Bonding Bunnies 101 - Bonding Behaviors
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 27. 08. 2024
- This is part 2 of the Bonding Bunnies 101 series, all about bonding behaviors to watch for when bonding rabbits. We'll cover positive behaviors, negative behaviors, and how to handle each! Enjoy!
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Just finished the most difficult bond ever. Territorial female with a lot of fear of everything, a history of trauma, and sight issues that make her instantly box at anything that comes remotely near her face (including the other bunny). I took it incredibly slow (3 entire months of pre bonding, then very slow incremental steps over the next 3 months). They just finished bonding a few weeks ago and they are both so much happier! Iâm so glad I didnât listen to people on a rabbit Facebook group that were telling me that my female was just a loner...sheâs so much happier bonded and all the work was worth it!
Well done you!!
I have started the process with boy Peter, adopted him 5 months ago, adopted peep a much larger bunny 2 weeks ago, she's not been socialised but us great with people, Peter is understandably excited and enthusiastic about her, she is not. As she is bigger too I worry that her aggression is going to hurt him. I keep them separated but they are next to each other, they eat together and they flop near each, the other night they were grooming in front of each other. I thought they were really making progress, then this morning peep got out through the door, and they had a scrap đą post scrap they both ate their breakfast next to each other and didn't seem fazed. Obviously distressing for me seeing them fight and fur flying everywhere. I was starting to think that maybe she doesn't want a friend but after reading your post maybe she just doesn't know what she is missing?!
@@dawnmcintyre9415 I had a similar thing happen when bonding my two! I suddenly heard loud sounds from the bunny room when having a bath, turns out they had escaped into the same area and they got into a fight. Fur flying and all. I separated them and checked for injuries, and honestly it didnât seem to slow down the bonding process at all after that. Bunnies are just chaos machines đ€·ââïž
How long should you keep the bunnies in the neutral space for ??
Do you think that itâs better to create long stretches of time between bonding sessions with rabbits? I have a territorial girl bun as well and she was having dates with a boy bun for a few weeks and we took him home a week ago. My bf has been trying to have like 2x/day bonding sessions with them but they had a bad fight yesterday so Iâm trying to figure out the best course of action
Our boy groomed the female on the second day and the girly groomed him back the next day! They were insanely easy to bond
Oh my gosh I didn't know these were normal cuz I was bonding my buns and they were chasing and humping and I thought they will not bond going to give a second chance
Thank you so much đ
Hey hailey. I got a bunny in 2020 and I am so glad that I found your channel. You helped me so much so thank you. I hope you are well and your bunnies are good. Thank you
I also got my bunny in 2020! She was born January 2nd 2020 đ
Yes her channel is so awesome! Touches everything that you could possibly need to know for rabbits đ°
8:00 pause there and he looks like a look of bread đ awwww itâs the cutest thing in the world!đ„ș
Sterling is the cutest thing in the world
2 of mine have just had a fight that landed olin the emergency room, luckily she is okay and recovered. I shall do a video about it x
You have given me so much clarity with my new buns thank you
Thank you for the captions! It makes it easier for me to follow
I have a very timid and territorial dwarf bunny (2 yrs) and I recently got a 7 month old. Luckily I kept them in separate pens but my dwarf bunny IMMEDIATELY lunged at the other one. I'm so glad I watched your videos because I'm so new to bunny bonding! I'm going to wait till I can spay the 7 month old! Rn they are kept in separate areas but close so they can become familiar with one another scents and they are not in direct contact with one another!
Great tips! Iâm just so grateful that my buns never lost their bond after being spayed!
Thank you 101Rabbits
I like her hair color
Thank you for making this video because I can tell now the mistakes I was making. Right now my rabbits are in the bonding process and the are best friends except the fact that hump each other a lot, well one more then the other and itâs good to know that itâs normal and the fact that my rabbit bites the fur to hump. I also sat in the pen with them...which I wonât anymore. Thank you this will make my bonding easier!
Thank you thank you thank you! I've been waiting for someone to provide a good, thorough bonding advice video!
