You will never be able to tell as no human speak Rabbit. You may think that because she does binkies and plays with her toys, that she is completely happy…but reality is that you don’t know and never will know.

How old is she? Karl lived on his own for 9 months before he got company. Until then, he had never been near another rabbit (except for when he was a baby, of course), and I expected that it would be weird for him. But he was so overly excited to meet a new bunny nevertheless and he has never been aggressive or anything towards Molly or Jack.

Don’t let all the bonding threads in here scare you. I know for sure, that they scared me, and I thought that perhaps it was a stupid idea to get a second one. But it is rabbit nature to live with other rabbits and such an essential part of them. Someone in here reassured me and told me that the easy bonding stories never end up in bonding threads, and so I shouldn’t be scared off from doing it. And I’m glad, I brought home both a second and a third bunny. Once you have seen Koucha bonded to another bunny, I’m sure you will understand what it means to them.

Well you wouldn’t know she hates other buns till you try it.

If you are truly happy with her and give her plenty of attention (which I know you do) then I wouldn’t worry about it until you know you are ready or not at all.

With my experience so far with Bee and Indy….I am thankful that he doesn’t molest me anymore at night with all the licking and grooming of my face and hands. Seriously I was going to lose it. Since he has his buddy now he does seem happy. I think it’s fun seeing them play together and communicate but I really had no idea that he would have wanted a bunny friend, I thought he loved me tons. Getting her was one of the best things for me because I sleep through the night(lol ok not a super great reason) now and he does really like her a lot. He is very playful with her and full of binkies. Right now he just head flicked, jumped on my bed and is doing the bunny 500 laps to impress her. It’s very cute! He stops too make sure she is watching him then zooms off again!

When I first joined this forum I only had one bun, and believe me everyone having pairs and trios to quartets made me feel like I could possibly have a lonely bunny. So as the spueters go on, I will see how things go with bonding. Only you will really know – and you will know better once she meets other rabbits. I think it’s really important for you right now, as her hormones die down, to get to know her and bond with her, and as time goes by the right bun will find you when you are ready to get her a friend. I personally love having my 4 rabbits, I love all their different personalities and to drive home and know I am coming home to a place where dogs greet me first, and then when I go into my room I get ran over by my bunnies wanting raisins, its fun!

My reasoning for wanting to bond my rabbits is, that obviously they don’t live alone in the wild and I would think they enjoyed the company – even tho in the wild it’s for breeding and survival but I would think they would still want to communicate with other rabbits, so I wanted to enrich my rabbits life and get him/her a friend.

I hope this helps ^_^

Ah, I think you should spend more time with her then. It is more money and a lot more work. I have 5 boxes to clean everyday! Honestly though I think it’s worth it when YOU are ready. ChaCha will be fine for now, she has you. That time together can’t be replaced. Indy is very much in love with me still even though he has his Bumble now, I know I’m still his favorite girl. Indy is very special to me, he came into my life after my grandma died and I feel like she directed me to him. I always feel like great things come with time and that the best things will come to you when they are ready. So in the mean time….keep doing photo shoots with her for us and take some videos too please

I’m trying to spend lots of time with me new little guy so he won’t be scared/not like me when he’s growing up.Hopefully he will bond easy to Bun or Bee/Indy

Posted By Brittany on 05/14/2010 12:59 AM
Thank you

I introduced her to my friend’s Lionhead (big mistake) in a bathtub (neutral ground) and the entire time, she kept putting her paws up on the tub and looking at me like “Get me out of here!!!!!!!!”

Haha, poor bun  Well, honestly, I am confident that if I put Molly and Karl in a bath tub, they too would react like that. They are bonded, but the tub would freak them out nevertheless. So don’t let that experience scare you.

I have had ChaCha since January of this year, so 5 months. The only way I could afford another bun is after I finish school (Will begin in Fall) and get another job, which will be a year. In the future, I think I will have a bonded pair. But for now, ChaCha is the only one for the time being.

No worries. She won’t be too old by then to get company. For now just enjoy her and give her the best you can. And when you get closer to being able to get her company, start looking around and see what is there. No rush. You have a whole year. 

Does she have a stuffed toy? Until Karl got company, that stuffed toy was his best friend. He still has it, actually. So, perhaps give her a companion that way until a real bunny can get into her life.
 

I second the stuffed toy idea! Otto never cared for them, but Hannah loves hers and still carries it around (like a dog) and grooms it.

And don’t worry about waiting. I’m sure she’ll love bonding with you and won’t be lonely at all! I’m glad I got Otto a buddy, but I honestly don’t know that he needed it. He never seemed lonely and is still fairly independent of Hannah. She, on the other hand, clearly needed a friend and has attached herself to him by the hip. Lol. So all bunnies are different.

You can give her almost any regular stuffed toy. If she’s a chewer, I would take out any plastic eyes or things she could eat. Since she’s already interested in her apple, she might like some other stuffed toys too.

I always have to caution people about stuffed toys…keep a close eye on the bunny to make sure they don’t eat any fabric or stuffing. Olivia has 2 stuffed bears and never chews them so I thought maybe Bindi would like one too. I gave him one and he ignored it for 3 days and then attacked it and, we assume, ate some of the stuffing and got really blocked up. We almost lost him.

I don’t want to discourage stuffed toys, as I said, Olivia has 2 and she loves to groom them, I just don’t want any bunny to go through what Bindi did.