Hey!

I have had a cat and I’ve had a bunny – not at the same time, so I’m not going to be a huge help as far as personal experience goes… but I just wanted to point out two things and ask one thing…As while a bunny and a cat can’t “technically” bond – they can share a friendship… Sometimes.

Here are the first two things:

#1. – I have friends who have a cat and a bunny, and they get along great! I also got my first bunny because her owner got a cat and the cat would not stop trying to kill the bunny – so the bunny came to me.

This leads me to #2 – So I will say that, just like bonding two bunnies or having different pets in the house, it all comes down to the personality of the animals involved.
I do think its a good idea to get the cat at a kitten stage so it is used to the bunny being there as it grows up… however, again – my first bunnies mom got that cat as a kitten and it still didn’t work out.

So you may have to come up with a back up plan if they don’t co-exist.

Now for my one question – and this may be another member that has to answer this if your answer is mice…

You said “1. the practical purposes of having him help with pest control in my apartment” – is things like Mice? or things like Bugs?
Bugs are one thing, but I worry if its for mice that you make super wake up that “hunting” instinct in the cat.

My boss has a cat that is a “Mouser” and that can would see my bunny like a chew toy lol.

So my answer is “Maybe” as it depends on the cat…. Just my thoughts

Ahhh Gottcha! I was thinking that’s what you meant, but wanted to be sure haha.
And that’s good you have a back up plan. I would make sure to never leave them alone for the first while – especially as the kitten is growing in to a cat… as you wouldn’t want anything to happen when you aren’t there. Plus an angry bunny could hurt the kitten too when he’s super small if they get territorial.

We are considering a kitten as well as some point – but it sounds like you’ve been doing a lot of research!

Agreeing with everything Nutmeg has said. Just make sure you bond similar to bonding bunnies, if that makes sense. Take it slow. You don’t really know the temperament of a new kitten around a prey animal and you don’t know how your bunny will react to a new creature in their space. So take it slow and watch cues from both of them to see if either one is stressed or aggressive.

There was someone on here recently who had a bunny that was excessively mounting the cat. I think if your boy does start mounting to a point where it’s stressing out the kitten, then it would be best to just get him neutered. I’m not sure about the marking because it’s a cat and not a bunny. As for aggression, even if he was fixed he could still show aggression at his space being invaded, so that wouldn’t be a tell tale sign to neuter.