Bonding a senior to a younger rabbit?

[Sparkles]

Hey guys!

A few months ago I adopted a 3 yr old spayed Rex from the local humane society. I’ve been wanting to adopt a neutered male to bond with her, but the nearest rabbit rescue is a few hours away and only has bonded pairs available right now and I’d rather stick to two than try to have a trio.

I found a neutered male at another humane society nearish me, but he is 8 years old.

How likely is it that I could get an old man to accept a relatively active adult? Sparks is only penned when I’m not home and I live in a small one bedroom apartment, so separate free range times would be hard permanently, but doable if I the males cage in my room and gated that off for him. Even if I had to keep them in separate pens when I’m not home, being able to have free range time together would be nice if possible.

So is it a bad idea? I’ve been researching bonding a lot and it seems to be recommended they are similar in age and activty level, so I’m worried I’d be setting myself up for failure.

Thank you in advance!

[Dface]

There is a sightly different point you might not have considere-that your rabbit is young, and will (hopefully) have many years left in him
The 8 year old rabbit is no longer young and depending on his history, may be near the end of his time, typically 12 years is considered very old

So if you do successfully bond them, your rabbit will lose his friend.

[Sparkles]

I did think about it, and it worries me about having to try to find another friend for her so soon :/

But you’re right, it should probably be the biggest thing I consider.

I’ll keep looking for a friend more her age.

Thank you!

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