Living with 5 bunnies

[Bunbun]

So, my bunny had 4 babies and I’m considering keeping them all. They’re 6 weeks old, so 2 weeks from weening. The mother will be spayed. In order to keep them all I want to have 2 cages, 1 with the mother and her choice of bunny and the other cage with 3 bunnies. What’s the best way to do this and is it even possible to litter box train them in this situation? I plan on neutering the boys as soon as I find out the sexes but will have to save up $ to spay the girls. This take will take time. Any recommendation on this and how to wean them would be so helpful? At this time I have them in separate cages as they were driving her crazy. She has a cage but is on and off free roaming, she asks to be let in their cage around 9:30 every evening to feed for 3 mins and then I quickly let her out.
Please help❤️

[BuckyLuna12]

My rabbit Luna was not spayed when I tried to bond her and my other rabbit Bucky. It did not end well. So my suggestion would be to spay and neuter all of them before trying to bond. But, I don’t know if all rabbits were as hormonal as my Luna, so you may be able to bond them all with the boys spayed. With having a trio, I have heard that they are hard to bond together. Again, I don’t know if it is different with siblings because they were born together and know each other. Lastly I would want to make sure that you have the space and money to take care of all of those buns. I’m sure that you have already considered my last advice, or else you would not be attempting this . But if all of the buns can bond together, and you have enough space for all of them, I would say go right ahead! For me the more the merrier!

[sarahthegemini]

You can’t do that. You have to bond them properly and to do that, all must be spayed and neutered. You’ll need to separate them all soon anyway to stop fighting and more litters.

[Nutmeg]

Exactly what Sarah said above. Most people don’t realize how territorial bunnies can be – especially went the start to get hormonal – which can be as early as 3 months. They will fight to the death in some cases.
Unfortunately you will need to keep all 5 in separate cages and each will need their own separate running around time – as that can’t be together either.
Trust me… I have 2 that have been separated since they were 8 weeks old…. Ruperts “Boys” haven’t dropped yet and he’s 4 months old now, so we are waiting another 2 months.
Then we we have to wait a month for recovery and their hormones to settle… with some pre-bonding after the first two weeks.
Then starting full bonding attempts with dates after that.
It’s a long process. lol

[Nutmeg]

Ps – there is a great bonding section on this forum. It will help give you an idea of what to expect in the future and what to do now

[OnyxMoon]

Bunnies don’t recognize family units, so like everybody has already said, they will all have to be separated soon. You can start litter training, but they’ll backtrack on the training after puberty as unaltered bunnies are difficult to litter train and keep litter trained.

If you have the financial means to alter all of them and spend time bonding them all, then go for it. But if you don’t, rehoming the babies or at least some would be best.

So if you decide to keep them, then that means you’ll have to get another three cages (if you already have two). Have five different roaming times for all bunnies, and that also means four different recoveries to handle. Good luck though, im the “more the merrier” type lol! I just want to make sure you are thinking this through!

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