Too much happy humping? male lop and two lady Favres

[HappyBunnyHugger]

Hi,

I’m new to this forum but did use it initially when I got my first house rabbit 6 months ago, a dwarf make lop, I got him neutered quickly afterwards.  He’s amazing, love him so much but I thought he needed some more company….so yesterday I collected two beautiful chilled out Favres Du Bourgogne lady bunnies from a local breeder.  

I kept them in a cage whilst my male lop investigates, everything seemed all good, very gentle….so I opened the door and he basically got uber jiggy with them and was going from one to the other until one banged her foot and then I took him out.  That is all he wants to do, fair enough, he is a bunny but I didn’t want him completely doing their heads in and then they don’t get on.

So…would you say that was a good introduction, they all seemed ok, they are still all very nice to each other through the cage. Should I just let them out the cage and supervised just let him get on with it until he’s had enough (feel a bit mean doing this on the girl bunnies!), will he settle down?  As soon as I open their cage to put hay in he desperate to get in!  I’m worried he’ll hump them to death or something!!!

Any advice much appreciated 

[BunnyFriends]

Are the females spayed? All are going to need to be fixed for a successful bond.
Also, was this neutral territory?

If the girls don’t seem to care, let him for a few seconds then push him off. If he’s doing it from the face, push him off immediately, they could bite his boy parts and severely damage them.

With a trio, you may end up with 3 single bunnies, 3 bonded bunnies, or any combination of 1 bonded 1 single so that’s definitely something to be aware of.

[sarahthegemini]

You need to bond them properly, you can’t just let them have a free for all. But first let your new bunnies settle in.

[tobyluv]

You should wait at least a week for any bunnies to settle into a new home before introducing them to another rabbit. And any new bunnies need to be spayed before you can introduce them to another rabbit and begin the bonding process. If the rabbits are too young to be spayed, you will have to wait for them to get together with your male, until after their surgeries and recuperation, even if that’s a few months down the road. They can stay in the same room, but they shouldn’t be with your male. If they haven’t been spayed, the females should be separated when they are around 3 months of age or so. As soon as they enter puberty, they can become aggressive and fight. It doesn’t matter if they were former littermates or related in any way.

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