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Forum BONDING New Baby Bunny when to Bond

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    • melrey11
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        Hello. We very recently got an 8 week old netherland dwarf female, and after more reading Im considering getting a second for bonding. My question is should I wait and raise her a bit (potty train her, get a routine, get her spayed, ETC) and THEN around the year mark get a second bunny, preferably male. OR should i get another female baby bunny right away, will she naturally bond faster at this young age?

        Also would like to hear from others who have a happy healthy single bunny. Im torn because as much as id just like the work and simplicity of one bunny, we are gone atleast 8 hours per day and id just feel better if she had a friend, she is SO sweet.

        Thank you in advance, Melissa


      • Harley&Thumper
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          99% percent of the time bunnies that have not been spayed / neutered will never bond. If you plan to bond you can get a second bunny now and keep them separated until both have been spayed/neutered and then you can go through the bonding process.


        • Deleted User
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            You can’t bond bunnies until both have been spayed/neutered, so it would be better to wait a bit. When you’re ready, the best thing to do would be to bring her to a shelter where she can do speed dates and see which bunny she has the most positive signs with. This helps make sure you get a friend for her that she’ll get along with. Male-female bonds are usually the easiest. The problems with female-female bonds is that females are notoriously aggressive/territorial when bonding, so it could potentially get ugly. Bonding is long process, sometimes lasting months of painstaking work for up to 24-48 hours during overnights). You’d also need to have a plan ready in case you couldn’t bond her with another bun (either keeping two single buns or rehoming the second one). I truly believe bunnies can live happy lives in a single. I currently have two single buns (they’re seeing a bonder next month) and one of them thrives as a loner. He came out of his shell much more when he wasn’t with the other one. It also comes down to resources. Do you have the space, time, and finances to take care of two single buns while you wait for them to be fully bonded.

            She’s sweet now, but wait till hormones kick in and she becomes a little ball of sass xD She might not be fully litter trained until after her spay. Hormones make litter training next to impossible. She’ll also likely poop all over the place when you do eventually add a second bun into the mix. She’ll basically be saying “this is my home”.

            Hope this helped


          • melrey11
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              Thank you for this information. I really had no idea. I did read a book on raising bunnies but it just quickly briefed bonding in a 2 paragraph page like it was no big deal. I have more research to do!


            • Sirius&Luna
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                Have a read of the bonding chapter in the bunny info section of this site it gives a really good overview of the steps.

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