Neutured brothers fighting!

Question
Hey Dana,

I've asked a few questions about my mewish couple of bunnies..Ernie and Bert. Ernie wasn't well a week or so ago but he seems to be back to his normal self again :D Now i've found something else..

I had these brothers neutured and from the same litter so i could keep them together as companions, over the past couple of days they have been running at eachother abit in the garden and i've found a fair bit of fur on the grass today. I split them up in their hutches last night just in case too. Will i have to do this forever? They were fine for the 4 ish weeks they came home, now they seem to rub noses and flit around chasing eachother. I know I'll have to monitor them, but is there any guidelines as to how i can stop this behaviour and why its happening?

Thanks Dana

Tracey

Answer
Dear Tracey,

Ouch.  A troublesome thing!  Sometimes bonded bunnies will have a disagreement, and they have memories that would rival that of an elephant.  :(

I hope this will work out between them, but you are smart to *never* let them fight.  The more they fight, the less likely they are to ever be buddies again.  There are some articles here that I hope will help you:

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-a=00062824-sp00000000&sp-q=bonding

Good luck!

Dana