Introducing myself!

[BBMommy]

Hi all! It’s time I introduced myself here…been lurking since last November! After careful research (being that we are first time bunny people) we adopted Brownie B just before Christmas last year, and it’s been a wonderful experience! He’s a Holland Lop and is almost 8 months old now, and has the sweetest personality! Very good litterbox habits, and his favorite spot is on the back of the couch looking out the window. He loves our cats too, lol. He’s living in the lap of luxury in his (newly expanded) 3 story bunny condo, and has been so good with the kids. I have 2 daughters, ages 7 and 3, who have been very good with Brownie also!

I have an appointment for him to be neutered in a couple of weeks here. Thinking of finding him a friend after the recovery and dissipation of hormones. His “friend” right now is a stuffed bunny he got for Easter…he just loooooves it, lol!

A tricky question though…a close friend of mine, who actually brought up the idea of a house rabbit in the first place, recently rescued a bunny at an FFA auction, and 2 days later they had 4 babies appear! She is needing to find homes for the unexpected arrivals, and I think we will take a girl, if there is one. I am going to give the babe her own setup, but is it unreasonable to think of trying to bond them in the future, after said babe is old enough to be spayed? With knowing that we can keep her housed separately (upstairs versus down) if the future bonding does not work out?

So what I am asking is, basically, am I crazy?

It’ll be nice to have a bun from babyhood, and she’s trying to find good homes for the babies with people she knows who also know rabbits. Needless to say, Auction bunny will be getting spayed as soon as she has raised her litter!

So, that’s me…love it here, and wanted to become a full fledged member!

Thanks!

Kim

[notjulesverne]

Welcome! I don;t know enough to answer your question. I only have one bun, but you’ll get some great advice here

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Welcome Kim!!!

Nope don’t think your crazy!! Plus, once he’s neutered and she’s spayed, you’ll probably be able to bond them-and lots of people on here have good bonding advice/tips/tricks!

[Beka27]

it’s a definite possibility that that would work. she would not be old enough to be spayed until about 5-7 months. and then she’d need a month or two to heal and have hormones decrease. so they would not actually meet for anywhere from 6-9 months, but as long as you’re committed to keeping them separately, perhaps indefinitely, i think that would be fine. welcome here.

[Floppy]

Welcome!

[kimberleyanddarren]

funny ur name is kim, same as mine, and i have been asking everyone here the exact same question! hehe
i am thinking of getting a new bun but with my bun not neutered it is going to be trouble!
i think it is something u really need to think about, i asked on here but to be honest i already knew i wanted him and there was nothing anyone could do about it lol (even my boyfriend ) its your decision, if it feels right it probably is!

[JK]

Welcome Kim! This is such a great place. I’m not sure either on the bonding as I only have one bun. Brownie reminds me of Edson! He’s just adorable and I’m so glad you are enjoying him. There is such a wealth of information here and the members are fantastic. I have contemplated getting another bun but honestly I just don’t want to rock the boat as Edson is the dream bunny. I could get a terror next time! I’d be really tempted though in your situation. A lot of very knowledgeable people here. Osprey recently rescued a mom and her babies and has successfully adopted the babies out. I hope he sees this!

[RabbitPam]

Kim, your bunny reminded me of Edson right away. Glad you posted, Knowltons, so Kim can see the resemblance.

I’m not knowledgeable about bonding, having had a single bunny, but I can’t help wondering if bonding for the baby would be easier because a baby might gravitate to any bunny it meets when it’s very young. Do they? Is it possible to have them see each other but stay separated until all spaying/neutering is done? Bonding experts here will know. (Beka, if she met Brownie a month after his snip, could she safely begin the bonding?)

[osprey]

Welcome Kim!

There are some of us here at BB with lots of bonding experience, the good, the bad and the ugly.  I bonded first a pair and then a trio of my own bunnies, and I help people with bonding as part of my volunteering at a bunny rescue.  Bonding is far from a scientific process, and bunnies make their own choices.  In general, boy/girl is the easiest bond to do, so you are good there.  Also, babies are easier to bond than adults, particularly females.  You may end up with an unbondable bunny, though, so please keep that in mind.  Some bunnies, particularly females, simply will not tolerate another bunny in their space and will prefer to live as only buns, even after they have been spayed.  You will have to prepare yourself for stress, frustration and possible failure, in which case you’d have to keep the buns separated forever (or adopt two more and make two pairs )

There are just too many variables to know now how it will turn out.  Good Luck!

 

[Beka27]

i think they can meet before her spay, after his neuter, but it’s hard to tell how they’d react to each other. like Osprey said, there are so many different variables. i was under the impression it was easiest to bond two adults, but Osprey said babies are the easiest, which i guess make sense, as long as they are altered rather quickly. Osprey is the expert… i’m just an innocent bystander… lol!

[BBMommy]

We are definately prepared to house them separately if bonding would end up not working. I am also a Stay at home Mom, so the good thing is, I would have time to work on it. THe way our house is set up works out pretty well too, with the downstairs kind of separated into two areas, so they could both have run time apart if needed. I also have the upstairs, but the more I think about that, it would work in summer when my daughter is out of school, but might not be good year round…would rather have it be where we are most often.

Brownie is the most laid back bun too…which hopefully will help! I think he is wanting a friend though…he tries desparately to play with one of our cats, and while the cat is great with the bunny, he isn’t too interesting in cuddling yet, lol. We have 3 cats…one of them a 23 lb Maine Coon who is scared to death of the bunny, one a former stray who found us who loves the bun, and an elderly cat who walks right past the bun and doesn’t even realize it is there!

I’ve got to get some video of BB following my youngest daughter around though…it’s hilarious…he loves her to pieces! She crawls around on the floor with Brownie chasing after her, and when he catches her he puts his front paws up on her back as if playing tag! 

And funny about the resemblence to Edson! My older daughter was reading over my shoulder last night and thought it was another picture of Brownie! So many beautiful bunnies here!

Thanks for the warm welcome…This board was invaluable when we were researching the idea of a house rabbit and preparing for his arrival!

I hope to become an active member!
Kim

[Beka27]

i hope you become an active member too! watch out… Binky Bunny is addicting!

[rabbitsmba]

Are you crazy? Of course you are. We ALL are – crazy for bunnies that is!

Bonding is definitely a possibility so long as you are commited to following the bonding process and being patient and consistent. When done properly, most bonding goes well, but it can take time and be tricky, but don’t worry because we are all here to help along the way. The work and sometimes frustration is well worth the enjoyment you will get out of having a bonded pair of bunnues – not to mention how happy the bunns themselves will be!

My only concern right now would be knowing whether or not the bunn you get is indeed a female. It is VERY hard to sex a bunny, especially a baby. Many times at the rescue I volunteer for, even the most savvy of vets will take a bunn in for a neuter and it comes out spayed! So I would be very careful to make as sure as possible that you do indeed have yourself a girl bunny, and that may mean waiting until all the baby bunnies are old enough and have indeed been altered.

Bunnies are like potato chips – you can’t have just one.

[Scarlet_Rose]

Hi and welcome Kim! I do not think you are crazy for wanting another rabbit! A saying at the rescue here is that even though they are fixed, they still multiply in your home because you get one, then two, then three and so on!

I do have to second th notion of being very careful about the sexing of the rabbit as it can be hard to do when they are so young, even a vet will make a mistake. It is best to wait until they are older and I hope your friend who had the babies is going to wait until after they are weaned at about 8 weeks before finding them homes, 8 weeks is also a good time to sex them.

So glad you came out from lurking!

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