Absolutely not too old to introduce to a new situation – in fact in your home would be a better situation than outside.

Absolutely the vet would still neuter Ted – it would be a good idea to do a blood test prior to neutering.

I don’t think it’s totally necessary to keep them in separate areas – I’ve kept rabbits in the same room before next to each other and not bonded and they seemed to enjoy each others company.

I’m glad you are considering taking this poor senior rabbit into your home. He will most likely appreciate the company of Ted.

After 10 years suddenly someone is allergic? I guess it could be someone new to the family but it’s kind of odd.

Anyway, I hope your family can take him in, poor guy. One thing you might want to mention to your mom’s friend is, when someone thinks they are allergic to a bunny, most of the time it’s actually the hay they are allergic to. Switching hay might just solve the problem.

It’s fine for a 10 year old to move to a new environment, age shouldn’t really be much of a problem in that regard. It’s certainly preferable to having him get kicked out of the house.

Do you plan on trying to bond them? If so, then yes they would both have to be neutered first. If you don’t want to bond, you don’t necessarily have to get Ted neutered but it would probably be beneficial. He will know there’s a new bunny in the house and that often causes all kinds of hormonal behaviors in intact bunnies. Personally, I would recommend neutering anyway, even if there’s only one bun in the household. Makes for happier bunnies as well as humans, in most cases . At 3 1/2 years old, Ted will be totally fine, as long as you have a rabbit savvy vet.

As for where to keep them until they can be bonded (if that’s what you want to do), it depends on how they react to each other. If they don’t get extremely aggressive or hormonal (poop/pee wars), they could stay where they can see each other. If they are okay with that it could make bonding easier. If they take to this arrangement badly, I would keep them as far apart as possible until they are ready to be bonded.

Thank you so much for trying to make things work for this poor bun !

Bless you TeddyG, Go get that little bun and make his senior years as wonderful as they should be… I have two boys living in separate enclosures in close proximity and they are fine… Both young fixed rambo’s though…

I dont have any advice but wanted to say how wonderful you are for rescuing this poor bunny. It breaks my heart when someone basically turns their back on a old animal. A shed! I cant even imagine having such a cold heart.

I don’t think you need to worry it’s anything contagious. Best to have the vet check it out though to see if it’s dental or perhaps something irritating his eye since he was outside in the shed.