Millie and Peter bonding in the bath

Millie and Peter are getting along slowly. Tried them out in the bath today and it went really well

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• Rabbit
• Bonding
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[jellybelly500000]

How long did it take them to bond?

[MillieCanillie]

Millie and Peter took a week to bond. and about the same when we bonded Peter with Izzy

[electrochromics]

Hi, we currently have several indoor bunnies, both male and female, and the ONLY time we even had a slight problem was with 2 young males (a 6month neutered and a 3month non-neutered) - we've had the 6month old for 4 months and he's NEVER been aggressive until the intact 3mo.old sprayed, then he turned 100% violent, but only towards the 3mo.old - we are keeping them in the same room to sleep and their cages are only a few feet apart

[MillieCanillie]

we have a new bunny in the house Dillon which we have so far decided not to bond as he seems to get really wound up with the other bunnies even being near. we think possibly he was taken away from his siblings too young. he was a rescue bun too.i agree with all your comments and don't mind at all that you've posted them here(quite flattered)

[MillieCanillie]

yes they fight over food, cuddle,chase one another general bunny type stuff. all very cute. great to see them both so happy considering they were both abandoned.

[ianchamberlin]

Wow, did they get on like this right from the start?

[MillieCanillie]

we had them seperated but able to see one another and we allowed very short visits. things seemed to be getting too heated with Peter chasing and Millie biting so l tried this and it worked a treat. Only had to do it the once and then a few supervised confined visits in a small room and before we knew it they were best of pals. Have you tried yours again yet?

[AlGretBosRhenLavAvr]

My himalayan rabbit had never been aggresive before till she was spayed.

[electrochromics]

just take it slow and make sure to closely supervise them and watch carefully for any aggression or real fighting - we just got 2 new male hotot bunnies that are only 1.5 months old about 1 hour ago, so I'll be working hard at introductions and bonding myself! - I hope everything works out GREAT for you and your friends there ... if you ever need any advice or want anything at all, you can email me any time - uktzero(at)hotmail - see you around

[electrochromics]

it's pretty normal for them to be wound up, and that doesn't mean that your bunny won't bond well with another one - in fact, if they do get along, chances are really good that it will end up calming yours down after time ... as long as yours are both 'fixed' ad they seem to be getting along, you have a good chance of them bonding long-term ... and if they mount each other, that's normal too, even if it's boy-boy or if it's a girl that's doing the mounting

[electrochromics]

They act perfectly fine as long as there is a cage between them, but if the 3mo.old is out, the 6mo.old will always attack we have been working on very-supervised bonding with each of them being held apart for safety and I have high hopes that when the 3mo.old is neutered the hormones that he is giving off will subside and the 6mo.old will accept him as a friend and everything will end up just fine between them

[electrochromics]

Maybe we have been lucky (or its just from being patient and careful with introductions) but we have been very fortunate and all of our rabbits come from rescue situations where they were abused, neglected or unwanted one thing I can say with 100% certainty is that OLDER rabbits are SO much easier to litter train and they are MUCH more likely to successfully bond with other rabbits

[electrochromics]

Some of our family (these are never considered pets in my opinion) have gone through such horrible and unimaginable times that it makes me tear up just thinking about it rabbits are such emotional and sensitive animals and they need love, attention and positive interaction to survive - when a rabbit joins our family, sometimes it is obviously more shy and afraid than normal, like its used to being treated badly and is submissive 100% of the time