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My boyfriend and I have been together for awhile and he has definitely learned
more about rabbits and how bunnies can live indoors and be littertrained! He adores
Floppy but since he and I don’t live together he doesn’t get to see Floppy as much as
he’d like. So after thinking about it for awhile, he decided to be the proud owner of a
bunny, so now Floppy has a sister, but since she is so small (she’s only one month old)
I think it is best to let her get acquainted with her surroundings, let her grow a little bit more
and get her spayed before I should introduce them. Is this the best idea? or do you guys
think it’s ok to introduce them before she’s spayed? He is now almost 10 months old and
he was neutered back in September and like I had mentioned, she’s only one month old.
My boyfriend knows about this website but of course being the mom of two buns now, I am on
top of things! Please let me know if you guys have introduced a younger bun to an older one…
any advice of course would be awesome! Thanks!!! INTRODUCING the lovely LOLA!

shes actually Grey, it’s hard to tell in this picture…she looks like a dust bunny to me ![]()



Bonding with Dad. He keeps me warm!
🙁 I can’t see again, will ave to wait til HOMETIME!!! But i am going to screech with excitement anyway, as I know baby Lola will be just gorgeous!! lol Eeeeeeeeeaaaachhhhhhhggggg!!!!!!
ooo she’s VERY very cute little girl 🙂 I really hope she is older than one month, since they should not be weaned any earlier than 6 weeks old.
I would wait until she is spayed before trying an introduction. Bunnies don’t have play dates the way humans do. It sounds sweet, like they would like to play together, but bunnies are very territorial and hierarchical. Although some bunnies do instantly get along, this is an exception and most take a lot of work and energy with bonding to get along, and the idea of bonding rabbits is so they can live together. I don’t mean to be a downer, since I can tell you’re really excited 🙁
I hope he’ll join the site too, so he can learn more about Lola and how to care for her. Hopefully you can fill him in on things like adding a litter box, types of safe litter and diet kinds of things.
oh yeah, def. I am of course learning more and more but I am pretty confident in my
bunny raising skills! Yeah, I think it will be best to wait as well…I just wanted to know
what others had to say. I understand that bonding is not a simple task so I am really
hoping that when the time comes, everything will work out…like litterbox training
everything takes time! What is most important is whats best for Lola, so whatever it is
whatever it takes…we will do our best to provide an environment that will allow both
bunnies to co-exist. : D Thanks! I would love to hear more bonding experiences!
Thanks Thanks Thanks! You guys are so wonderful!
What a cutie bunny. Definitely wait until she is spayed – she will probably be too scared now anyway being so little. I did try a baby an adult one time and the baby was very scared and I felt bad so I’ve never done that again.
Arghhh i can see i can see!!!!!!!!! Floppy I love her!!!! (as if anyone COULDN’T) lol We began the process of bonding with a Baby Bean and a Big Brian, I’d encourage you to get both buns used to each others smell for a week or two before ANY introductions, I don’t think they would have bonded quite so well had we not. Our bedroom is now both bun’s stomping ground, whereas even up until quite recently only Brian’s turf was our bedroom, and Sweaty Bettie Bean would pop over the border into the other bedroom when it got a bit much and take refuge in the other bedroom (where we kept her when we brought her home), I hope you find it as hilariously enjoyable as i did!! You’ve got such fun & games and sleepless nights (oh yes, trust me, hehehe) in store…you lucky mare!!! 🙂 x
And it must be said that i REALLY, and i mean REALLY have twitchy fingers and just want to stick my fingers right in that gorgeously warm little creasy between those gorgeous little ear’oles of Lola!!!
oh..my…goodness! she’s so adoreable! looks just like the first bun who stole my heart 
How lucky-a new bunny! Lola is beautiful and that is so wonderful your boyfriend is taking such an interest in bunnies
I introduced (successfully) a baby to a grown bunny (neither were spayed yet-spring time they are both being done)…I think some reasons it was successful was
a) Kokanee is not very territorial in a bad way…I mean she poops and stomps to show what is hers, but she is never grabby with food, never bites or charges at anyone putting any body part in her territory etc.
b) Kokanee was very very well adjusted to change…At one year, she’d already had a move and the move entailed staying at her grandparents house for a week and then moving in with my boyfriend.
c) the bunny I introduced her to had been with lots and lots of bunnies and was well socialized in bunny talk.
To be honest I NEVER expected it to go as well as it did or even well at all. In my family our dogs have always been fiercely territorial over their people and we could never let them play with other dogs because they would fight with them, out of jealousy. I was really wary that Kokanee’s feelings would be hurt or that she wouldnt’ know what the new bunny was. She actually immediately recognized Kahlua as being a baby and I think it went well because of this too.
It went exceptionally well, there was no adjustment period, they groomed in their first meeting and have lived together ever since. We’ve had absolutely no problems. They even do the “lady and the tramp’ thing with lettuce without fighting. Do mind that our case is sooo not representative of what can/does happen when introducing two rabbits, especially two unspayed females. But I wanted to share my experience bonding a full grown rabbit with a baby!
Good luck with whatever you choose to do, and keep us posted! ![]()
we need to start having disclaimers at the beginning of threads for head-explodin’ cuteness… she is too beautiful!
how is that going to work then with your boyfriend not living with you? are you going to actually try to bond them, but then they’d live together permanently, right? i don’t think you’d be able to really just bring her over sometimes to play with the Flopster… not a bad idea having her at his place until after the surgery…
I agree with Beka, cute bunny warning should be posted in the title of the thread, lol..
Lola is TOO cute!!
CUTE!!!!!! Floppers Rock!!
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