I sent my female to a rescue and they let her pick the male she wanted and then bonded them for us and I thought it was really cute 😂❤️

My girls bond was extremely rare...they were instantly bonded! The day I put them together they were already grooming each other and laying back to back! They definitely were a match made in Heaven! ❤️❤️

We are at the end if day 1 of your bonding plan. It is the MOST progressive we have ever made and we've been trying to bond for one year!! Thanks so much!!!

4:52 The carrier 9:11 small enclosure 14:51 2x2 pen 17:52 2x4 pen 19:35 4×4 pen (7 days) 22:39 add litterboxes 24:09 Add in water dish 26:20 add very large hidy house 28:09 move home!

I have two males and within an hour of them in the cardboard box they were grooming each other and flopping in the box. They have been in the 4 by 4 pen for 2 days now and they are only getting better! We are hoping they keep progressing.

Haley, can you please do a video about introducing a third bunny to an already bonded pair? 🙏

I'm a day and a half into bonding my rabbits and this has been so helpful! I've followed it religiously OTHER than the stress bonding in the carry case/in the car. I'm really trying to make sure their bond is based on love and curiosity rather than fear, and so far so good. Each of these steps have worked fine without using the stress bonding, so I highly recommend it to others who are also not keen to use fear as a method! Thanks so much for this video though. So thorough and well-explained!

Your doing this bonding series in the perfect time im bonding my rabbits at the moment!

Bunny hierarchy is confusing. We found out that two bucks who otherwise would not get along, they do fine when they are with the other already bonded does. I think the big doe somehow keeps the peace by grooming both bucks so they don't feel a need to fight each other for dominance. The other doe gives no shits as long as she isn't bothered too often. Both bucks try to hide their heads under the big doe when they get scared, lol. It's almost like she's the big mama, but also the submissive one.

My partner and I bonded our bunnies super slowly. They lived in separate rooms for the first six or more months, then we moved them into the same room with two separate pens, for a couple of months. Then we moved them out to the living room in the same pen with dividing panels down the middle, for about four months. It really paid off because when we eventually did put them in the same pen, there was no problem! It was very easy and we were very surprised as all the videos on bonding make it out to be such a big deal. We tried the "neutral territory in a tiny pen (3 panels)" method once when they were younger but they lashed out aggressively and we chickened out. I'm glad we did! It ended up being so much easier than all that. Really glad we never bothered with stress bonding, it didn't feel right to us to bond rabbits together using fear and it turned out to not be necessary at all.

It's been two years since I watched this video to bond my rabbits. It was love at first sight and my bunny groomed the other within 2 hours. I since have moved two times and there has never been a serious fight between them. I felt like I needed to come back and thank you for this video and your work ❤ I couldn't have done it without you Thank you so much

Had my adopted hun for just over a year and really thought he needed a friend. Went to a rescue and picked two bunnies and they did the bonding process and he is so so happy being a husbun. I’ve just got them home and put them in a smaller area and I’ve never seen such lovely happy bunnies, they are smitten!

This is the most complete and comprehensive video I’ve ever seen

Who here doesn't have a rabbit but still watching this because these types of videos is entertaining 👇

Thank you so much for this video, it was great! Going through bonding right now and it has been quite difficult. This video helped so much and I'm excited that I came across it!

That was was a fantastic video Haley packed full with all one need to know about bonding bunnies with tlc 👏👏hope that you and your furries are all doing well Prayers for you all 🙏🏼❤ xxx🐇💩🐾

Thank you so much for these detailed guide to bonding. This method worked great for us so far! And the bunnies are so cute together ❤️

I'm thinking of getting a friend for my bunny. This video is very helpful, thank you🙂🐰

It’s so cute to see you move them with the dust pan lol I’ll be picking up a HUSBUN for my girl WinterBella on Monday so I’m studying really hard I want them to be happy together 🤞🏽

i love this bonding series!

I was literally debating how and where to start trying to bond my girls again and I saw this pop up in my feed. The cardboard box idea is great because I didn’t want to take apart one of my girls cages (xpen) to fence off an area for them. Thanks for the great video!

Thank you so much 😁 I love all your vids🤗

Thanks so much for all the great information about bunnies! We started with one and then bought five more. After most of them died we made the decision to move them to a barn with the roosters. I was prepared for the bonding process. The black bunny was out and about and the brown one had been ina cage too long. Within 10 minutes they were kissing and running around. It's been a week and they still come to me everyday for carrots, blueberries and lovin'. Thanks again!!

I'm very glad my two bunnies bonded without complications. They're inseparable now 3 years later. :3

I have followed this video step by step and it was the smoothest and most successful bonding process ever!

Haley's shop should offer rabbit bonding!! Aw... Lulu! My diva bunny

Omg I was just looking at your channel like, hmm she should be posting now, and then you did!

