Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
I am about to go to the rabbit rescue in about 1 to 2 weeks and adopt the 3rd rabbit. The 3rd rabbit is the brother of the male in the male/female bonded pair, another very tame lop.
Supposedly, I would put the 2 bonded bun in 1 region (a pen), and the new bun in another pen, and the 3 of them (2 set of space next to ea. other) 24 hr. x 7 days.
Now, there is a bit of a hiccup: The 2 bonded bun since Sep / Oct. 2025, occasionally chase each other, I caught the male trying to hump the female, and the female doesn't like it, so they chase ea. other, until I stop it. To be fair, all the neuter male from SPCA in the past decades has hump their female partners on rare occasion, so this is nothing new. The only difference is, this female doesn't like being hump, and she tries to nip back.
So how would you bond the 3rd bun into the group when I don't feel safe to put the 2 bonded bun in 1 region of space, in the rare case that they chase ea. other, try to nip ea. other?
Supposedly, I would put the 2 bonded bun in 1 region (a pen), and the new bun in another pen, and the 3 of them (2 set of space next to ea. other) 24 hr. x 7 days.
Now, there is a bit of a hiccup: The 2 bonded bun since Sep / Oct. 2025, occasionally chase each other, I caught the male trying to hump the female, and the female doesn't like it, so they chase ea. other, until I stop it. To be fair, all the neuter male from SPCA in the past decades has hump their female partners on rare occasion, so this is nothing new. The only difference is, this female doesn't like being hump, and she tries to nip back.
So how would you bond the 3rd bun into the group when I don't feel safe to put the 2 bonded bun in 1 region of space, in the rare case that they chase ea. other, try to nip ea. other?
