You should try some bathtub sessions and/or car sessions.
Bathtub sessions are when you stick them in a bathtub force them to interact that way. They can't get as much traction to fight in the tub. Also its a neutral area so there aren't as many territory issues so things might work themselves out there.
You can also put them in a carrier and drive them around for a while. Most buns are pretty afraid of the car and this will force them to comfort one another in their time of "need".
Also, you can usually get any two rabbits to get along as long as you wait long enough. Its just sometimes not worth it time and stress wise. Based on your descriptions though it seems like its going pretty well even though they aren't love bird yet. They just have to work out some kinks
Bathtub sessions don't work with Dusty, if anything they make her more aggressive. Probably 'cause the bathroom isn't neutral, she lived in there for 2 weeks when ill.
I've been using the washing machine trick instead of a car which works quite well since I also have a quiet off option with it (only really put it on spin cycle if they're being difficult) and those go really well. Then pens go pretty well. Everything goes pretty well unless Hops begs for a groom and offends her. (No hops don't beg her for grooms you're making her maaad!)
So really still stuck on getting hops to lick her back. :c
they didn't get breakfast this morning except for hay so hopefully eating breakfast together in bonding will loosen them up a little
That may be an idea, maybe I'll cut the bonds back to short little 10mins one where all they do is sit and groom themselves. We did have a 4 day break last week (Dusty had a scratched eye and needed antiobiotics/pain meds.) and the first session after that went really well
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Bathtub sessions are when you stick them in a bathtub force them to interact that way. They can't get as much traction to fight in the tub. Also its a neutral area so there aren't as many territory issues so things might work themselves out there.
You can also put them in a carrier and drive them around for a while. Most buns are pretty afraid of the car and this will force them to comfort one another in their time of "need".
Also, you can usually get any two rabbits to get along as long as you wait long enough. Its just sometimes not worth it time and stress wise. Based on your descriptions though it seems like its going pretty well even though they aren't love bird yet. They just have to work out some kinks
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I've been using the washing machine trick instead of a car which works quite well since I also have a quiet off option with it (only really put it on spin cycle if they're being difficult) and those go really well. Then pens go pretty well. Everything goes pretty well unless Hops begs for a groom and offends her. (No hops don't beg her for grooms you're making her maaad!)
So really still stuck on getting hops to lick her back. :c
they didn't get breakfast this morning except for hay so hopefully eating breakfast together in bonding will loosen them up a little
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