You have really good points. I didn't know all of this when I introduced my new boy to my female. My first son Stewie passed in the summer, so I wanted to get my girl another so she wouldn't feel lost. I also wanted a neutered male so he wouldn't traumatize her. He did try to mount her a few times although she's spayed too. But I just told him to stop, and made a little sound with my mouth and he stopped. Two months after, I had to move in with my mom to help looking after her. I had to buy a pen because she has so much stuff and she didn't want them free. But they have surprisingly done very well. My female is a senior for her large size. But my boy has now taken to care for her a lot - which I didn't think he would do since he's younger. Rabbits are amazing. Unfortunately I have no option for a larger space until my mom passes away. Then they'll probably get the living room.

Thank you for this video. I watched it twice and stuck to it when bonding mine. It completely worked. The only thing it did additionally, pre bonding, was I gave mine some exposure to each other prior to bonding via sent swapping, then parallel pens, etc. This video is amazing and probably saved me hours/days of problems.

Yay!!! I lm so exited because I just bought the variety pack of herbs from your shop!!!

Thank you for the video! I am just in process of pre-bonding and will be bonding soon! :)

Sterling looks exactly like my rabbit!! His name is Bunzo and I inherited him when his owner died. I’m at least his 5th owner. He has been passed around a lot, which I think has led to his having trust issues. I think he is finally realizing that this is his forever home. I would have never thought I could love a bunny as much as I love my Bunzo. I definitely didn’t realize that they had so much personality or that they were as intelligent as he has proven to be. At first I was very hesitant about even taking custody of him…but I was talked/guilted into it. It turned out to be the best decision I have ever made! Im completely and utterly enamored with my Bunzo. His full name is Bunzo T. Rabbit. The T standing for Tiberius, of course..lol Anyway, your videos are very informative and entertaining. You have such an expressionful face. I think it’s in the eyebrow manipulation. It’s truly adorable.😉 keep up the great content for any bunny owner.

So detailed! Thank you!

This is So SO helpful, I just messed up my second bonding date so badly by giving them the whole bathroom. I really hope I can recover they had a fantastic first date.

She is correct, large areas can cause territorial issues. I have two does, sharing the same area, tending to kits from both. The smaller of the two does tends to win. She also tends to tend to both nests. Great Video, thanks!

So so good, wow learned so much. Thank you!

I’m so excited to bond my bunnies!! Still saving up for their spay & neuter surgeries though!! Wahhh cant waittt

I’m so excited to visit your shop sometime in Stevens Point! I’ve been watching you for a long time and I was so happy when I learned that you were a fellow Wisconsinite😊😊

thank you so much for this video! i took notes and think i'm ready after a lot of other research to try bonding my well-tempered male rabbit with a very friendly and gentle girl bunny I found at the shelter yesterday. he has gotten along with dogs and cats in the past, even when i let my cat come out and hang out in his room - sometimes they even lay side by side and put their heads together. he is rarely afraid of my cat and always plops right down beside her. (she is more skeptical of him, but usually doesnt mind.) i did make sure they spent about 6 months apart in separate rooms at first to make sure they got used to each other's scent, and i do not leave them together alone when i am asleep or not home. i am hoping he will have as easy of an experience with his rabbit bonding mate. i am a little worried because i do work full time, so during the 7 day period in the pens i wont be able to supervise them during the day, but i really don't want to separate them. fingers crossed it will be love at first sight

This was a VERY helpful video!

This was so great and informative!! Thank you so much. My partner and I will be trying to bond our bunny and our foster bun in a few weeks once he heals from his neuter :)

I’m just about to go get a brother for my bunny and I already have bonded before but just to make sure i wanted to watch a video :)

Thurberi seems very interested in and tolerant of other animals. When he was in foster previously, he kept escaping to go see their guinea pigs, and he lets my cat come into his room. (Supervised, obviously.) I think he's a really good candidate for a friend, so I've started looking. This is helpful info on how to start, since the rescue can't really do a meet and greet like usual, thanks to covid.

first! and thanks i really need this!

I love this video such a great video

I don't know why but I found your videos soooo relaxing

Hey, thanks for instruction, we just bonded our mail rabbits that was against all odds. Followed instruktions with one own thing. Everytime thay get inyo the fight i would put them back to cardbox and it worked

this is the earliest iv ever been lol! i love your vids so much and now i might be getting a bunny soon! i just want to say thanks for making these vids to help other buns!

Super accurate. I have a small rabbitry and I have to always bond bunnies when I get new ones. Thank you for your advice.

I messed up and put them both in a big room that my big boy was already established. Thank you for this video. My big boy names Becky has been free roam. And this other baby I rescued has been in a outside small cage for a year.

Thank you so so much for this video! I had to bond 2 rabbits for the first time 3 days ago and was so nervous. Used your method and they already groomed each other at step 2. The male mounted the female on day 2 and that's it. No aggression, no injuries, just love. Again: Thank you so much!

