Hello! My two buns are from the shelter, and one of them is an adorable lionhead mix. He sort of looks like a cottontail rabbit, but he has a big lion mane and has a fluffy butt.

– Take him to the vet to get him sexed. A lot of the time petstores make mistakes and don’t know the rabbits sex. You also need to take him to the vet to get a checkup as rabbits from the petstore can be very sick.

– When they mature, you want to get them neutered. Otherwise they tend to spray urine all over the place, they are almost impossible to litterbox train, and they can be aggressive, territorial, and hard to manadge.

-My lionhead cross is VERY friendly, but he is quite crazy and energetic. He enjoys grooming me and his lil bunny wife. He enjoys being pet but not picked up. When he is having fun, he is very wild. He does loads of bunny 500s (he’s around 2 years old, not sure though as he’s from the shelter but he acts as if he is very very young). He also binkies A LOT. He will jump like 4 feet up and just shake his little body like that’s what he lives for. Overall he is a really good rabbit with an awesome personality.

-You don’t want to overgroom him, but you want to keep him matt free. I groom my bunnies every day to every other day (every day if they are molting). I use a slicker brush, a soft brush, and a comb (meant for rabbits).

– Bedding. When you get him neutered, you can litterbox train him so he will only go to the bathroom in a box. In the litterbox, I personally use and reccomend wood pellets as litter (I buy it from the feed store. It’s meant for horses and is very cheap and works awesomely. Don’t use wood shavings). As bedding around the x-pen, I use fleeces, comforters, bed sheets, dog beds, etc. If you want to go for something more natural though, you can use straw. You don’t need to bathe rabbits. It’s very stressful and they lick themselves clean.

– Bonding with them is not difficult. Try to avoid picking him up at all costs unless necessary. Lie down on the floor while he’s free ranging and let him sniff you out and explore you. You can then start hand feeding him treats (fresh fruit, carrots) so he warms up to you.

I hope I helped!

Our Harley is a lionhead. We have found he is very affectionate with his mate and likes us pretty well, but he HATES other bunnies (we have 9) His mane is pretty puny, so grooming for us isn’t a big deal. He’s quite energetic. He will be 3 in December. He is neutered, but is really kind of a slob lol. Ya know, we have all sorts of mutt bunnies and I really haven’t noticed breed specific behavior (apart from the two lops being lazy butts lol) But I’m sure there are characteristics that go with certain breeds. Enjoy your little bundle of joy!