Ahh Iâm so early ily thank you for all your help!!!
Thank you so much for posting this! Itâs super helpful!!!
I've used a spray bottle and spray in-between them, it works most of the time because they get stunned and confused.
I have three rabbits Iâm trying to bond and itâs so hard, but this definitely helped me!!
I am currently bonding my two buns! Fluffy is a male, and Coco is a female. They have a 2-3 year age gap, so I was a bit worried, but I noticed that Coco doesnât see fluffy(who is smaller) as a threat, and on day three, both of them groomed each other! We only did 40 minutes of bonding in total during the 3 days and I think it is so great! I do know that it can all change in a snap, but itâs going well (for now)
Thank you so much @101Rabbits I watched all ur vids on bonding!
It's so funny to me that our little boy (Pinecone) was the only one who humped during bonding, but our little girl (Berry) is definitely in charge now. She'll take treats out of his mouth if we try to give him one first and she always demands that he groom her lol. It was months before I saw her groom him. But they love each other so much and she was the best thing we ever did for him. He's a very shy bun and she is the most outgoing bun I've ever seen. Pinecone is now so much more social and while he's never going to be the kind of bun who wants pets and cuddles, which is fine, he definitely likes head scritches and nuzzles us now.
Iâm planning to bond my rabbit with another bunny sometime soon. Iâve never bonded rabbits before and your videos are very helpful! Thanksđđ°
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So pretty much like teenage boy/girlfriend relationships đ€Ł
I just got a friend for my bunny Mochi. Heâs a little white bunny I named it Sully. After my favorite character from Monsterâs Inc. they were grooming each other and started mounting each other.
I would highly recommend having a bath towel handy which you can throw over a rabbit should fighting start and you canât stop it with the dust pan! Rabbits typically stop in their tracks when you cover them with a towel.
thick gloves are very helpful, gardening gloves would work but i found a cheap pair of fireplace gloves at Lowe's to use
The ra bit says "Git that dust pan away from me hooman! One more time and I'm gonna make your leg muh business and we don't want that do we?"
I like her hair
You should talk about breed differences in behavior. It would be pretty interesting and I bet there are friendlier breeds (that are therefore easier to bond).
My rescue sent me this video. Thank you!
Omg! I was just about to request this! Iâm getting 2 males tomorrow!
How did it go, I just got another bunny was told it was a girl but it's a boy smh
Itâs weird my rabbits were not neutered and they both just went to each other and snuggled and were binking, no humping at all lol
That might happen because their hormones have not risen to the point that they attack. I recommend neutering them ASAP
Still neutering them right? Worries me sometimes. Hate to lecture but even if same gender there are risks of cancers etc x
If they are under 4-6 months that's normal but they need to be spayed / neutered as soon as they are old enough. Just bc they get along now doesn't mean they always will, plus both males and females can get cancer if they aren't fixed
I wish mine would do that you are so lucky and blessed
That will change. Mine are siblings from the same litter and did the same thing while I was trying to find a vet to spay them (took a long time why are there no rabbit vets in my area lol!) Anyways they HAD to be seperated the last month or two while I was still searching because they started fighting! They've been spayed for 2 months now and still fight and they actually got in a bad one the other day :( (one escaped through our gate into the others space) I've spent months doing research on bonding and I'm having such a hard time, im worried they wont bond because of their fights :( I highly highly suggest to seperate them soon to avoid what I'm going through!!
Advice needed!
Do you recommend getting the rabbits acquainted by smell/sight first (through swapping toys or putting them in side by side enclosures) or should they meet the first time ever in the carrier?
Great series btw! Just got a second rabbit and we'll start the bonding process right after the one month healing period! Wish me luck!
If you're buying baby bunnies from the same litter it's good to drive them home in the same carrier but I'd recommend sent swapping and cage neighbors if they aren't babies, fixed, and siblings.
Your rabbits are so cute! Iâve subscribed and love watching your videos. đ°đđŸ
Your first bounding video helpt mi a lot. Every bounding did go well with doing it step by step. And all with male rabbits. And bounding to groups of maile.
