Bonding Advice Needed

[JesssPets]

I think this is the right place for this?

So I have a 1 and a half year old neutered buck and a 7 month old Flemish Giant doe. These two are a bonded pair and had a litter together just over 10 weeks ago. We have two of the kits from the litter which we are keeping and planning on having all four together as a group. However whenever we have the kits with the male he will chase them or bite them, even in a neutral territory.

Does anyone have any advice on how to bond them?

 

[Blue eyes]

Bonding groups isn't easy...especially when intact rabbits are involved. The following link is all about bonding. You'll have to scroll way, way down to get to the title "Rabbit Groups and Trios."
https://www.cottontails-rescue.org.uk/information/bonding-bunnies/

 

[Popsicles]

The link blue eyes sent is great also agree that it is difficult with intact rabbits, plus are these kits male or female? If female you run the risk of all three getting pregnant and lots more babies!

 

[JesssPets]

Update : all four of them have now been fixed. We have two bucks and two does. The parents are living together in a hutch and the kits together in another. The plan is to eventually have all four living together so bonding has still been an ongoing process. The girls get along fantastic with each of the bucks however the two boys keep fighting with each other. Does anyone have any tips to help this along or is it unlikely to ever happen?

 

[Blue eyes]

The two bucks may continue to fight because there are females present. They will vie for the top position.

 

[JesssPets]

do you think that bonding the two bucks separately would help them overcome the competitiveness?

 

[Blue eyes]

What do you mean by separately? -- the males together, or one male with one female?

 

[JesssPets]

each male is bonded to a female (the mum and dad and then the two kits), so would taking the two males into a new environment and attempting bonding be beneficial? They don't have to be fully bonded but just to the point where they can live together without fighting. thanks

 

[Blue eyes]

Having two separate male/female pairs would be ideal. Each of the two pairs that are currently together sound like they are bonded pairs.

Trying to join the two pairs to live together would be difficult. The males will most likely continue to fight over their females.

 

[JesssPets]

Okay thank you for answering my questions