Should I re home one of my rabbits

Please could anyone help,
I have 2 free roam bunnies called Bonnie and Princess who are sisters,
they are now both 1 years old now and I have had them at 7 weeks old.
when I first got them they where getting along fine for the first few months and it seemed like Bonnie was the more dominant one.
after a few months they started to have fights where quite a large amount of fur was pulled out of each bunny. - I’m not sure how these had started as I came back to the aftermath of them fighting. As well as both Bonnie and princess humping eachother
When they where both old enough I got them spayed and kept them in a small pen together to monitor their recovery, after the first night they where having mini fights where princess would case after bonnie. As they had just came out of an operation I split them up into 2 different pens.
when I put them back together they where having mini fights but nothing that serious , later that night princess ended up pulling her stitches out. princess had to be taken to the emergency vets but Bonnie was left behind as I had to hold princes’ belly closed.
when They was recovering I let one back to free roaming while the other was in the pen and they kept fighting and biting eachother through the bars.
when they had their checkup at the vets I was told to let them out of their separate carriers both at the same time.
when I got home I let them both out at the same time and they had a massive fight and was really aggressive, I had to use pillows and a broom to get them apart as they wouldn’t stop fighting.
since then they have been kept separate apart from when I tried to bond them.
when ever They where being bonded in their own space It would end in a fight, I stopped bonding them in their own space as they got in a really bad fight and when I tried to split them up I got scratched very badly and had to seek medical attention.
since then I have been trying different bonding methods such as in the bath, mutual territory, in a space they have never been in, outside in A small space ect.
when I have tried to bond them by stroking them together side by side they keep putting their heads underneath each other.
when ever I try and bond them using these methods they either get in a bad fight , small fight , growl at each other and when there’s food involved Bonnie will be very protective of the food, if princess has something Bonnie wants then princess will back off. Bonnie would also run after princess and headbut princesses bum

if anyone has any advice on bonding or if they would need to be rehomed please let me know I don’t know what to do with them
 
If you have given things a good try on neutral territory & followed other bonding basic advice I'd be inclined to give up. if you could bear to give up one of your girls to a rescue in exchange for a suitably matched boy then that might be less stressful for everybun. There are far fewer girl buns than boys in rescue atm (I dunno why) so it'd have a positive knock on effect. Not all siblings will get on once they are no longer babies.

I'm sorry you are in this situation
 
I would agree with joe&boo. However if its important for you to keep trying to bond them you need to give them a break first, i'd say twoo weeks in separate pens and then swapping them around until the time they start sitting next to each other separated by a wall. Not a wired pens. They can bite through the gaps. Note that bunnies unbond when they sense a weakness such as illness from the other bun.

My sister had two does. Sisters. One was bullying the other so much the submissive bunny shredded a cussion in frustration and unfortunately died from ingesting synthetic fibers. Not what you want to hear but rabbits dont think like humans.

Keep us posted.
 
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