Netherland Dwarf getting lonely?

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- 09/03/2016 at 11:14 PM
  Laura
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  I just adopted an 8 week old Netherland Dwarf today, Rosie, who was sharing a cage with another female from her liter of 4, neither of which have been spayed. I’d like to adopt the second so Rosie won’t get lonely. I have read that dwarf rabbits in general are not solitary and require another rabbit so that they aren’t lonely. They got along well in the pet shop and seemed very attatched to eachother, grooming and cuddling with eachother, making it hard to seperate them. Since many people on this forum say that you can’t put two unfixed rabbit together, I am unsure of what to do. (I’m getting Rosie spayed regardless of wether I get the second or not, and if I get the second i’m spaying her as well.) What i’d like to do is get the second one and put them together, but i’m again, not sure. Do you think Rosie will get lonely? Can I put them together even though they’re not spayed at the moment since they’re from the same liter?
- 09/04/2016 at 4:15 AM
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  I think it depends on how long it will take you to get them ‘fixed’ if you plan on doing it as soon as they’re old enough (and probably at the same time) from what I’ve read you’ll have a good chance of them being able to stay together and getting along. You will probably need to put them in cages next to each other for a little while after the op so they don’t pull each other’s stitches out. I believe it’s harder to bond 2 females.
  
  This is all from what I’ve read and not personal experience.
  If it was me I would get her fixed when she’s old enough and take her to a rescue to have her bonded with another bun of her choice
- 09/04/2016 at 4:15 AM
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  I think it depends on how long it will take you to get them ‘fixed’ if you plan on doing it as soon as they’re old enough (and probably at the same time) from what I’ve read you’ll have a good chance of them being able to stay together and getting along. You will probably need to put them in cages next to each other for a little while after the op so they don’t pull each other’s stitches out. I believe it’s harder to bond 2 females.
  
  This is all from what I’ve read and not personal experience.
  If it was me I would get her fixed when she’s old enough and take her to a rescue to have her bonded with another bun of her choice
- 09/04/2016 at 4:15 AM
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  I think it depends on how long it will take you to get them ‘fixed’ if you plan on doing it as soon as they’re old enough (and probably at the same time) from what I’ve read you’ll have a good chance of them being able to stay together and getting along. You will probably need to put them in cages next to each other for a little while after the op so they don’t pull each other’s stitches out. I believe it’s harder to bond 2 females.
  
  This is all from what I’ve read and not personal experience.
  If it was me I would get her fixed when she’s old enough and take her to a rescue to have her bonded with another bun of her choice
- 09/04/2016 at 7:59 AM
  tobyluv
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  Hello and welcome to Binky Bunny!
  
  You could get another bunny and keep them together for now, but in a month or two, you would probably have to separate them, until they were spayed and recuperated. When a rabbit reaches puberty and all the hormones come flooding in, they can get an attitude or be aggressive, and that leads to fighting – which can lead to injuries. You also have to be very sure that another rabbit isn’t of the opposite sex if you are housing them together. Many rabbits have been mis-sexed, and that has led to unwanted litters.
  
  A lot of people have just one rabbit, and the rabbit seems perfectly happy, especially if you are able to spend a lot of time with it. Rabbits do usually love the companionship of their own kind, to cuddle and groom and communicate as only a rabbit can, but some rabbits prefer to be the only rabbit in the house and they do fine on their own. My rabbits have always been happy to have companions, so I always plan to have two at a time. I don’t think that the breed of rabbit has anything to do with whether or not they want or need a companion.
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