I’ve fostered a male and female rabbit and had Lago at the same time. I only had one place I could keep them, so they had to be in the same area. I found that Lago and the female I was fostering were pretty aggressive towards each other, so I kept the NIC gates with extra ones to keep them from biting through up to divide the areas when each rabbit had their free time. I think if you can keep them in different areas it might be easier. I couldn’t so I had to divide up my space with gates and things.

Hey Amy,

I just wanted to say that it’s very generous of you to open up your home to foster bunnies. I think that having followed some of your rabbit experiences in the past few months/weeks, my advice to you would be to give yourself more time to settle into your new house and your first foster rabbit before taking on another one. I obviously don’t know you very well, but in general I think giving yourself at least a little more time before adding another rabbit to your household would be a good idea. You know best for yourself though.

I guess I’m of the school of keeping all my rabbits in one room – my rabbits that I have were meant to be fosters but I never found them a home.

I think if you can contain them safely and securely and they are altered then you can safely house them in the same room.

I have never had a problem with aggressive rabbits (that I can remember). Any behavior problems pretty much solved themselves eventually. I like keeping them all together so they can see each other and it’s just easier for me too.

I see. So you would have one in the washer area and one in the bedroom? I think my only concern with one in the bedroom might be the noise if bunny is noisy at night and the hay (allergies).

I’m not sure how I feel about having a foster rabbit free range thru out the day. My concern would be if they get adopted and then no longer are allowed free range, how that might affect them. Not everyone can or wants to have free range rabbits for a variety of reasons and you can suggest they go to a free range home, BUT there is never any guarantee they will be kept like that.

What have other fosters done for the rabbits who were supposed to be finding forever homes?

If I hear about someone fostering a rabbit free-range — I am 99% sure they are going to keep that rabbit themselves. A regular foster home, one that fosters on a regular basis, usually has a setup with one room containing a number of cages.
It is in the interest of the rabbit to learn to be caged in case he gets adopted by someone who cannot provide a free-range habitat.
What about making a grid condo?

I think the whole idea is that the new owners will also keep their rabbits free range since that is probably one of the philosophies of the local HRS and the shelter so it makes perfect sense.

I wish I could foster- but my husband knows that bringing any new rabbit into the house will bring on poo and pee wars- even if they are in another room with a closed dooe.  And I do have a small history of adopting some fosters…but NOT all of them!

So keep in mind any people family dynamic- my husband has been really helpful and loves the bunnies and has even had to clean the pens himself when I was flat on my back from a back injury healing.  And he is opposed to anything starting pee and poo wars as it drives him crazy- so I won’t foster.  Worst case scenario- I might house a bun overnight or until I could get it somewhere safe.

Well if he’s a Hotot, he’ll be a little fellow.

Will they neuter him before he comes to you?

That’s good. Let us know when you get him.

If your fosters have an interested adopter, how do you set up the meetings? Do you take the buns back to the shelter to meet them?

That’s different then, if this shelter’s philosophy is free-range to begin with! That’s amazing.

He’s cute. What a cute name too.