Thank You!

my girls took about 4 months to bond.. but they are doing amazing now. starting in a small area at first did not work for my bunnies (i used the bathtub) , so i had to go to a 4x4 xpen

Thank you!

Hope your feeling better Hailey praying for you 🙏

i like the tips thanks ill use them :)

hahahaha... Ebony is just trying to steal the kale and then she hops away like VICTORY!! cutest thing ever! ❤❤ I cant wait to spayed my rabbits so that i can bond them

Getting two bunnies from different sources on the same day. (Both buns in need of rehoming.) wondering if we should bond them to each other first or with us humans first. Great videos! Thanks so much.

tips for bonding 3 bunnies who are very territorial

I love your hair color.

Can we pleaseeeeee talk about your hair!!!!! 🥰

When bonding then for the first couple days and it ends up going well but it gets late, do you move the buns back to their personal pens?

Definitely needed to know all of this because my male is so quiet and he's only social in his playpen not his cage so I was hoping if I got him a male playmate then maybe he'd open up in his cage as well❤

Well this is good to know, seeing as we just got a rabbit for my Tu Shen. Xiao Wu is the new bunny and will be bonded to Shen after Shen's surgery. We got a spare bedroom that has not been touched by any rabbit we can use as a neutral territory. In the mean time, Xiao Wu has one half of my bedroom Shen has never been to and Shen gets the other half where he has been since we got him.

My rabbit has been free roaming for 2 monthes and I find smaller sized x pens in the bathrooms is the easiest way to bond them☺️

I love that u repeat cuz I have low battery so I put volume down

Oh this is helpful I was worried about putting my bunnies without food or whatever for a few hours I thought it would harm them.

Yay I am early Love u

This is so helpful! I Will definitely be giving this a shot with my super stubborn buns. My buns are currently separate... do you do ALL of these steps one right after the other? Or is there ever "pauses" where you put them back in their respective pens (for example: overnight) and resume the next day or a few hours later?

I have bonded my mini lop doe Blueberry with another mini lop, and I wish I didn't bother bonding her with another rabbit. We had such a wonderful relationship with her, and that's why we thought she also needed to have a relationship with her own kind. She always looked so joyful. However, we saw a big change in her personality after the bond. She just became a follower, and it's very sad to see. I'm not going to separate them, but I just wanted to send a warning because all you hear about is its good for the bunny.

Once more proof that rabbits are gourmets, do not only appreciate the nutritional value of food but above all the taste, he's smart enough to understand there's no more left. Except for... The delicious taste, all over the bowl!

I have two rabbits, one is a sweet heart who wanted to snuggle my other rabbit right away, but the other rabbit is a bit of a diva lol! They’re not bonded but when I did try to bond them, they did well, but I could not for the life of me get her to stop nipping him. They would be cuddling and she would then randomly nip! It was always a hard nip too. I could never move on to the final step because of the nipping. Is there any tips to how to get her to not nip so hard? Thanks!

Thanks. Great set of videos. What if we have an almost 3.5 months buck who is not yet fixed and is scheduled to for 4.5 month fixing... but we are getting a doe bunny who is 2 months old. Should they be kept in separate playpens for until they are both fixed or just the buck?

This video was really helpful. I'm thinking of rescuing a male bunny to bond with my female and I'm worried that she won't bond. I have a couple of questions though. How would I go about feeding them separately during this time and I'm also worried I won't notice any behaviours at night even if I'm sleeping in the same room. Also would it be an issue if my female rabbit already has a routine in terms of where she sleeps, naps, etc? Is it okay to break that routine?

Question, in the case that I start bonding in the morning, at night time when I’m ready for bed, separate them for bed time and continue the next morning?

Quick question! I've been bonding rabbits for awhile, some just click, I keep an eye on them, pretty much what's discussed in the video, but it seems I have some that just will NOT get along with one rabbit whereas they like any other, do you have any tips on rabbits that just don't like eachother?

my Bunny s name i Lulu too! She is a little devil as it comes to bonding with my bunny ZukO! So funny, cause she is reaaaalllyyyyy teritorial and gets crazily mad hahahaah I adore her, couldn t stop laughing when realised that there s another Lulu Bunny acting like her

Thank you for this video! Can bunnies of very different sizes or ages bond?

Hello! Thank you for the videos. I had a question about the first few days/nights of the bonding process… I took my two bunnies for a drive yesterday for the first time, and then I put the two in a box. They were really solid the whole time, and they even ate alfalfa together. When it got late and time for dinner time for the two, I separated the two into their individual pens so they could eat and use their litter boxes. Is this advisable? Or are they supposed to stay together until they are bonded? Thank you in advance!

