my 2 rabbits behaviors

Question
I own two mini lops. One I have has since Feb. 2006 his name is Floyd. And the other I have had since Sept. 2006, her name is Abbey.
When I first got floyd he was very curious, affectionate (he danced with me)he jumped up on the furniture to greet me and lay on the bed with me. He had no problems litter training, but I have come to realize he will poop outside of his litterbox when he is angry or just being dominant. He used to love watching tv with me and my roommates. He is extremely smart. He has that mischevious look, that you know something is brewing upstairs.
When I got abbey, I realized something was wrong with her immediatley. She had coccidia and I had to flip her 2-3x daily for a few weeks for the medicine and that was the first month I had her. It took her a while to warm u to me but she would lay with me and lick me and hop on the furniture. (Floyd was staying at my boyfriends until she was old enough to get fixed and they could be together) I went back and forth between houses.) She was also easy to litter train, but is she was a little shy. And very scared of loud noises.
After getting them fixed in December 2006, They were put at my boyfriends in separate cages and aloud out in intervals.
Since then, Floyd rarely interacts with anybody unless he is pushing us out of his way, he won't take treats from my hand anymore and does not come up on the furniture any more. He also does not dance with me either. He rarely lets us pet him, which was opposite of before introducing abbey. He is still curious and gets into things and poops outside his litter box, but he is no longer friendly. He also growls sometimes when i fill his food or if I try to pet him and he not in the mood or I try to pet abbey.
With Abbey, She is scared of everything. She barely will come out of the cage and if she does, we can't move or she hops right in. Even when I talk to her sometimes she hops back in. She stills loves to be pet and sometimes licks but it rare. you have to be belly on the ground and move slow to get near her.
I know they have a strong bond to eachother she dotes on him more than he her. But I guess that him being dominant.  
I have tried everything to get her to come out of her shell and try to make him less of an a**hole. Neither care for humans much anymore or jumping on furniture. Now they even stay in the cages alot when i open them.
What can I do??? I miss their fun and affection


Answer
Boy, I'm not sure I have the answer here, or just add more questions.

It's not unusual to have two rabbits bond together so much that they don't interact with their people as much.  Now, I've never experienced it quite to the level you have where two friendly rabbits turn away quite so much from their people.

To me, it sounds like Floyd has really gone into super protective alpha mode with Abbey.  There are two things that cross my mind about that, either something about her personality (shyness) makes him feel a very strong desire to protect her.  Or maybe she has some health issue that is hidden very well from people.

The fact that they don't willingly come out of their cage as much makes me wonder if Floyd thinks that's for the best to protect Abbey.

If there isn't a health issue, the real tricky thing is going to be convincing them that it's ok to spend time outside of the cage and interact with the world.  Both of them did this before they were bonded.  There has to be something that will work for them.

Will they spend time outside the cage if there is a box or something covered they could spend time in?  Is there something that you could drape a sheet over and make a tent out of?  Maybe they would get used to spending time in that, and that could work as a bridge to being out normally.

I know what it's like to miss bunny affection, there's nothing quite like it.

I'm sorry, I just don't a real quick answer for you.