Hey big fan of you and your rabbits đ plus
Just bonded my female rabbit with a new male. Both are fixed. They fought in the beginning but figured who was dominant pretty quick. Now a month later they Joy of watching them love on eachother is worth it.
Hi Hayley Iâm so early, Iâve never been this early, I just wanted to say I love your videos! đ
Getting my new bunny today. I got my first one in 2021 and was totally unprepared. Had him in a tiny cage with a hanging waterer, no veggies, feeding all pellets.... No free roam time...... Omg it was like bunny prison. I feel so guilty. I finally got him neutered last year. Litter box trained him. I moved to a new house so he could have bigger space. Now he has an 8 by 8 cvc cage instead of a 2 by 2 dog cage. I am getting him a buddy today to start the bonding process and then I'll introduce them to the living room, which I just bunny proofed. Hoping by this time next month they'll be bonded and I'll be free roaming them in the day in the living room. We'll see how they do. I feel like pet stores are proponents of inadequate bunny care because they make a profit from it. Most people aren't ready to rabbit proof their baseboards and their cables so it's easier to push the narrative that rabbits can thrive in teeny little cages. I definitely didn't understand how what I was doing was harmful. Now I'm doing so much better for my bun and he has come alive with so much personality. I'm going to continue with the knowledge you've given me to do better for my bun. Wish me luck! This is the first time I've ever done the bonding process, so I'm nervous. Thanks for your content. Keep spreading the truth about rabbits!
when I got my 2nd bunny couple months ago, i put my 1st bunny, sage, in her little home base and locked it. they kept going to each other through the bars and would touch their noses together, and start licking each other. honestly, it was the easiest bonding i had ever seen. only took me a few days.
Yay canât wait to watch it đđđ
Great advice, thank you
Hey! I bonded my rabbits recently, and If I do another bond, I will use this video!
Earlyyyyyyy does she respond
Thank you so much have a bun-derf day !!!!
Amazing, informative video!!!
My bunny is free roamed, that bonding process seems complicated and time consuming which is what I donât have as I work ( from home ) and am a single mother of two young kids ( 7 & 9 ). Iâma find her a cat friend I think.
I had two bonded pairs.
Timtim and Roxy
Morris and Willow.
All about 9 years old.
Roxy died last year of natural causes
Sadly yesterday Morris was killed by a fox. Devastating for Willow as she is blind and deaf. So I made the decision to try and bond Willow and Timtim.
This video is great, so far they have completed the car trip, small box. They have now been in next size up box for an hour and will try hay in a moment. Timtim was a very difficult bunny to bond when the rescue centre did it. So I am cautiously happy there has been a little self grooming and of each other. I am taking it so slowly as Willow can not really live alone đ so this has to work!
I got so lucky with my bunnies. It didn't take long for them go be cuddling each other. No thumping, nipping, humping or bitting. Though i cleaned everything before i put them together in the cage. And everything was new. Like the water and food bowl. The only thing my old female rabbit did was rubbing her chin to the new rabbit and she was fine with it. đ„°
Amazing video !!
Oop Iâm 3rd ty for making lots of rabbit/bunny videos I have two rabbits rn and ur vids help me a lot :D
im so early yay! I was litterly just watching your last video again.
My buns are bonded now but always good to learn âșïžđ
One of my bunnies falls asleep on the other one
Some really good advice
Hello i have just started watching you yesterday and I already love your channel and i plan on getting two bunnies after i do all my research!
I tried bonding once but it was sooo stressful for both me and the bunnies. They hated each other to bits, scratching, peeing, and humping for over a month and I eventually gave up.
Love you're videos can you make a 101 rabbits store tour
Yeah we need another tour! I enjoy those!
one of my two bunnies died on march 10th and she was only 2 years oldđme and the vet tried hard to save her but she didnt make it and i dont even know what exactly was wrongđąthanks for this video,hopefully I'll be able to get my boy another friend sometime.đhes alone now...
