they nap flopped over cuddled up to one another and they binky together. I haven't seen either of them groom the other. The 4 month old is the dominant one (in my opinion) sometimes she'll stomp at the 2 month old, do a circle around her & then nip her or mount her & then just sit there next to her. In response, the 2 month old will either run away or lay down and bow her head. Is the 2 month old being submissive and scared or is she presenting herself to try to get the 4 month old to groom her? The 2 month old never exhibits any of the neutral or negative behaviors, only positive behaviors. Majority of the time they exhibit positive behaviors and the neutral behaviors probably happen 2-3 times a day. When I'm not in the room i do separate them and put the doors on the cage just to ensure they're safe. The 4 month old chews on the door tho, so I don't think she likes to be separated from the 2 month old.
I have 2 female rabbits who were bonded when they were with their breeder but now they fight when they are home with me and they’re too young to be spayed just yet. What do you advise?
SEPARATE THEM!!!! Their hormones probably just kicked in, and they will probably fight until they get spayed. You can rebond them once they are spayed and recovered, but if you keep them together, you could possibly have babies(if one of them was sexed wrong), have casualties, or ruin the bond forever!
AurandtFamily I agree! Samie you’ll need to restart the bonding process. Wait about 6 weeks after the spays and then try. Start with prebonding (cages side by side with no ability to touch, swapping objects, swapping the bunnies into each other’s pens everyday without cleaning first) then bonding sessions until they are happy together. Work up the amount of time in each session until you get to 48 straight hours with no scuffles. I’d say start with 10 minutes then slowly increase the time. There’s plenty of information online about bonding! :)
I need help my 3 months rabbits male n female , they grown together ,slept together ate together today male one biting female flur and circling , and male one making sounds ,I seperated them rn wt to do
@@AurandtFamily we kept them separately and talk to doc and thinking to go but lockdown there only at morn 6 to 10 we can go out , till now what to do??
You have to keep them separate until they are spayed/neutered. They both probably just hit puberty. You will honestly be lucky if your female isn’t pregnant. Rabbits hit sexual maturity between 3-6 months. It’s very important that they are both spayed/neutered and have recovered from their surgeries(wait about a month post-op) before reintroducing them. Also, male rabbits can be neutered at 3-4 months, but it is recommended to wait to spay a female at 6 months.
@@AurandtFamily actually they born on Feb 6 th maybe now 4 months actually doc said to they will do injection they said every year to need to do if u don't want surgery or tablets
@@jyo0226 I would also strongly recommend neuter/spaying your rabbits and not doing injections or tablets. There is a 60% chance that your female will get Uterine cancer when she is 3 years or older if you don't spay her. Spaying/neutering rabbits has so many health benefits. It can be scary having your rabbit spayed/neutered, but its always within the best interest of the rabbits.
Thank you for this video it was very helpful. If anyone can help me I’d be very grateful, I am bonding my rabbits and my rabbit Tig is very shy and nervous, he does move sometimes but most of the time he is very still, the other one, Beau, is completely happy and he even flopped a few times. But when Tig went to clean himself for the first time, Beau nipped him, he has also done this a few times when Tig moves and sometimes when he is still. I know that it can be very normal for them to nip every now and then but the fact that it happened as soon as Tig groomed himself makes me wonder if that might be a problem, maybe Beau wants to believe that Tig is not going to ever move and I don’t want that to prevent Tig from feeling comfortable around Beau. If anyone has any advice, please let me know, I’d really appreciate it.
I’m working on bonding my two bunnies - how can I tell the difference between nipping and lunging? The nipping (maybe lunging?) i’m seeing looks so aggressive but after watching this video i’m questioning that it’s as bad as I thought
Thank you so much for this really helpful. My brother gave me two rabbits, a new zealand white (Snowy-2 months) and a thuringer rabbit (Rosie-3months). I just got worried because Rosie is way active than Snowy that loves to just lay down. I don't know much about when they were babies or if they were bonded before but their behaviors seem to fluctuate a lot especially at night.
Is it normal for a female to bite the males head when each other are in cages? The male does not bite the female but I’m guessing the female wants to be the boss. Please let me know!
Can I ask you a question please..my 3 month old brother bunnies are free roaming , they did all the things you have mentioned..ie groomed each other, ate together , slept on each other , platmyed together, then I noticed smaller bunny humping bigger bunny for about a week, then yesterday bigger bunny started humping smaller bunny and they started fighting..I managed to separate them and they are both in separate rooms. I ve called the vet to get them neuted..what shall I do now?
