Update on the bonding:
We have tried to bond our two male rabbits twice since my last post and neither time has been much of a success. The first time they ignored each other for about a minute, then Ralph began to chase Reggie and bit a clump out of his fur. Reggie stomped his foot and went to attack Ralph, Ralph retaliated and a fight ensued which we instantly broke up and separated them again.
The second time was this morning. We set the area up with some pellets, some hay and some veggies and brought them both in at the same time. They ignored each other for about five minutes, Ralph was enjoying the pellets and reggie was sniffing around sussing out the new territory. Reggie went over to Ralph a few times and tried to sniff under his bum (if that makes sense?) like put his head under his tummy. Ralph didn't seem to mind this initially. Reggie also took a few nips at Ralph, who was still munching on the pellets so didn't seem to mind too much. The third time Reggie went to nip him Ralph had had enough and retaliated and a scrap broke out. There are no tell-tell signs such as circling or mounting as you might expect, it just turns straight into a fight where they are rolling around really quickly. We separated them and I checked them both over to check they were okay before putting them back down again to see if they just needed to work things out after one fight and they would be fine. They weren't. Reggie went straight back over to Ralph who got on the defense and the fighting started again. We decided to stop the bonding attempt and put them back in their areas.
I've watched so many videos and read so many articles on bonding but we're not having much luck. I was thinking of trying to get a professional in, either send them to a professional bonder or take them to someone to watch their bonding attempt to see if their bond was salvageable. Does anyone have any recommendations on people who do this sort of thing? Thanks in advance