Thank you for this! Beginning the process tomorrow 🤞. Out of curiosity, what kind of bunny is the brown one in the video? It looks just like mine, and I’m unsure of the breed.

I’m commenting this on multiple bunny videos. I hope someone sees this and can help. I have two female buns. One is a year old and one is 3. They are both lops and are both spayed. When I brought home the 1 year old she was 5months. They both got along great, would groom eachother and play. Neither of them were spayed at this time. But once we got the youngest spayed she started to get aggressive which we thought was odd. She started biting and nipping our other bun. So we separated them. Then I thought that getting my other bun spayed would help. But nope. It’s been 6months and I’ve tried everything!! Stress bonding, a neutral territory, giving them each others litter boxes, having them spend time in the other ones territory. Everything. As soon as they see each other their tails go up and they want to bite. Absolutely no hesitation they just want each other dead I swear! I’m not sure they can even be bonded! But they used to be so cute running around together and I want them to do that again. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Is there a way to rectify the bonding, if you made a mistake?

Do you put water in for the bunnies if there in there for quite some time and how many times should you do this cardboard box stage ? Also should you let the bunnies see eachother before doing this ?

Hey, regarding the carrier, what if a fight were to break out? I’d be worried about being unable to intervene quick enough

Question!! We have a 7 month old neutered male Holland lop and we’re thinking about getting another one. We found on we love that we haven’t gotten yet but it is an 8 week old male. Wondering if that is ok to do and bond them once he is neutered as well?

This called stress bonding !

Hi! Before putting them in the car do you initially let them meet or sniff at any point before that?

What do you do if you’ve already had one rabbit for a long time and want to introduce a brand new rabbit? Once bonded do you put them in “her” pen? Also does this process take place in one day? Where do they go for the times when they’re not together if it’s longer than one day?

So I'm getting a male Mini Rex in about 2-3 months and this is what I had planned. Please LMK if this cage setup is ok. (I've done a lot of research and my mom had a bunny, but I'm a first-time owner.) I have a space to let the rabbit in that's 2'6" by 10'6" (in my bedroom). One end will have a medium dog cage with the food and litter box and stuff in it. Outside the cage will be bedding and toys and stuff. The bunny will almost always have the entire space to go in save for when I'm cleaning. Is that enough room?

Great video thank you. It's seems like this process is continuous and they are not returned to their own hutches each day. Is that correct? Also as I have one hutch for each of them I'm assuming at the end I only use one hutch and clean it out completely before housing both of them in the same hutch. Bunny 1 is using the laundry as her space and that's were I'll put them in the end so I assume I spray that area too. But is there trauma associated with putting her in a space that used to be hers and is now neutralised because I will clean it with white vinegar?

I have a male bun that's fixed. A year later we got another male bun and kept them separated but near each other prior to getting the new bun fixed. Introduced them on neutral ground after the second bun healed. Since then, they 'honk' at each other an pull out fur when one or the other goes near the other. They've gotten into at least three bunny tornadoes so I'm hesitant to put them in a car together. The older one is cranky and small. The younger one is friendly and sweet, but two times the size and can hurt him if he really gets upset. We've had them out together, slowly, but, they start chasing each other. It's been four months and once we let them out together they start jumping over each other, then chasing, then fighting. It's exhausting and we hear 'honking' and see fur on the floor even when no one is around them. Got my work cut out for me...

Could you pleaseeeeeee do a vid on how to bond a new rabbit to a heard? I have a bonded heard of 3 and need to add one more that was separate before..🥺

Healthy and Happy rabbit care! 101Rabbits is the BEST channel in the WORLD to help educate other rabbit owners around the WORLD !

heyy! i wanna say that your videos helped me a lot! i just have a question.. my rabbit lives outside 🥲 how am i gonna spray everything with vinegar and water without his whole enclosure being soaked? :)

I have found that lots of distraction work best. The rabbits get so involved with the distractions that they 'forget' to spend time chasing each other.

When u put them together do you need a divider then take it away when they r used to each other

I think you should make a video on all the safe lettuces four bunny

Just adopted two unneutered buns... I'm going to netuer them next week and give them about a month after to let their hormones settle... Hopefuly they bond. So worried they won't but praying they do!

Hi! My bunny is living in our living room and has been doing that for a little over a year now (been living there since I got him). I want to get a bunny who can also live there with him, but as you say they can’t be in somebody else’s territory but I have no other space for them to live together except the living room. How can I make the living room a territory for both of them? I really need to get him a friend, thank you!

I have recently just got two 10 week old males from the same litter; they were humping straight away when they go home. So I’ve separated them, booked them in to get neutered in two weeks and then I’ll re-introduce them a few weeks after that! They cuddled in the car ride home and led down back to back, so I’m confident it’ll work out once they are neutered! If anyone else has bonded same litter pairs and has any positive stories or advice, please help!