rabbit bonding

[bmorales1]

hi i’m new to this site as well as a fairly new rabbit owner. i’ve owned a holland lop for 8 months now and recently got another that’s about 9 weeks currently. they’re both males and obi (8 months) keeps trying to dominate /mount the 9 week one and they’ve scuffed it out once now but can you guys give me any suggestions? ways on how to bond them or just anything helpful please

 

[JBun]

Please separate your rabbits immediately and keep them separate. You cannot bond unneutered male rabbits. They are too hormonal and will end up fighting, possibly resulting in very serious injury or even death. It's not unheard of for unneutered male rabbits to attempt to eviscerate each other. It is dangerous to even try to put them together.

If you want to attempt to bond them when the baby is old enough to get neutered, get both neutered, wait, 6-8 weeks for the hormones to fade, then go through the proper bonding process. This gives you the best chance at a bond succeeding, but even then it's not a guarantee. Rabbits can be very particular about who they like. It's all about compatible personalities.

https://rabbitsindoors.weebly.com/bonding-bunnies.html
http://wabbitwiki.com/wiki/Bonding_rabbits_together
https://rabbit.org/vet-listings/

 

[bmorales1]

thank you for your help. they’ve been seperated for now and i have an appointment for him to get neutered

 

[bmorales1]

obi has already been neutered which is the good part but i do not want either of them to get seriously injured