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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 03/30/2017 at 2:57 PM
  Mark
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  Hi folks,
  
  We currently have a little 6 month old Rex. He has just recently been given the snip.
  
  We have been considering getting him a friend for a couple of weeks.
  
  We were in the pet shop today and seen a 3 year old spayed female, up for adoption and we have sort of fallen in love…
  
  Her previous family massively over fed her and she is a tad MASSIVE Nothing a little diet wouldn’t fix.
  
  So my question is. Would trying to bound a growing 6 month old a fully grown 3 year old be a good idea or not?
  
  Many thanks
- 03/30/2017 at 4:49 PM
  BunnyFriends
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  Your boy will need a few weeks to recover from his neuter and have hormones settle down, so not right away. The age difference thing is just usually the older rabbit passes away leaving the younger rabbit, but it doesn’t always happen and the one left can get a new friend. I’m currently bonding a 1 year 6 month year old with a 4 year old and it’s fine.
  
  So yes, it’s ok.
- 03/30/2017 at 7:44 PM
  Limit
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  Age and size doesn’t matter to rabbits at all. Agree with the above, wait around 6 weeks for hormones to subside before starting any bonding process.
- 03/31/2017 at 1:10 AM
  Gina.Jenny
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  Dieting bunnies need to loose weight slowly! Fast weight lose in a bunny can cause liver damage. Two of the buns I’ve adopted have been over weight. thankfully, I have very bunny friendly stairs, and racing up and down them helped both buns slim down and tone up on a normal bun diet. If you get her, exercise is way better, and will mean a happier bun, than strict dieting. The age difference shouldn’t make any difference to whether they can bond, though yr boy will need to be fully healed, as the others have already said.
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