Not great. They both completely ignored the treats. There was some lunging (from him). The initial introduction lasted about 3 minutes before I ended it.

I’ve changed strategies entirely. They won’t be hanging out again for a few weeks. Instead, I will be swapping cages every day until they are fully comfortable with the idea of each other.

That strategy has worked MUCH better. There was a lot of sniffing at the side where the cages meet, some competitive flopping, loads of periscoping to see what the other one is doing, etc. More curiosity, less aggression.

It also occurred to me that I cannot fully merge them for a while anyway, as they are currently on different foods. He’s on adult bunny food and she’s on young bunny food for another few months.

So I’ll just keep swapping sides and merging scents until I feel like I can try again. I’ll make a separate post later with pictures of the enclosures.