Sending love and prayers your way ⥠they're binkying with the other bunns and my puppy under the rainbow đđ°đ¶
@@beckabelle5927 thank youâ€ïžđ¶đ°
I'm actually in the process of rebonding my buns. I used to have a trio (didn't last long, so I felt like they only tolerated each other for a month) and since the fighting got so bad, neither of them would eat so I made the decision to rehome 1 of them. Anyways, I'm now back to rebonding the 2 I had, since they were my original 2 and was once previously bonded for a long time, I just can't seem to get them to stop fighting. Like they get along 90 percent of the time with 10 percent of the time they fight, usually if I leave them unsupervised. Neither had any injuries, just fur pulling, but its like they'll do good for hours and when I leave or do something else I hear a fight break loose and its like "I trusted youu". Thats just my thing, this last bonding session went well, and maybe I'll try giving them a smaller space, try the kennel thing, and also be more disconnected, because I always sit a their level during bonding sessions and I stop fights with my hands (with gloves on).
Hi, just wondering what ended up happening here? Im on day 7 of bonding and I am still seeing those chasing behaviors. I am wondering if there is light at the end of the tunnel.
@@nicoleg6417 So unfortunately I had some unforseen circumstances (house fire) and had to rehome all of my rabbits.
At day 7 I would keep expecting the chasing, but give it a few more weeks to let them sort things out and get acclimated to each other
currently have my two who try eating each other through there cages in a box and they are literally cuddling right now this worked !!
currently bonding mine right now in a cardboard box. the new bun is 3 yrs old and has never interacted with any other bunny (besides in a litter). she is very shy and timid so she's giving off submissive energy to my other bun who is a male. he keeps humping her and she doesn't fight back or do anything except "go into her shell." there have been moments where the male would lay next to her, but as soon as she lifts her head up, he instantly goes to hump her. reallllly hope this works out.
Thank u so much! for making this video instead of my bunny doing it to another bunny he does it to my dog bella and it's just so shoking!đŻ
Does nipping chucks of fur and making the rabbit scream mean they are extremely hurt?
I have 2 females the 1st one I got is loving but skidish the 2nd one let's me hold her and very calm and the 1st always attacks the newest one iv watched alot of bonding videos I can't wait til there loving one another just hope it don't take months
I've heard bunnies live a longer life if they have a buddy to live and play with. Is this true?
Helped me so much! Tysmđ„°
I feel sorry for the bottom rabbit. He/She shouldnât have to endure that over and over and over. Talk about traumatic.
What if the rabbit being humped is a 3-6 month old baby and the humper is an adult-like 2-3 yrs old? Is this age difference and older female to baby male ok to attempt to bond?
This is one of THE best videos you have ever produced, Haley! Incredibly helpful. Iâm going to post it in some FB groups. Thank you!
I have recently gotten a new bunny thats 5 weeks old to be a little buddy for my 2yr old bunny I already had. Will the bonding process work out between them even though they have a age difference? (Background info: they are both females, the new bunny has a more relaxed/playful personality and could care less about surroundings while the older bunny has a more "moody" personality.)
I ask this because I'm getting mixed signals during their bonding sessions...pls help mehđ„șđ„ș
My bunny does not usually flop
how soon can u start the bonding process after getting a new bunny? i donât want to lose trust with the new one
Great video, thanks!!
I just got 2 bunnies yesterday. Although I only wanted 1 rabbit, I ended up with 2 because they had been together for over a month in the original families home. One is an EA (3 months) the other is a Fuzzy Lop (4 months). I plan to get them neutered very soon. No fighting at all⊠but lots of circling and humping. Very minimal chasing. However the Fuzzy Lop does not like to be held, touched, or picked up which I respect BUT he has bitten me 3 times and bit my assistant once all instances unprovoked. We are sitting minding our business and he comes over and bites. Itâs not hard⊠any advice on the bonding of to stop the biting is greatly appreciated
Very helpful video my rabbit just turned 4months old canât wait to get him neutered and search rescues for a female sadly none are open due to covid
Thank you so much for the tips :) very useful video
Tysm you testched me so much
Oh my baby mini Rex 10 week old got introduced to my 1.6 year old netherland dwarf. I put them in a box and let them do their thing. The baby just stood there relaxing and the dwarf humped for a while, then starter grooming the mini Rex and lying down next to it
Mine are already bonded (littermate brothers) they are about 3 mos old, and have started doing this to try and work out dominance, so thanks for the tips! Iâm really trying to keep them safe doing this, and hoping it gets way better after theyâre fixed!
