Hey guys, I'm new to this and am just looking for advice about bonding my bunnies. I've had my neutered 1 year old male silver marten, Caro, for a year now and just got an unspayed female (we think a 4 month old brittania petite mix) called Bella. We adopted both of them a year apart and I'm really worried that I'm not going to be able to get them to bond. I spoke to my vet who says i can bond them even though Bella isn't spayed as Caro has been neutered for about 5/6 months now. I currently have them side by side in their own seperate cages so they can eat togrther, see eachother, smell eachother, and overall basically just get familiar woth eachother (please note that there's been an instance where Caro broke out of his cage and attacked bella while she was already out). I tried bonding them tonight for the first time in a small enclosure using c & c grids and it went okay but there were times obviously in which caro was attacking Bella and it got to the point Bella was afraid to move incase Caro attacked her again. Dont get me wrong there were times where they just chilled and ate but Bella was very on edge throughout the whole experience (she is generally a very timid rabbit). I've read that this is normal and to just be persistent. I just wanna hear from your P.O.V and if theres maybe any tips yous can give me to help with their bonding so they can become best buds.
I know it's not gonna happen over night but I'm just concerned incase Caro is being far too aggressive and is not going to be able to bond with Bella. The reason he was put up for adoption in the first place was because he was aggressive with other male rabbits in the store, however we were told that it could be because of rabbits general dominant behavioir and he should hopefully be able to bond with a female once neutered.
Thanks guys ^.^ !!
I know it's not gonna happen over night but I'm just concerned incase Caro is being far too aggressive and is not going to be able to bond with Bella. The reason he was put up for adoption in the first place was because he was aggressive with other male rabbits in the store, however we were told that it could be because of rabbits general dominant behavioir and he should hopefully be able to bond with a female once neutered.
Thanks guys ^.^ !!
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