Food Aggression in Bonded Pair

Bonding Ava and Mordecai went off without a hitch and they've been bonded for about 1.5 years. Some background: Ava's always been the more pushy and bossy one, but in the past Mordecai would usually let her know if she was pushing him too far, but he doesn't anymore. They're both fixed. Ava's close to 4 years old, Mordecai's around 5 years old. Ava's about 4.5 pounds, Mordecai's about 4 pounds even. They'll sleep cuddled up together but aren't super needy with each other. Somedays they'll spend almost the whole day together, while other days they'll both do their own thing.
They've never had a serious squabble, just chasing and nipping. Ava's food aggressive with Mordecai and us. But with us, she's almost all bluff and if you call her bluff she gives up.
But she'll attack Mordecai over greens, fruit, and pellets, or even if she thinks someone is bringing food. They always have hay and I've never seen her attack him over hay. She seems to be getting worse about food aggression with him, to the point where he seems nervous about approaching the food. Giving separate bowls doesn't help, because she'll still go over to his bowl if he's eating. She'll nip him but has never drawn blood. She's getting increasingly worse and I'm not sure why.

I don't understand why this problem is getting worse. Advice would be greatly appreciated.

Haven't dealt with a situation quite like yours but am wondering whether you'll have to give them greens and pellets separately -- as in separated from each other so that Ava can't get to Mordecai while they are eating their separate things.

If your rabbits are like mine, they eat the pellets or the greens immediately when served. They last a few minutes only. So if you separate the rabbits for those times, it will only be for those few minutes.

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I would suggest getting smaller cat kennels (or anything really) just to feed them. They will learn very fast that they don't get food unless they are in their specific kennel and then you can close them up for just a minute to get them to eat alone.