Hey there,
Currently bonding two female rabbits. One is a bit moody and bites the other on the bum and then the smaller one goes a bit nuts and hops around everywhere.
Obviously I’ve been keeping them seperate and bonding them in smaller neutral territory. They seemed to be getting along ok and eating together, but occasionally the older one bites the smaller one on the butt and pulls fur. This morning the younger one accidentally squished under the barrier seperating their cages and the older one bit her on the bum and wouldn’t let go.
The more I read it sounds like she’s just establishing dominance and to some degree it sounds like I have to let her do it and stop intervening so she can just get it over with and establish dominance.
Thoughts? Obviously I don’t want the smaller one to get hurt!
Currently bonding two female rabbits. One is a bit moody and bites the other on the bum and then the smaller one goes a bit nuts and hops around everywhere.
Obviously I’ve been keeping them seperate and bonding them in smaller neutral territory. They seemed to be getting along ok and eating together, but occasionally the older one bites the smaller one on the butt and pulls fur. This morning the younger one accidentally squished under the barrier seperating their cages and the older one bit her on the bum and wouldn’t let go.
The more I read it sounds like she’s just establishing dominance and to some degree it sounds like I have to let her do it and stop intervening so she can just get it over with and establish dominance.
Thoughts? Obviously I don’t want the smaller one to get hurt!