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Forum BONDING Bonding unspayed females.

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    • Apocha14
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        Hi! Im new on this forum! I’ve seen similar questions but maybe someone can help me with mine. I have 2 bucks (mini rex) in an insulated hutch on our farmers porch and I’m adding a holland lop doe in another hutch. Then i got to reading, last i had bunnies when i was a kid, it wasn’t frowned upon to have one bunny by itself….now I’m reading that that has changed. So contemplating getting a second bunny to go in with her. I wouldn’t getting them spayed until beginning of the summer. They will both be 9 weeks old when i get them, if i got them on the same day, had the car ride home together and put them in the same hutch could they potentially bond and be ok until i get them spayed?


      • tobyluv
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          At 9 weeks old, the bunnies would probably be okay together and would bond, but when they reached sexual maturity, around 4 or 5 months for females, they could very well start fighting. Rabbits can severely injure each other when fighting. Since they would reach sexual maturity before summer, you would probably have to separate them at some point, then rebond them after they had recuperated from their surgery. Have you thought of getting the rabbits from a rescue or shelter? Almost all rabbits from rescues are spayed and neutered and many from shelters are too. That saves you a lot of money, and you could start the bonding right away. There are sometimes already bonded pairs of rabbits in rescues too.

          I’m not sure what a farmer’s porch is, but it sounds like it is outside the house since you say the hutch is insulated. It’s really nice if you can have rabbits inside the house, so that they can interact with the family, be more a part of the family, and to avoid any dangers of the outdoors. Any rooms that they may run around in would have to be bunny proofed.


        • Apocha14
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            I actually have two Mini Rex that are bonded brothers that are from a rescue, they assured me they were handled and super friendly. They’re not. They hate to be touched, they bite and they scratch. Ive always had bunnies from 8 weeks old so I’ve never had to deal with bunnies that weren’t raised by me. Im actually a little nervous to rescue another because of these two. I love them and i still try my best but they won’t have it. I think i will just reintroduce after their spaying. 


          • Gina.Jenny
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              Our first bunny was a solo rescue, we too were assured that she was easy to handle, and friendly, and she really wasn’t, she never really became tame, but over time, she did tolerate brief head rubs!

              We currently have two rescues, probably sisters, who would kill each other if left together. One girl is bonded to a boy bun, I would say bonding two girls is probably the hardest bond. Could you try a trio first, once the girl is healed from her spay? Our little girl who is with the boy is far less aggressive than the girl on her own, and I hope to bond them as a trio once the girls are post adolescent.


            • drwil
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                Females can be just as bad as males about fighting, one man who had a lot of rabbits told me they were even worse than the boys. They can also do quite a bit of damage to a boy bunny as well, depending on their temperament.

                That being said, just because a bunny is not sweet in one household does not mean he/she will be the same way elsewhere. I rescued a male bunny a few months ago who was left in a cage in a barn. Beside him was another male. He was very pretty all white with blue eyes but the people who had him said he was not friendly.

                Once I got him to our place and he was settled in he was fine, he begs to be petted and will binky around on our daughter’s bed when she brings him in.

                I’ve noticed behavioral changes for the better or worse in other rabbits, mainly depending on their living conditions. Come to think of it, people are much the same way.

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