At long last we get to start the bonding process after our female Dutch bun Siggy has fully recovered after finally getting fixed.
She's about two years younger than Cal, our doofy floof lion's head mix.
Over the last few days we did a few light bonding things, letting them sniff each other while being held.
Yesterday we put them both in the bathtub. I've mostly been concerned about Siggy since she's significantly smaller than Cal who is a big boy. We made sure to wait four weeks after having her fixed so that she would be physically recovered and have all her hormones out of her system.
I forgot how sassy she is. She immediately went for dominance, ready to hump him into submission. She has a temper, in that she won't stand for being ignored when she wants attention. She will thump until you pick her up and cuddle her, or at least sit next to her and give her pets.
Cal wanted none of it. He jumped out of the bathtub and into my lap, because he's big enough to. I put him back in the bathtub, and the same thing happened again.
I'll have to create a neutral space that he can't jump out of to continue the process. As I was thinking about this, I couldn't help but feel extremely anxious for my big goofy, floofy doofy bunny buddy Cal. I don't want him bullied by our surly little mafia boss! r/Dutchbunnymafia
sigh
I know this is the whole process of bonding. They actually generally have been fairly neutral to each other ever since we first got them and introduced them whenever she was younger, and neither is super aggressive. We've kept them separated as she got older and until she could be fixed too.
Cal's just such a sweet boy, I'm not looking forward to what he's going to have to go through for him to find out that she's going to be the mob boss.
by Tenebrous_Savant