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- 10/12/2021 at 1:27 PM
  Wolfy
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  I’ve always been stumped by this; first it was determining her age so I’d know when to get her spayed and start changing her alfalfa hay to timothy hay.
  
  she was 8 weeks on January 21st, when I put that in her profile in a vet clinic I work that ( as I was trying to get her seen for a checkup ), it estimated her age at 10 months but I’m still wondering if that’s right. Does it stop at 12 months before they become a year or will it be 13 months and that’s when they become a year? I assumed her birthday would be in November but that would put her at 11 months, supposedly so I’m wondering whether she truly was born in November, December, or January. Her previous owner was little to no help in confirming when she was born so I really don’t know if I’m overcomplicating it.
- 10/12/2021 at 3:43 PM
  DanaNM
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  If you don’t have an exact birthdate, then you can’t really know for sure, but if you’ve had her since January then she is old enough to be spayed and switched to timothy hay. In fact, even young rabbits can have timothy hay as long as there is alfalfa in the pellets.
  
  Whether she is 9-12 months really doesn’t matter at this point, she’s old enough to be spayed and transition to timothy hay and pellets, unless she is a giant breed, like a flemish.
  
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- 10/12/2021 at 3:50 PM
  Wolfy
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  She has already been spayed and transitioned to Timothy Hay. Now, it’s more of the matter at what age should I start trying to bond her with my other rabbit who is a little older than her and wasn’t sure if to start once she’s a year old, but may be tricky since I don’t really know her exact birthday / when she’ll be one. My past assumption was November 26th, but when I put that in a profile, it says she’s 10 months according to that. Come next month or her supposed birthday month on the 26th, she’ll either be 11 months or somehow 1?
- 10/12/2021 at 4:44 PM
  LBJ10
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  If she is spayed and healed, then I don’t think it matters when you start the bonding process. People bond younger bunnies to older bunnies all the time.
- 10/12/2021 at 4:54 PM
  Wolfy
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  Okay. I was just a little worried over the chances of him being too much for her due to the age difference, thank you!
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