*also- I was just cleaning in their pen and tried using a dustpan, glad to see thatâs a good method!!
Also, mine are doing the circling and are taking turns w the mounting.. so ig theyâre just both trying to be dominant
i recently got littermate brothers too and they have started doing the circling and humping too but they arenât taking in turns my bunnies are called pat and dave, pat is the mounter but dave just lets it happen. have your bunnies gotten any better??
Hi guys I just wanted to ask... when do you think is the right time to admit defeat? We have two bunnies. A neutered 10 month old male and a yet unspayed female (the vet said she's too young for it yet). Their personalities are complete opposites. The male is very cautious, smart and thoughtfull and doesn't like touch unless he initiates it himself. The female however is a pretty wild explorer who's climbed to some weird places and likes attention. We've been trying to bond them but it always ends up with the female very close to the ground, lowering her head and thumping, the male chases her, grunts and nips/bites her while she tries to run away from him. We live in a small house, the rabbits both have half of a room to free-roam with a see-through wall between them for now and we take them to a different neutral room for their bonding sessions with lots of treats. My partner always tells me to keep trying and give them more time. But I'm really not so sure about it when a particularly bad one-sided fight broke out yesterday and our male bit my hand and drew blood. I really want to keep trying and bond them, but I'm also worried they won't work out and I don't know what we'd do then.
Maybe dedicate an entire day to bonding time instead of bonding sessions? Iâm currently doing this right now with my two stubborn buns and so far itâs going well..also have you tried her advice on keeping the bonding area very small? And taking them on car rides in a bin/basket or carrier pen? I would watch her other longer video in her âbonding bunniesâ playlist; I watched it twice to absorb the info and so far my bunnies seem to be making some progress. Sincerely I hope it works for you†I know how stressful it can be.
@@Busyfigureskating We don't have a car so I wanted to put them in a bin and move them around with the vacuum on, but once they were both in, they immediately started to fight. We recently discovered that they are both affraid of each other when they are alone in a room (we didn't leave them alone together on purpuse, they were separated both in their own pen) but once one of us comes into the room, the male bunny gains conficence and starts to behave agresively. So far we put their pens next to each other so they can see what the other one is doing and I was thinking about trying table bonding with thee two. If that doesn't work out we'll probably wait for our female rabbit to be old enough to get spayed and then we might try again. And if even that doesn't work out we might think about getting a third bunny, because our female is very socaible and craves attention, while our male is a routine-oriented loner., who like to nap under my desk when I work but runs away from me when I try to pet him. He always needs to be the one to initiate our cuddling time. If rabbits could be autistic I'd say our male checks all the boxes xD
Help! Shot in the dark, everything is going pretty great so far but one bunny keeps stomping at the first stage. I'm not sure if she's mad me or the new bunny or if this is a big red flag
So helpful
I've been trying to bond a larger bunny with a middle sized bunny.
Now whenever I try to stop then with a dust pan, then larger bunny has started to learn the dust pan is too small and weak to stop him, and the other bunny has learned she can quickly run around the dust pan.
Any advice for something to perhaps replace the dustpan with something that's also light weight, but maybe bigger yet still easy to use.
Any advise to bond a new male rabbit to a bonded couple please
If they're doing good the first day and they're outside in 80° f temp, do I bring them inside after the 2 hours and separate? Outside is the only neutral area. Is it okay to bring them back inside while putting each boy in the others room? I don't want them in the heat, but don't want to break the bond either.
