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We have 2 bonded bunnies - Gizmo is a 3 year old spayed female we've had for about 2 years - Nova is a 2 year old spayed female we've had since November We had a very easy and successful bond with Nova and Gizmo, it only took about 2 weeks before they were full on living together - they...

I also wondered if it's partly due to Nova's age (she's 1) and figured maybe it'll settle down eventually. She will take treats from our hands, I should try pellets since I could sit with her a bit longer, that's a great idea. She's very food motivated :)

I should clarify - She doesn't necessarily bite when we're trying to pet her or when she's nervous, and I'm not thinking the nipping is due to a trust issue. I think overall she's a chewer and a digger, which has turned into her chewing on and nipping at us, as well as anything else that's...

A little bit of backstory: We had Gizmo for about 1 1/2 years, she's a 3 year old spayed female lop. In October we decided to get her a companion, so after speed dating we adopted Nova, a 1 year old spayed Lionhead. Bonding went great and within a month they were living together happily. We...

I wanted to come back with an update to see if anyone could offer more advise. I feel like things are going really well, I'm just not sure what to do to really seal their bond and make it more solid if that makes sense. Over the weekend, I put them in a 4x4 pen, with a litter box, toys...

Thank you for responding :) I just came back to my post today to see if anyone answered me because I'm feeling like maybe they're ready to move on but I'm still not sure? Maybe this weekend when I have some more time I'll try your suggestion and see how it goes. We've had daily sessions for...

Hi, I've been having daily bonding sessions with my rabbits for about 10 days now. During these sessions, I've noticed Nova really likes to groom Gizmo around the eye area, to where the skin around Gizmos eye is starting to look slightly red. While I love the grooming during bonding, I'm not...

I thought I'd come back to this post and add a bit more detail...both rabbits are female and spayed, Nova is 1 Gizmo is 3. We've had Gizmo for 1 1/2 years. We let Nova live with us for a week to get used to us before we even started bonding. Aside from the good things I'm seeing that I listed...

I've only been bonding Gizmo and Nova for about a week now, and things are going great. I've seen grooming (both rabbits), mounting, mirroring, laying near each other, flopping, eating in front of each other, etc. No aggression whatsoever from either rabbit. How do I know when the rabbits...

I think tonight's session went really well! We had 2 different instances where both bunnies rested comfortably. Gizmo did mount again, Nova doesn't seem to love that, but tolerates it. Both would groom themselves in front of the other. Still no fighting or aggressive behavior at all.

I should add too, Gizmo is the one chasing, and it doesn't seem aggressive at all, it's as if she's slow motion chasing to try to mount, if that makes sense. But like I said, Nova does move in the other direction when Gizmo is doing this.

Gizmo is the one chasing, and somehow getting enough traction to mount. Maybe because we have wood floors so she's used to a harder surface? I will try setting up another location for our session this evening and update after that session. We were looking for a male, but Gizmos dates with...

I should clarify, we are using the bathtub in that bathroom.

We're doing it in a bathroom that Gizmo has never been in

I'm trying to get some feedback as to how things are going so far, we've now had 3 bonding sessions. Background: Gizmo - been with us 1 year. 3 year old spayed female lop. Spoiled, pretty lazy and chill rabbit. Had 2 dates with Nova, both successful where Nova groomed, although Gizmo...

Thanks for the advice. I think what I'll do is keep the bunnies in separate rooms for now, and start bonding sessions in a few days. Then depending on how sessions go I'll move them into the same room eventually (still separate cages though). I'll also treat everything as a new food with...

The only reason we're housing them in separate rooms is because that's what the shelter recommended we do, to start with a more conservative approach. Then they said if bonding sessions go well, we'd move the cages into the same room. I've read lots of things too where people do the same room...

After a successful second date, we brought Nova home today. Right now we have the bunnies living in separate cages, separate rooms. We had grooming on both dates from Nova (Gizmo just sat there a bit nervous, while Nova groomed her). Is it too soon to start bonding sessions tomorrow? I...

Hi! I've been on these boards a lot lately, as we're planning to add a second bunny to our home. We currently have a 2 year old female (spayed) Holland Lop names Gizmo. We went on a round of speed dates, and had a successful first date with a lionhead that we absolutely love. She groomed...

Yes No matter what I'd keep them separate in their own cages for a good week or two before starting bonding sessions. Both are spayed, in this case we were doing dates with males because Gizmo is female, but the one that groomed Gizmo is female, so it'd be two spayed females.