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I've seen this behavior in neutered males, but it seems strange for it to happen between two rabbits that generally get along. My male rabbit only did that when first introduced to a new bunny. I'm working on a bond that's been troublesome for nearly a year. They finally started to groom one...

I feed my rabbits ten pounds of carrots each day and 42 pints of ice cream.... kidding of course. I give them all the timothy hay they can eat and about 1/4 cup of pellets a day. Every night, they get a small amount of green leaf lettuce and some other vegetable like broccoli or cucumber. As a...

Tonight's play date was very positive. I'm fairly certain they'll end up bonding and I'm glad I decided to give Tink another month. Their posture was completely different tonight. They were both relaxed and curious and respected each others' space. I decided to give them more room, so I...

Housing them separate is easy enough. The problem with having two bunnies who hate each other is that they spend all of their free time in the living room trying to get at whoever is still in their cage. That and they end up running themselves ragged pacing back and forth in their pens because...

Well, things have been pretty positive for the most part. There was some bitter fighting near the beginning, but they're used to each other now. I can have Tink running around the living room and she no longer spends her free time trying to instigate fights through the bars of Stelio's lower...

Neutered rabbits can and will spray when introduced to another. My male has done this several times during attempted bondings. Basically he jumps and squirts some extremely foul smelling urine at the other bun. I'm pretty sure this type of urine is different than normal. It's concentrated or...

The bites weren't serious at all. It was more like a short lunge and a nip, and both times it was from Tink (the doe). She seemed calm and content throughout the meeting, doing much more grooming and eating a lot more. Stelio was far more stressed about the whole ordeal, sometimes breathing so...

I arranged their second play-date today. The way I did it this time was to partition off the kitchen like I'd done before, and then separate that space in half using a "trap" as part of the barrier between them. The trap is basically a cage used to capture wildlife such as raccoons and feral...

Hmmm, Tink is definitely more timid than the last doe. I let her out last night for super-special-awesome-fun-time, but she whimpered a few times and kept thumping. I brought out a few boxes for her to hide in, but to no avail. She was scared being out in the living room and kept trying to...

I decided to do a preliminary introduction between the two in a neutral area, where I would referee and keep them from coming into contact with each other. It went OK. Positive signs were that they both ate and groomed occasionally, which showed they were at least a little comfortable in each...

My bunny Stelio used to be like this, though he's gotten over it for the most part. As whitelop suggested, ignoring her should help. Try lying down on your back and reading a book or something. Just be calm and don't pay attention to her. It might not work the first time you try it, but keep...

I've never really thought about rabbit breeds before, but after some research today, I'm pretty sure that Stelio is a Palomino and Tink is probably Himalayan (a bit too small for a Californian). I'm going to give it a couple of days before having them meet face to face. All I've done today...

Some photos: The new doe is named "Tink." I really like that name. I did get a picture of the one we returned today, in case anyone was curios: And a good picture of Stelio as an adult:

My plan is to take her back to the shelter later today . I'll trade her for the one I linked earlier in the thread and we'll try again. I'll tell the shelter how sweet she is to humans, because she really is a sucker for pets (if you stop, she follows your hand and squeezes her head under it)...

There's no way these two will ever get along. Today while I was at work (thankfully my husband was home), the doe managed to nudge aside the barrier between their pens enough to initiate a fight with Stelio. We've had several rabbits separated with the same barrier, and even the ones that...

tamsin wrote: That makes sense and explains a lot. Thanks!

Here are some pictures of Stelio with his brother Sterling when they were both little. Their mother was an outdoor "free-range" rabbit that was part of a group of five other females, kept in a family member's back yard. She was impregnated by accident when two more "females" were added to the...

Things are still going well with them being separated. She's still being friendly and Stelio is still holding a grudge against me. He's even refusing to eat his favorite treats I put in his cage. (Common behavior from him. He's a superstar at holding grudges and is generally very jealous of...

majorv wrote: I agree that I moved too fast. With other rabbits I tried, I waited longer before bonding attempts. I think part of what made me try so early was her confidence and generally contented behavior only hours after she was brought home. She didn't act nervous or frightened or shy...

I called the shelter, but no one answered, so I left a message asking about her records and when she was spayed. They haven't returned my call yet and they just closed for the day. :( She's calmed completely down now. The two-story pen sits in our mostly-rabbit-proof living room, so I...