adding a friend?

[tabbybear]

Someone has offered me a FREE silver rabbit, I dont know the sex of the rabbit yet, but they said it was altered. If I do accept this rabbit, (It is kind of a desperate situation for the owener) do you think it would be possible to bond a boy boy pair rather then a girl boy pair. or Is that too hard to do? I know it can be done, but I was thinking maybe that it would be very hard to do.



Also, would this be too soon to introduce a new rabbit to the mix, as I only have had Triston for 2 weeks now. Maybe keep them seperated for a few more weeks untill I can bond with both of them?

Well, any suggestions would be amazing and much apreciated.

I am kind of stuck at the moment. haha.

 

[nicolevins]

Girl-boy usually works great.
Girl-girl usually works good.
Boy-boy can be a 50/50.
Some boys will even fight until death. It CAN work though.

You could try introducing them in a bath(slippery surface) so they will struggle to fight even if they want.
Put them together and they will sense each other. They will probably mount each other for dominance(probably best not to seperate now). If you see a small amount of fur, that's okay. They bite each others fur when they mount.
If you hear squealing, seperate.

Also try sitting them side-by-side, holding them there and petting them together. Try feeding them together if you like.

But if you do get this new rabbit, ask if you could have the cage just in case.

Good luck!!

 

[nicolevins]

Here is the Bunny 101 Thread for Bonding Bunnies:
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=12072&forum_id=17