I kind of fell in love with this bunny on craigs list from some guy in a near by city. I know there are lots of bunnies at shelters, but this was almost love at first sight.. in his ad, its almost like this guy just wants to get rid of this rabbit since he listed it as free and he doesn’t seem to care too much where it ends up. The bunny lives in a tiny store bought cage with wire flooring. He seems to take up about almost half of the cage. All that is inside is a bowl of pellets.

I would like to do a trial run with the bunny, but from the vibe I get with his ad, there are probably no returns.. So if my Totoro and this craigs list bunny don’t end up getting along, I get stuck with 2 lonely bunnies… I would love the other bunny regardless… but the whole point is since I am gone about 10-12 hours a day because of work, I wanted to get Totoro a buddy.

Facts about the other bunny: Netherland dwarf 1.5years old, male, originally bought from a bredder, gray, very cute, I know you cant always judge a book by is cover, but the bunny does look kinda docile.

Facts about my Totoro: Mixed “mini lop” although he is kind of on the hefty side.., will be 3years old in May, male, gets along with many types of animals, but I haven’t seen him interact with any other rabbits except when I bought him at the mall (I know, bad!, but at the time I knew almost nothing about rabbits, but sites like these and books and videos helped a lot and now he is kinda spoiled living in a huge condo while I sleep and am at work, and roams while I am home. Hes been around 3 cats for over a year now.. the cats will be going back to my mom this weekend actually I was watching them as she did some remodeling at the house. He never was bothered by the cats, the cats would hiss sometimes, but never attacked him, BUT when the cats got too curious and when in his condo he started Thumping like crazy. The first year I had him he was around a LARGE dog at my work. When I first bought my bunny I was scared to leave him alone so my boss let me bring him to work. The dog (bermese moutain dog) never barked at Totoro and would even sit next to his cage and Totoro would smell him and sit next to him not afraid at all. Totoro is very approchable and he will come right up to strangers. He is very curious and I think he could get along with another bunny, but I don’t know if another bunny would reciprocate the love.

I haven’t contacted the person yet… I worry too much so I don’t end up making a decision because end up talking myself out of it each time with all the cons outweighing the pros.

Should I just leave the craigs list bunny alone.. or should I go for it? I have been very hesitant in finding Totoro a buddy because I am afraid the other bunny just wont get along with my sweet Totoro, but I have been contemplating about this for quite some time now. I have done my research on how to introcude them and how to start the bonding process (mostly all my info from here!).
what should i do?