Misoandtofu20
New Kit
Hi everyone, I hope some of you can advise me! :roll:
I have a 1yo neutered male (who I have owned for around 7 months) and a 1y2m un-neutered female (who I rehomed recently).
Currently they live next door to each other. I swap belongings around daily and they get on perfectly through their pen's divider (laid next to each other, sniffing without nipping etc)...It's just when they meet when we have a little trouble!
My male currently is excessively humping the female and nipping fur out from her back every time I let them meet in the neutral areas. I know this is a dominance thing but he seems to be doing it ALL the time and the poor female is accepting it but she does seem to get frustrated at times and does nip him to tell him off! Hes now started to sniff near her face when they meet and sometimes nip that too. I rescued him around 7 months ago and he has never seen another rabbit before until I rehomed my female recently... I don't know whether he is overwhelmed by another rabbit being in close proximity to him and he just doesn't know how to act? (I have taken them on a car ride and they were snuggled next to each other, I have also had them next to each other our laps stroking them and they were fine!)
I really would appreciate some advice and some help on how I can get them to bond. I understand its easier to bond two neutered rabbits but currently I am not in a place where shes able to be spayed yet. I know quite a lot of success stories where neutered males have bonded with un-neutered females and its gone well from there on so I would love to know how I get there too!
Thanks in advance :thumb:
I have a 1yo neutered male (who I have owned for around 7 months) and a 1y2m un-neutered female (who I rehomed recently).
Currently they live next door to each other. I swap belongings around daily and they get on perfectly through their pen's divider (laid next to each other, sniffing without nipping etc)...It's just when they meet when we have a little trouble!
My male currently is excessively humping the female and nipping fur out from her back every time I let them meet in the neutral areas. I know this is a dominance thing but he seems to be doing it ALL the time and the poor female is accepting it but she does seem to get frustrated at times and does nip him to tell him off! Hes now started to sniff near her face when they meet and sometimes nip that too. I rescued him around 7 months ago and he has never seen another rabbit before until I rehomed my female recently... I don't know whether he is overwhelmed by another rabbit being in close proximity to him and he just doesn't know how to act? (I have taken them on a car ride and they were snuggled next to each other, I have also had them next to each other our laps stroking them and they were fine!)
I really would appreciate some advice and some help on how I can get them to bond. I understand its easier to bond two neutered rabbits but currently I am not in a place where shes able to be spayed yet. I know quite a lot of success stories where neutered males have bonded with un-neutered females and its gone well from there on so I would love to know how I get there too!
Thanks in advance :thumb: