What should I do?

Sophie92x said:

I am at my wit's end, my two boys just cannot be bonded, Pancakes is too territorial and I am frightened he will hurt my smaller one he has hurt him before.
They are now living seperately but Noctis seems so lonely, all he wants is a friend.. unfortunately I do not have the space for a third rabbit

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Jack's-Jane said:

Hello

I assume that both boys are neutered ? If so when was this done ? It can take several weeks for hormones to calm down after neutering.

As they have already had a fight causing injury then it is possible that they will never get along. If that were to be the case and you are unable to take on any more Rabbits then perhaps you could contact a Rescue to see if they could help by finding a spayed Doe for both boys and then you keep one of your Bucks and a Doe and the Rescue finds a new home for your other Buck and a Doe.

Rehoming one of your Bucks will obviously not be easy for you. But in the longterm it would mean that both Bucks have a friend they are happy with and you wont have the worry about keeping two Rabbits as singletons.

I hope that you can find a solution as I am sure the situation is very stressful and upsetting at the moment x

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Sophie92x said:

I am at my wit's end, my two boys just cannot be bonded, Pancakes is too territorial and I am frightened he will hurt my smaller one he has hurt him before.
They are now living seperately but Noctis seems so lonely, all he wants is a friend.. unfortunately I do not have the space for a third rabbit

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MightyMax said:

So sorry to hear this Sophie

Can you contact a Rescue and perhaps ask if they would assist you with the bonding?

If they take them on to bond (perhaps offer a donation) then they can assess the situation and advise you further of what can be done. It's much less stressful when they are away from you and someone else is dealing with the problem x

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Sophie92x said:

I have contacted a rescue and they gave us some advice but to no avail, Pancakes is extremely territorial, Noctis is getting to the point of becoming withdrawn when he's around Pancakes, it's so horrible to see

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MightyMax said:

I didn't mean for the rescue to give you advice, but for someone to actually 'do the bonding' for you

It can sometimes work where we find it hard to bond ourselves.

Alternatively as tonibun has said, a rescue may decide if they can't bond the rabbits that they can pair them up with suitable females whilst there?

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Sophie92x said:

I have just emailed my local rabbit rescue, hopefully they will help us out! I hate the idea having to give up on one of them...but if they have a happier life with a partner then I guess I'd have to go ahead with that decision

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