During the days we're alternating between our bonded pair (Hip & Hop) in the pen, and Becky, our forever foster. There's not much aggression left during this time, as you can see with the comfy flops.
We also do bathtub bonding dates with Becky and one at a time from the pair. It started off aggressive but by day 3 Hop had settled as the alpha (pic 1) and Becky and her were fine. Hip is still a sass ball even though she's not the dominant bun in her pair. Since the aggression died down I added the towel back for traction in the tub (removed day 1 because of aggression). Now that they can be more mobile we're seeing an uptick in aggression.
Yesterday we took Hip out of the tub before her 12 minute time because they were fighting too much. Hop and Becky had one tiff but otherwise stayed away, would make a lunging move but not act on it.
Any suggestions? I think we're making progress but this feels defeating sometimes. We've had Becky for a couple of months now and bonding efforts were rough so she just had her own room and they'd have morning pellets through a barrier together.
They're all fixed. My mini rexes are almost 2 and Becky is 4-5.
by Fun-Lettuce4602