Is it okay to keep unbonded rabbits in the same room?

[Floppy]

I was hoping my 17w/o Buck, Casper, could be neutered this week. Unfortunately his balls still haven’t dropped. The vet said it may be due to him having Pastuerella.

I have decided to build an NIC condo for both rabbits, but only my spayed female will live in it to begin with.

I am building the condo in my bedroom because I have way more space in there. I’m making a 6x2x2 with a loft. At the moment she lives in the living room free roam, but due to her destructive nature have decided she cannot be free range at this time.

Casper is free roam in the bedroom during the day, I keep him in a 140cm ferplast only when I am sleeping.

So this will be hard but, I’m thinking everything stays the same except I cage Casper a little earlier to let Daisy run about for a few hours in the evening? And I have a small pet run that I can put around her NIC cage just for safety.

Is this an acceptable short term solution?

[Meesh]

Due to crappy hormones, if one isn’t altered, they will smell funny to each other, and the hormones could also cause (humping and) fighting. If you are going to let them out together, then you have to keep a close eye on them in case anything starts to happen (as if you are bonding them… but if this is the case, the bonding process will probably have to start over once the little man gets neutered). With my two, before they really knew each other, (they have separate cages) I would make them take turns going for a romp. That seems like what you are suggesting? I let the buns touch noses through the cage, and sniff each other out.. but they weren’t allowed to actually be out together unless I could really monitor them closely.

Would Daisy get any more than the few hours romp at night? They should be able to ideally at least romp in the morning when you wake up, and at night before going to bed (since they have two “up” times that they are really antsy and want to run). When I was in school with my one bun, I would make sure to let her out when getting ready in the morning, and then again when I got home in the afternoon or at night. If you can do at least that, then it would be an acceptable solution, especially if you are planning on improving it with your condo!

(also note that it might take a while after he is neutered before you can reintroduce him to the other buns as well, as the hormones are all still there, and you dont want to get any buns harmed).

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