Best way to neutralise area before bonding

Hi everyone,

I'm giving the bunny bonding another go, after mine had a fight a few weeks ago.

The trouble is, the most ideal room for me to bond them in, and keep them and eye on them constantly, is the room they were in last time they were bonded.
They were in a pen on a carpeted floor which I put a rug on top of to keep as clean as possible.

I can easily neutralise the pen with 50:50 white vinegar solution but what would you recommend to neutralise the rest of the area? I've heard 1:10 non bio washing liquid is a possibiliy? Or does anyone have any other advice?

Ideally I want to put them back on the rug to help avoid messing up the carpet, but can always try and use a large blanket if this is going to cause problems and not be neutral enough.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi there. If neither of the rabbits have been in that room since you last tried to bond them, you don't need to neutralise it. Correct me someone if I'm wrong. It will still smell of both of them. Are your rabbits boy and girl? Was it a bad fight?

I use hibiscrub if it was an area used by one bunny but to honest it might still be a good idea as a precaution.

Neither rabbits have been in that room on their own, just together when they were initially bonded.

The bunnies are male and female, both neutered. I had them together for a week but had been seperating them the first few nights as was too tired and stressed to keep an eye on them, but they were together about two and a half days without being seperated in the end. There hadn't been any scuffles for over a day so I didn't keep an eye on them overnight and when I went to see them in the morning there was fur everywhere and the male had been bitten when I checked him over. He seemed like he may have been scratched as well, but this was where his fur had been pulled so could have just been due to the fur ripping out, rather than an actual scratch. The female didn't have a mark on her!

They've been seperated for the last three weeks, but next to each other in their runs so they can see, smell and socialise with each other. They're being very sweet and keep wanting to sit next to each other and smell each other through the cage. No biting through it, so seems good.

I'm going to spend the long weekend with them from Friday evening to Wednesday morning without seperating them, and pray they get on well.
Last time I had only just brought the female home from the rescue centre and think she hadn't been neutered too long ago, as her fur was only starting to grow back. So hoping her hormones have died-down and will help with the bonding process.

Thanks for your advice. I've not heard of this hibiscrub, but have since read bicarb of soda is good as it is quite natural.