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- 06/27/2010 at 12:34 PM
  AlicePalace
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  I Brought Two Baby Lionheads about 3 weeks ago, a male – Pippin & Female – Merry.
  Unfortunatly Pippin was put to sleep On Saturday due to illness. Now Merrys on her own and i really notice a difference in her behavior she Looks very lonley and when she lies down she makes sure theres enough room for Pip In case he comes back and she keeps trying to sleep on my bed with me so she gets cuddles.
  So ive decided i need to get merry a new friend, The place i got merry from have no more rabbits left, so i have to get a Rabbit she will not know. Im very nervous because ive always brought bonded pairs together and never bonded them myself. I found a nice family selling some baby lionheads, And there ready for re-homing in 2 weeks, making merry 10 weeks. Im taking her with me to see the new bunnies. im going to be looking at there males as thats the combination ive always had and i think she will be more comfortable. Any Tips for What im doing? how to make the bonding process less stressfull? and how do i introduce them to each other? and do you think merry will not like them because there not pippin?
  Any help will be very much appreciated! Thanks
- 06/27/2010 at 12:59 PM
  Monkeybun
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  My advice…. wait until Merry is older and spayed before getting another bunny to bond to her. Bonded babies don’t always stay bonded after hormones appear. And definitely wait just for the fact that females are hard to bond together to begin with, and if you get a male, you risk babies as soon as they mature.
- 06/27/2010 at 1:01 PM
  Elrohwen
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  Honestly, I would get an already neutered rabbit from a shelter, so you can bunny date. If you get a baby, you’ll have to wait until that baby is grown up enough to be altered, and even then there is no guarantee that they will ever get along. All baby bunnies love other rabbits, so it’s impossible to tell how they will feel a few months down the line after hormones kick in and they are spayed/neutered.
  
  And since your girl is old enough to get pregnant, she shouldn’t be meeting with any male bunnies, no matter how young, until she is spayed. It’s really not safe, as a pregnancy at her age could be fatal.
  
  If you get another baby, both bunnies will need to be separated until at least 4 weeks (if not 6) after they are *both* fixed, which will be months away.
- 06/27/2010 at 3:40 PM
  Minty
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  I agree with what everyone else is saying. The new bunny and Merry will have to be seperated until they are both altered anyways, so any bonding before then won’t really be possible. If you do end up bringing in an unaltered male, be extremely cautious with out of cage time, since bunnies can breed even through cage/pen bars.
  
  What happened to Pippin if you don’t mind me asking? I hope Merry is doing okay and I’m sure with lots of attention from you she will do just fine.
- 06/28/2010 at 5:27 AM
  AlicePalace
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  Pippin, Had a intestinal problem, i took him to the vet as soon as i heard him grinding his teeth, he was hospitilised that day ( Thursday ) But He was too young to pull through and i had him put to sleep on the saturday
- 06/28/2010 at 6:16 AM
  Elrohwen
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  I’m very sorry for the loss of Pippin. I would just put all of your time towards Merry right now – really get to know her and bond with her yourself, then get her spayed, and then look for an already neutered companion for her.
- 06/28/2010 at 6:31 AM
  Beka27
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  I agree with what’s been said. Spend time with Merry yourself so you can work on developing a strong bond with her. She won’t be lonely as long as she has you. It’s natural for them to be separated from their siblings at this point. Wait until after she’s been spayed and then you can look into rescues to see if they have bunnies you can adopt that are already altered.
  
  Did you have Pippins and Merry in two separate cages?
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