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- 03/05/2015 at 11:08 AM
  Gir's Mama
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  My current bunny boy (Gir) is almost 10 years old. I feel he is too old to bond with a second rabbit and a couple of people agreed on here when I asked. However I saw some baby bunnies passing by a pet shop the other day and now have bunny fever! Lol I would adopt from a shelter but now I want a second bunny.
  
  I recently built Gir a large NIC condo (70″ x 42″ and 3 stories high). I cant post pics in this thread because I am on my phone but here is the thread with pics:
  
  https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/136243/Default.aspx
  
  He barely uses the second floor and has never gone to the 3rd floor (probably because the ramp is weird). Do you guys think it would be ok to split the condo in two and keep him on the base floor and give the top two floors to a second rabbit? I would makw the following changes:
  
  1. Face the top ramp the other way so it is easier to go up and down.
  
  2. Remove the ramp from the first to second floor and put it outside so the second rabbit can get out from the second floor.
  
  3. Close the open gap on the second floor to separate the 2 areas.
  
  I would love to have two bonded rabbits but I dont want to stress him out or have the new bunny be upset when he leaves us
  
  Would it freak the rabbits out having another rabbit close by? Or would they be okay?
  
  Thanks for any help guys!
- 03/05/2015 at 2:36 PM
  tobyluv
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  Don’t totally reject the idea of bonding Gir with another bunny. Several years ago, I had a lone 10 year old male rabbit. Then we found a poor, sickly, malnourished young female rabbit on the side of the road. After she recovered from all her conditions and was spayed, we bonded her with our old guy. I know that he was very glad to have a companion. As he aged more, he started losing his sight, and then started getting crippled. His new young bunny companion was so good to him and helped him out, and of course, loved on him. I think that she kept him going longer than he would have without her. We lost him when he was 12 years old, and of course it was sad for his companion as well as for us. We adopted another companion for her a couple of months later.
  
  Every case and every rabbit is different, but I am so glad that our old bunny had a companion for his last two years.
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