Babies cannot bond so you’ll need to keep them separate until they’ve both been spayed and hormones have disipated. So essentially, it doesn’t matter when you get bun number 2 because you can’t put them together yet anyway.

That is very responsible of the breeder. : )

Being that the 2 rabbits (if you do go ahead a 2nd) is not really a guarantee that they would be able to stay together. What can happen is when they start to sexually mature, they may mount each other or even fight. The fighting is even more common with 2 juvenile male buns.

However, being both female, you wont run the risk of pregnancy at least. Provided it is absolutely certain they are of the same sex!!

If you brought the 2nd home and they girls were okay together, you may be looking at separating them when they reach 4-5 months old. In my experience, this is when the females become more hormonal. It can vary bun to bun, and for different breeds.

A rabbit having a bonded companion is always nice for them and it is sweet to see them together. To have a true, long lasting bond, it is usually recommended bother rabbits be desexed before being bonded. On occasion, some that are together before desexing may stay friendly and go through desexing without damage to the relationship.
I was lucky to have that happen with a mother daughter pair. They were spayed at the same time when the “baby” was about 7 months old.

That’s really irresponsible of the breeder to tell you that. You’ll need to separate them before puberty kicks in. Otherwise there is a very good chance that they will fight. 

There’s a good chance they could fight on contact, as does are known to be very territorial and aggressive when that comes out. So just putting a new one with the existing one could cause a lot of problems. Not to mention it could stress out the new bun by being put into a new environment and then just being put with a strange new bun, because she won’t remember each other after this time apart. It’s also difficult to sex babies, so you might not have two girls. You could have two boys or one of each. There’s really no way of knowing for a while because some males don’t drop until 6 months. So if you put them together you could have an accidental litter.

That’s bad advice on the breeder’s behalf. They may SEEM to get along, but it is pretty much a guarantee that they will be fighting since rabbits start to mature sexually around 3-4 months. And females are especially territorial. And they could have been sexed incorrectly. And you could end up with a pregnant baby. I could go on about other difficulties you will face by keeping them together, such as fighting that will making bonding very difficult…

So as you can see, it really just isn’t worth the risk of all these different factors. You should house them separately until both have been spayed and have recovered, and then you can try to bond them.

I know this seems like a lot of overwhelming information, but it is tried and true that rabbits should never just be put together and left to “sort it out”. Rabbits are not popular domestic pets so there’s a lot of inaccurate information regarding handling and care.

The breeder probably didn’t want to be liable for someone going home and the rabbit dying because it was sick when they got it, so she opted to make sure they were healthy. That was basically a way of “quality control” … kinda sad actually, as the breeder clearly doesn’t have the rabbits best interest in mind. But I suppose that choosing to breed them in the first place is a disregard for their needs… anyway, please do take our advice.

Not to be rude, and I really do say this with best intentions, but you can’t always keep an eye on them. You really risk them hurting each other or worse by keeping them together before they are spayed. Hormonal rabbits can really be vicious. They’re getting along okay for now because hormones aren’t at play. They need to be completely separated from the start so no harmful accidents occur.

Posted By Cinder on 1/25/2018 2:15 PM

I got her sister yesterday, they had six days apart. I let them run around the room together and they were great. They ran around together zoomies and binkies and then fell asleep together. Put them together in my large c and c cage and they are great. Will keep an eye on them. Also, yes they are both girls. Thank you for the advice.

Although you can get lucky with this (I did the same with my Blue and Bombur, because I was misinformed, too), it is much more common and much more likely that they will fight. When adding my third, Badger, I ended up with a bloody rabbit the moment he became hormonal. When he became hormonal, he understandably acted out hormonally and started a fight with Blue (through cage bars, even). Badger ended up with a bloodied paw and almost needed stitches. He lost a chunk of skin and had a twisted toe (thank the gods he didnt lose his toe). We stopped it within 3 seconds. I dont want to imagine what wouldve happened had there not been the cage bars between them in those few seconds, or had my partner and I not been in the room/home or had we been sleeping. 

Remember, this is the most common outcome when putting two soon to be hormonal rabbits together. Hormonal rabbits have two drives: breed and fight. It was horrifying for me to witness, Badger almost went into shock (which can cause death), and Blue was freaking out because he had been attacked. I really recommend you split your two up so you dont have to go through what me and two of mine did.

Hello there I agree that it is in the best interest of your two new little girls to house them separately. Baby rabbits almost always get along, but baby bonds are not considered true bonds. As puberty starts to hit, anywhere from 10 weeks of age things can get very nasty and they can start to fight and cause serious injury to each other. It is best to avoid fighting between them because once they start fighting it can make it harder to bond them properly once they are spayed. Many vets won’t spay females until 6 months of age, so that’s another 4 months together which is a huge risk.

It is recommended you house them separately now until 6 weeks after both have been spayed. This allows time for them to heal properly and for hormones to die down. Then you can start to reintroduce them in neutral territory to bond them properly