Thinking about adding another bun

[Ashley&Bing]

This is my first rabbit I have on my own, as in I’m not a child watching my parents take care of one, and I am thinking about getting another one. Mr. Bingley is very social and affectionate, but young and recently nuetered. He is almost 4 months and I am concerned that he would not get along with who I brought home. I have no adoption centers in my area, but sometimes the PetCo has one for adoption. My main motivation for getting another is because I worry that Bing gets lonely. Once I start school, he will be alone a lot. He LOVES attention, but with me being in class and meetings and teaching lessons I’m afraid he won’t get enough and become depressed. Is this concern a legitimate one?

[Deleted User]

well, yes, it is in a way. rabbits do better with company but they also sleep during the day. So, if you can spend some time with him in the morning and at night, you don’t need to get him a buddy. Unless you really want to have a pair.

[Beka27]

A pair is very rewarding, both to the bunny slave and to the rabbits, but it’s a lot of work to get them to that point, and I don’t think you would have enough time before the school year starts. I would maybe hold off for awhile, let Bing grow and mature some more… if you’re on a student’s schedule, you can begin bunny dating and looking for a mate in the spring so you’d have the whole summer to bond them. There’s really no hurry.

Can you tell us the general area in which you live, we might be able to help you locate a rescue.

[Ashley&Bing]

During the summers, I’m in the Austin area, but my school is in Denton, TX. I actually have been looking for a center and found one that seemed to be for rehabilitated wild rabbits. I wasn’t sure if this was something that I should consider or not when it comes to Bing, who was born in the pet store.

Waiting for the spring sounds good to me. This fall is going to be very very hectic with everything on my plate. Spring is no better, but I’ll be immune to it by then lol!

[Beka27]

Does the rescue have wild rabbits, or feral domestic rabbits that were once in the wild but are actually domestic breeds?

Even if you have to travel a bit to adopt a bunny, it’s definitely worth it! You’re saving a life, and in most cases saving quite a bit of time and money because you don’t have to spay/neuter yourself and then wait a month for the hormones to subside…

I started looking for bunnies a couple springs ago, and it took me about 2 months to get thru the adoption process. If you’re going thru a reputable shelter or rescue in the spring, you can check to see if they can hold a bunny for you for a little while.

[Ashley&Bing]

Looking at thier website, it looks like they have both.

[Beka27]

I don’t have experience with feral rabbits. I think sometimes they have special requirements, and they’re not always very friendly since they are not used to normal human contact… so… I don’t know if I would go that route. But maybe someone else knows more on the topic.

[Sarita]

If it’s WildRescue they have both domestic and wild rabbits – the wild rabbits are only rehabbed and are not up for adoption. The domestics are up for adoption. The lady who runs this has been doing wildlife rehabbing for many years and also domestic rabbit rescue. Don’t worry you would be adopting a domestic altered rabbit.

[Ashley&Bing]

That is exactly the one I found! Thank you so much for your help and I’m glad to know that someone here knows about the center. I’ll be in contact with her and firgure out the process.

[Twinklie]

Hi Bingster, Rabbit Rescue/Wild Life Inc has domestic rabbits for adoption. The founder is Diana, who knows a lot about rabbits. I adopted my first rabbit 4 months ago from her. It was Lindsay who helped me to get my rabbit. Sometimes Lindsay is online and you can chat with her. I told her what kind of family we are and what kind of rabbit we want, she helped brought some bunnies out for us to pick out. Diana and her team are always there answering my questions and support. Well, I have a lot of litter training questions and was a bit stressed out about it. But they were there sticking with me through the darkness. Finally I started to enjoy being the rabbit slave, my son, daughter and husband have the playing part. Currently I am also fostering/bonding a baby rabbit from them, we are hoping to adopt the baby as well. They are also very supportive through the bonding. I think you will be able to bring Bing over to do a bunny date and let Diana help you out choosing a companion for Bing by the rabbits personality. Since Bing is a male, I would suggest go for a female, the bonding will be easier. You might want to try to foster and see if having two rabbits are good for you and Bing.

[Beka27]

Oh good! I’m glad you guys know about the rescue!

If nothing else Bing… you could contact them for info, get an application on file, let them know at what point in the future you’d be looking to adopt, and they could keep their eyes/ears open for possible bunnies that might work for you. This way all of your preliminary work would be done, and then it’s just waiting for the right time and the right bunny!

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