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Forum BONDING When to get the second?

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    • The Law Bun
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        Hello all,

        So to start I am still at the very least a year from getting another bunny which will place Lilith at the age of 1 year and 5-7 months (depending on when). Quite frankly I don’t want to pay for a second rabbit, don’t have time to bond, HATE the thought of poop wars lol, and really want a closer bond with Lilith herself. However, seeing so many bonded pairs, it obviously has me drooling over the possibilities (oh what I’d do for a lop ). 

        But the real question is, how can I tell if Lilith is sad, depressed, lonely, etc.? These are all obviously human emotions that we sometimes confer upon our pets. But how did you all deem it time to get a second bunny (excluding monetary limitations). Did you see any signs?

        Lilith is around humans atleast 8 hours out of the day, and all day on weekends. She is usually out for 7+ hours during the day, and we are about to start trying free roam at night, which means she would only be penned for 7 hours a day. She gets tons of toys, she binkies a lot, flops all the time.

        But when do I make the decision? 


      • Little Lion Head
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          I didn’t necessarily see any signs that made me think Pumpkin was sad or unhappy alone. It was more about me and how I assumed she must be lonely. She was alone from when we went to bed (10PM) until basically we got home from work (anywhere from 5-7PM). That meant she was only out and with us 3-5 hours per day. To me, that sounds miserable. I was also thinking that someday when we have kids we won’t have as much snuggle time to bestow upon her. That’s how I talked my hubby into the 2nd bun. (He says Rocky is Pumpkin’s bunny and it’s true!).

          I can tell you this; although Pumpkin never seemed sad or depressed before, I can tell you she is SO happy now. She just seems super content and she’s less scared of all the little things she used to be scared of. Rocky was meant to be with a second bun; he just has too much bunny love to give to not have another bunny to groom.

          Honestly, it sounds like Lilith has a great set up and lots of attention! I think she’ll be content no matter what you decide!


        • Shannon
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            Also in the second bunny debate.  Our bunny spends a lot of time out and about with us (provided he doesn’t buy himself a lot of timeouts in his cage for pooping in my floor! he was so good for a while and is now getting bad again).  My husband is a firefighter and I’m a nurse so we have odd schedules  that leave us home a lot.  I still feel like Goose needs a bunny friend. We got goose from a person who shows rabbits in our area.  I wonder if we should get him another friend from her or try to rescue one…


          • Kitkat
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              Given everything you have said in regards to money and time constraints, I would not advise getting another bunny. Bonding takes time and patience, and lots of it! For me, I would never have a lone rabbit again. When you see a bonded oair in action, it shows you just how much rabbits need company from other rabbit beings!!


            • Deleted User
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                Hey LB! Everyone has their own idea’s of why your pet should have a partner. I am happy to share my thoughts and experience with you and the why’s behind it, but please remember, this is only my opinion and it means nothing.
                I got a Toy Poodle, Molly for my young kid’s and when I left for work and they for school, he dug out under the fence and I knew he needed company 24/7 so got him another dog (Sam). That lead to puppies and I had to keep one ‘George’ and then we had to get her a BF and do you know how hard it was not to keep one of their puppies??? LOL! Ridiculous hey! And you know the dumb thing??? They love us (people) more! I know they appreciate each other, but they would ditch anything to hang out and lay/sleep with us.

                I am a great believer everyone/thing loves company and deserves it – but since getting Henry as alone bun and he has the company of not only me, but the dog’s, I will never introduce a bunny friend to him. Besides the chance of them not bonding, will he adore us the same? This will sound terrible, but I love that Henry interacts with us because he has to! Lol!

                BUT!!! If we didn’t have the dog’s and weren’t home like I am,…. I probably would get him a friend, cause I think everyone likes a friend.

                I think Henry would be like my daughter (she didn’t want a sister and was pleased she had brother’s cause she would have had to share, lol!) and I don’t think Henry would like to share with another bunny??? He likes being BOSS of everything!


              • Little Lion Head
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                  I think the best part of Andi’s post is that George is a girl. yep…


                • Deleted User
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                    LOL LLH! Did you work out Molly was a boy??? Hahahaha…..

                    I had the council call us and asked if Sam was the boy and Molly the girl??? NOPE! Molly is the BOY and Sam is the GIRL! At least George’s BF is called Frank…. not even I could call a girl Frank!

                    PS – I can’t get into the chat thread again! I’ll keep trying, but if I can’t, can you let Moxie know and tell her I love Taylor Swift’s songs, hehehe!


                  • The Law Bun
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                      Thanks everyone for the opinion! Honestly, when my sister and her BF come home on weekends, Lilith LOVES their cats and they play all day long haha (the cats actually mimic binkies at time). So I may just have to get a cat because theres no poop wars to go along with a cat it seems .


                    • Little Lion Head
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                        Hahaha Andi I didn’t figure that out, but I’m not surprised! I’ll tell MM if no one has yet!


                      • ThorandSif
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                          My daughter has a 1 year old Netherland dwarf male who is neutered and we decided to get him a “friend”. I found a breeder who had Netherland dwarf babies and talked to her about getting one. We decided to bring him with us when the babies were 4 weeks old. He was introduced to the little girls one by one. It was up to him to find his friend and he picked out the ginger girl (he tried to sit on her 2 sisters). We picked her up 2 weeks later and they were introduced again back at our house. She was shy to begin with but that soon faded after he started to teach her how to jump in and out of her cage. It has been one week since she came home and they are basically inseparable. They jump in and out of each other cages and chase each other around. Every morning they touch noses when they leave their cages. We often find them cuddled together or grooming each other.

                          My question is this…is it too soon to put them in the same cage at night?


                        • Little Lion Head
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                            ThoranSif–I personally would not house them together until your girl is spayed and completely healed so that her hormones have died down. You might want to start your own thread in the “Bonding” forums b/c you’ll probably get more people to see your question. Would love to see some pics of your bunnies as well. Welcome!

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