My last bun was a sweet mini rex who litter trained from day one, was reasonably well behaved (once all wires were covered) and had the run of the house. After a year or so we thought he might like a “friend”. (He was already great pals with our dog & cat ). Well, let me tell you – our sweet little angel turned into a (territorial) pooping, peeing, growling, thumping, biting Tasmanian devil! We tried for weeks to bond them, male & female, neutered, but finally we decided that we had really screwed up a good thing for no reason and gave the other bun back to the friend who had given her to us. (She raises them and had no trouble finding her a great home). It took weeks for our guy to calm down and relearn his litter habits. Now, I’m not saying it can’t be done – there are many stories of bonding success here – I’m just saying, before you rock your buns’ world, ask if HE needs a pal, or do YOU want another pal. I hope it all works out great!!

A few months ago I decided to get Merlin a friend. He was getting old and no longer wanted to spend as much time out of his cage playing with the cat. I thought getting him a friend would convince him to come out more or at least make sure he didn’t get lonely. I got Bromley at 5 weeks old and started introducing them in tiny amounts (I wasn’t going to fully try until Bromley was neutered since they were both males). Mer was a little aprehensive at first, I guess because he thought Brom was a really funny looking cat, but soon enough they were nuzzling a bit and eating hay together. Everything was fine and I even had them out together (Mer just sat beside me the whole time so I could easily keep Brom away if he got too rough), but then I made a mistake. I was feeding Mer some of his treats and Bromley and the cat went to walk by. Mer ran over and started boxing Bromley!! I couldn’t believe it!!! Mer never had an aggressive bone in his body and aside from Brom giving a couple of playful nips, this was the first incident EVER and they had been hanging out for months!! My advice is not to bring in treats just in case!

If they are fixed, two males doesn’t mean it’s harder (my male-male is easier than male-female). It really depends on the buns and bun to bun relationship is different from bun to other species relationship.

I agree with miaeih. Two males are not necessarily more difficult to bond. It depends more on their personalities.

The bathroom or bathtub, if he considers the bathtub his, is a good neutral place to start bonding.

Is that Patrick in your profile? Super adorable!