Purplecelery
New Kit
Hi,
Having a bit of a bonding issue. I have two buns a neutered boy and spayed lady. Initially they were introduced in neutral surroundings but scrapped a lot. We have done slow bonding and the boy is the dominant rabbit or at least wants to be. The only problem, it's a big one I think, is that she doesn't trust him fully so he gets frustrated and nips/chases her. We clap/stamp to get him to stop which works, but this obviously doesn't help with the trust issues from her. She shows interest in him kind of sniffing his bum and grooming him, but he'll turn around or go near her bum and she runs away. He also seems to get territorial over things they share in neutral space. Although not all the time. Only once he's nipped/chased her and they can be fine for a while together sniffing and laying down she'll be happy in the house and he'll be eating or doing something else, but then he changes after trying to show an interest and she runs off. Is there anything you can suggest to help with trust building/bonding further as it's kind of stagnating. We have kept their hutch split, but swap them each night so their scent is in both and they're not too territorial over the space when we can join it up again.
Anything at all would be greatly appreciated as we love them both so much they just need to get along.
Having a bit of a bonding issue. I have two buns a neutered boy and spayed lady. Initially they were introduced in neutral surroundings but scrapped a lot. We have done slow bonding and the boy is the dominant rabbit or at least wants to be. The only problem, it's a big one I think, is that she doesn't trust him fully so he gets frustrated and nips/chases her. We clap/stamp to get him to stop which works, but this obviously doesn't help with the trust issues from her. She shows interest in him kind of sniffing his bum and grooming him, but he'll turn around or go near her bum and she runs away. He also seems to get territorial over things they share in neutral space. Although not all the time. Only once he's nipped/chased her and they can be fine for a while together sniffing and laying down she'll be happy in the house and he'll be eating or doing something else, but then he changes after trying to show an interest and she runs off. Is there anything you can suggest to help with trust building/bonding further as it's kind of stagnating. We have kept their hutch split, but swap them each night so their scent is in both and they're not too territorial over the space when we can join it up again.
Anything at all would be greatly appreciated as we love them both so much they just need to get along.