In my trio I have one female and two males. I think that male-male bonds are great. It really depends on each rabbit and their personalities. Are you looking specifically for two boys or would you consider a female? Is Sully a dominant personality?

I find its harder with 2 girls than 2 boys. Its really up to the bunnies though, if you can take Sully dating, then you can pick the one he likes best, regardless of gender

I think you misheard, SullysMum. It is *typically* female-female bonds which are the most difficult, and in some cases, are near impossible. Females are much more territorial than males, even when spayed, b/c of their strong nesting instinct. I’ve heard of many successful male bonds. They still must be neutered and the process carried out the right way, but it is definitely possible.

Is this new bun an adult who is already neutered?

Provided both are neutered I would say male-male is the next easiest bond. !st being male-female. That said, even bringing a male into a females established domain can be tricky. It really does come down to the individual rabbits and how prepared the owner is to work with them – in my opinion.

That article does seem a bit backward. It says ” female to female can also work” over male to male! This is Oregon Humane Society?  Perhaps Monkeybun can check it out. I think she joined this Rabbit Advocates group.

Posted By SullysMum on 05/01/2010 06:57 PM
This is the statement I found regarding male to male bonding online from adoptarabbit.org which gave me the impression male bonds were near impossible: “Male rabbits seldom get along with other male rabbits unless started as littermates.” Is this a misconception?

Being littermates has nothing to do with how they’ll get along once maturity kicks in.  I agree that this statement is very incorrect.  Once they become sexually mature, they will fight a brother or a “stranger”, it doesn’t matter.  This is what happens so often: People get two 8 week old males and are shocked when they start fighting a month or two later, and they have to separated.  Then they realize that they have to neuter BOTH when previously they thought they were safe not neutering EITHER b/c there’s “no chance of reproduction”.  Fortunately, you’re smarter than that and you know what you’re getting into.

That baby is precious.  I’m not entirely sure about the fur. My mini rex was already 4 months when we got her, so my guess is that any “baby fur” was already out.  She did have the typical, plush, rex coat.  Body shape on the baby looks rexy, as well as the short curly whiskers.  The fur looks longer tho, especially around the hind legs.  Maybe he’s a mix?

In my experience, neutered male/male is the easiest. It is a myth that this is a hard bond. Of course, there are always exceptions where a particular bun presents a bigger challenge in bonding. Females, even spayed, are still more territorial and more complicated than neutered males, IMO.

Posted By SullysMum on 05/02/2010 11:47 AM
Is there a way for me to tell if Sully is dominant or submissive or does there have to be another bun around?

You can’t know because a rabbit may be submissive with one other rabbit but then be dominant in a situation with another rabbit. For example, my bunny Lint is dominant when he is paired with my lop Mops. Lint however is submissive in his bond to my white mini rex Neigey.

Squeee!!!! He is adorable!
My first thought when I saw the picture was “he reminds me of Spockie.”
And Spockie was a grey and white uppy eared mini rex. I got him at 9 weeks old, he was velvety soft and stayed that way all his life. Your little baby looks just like that, so I am happy to see you brought him home.

The others have made the corrections to the statement you read, so I won’t add to it. As far as male/male goes, I immediately thought of Chuck & Noot. They bonded immediately, though often a special needs rabbit is lucky with the healthy one who is willing to care for him right away. Since it’s Sunday, I will look for your new thread on your new baby.

After doing lots of bunny dating and successfully completing bonding with my two males, I think it depends much more greatly on the personalities of the rabbits rather than their sex. I wasn’t even dating Chubs with boy buns at first because of all the misconceptions I had read and we weren’t finding any buns he liked. Comet was the 2nd male we introduced him too and they’re successfully bonded now! It took about 3 months for me to bond them plus a little because we moved just as they bonded which seemed to disrupt it a little. They are most deffinitely bonded now though, they snuggle alllll the time For us it was about finding a submissive enough bun for Chubs and that card seemed to fit the males more than the females he met!

Congratulations!

I have 2 neutered male pairs, one I bonded that was a three some with a unspayed female, the other someone else bonded. The two i bonded are now bonded to another male and a female as well.
With other critters, I have found bonding always much more difficult with females then males, but I’ve not had to bond 2 female rabbits yet, so don’t have any experiance with them.