Is it ok to let them meet?

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- 08/25/2013 at 10:47 AM
  silverwolf
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  Me and my friend both have a rabbit. She wants to bring her rabbit over to my place a few weeks later and let the two meet. My rabbit would be around 12 weeks old and hers would be around 6 months. I’m thinking of introducing them on neutral ground (The park or my backyard) with both of them on a harness.
  
  Would that be ok? Because I’ve heard rabbits fight.
  
  And if the two get along, will they remember each other?
- 08/25/2013 at 11:06 AM
  CheriB603
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  As long as both are neutered and have a clean bill of health from the vet, you can try… But odds are they may fight. Be prepared to seperate before any one gets hurt.
- 08/25/2013 at 11:08 AM
  CheriB603
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  Oh – just noticed the part about harnesses… BAD BAD idea!!!
  If they fight and get tangled, someone can break their back and DIE.
- 08/25/2013 at 11:21 AM
  MoveDiagonally
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  I don’t think you should introduce them. There’s no benefit to having them meet if you don’t intend to bond them because rabbits don’t really have casual friends or play mates. I think it would be unnecessary risk and stress.
  
  I want to specifically address the introducing them in harnesses part though. If one of them were to get spooked and try to run away they could break their bones or back/neck (fatal) while being restrained by the harness.
- 08/25/2013 at 2:49 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  I’m going to have to ditto MoveDiagonally.
- 08/25/2013 at 5:01 PM
  tanlover14
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  I have to agree with both MD and LPT.
  
  If you’re interested in having your bunny have “friends” I would try to find a Bunny Romp close to you. Some rescues and rabbit clubs do Bunny Play Dates where everyone brings their bunnies and they let them play together. They must be spayed/neutered. But there are so many rabbits it decreases the fighting as they tend to stay away from others they don’t like or will follow around ones they are interested in. It’s also great because it has TONS of people watching out for the buns so if they fight they are separated and watched by people who know what they are doing. I have to agree with not seeing a point to introducing your bunny to one on one rabbit “meetings” if they are not going to be bonded. But I know people who get great joy out of watching their bunnies interact in large groups.
- 08/26/2013 at 9:16 AM
  silverwolf
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  Yes what I was worried about was fighting… Better not let them meet, then.
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