Ok so I am trying to bond my neutered male lop with my new female lion head (unneutered) and need some help.
I do plan to get her neutered in the next couple of weeks, but she is incredibly docile (just like my male) So I thought it was worth a try to see what happens.
Ok so first bonding session ( in my kitchen) went really well to start with: eating together, grooming together, licking each other etc etc( In less than half an hour!!) . However my female kept mounting my male, I think he eventually got annoyed by this and went to nip her, then they got into a little bit of a scuffle and started circling one another so I split them up and stopped.
The first time when she mounted him a lot I didn't push her off as I thought she may just be asserting her dominance, but the excessive mounting seem to put my male in a bad mood hence the nipping and aggression.
On my second bonding session I tried the washing basket stress bond ( shaking it whenever any aggression is shown) . To start with my female nipped my males bum but then was fine for the next half hour and she licked him a lot again.
On my third bonding( Basket method again) , she tried to nip him a little on the head and then he licked her a little bit later on. However she did try and mount him towards the end.
Just wondered if the mounting she keeps doing Is because she isn't neutered yet or is that a normal bonding thing to do( Should I let her mount him?) Is she showing she wants to be the dominant bunny?
Just wondered peoples opinions.
I do plan to get her neutered in the next couple of weeks, but she is incredibly docile (just like my male) So I thought it was worth a try to see what happens.
Ok so first bonding session ( in my kitchen) went really well to start with: eating together, grooming together, licking each other etc etc( In less than half an hour!!) . However my female kept mounting my male, I think he eventually got annoyed by this and went to nip her, then they got into a little bit of a scuffle and started circling one another so I split them up and stopped.
The first time when she mounted him a lot I didn't push her off as I thought she may just be asserting her dominance, but the excessive mounting seem to put my male in a bad mood hence the nipping and aggression.
On my second bonding session I tried the washing basket stress bond ( shaking it whenever any aggression is shown) . To start with my female nipped my males bum but then was fine for the next half hour and she licked him a lot again.
On my third bonding( Basket method again) , she tried to nip him a little on the head and then he licked her a little bit later on. However she did try and mount him towards the end.
Just wondered if the mounting she keeps doing Is because she isn't neutered yet or is that a normal bonding thing to do( Should I let her mount him?) Is she showing she wants to be the dominant bunny?
Just wondered peoples opinions.
