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Forum BONDING Should I get a second Rabbit

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    • BouncyBun
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        We adopted our Harvey Rabbit about 3 months ago now from a rescue shelter and in 2 weeks he is booked in to be neutered with the view to prevent any antisocial behaviour from him. After this we were thinking of considering a second bunny. He is so incredibly sociable and has bonded with myself and my boyfriend incredibly quickly and as most of the time one of us is always home he will always either be on our laps or by our feet! We haven’t got a definite age guess bar a vague guess he’s a ‘younger’ rabbit (definitely an adult though), hoping the vet can give us a better idea. But basically we are hoping for harvey to have a long and healthy life and both being at the start of our careers we don’t know what the future has in store and whether we are both going to be in the position where more often than not one of us is home. And I would absolutely hate for Harvey to ever be lonely! He does get a bit jealous of the cat and will nudge and climb all over one of us if we are giving her and fuss and not him, and I have never felt like he isn’t content with his ‘rabbit companion free’ life. 

        Can anyone give me any advice? If so has anyone ever found their rabbit simply won’t bond with any rabbit? There is a large rabbit rescue near us (where we got Harvey from) and they offer to do the first stage of bonding ‘on site’ but I don’t know whether this would be a good or a bad thing. But being first time bunny owners we would sort of lean towards a more experienced person helping out. 

        He is an english spot cross, I would describe him as a bit nutty in the sense that he is constantly busy doing something, whether it’s running around like a lunatic or treating us like a climbing frame! Could this potentially intimidating for a potential new ‘buddy’? He is never contained in a cage despite having access to one. Would it be best to lean towards a bunny with an excitable nature like him or a more chilled rabbit? I rung a lady locally who has ‘rabbit sat’ for us and she commented on how nutty he is and made a comment that it could make the bonding process difficult as he would easily intimidate another rabbit. Is there any truth behind this? 

        Of course Harvey has only been with us for 3 months and still finds everything very exciting so we were thinking he may calm down slightly when everything becomes much more ‘normal’ for him. So is it best maybe to wait until this time and see how he is after he is neutered?

        Thankyou in advance  


      • Kokaneeandkahlua
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          Rabbits are generally active in the early am and late evening-they are a pretty perfect pet for students, and people who work because they sleep during the day. Unless you think you’ll be working 18 hour days and rarely home, I’m sure your evenings are plenty of time to devote to him!

          I guess my vote is-get another rabbit if you want two, are good for double the vet bills and are OK keeping them separate if they don’t bond. I wouldn’t recommend getting another simply because you work-guaranteed he’s getting enough love from you when he’s awake in the evening with you


        • Chelle
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            I would get a second rabbit only if you are prepared for the extra work. That said rabbits are social animals and they live in very large warrens sometimes with 20 or more rabbits so it is always nice for them to have another of their kind to snuggle and cuddle and groom. I am just out of a bonding and it went really well but took about 4 weeks before the buns would tolerate being around each other and sleeping together. You cannot just put two rabbits together but I am sure you know that. As for his activity level being a turn off my two buns couldn’t be more different from each other! My mini rex girl is super active and a climber but my boy rex cross is more of a ground dweller and not quite as hyper, yet they love each other!
            The other issue is the time spent with the bonding. If you don’t dedicate the time and energy into the bond the rabbits could get the idea that they are meant to be separate thereby causing them to be defensive or territorial. Some of the things we humans do don’t make the same sense to the buns. I for example was keeping them apart far too much and they decided on their own just what to do about that! Read through some of the bonding posts here on the forum-great info!!!! XX hope you get another bun to love!!!

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