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Hi,
My nearly 9 month old brother/sister Netherland dwarfs Joey and Sophie are now 2 weeks post neuter/spay. They have recovered really well and had their final post op check yesterday. I asked the (rabbit savvy) vet when would be best to start the bonding process and they said we could start today and see how it goes.
Since we got them 6 months ago, Joey and Sophie have lived in adjoining pens and have groomed each other through the bars and generally enjoyed each others company. Since his neutering, Joey has shown no signs of his previous hormonal behaviour so we thought we shouldn't have too many issues putting him with Sophie in a neutral space.
So this morning we set up a relatively neutral space (both bunnies have separate free roam time of the whole house) and introduced them. The entire session consisted of Joey chasing and mounting/humping Sophie! Sophie didn't seem too bothered by it but did keep running away and just seemed a bit fed up of Joey harassing her so much. We decided to separate them again when Joey pulled a little of Sophie's fur out (not much and Sophie didn't even seem to notice).
I guess my question is, is it too early to bond them? I am aware it can take a while for the hormones to die down after neutering but the timeframe for this seems to vary quite dramatically depending on where you get the information from! Has anyone had any similar experiences or general advice?
Thanks in advance!
My nearly 9 month old brother/sister Netherland dwarfs Joey and Sophie are now 2 weeks post neuter/spay. They have recovered really well and had their final post op check yesterday. I asked the (rabbit savvy) vet when would be best to start the bonding process and they said we could start today and see how it goes.
Since we got them 6 months ago, Joey and Sophie have lived in adjoining pens and have groomed each other through the bars and generally enjoyed each others company. Since his neutering, Joey has shown no signs of his previous hormonal behaviour so we thought we shouldn't have too many issues putting him with Sophie in a neutral space.
So this morning we set up a relatively neutral space (both bunnies have separate free roam time of the whole house) and introduced them. The entire session consisted of Joey chasing and mounting/humping Sophie! Sophie didn't seem too bothered by it but did keep running away and just seemed a bit fed up of Joey harassing her so much. We decided to separate them again when Joey pulled a little of Sophie's fur out (not much and Sophie didn't even seem to notice).
I guess my question is, is it too early to bond them? I am aware it can take a while for the hormones to die down after neutering but the timeframe for this seems to vary quite dramatically depending on where you get the information from! Has anyone had any similar experiences or general advice?
Thanks in advance!
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