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  1. lily2521

    Bonded bunnies scuffling

    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...
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    Help with chewing/biting

    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 :)
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    Help with chewing/biting

    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...
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    Help with chewing/biting

    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...
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    Bonding - when do I move to next steps?

    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...
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    Bonding - when do I move to next steps?

    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...
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    Grooming same spot/over grooming?

    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...
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    Bonding - when do I move to next steps?

    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...
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    Bonding - when do I move to next steps?

    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...
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    Advice after first few bonding sessions

    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.
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    Advice after first few bonding sessions

    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.
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    Advice after first few bonding sessions

    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...
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    Advice after first few bonding sessions

    I should clarify, we are using the bathtub in that bathroom.
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    Advice after first few bonding sessions

    We're doing it in a bathroom that Gizmo has never been in
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    Advice after first few bonding sessions

    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...
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