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    • twentyonetyjos
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        So I went to my local animal shelter today, and they had an already bonded pair. They are 2 sisters, I believe they are 3 months old. One of them was super sweet and exploratory and the other one stayed in the corner of the room and shook like she was scared, which is understandable, but i personally didn’t feel connected to her, but I really loved her sister. The problem is, they were being kept in two separate cages because they had both recently been fixed, the person working there said that they had gotten into a fight recently, but since it was probably just hormones changing and being around recently fixed male bunnies that the vet still wanted them to be adopted together, the thing that worries me is right now they are housed separate, and when she brought both of them into the visiting room, they seemed fine with each other, but one of them tried to get on top of the other bunny and they ran away, that happened a couple times. Also, I am likely getting them ( if i decide on these two) tomorrow so that I wont be tempted to play with them, as I wont be home this weekend. (my parents are though and would make sure they have hay food and water and such so no worries there) but what if they got into a fight while I’m not there to supervise? Sorry for all the questions, this just started to worry me.


      • Doodler
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          How exciting!

          They aren’t actually bonded. If you adopt them you’ll want to keep them separated until they are healed and their hormones are settled. They should then go through a prebonding process and then a bonding process. Unfortunately you won’t be able to just bring them home and put them together and hope nothing bad happens. This would be very dangerous.


        • twentyonetyjos
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            Okay, thank you! That’s kinda what I figured, but the shelter told me they wanted them adopted out together. I’ll just keep looking at another shelter. Its just so hard to be patient lol!


          • Asriel and Bombur
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              Agree with Doodles, but also I’d be worried. 3 months old is way to young for girls to be spayed, so odds are the surgeries are probably going to end up being incomplete or they’re lying to you and they are actually males (if testes haven’t descended they can operate them from within). Females are spayed at 6 months old because this is when their sex organs have fully developed.

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          FORUM HOUSE RABBIT Q & A New Bunnies!