hope i didnt make a mistake :(

[iwannabeam3]

So not to long ago I got a new lionhead bun (coconut) to bond with my other lionhead (scar). But currently im waiting to bond them until I get them both spayed and neutered. Well due to space reasons Ive had to move scar to the permanent enclosure. So mainly my question/ worry is when it comes time to bond them will it cause a problem? I have a area i can bond them in and everything its just once they are bonded will putting them in the permanent enclosure cause any problems?

 

[agnesthelion]

If I'm understanding correctly, you have Scar in the cage that you want them to both share together one day when they are bonded and you worry that he could become territorial?

He could become territorial. I would do cage switches and also toy and food bowl switches so as to lessen the chance he will become possessive over the cage.

In addition, this is down the road a ways, but when it comes time to let them explore the cage together, it's a good idea to clean, disinfect and maybe rearrange/remodel so the cage seems new to both.

I'm currently bonding two buns as we speak. I'm near the end and they are almost bonded but I've done some research on this subject so let me know if I can help in any other way.

If I misunderstood your original question, let me know

 

[iwannabeam3]

That's exactly my question! lol Thank you for your answer. I can do all of that no problem. The times I have had them together they seem perfectly fine no fighting as of yet. But I try to limit their time and end it before scar starts showing his well lets put it this way. I wanna be a daddy and you be a mommy!

 

[agnesthelion]

There will unlikely be fighting at this stage because the new Lionhead is a baby.

Once coconut reaches sexual maturity, she could get grumpy and fight back.

Also, be very careful, an intact male can impregnate a young female so fast sometimes it's hard to even tell they did anything! And even after he's neutered he can still be fertile for a short time.

 

[Sweetie]

How old are they?

 

[agnesthelion]

I was going off avatar which says male is a year and baby 8 weeks.....

 

[Imbrium]

agnesthelion wrote:

And even after he's neutered he can still be fertile for a short time.

specifically, potentially as much as 6-8 weeks.

if the new bunny is female, the safest bet by far would be to go ahead and get your older bunny neutered while you're waiting for her to reach sexual maturity - this will also speed up the waiting time after her surgery before you can start bonding, as it takes 3-4 weeks for a female's hormones to be completely gone but can take as much as 6-8 with males.

 

[ldoerr]

I have a friend who once did not seporate brothers from sisters. When the 3 females in the litter turned 3 months old, they ALL gave birth to babies from their brother. It DOES happen and this is not the only example out there.

I actually had a VERY simmilar situation to the one that you are in with my girls. What I did was cage switch them each day. They spend 24hrs in 1 cage and the next 24hrs in the other. (the cage was a NIC cage that I had a devidor down the middle of.) When they were ready to start living together I took the devidor down for about 1-2hrs at a time. They got to "explore" the cage at the same time. They now both live in that cage together without any problems and have been doing so for at least a few weeks to over a month. (Do not know how long they have been bonded for anymore).

 

[iwannabeam3]

well. got bad news. as i was told coconut was a female. i checked today to make sure (first time i actually thought about it) and turns out coconut is a he!