I don't think my bonding journey will be that easy, but, I'm going to keep trying at it. The older male is neutered, but, he's very territorial and keeps grunting. The younger female has been in her own space but they can see each other but our first attempt (after three weeks of observing each other) to let them actually meet did not go well. They got a little aggressive but I was able to separate them before either was hurt and we can't figure out which one was the aggressor. I've got a long road ahead of me...
I think Iâve completely messed up bonding my rabbits as I didnât know the process AT ALL. I had one in a hutch, inside the garage that the other one roams⊠initially she started fighting him through the cage, this did stop⊠but then today I thought âI will see what happens together nowâ so just let him out and she started fighting him straight away⊠obviously I separated them.. but now Iâm worried, is it too late to start bonding properly like in your step by step video? Iâm worried about them fighting in the carrier!
Hi we have 2 bunnies Marshie amd Kit
I also have 2; Beau and Tig
@@Isabelle15 : )
I have a 8 month old rabbit and I just brought home a 8 week old baby. She attacked her immediately and bit her ear so bad đą what do I do?
I don't think only using a dust pan works for anyone who has a slightly aggressive rabbit. Mine were very aggressive at the start of bonding & I needed to use my hands to separate them because a dust pan simply wasn't enough to stop a fight.
Omg love yaaaaa soooooo much say hi to your buns for me please!!
One of my rabbits is a lot smaller and one is a lot bigger and when it grooms the smaller one or tries to hump the smaller one it really hurts her what should I do
We've bonded two females, female with a male but now we have two males and it's been over a month and they still aren't boned. We've been debating whether to get a female rabbit, do you think that would help or be worse?
Do I need to bond rabbits from the same litter? Like siblings
Trying to bond my fixed, 6 year old female and a 6 month unfixed (only for one more week) male. Found him abandoned and want to keep him. She is so mean and there is a cage to separate..she grunts and boxes him. She groomed him for a second then but him đ€Šââïž he is so sweet tho and just wants to be her friend..hopping these bonding tips help.
Thank you so much for your video, it is wonderful. Do you know what to do with bunnies ( fixed both) that are already bonded for 4 years but now the female is humping him all the time and especially when I or my family is around. The male bunny is a very mellow guy so it could be that she is frustraded because he doesn't groom her enough but her humping him consistently and I don't know what to do. I give them braks to be on theor own and brong them back together at the moment just for a while - like a time out. They are also spending time relaxing though. Thank you
@101rabbits we have a female holland lop bunny and she is about one years old and she is spayed. We got a companion for her but itâs a boy and he is a baby. She does not like him. Since he is so young, do you still recommend using this method of bonding them?
My male bunny (Neutered) Keeps on humping my spayed female rabbit even after being neutered, His hole day is just trying to hump her and now shes getting really annoyed by it, does anyone have any tips of how to stop it or do i just let it continue? We've moved them into a room with another bonded pair, (they're kept into twos and are seperated) Or could it be possibly by the change of environment and stress?
Haley,
I needed this so much!!! This is so amazing!! My rabbits are siblings but they hump each other sometimes. Is this okay? They snuggle afterwards though.
If your rabbits are siblings, you still need to go through the bonding process. If that is happening during bonding, it is fine, itâs all part of the process. Just follow the guidelines Haley put in the video.
Make sure they are neutered before trying to bond
It's also weird because my bunnies are female......
Also I'm pretty sure they're fixed.
Help! A few years ago I got a solo bunny. Then I moved into a bigger home and thought it would be a good idea to bring two baby sisters into my home too. But I recently moved again and I have a much smaller space. I feel like I canât properly care for all three due to lack of finances and space. I was thinking about rehoming the two sisters and find a single rabbit to bond with my other 6 year old. Because I really donât want to separate the sisters. So because of this, I got a new baby bunny to bond with my older one because I was going to rehome the 2. Is this a bad idea? I feel like I made a bad decision and I donât know what to do, any advice? Should I just rehome the new baby, or the 2 sisters? I hope this made sense
Hi Hailey, I got a female bunny Oct 1 then went back and got the baby sister female. So the bonding process was very easy. The baby was doing the humping at first then stop đ now the older bunny is starting to the baby sister and itâs been lasting all morning today so far.