Bonding Three Buns?

[Kibbles]

I know a lot of people have three buns bonded; how would one go about doing this? I hope I can get two boy buns and one girl, but I probably wont be able to anyway. Still, I can hope!

Anywho.... How?!?

[lucy pepsi]

Haha! I just posted almost exactly the same question on Rabbit Chat!!!

[lucycat]

Hi - well I think I have just done this!!!! Fingers crossed but heres what I did.
I had two male and female (rex and dwarf lop) living together in a big double shed and run. I recently rehomed from a family member a new bunny smudge who is also a dwarf lop, female and neutered.

I think knowing your bunnies helps all mine are very non aggressive which I have seen from them previously meeting other rabbits my male is Silky's second partner and she has lived with one other and met two others.

For the first week I put smudge new female (neutered) in a dog crate in their shed so they had ample opportunity to get used to her. The bars are quite wide and there was no aggression through the bars. They then all met in the conservatory which none had been in before and has lots of things to explore and from the start this went well. I continued these conservatory meetings for a week but tried the garden as well. My female chased Smudge and pulled her fur in the garden Silky obviouslythought the garden was hers! This weekend they met again in the conservatory and I left them for about 5 hours then let them move into the garden. There was a bit of fur chasing again Silky chasing Smudge. I then put Smudge and Silky in a rabbit cage and watched them and nudged the cage a bit. This was partly to force the issue a bit but also created a bit of tension to make them get on. Then I completely altered everything int their shed to add distractions and places to hide first by moving the dog crate into the middle, lots of apple sticks, food in odd places in heapsand in and under things, added a box, moved the trays around and a trough of hay and hey they were sobusy exploring and thinking it was all new it was happy families.

[BeckyLH]

Just a questions on this topic. I currently have three single buns, Walter (neutered) Martha (spayed) and Lene (not spayed), they've been taking it in turns to have run of the flat while the others are in their houses so have all met each other at some point.

When Martha approaches Walt's cage there's ust sniffing, lots of interest and chin rubbing but no agression.

When Walt approaches Martha's cage it's the same, although she did try to nip hin when he stuck his nose in her hutch, nothing serious though and they continued sniffing when he moved back.

Lene however is a bit different. We've had a bit of scrapping with Walt and Martha pulled some fur out of her nose when she looked in her cage.

Do you think this is down to Lene's teenage stage? She's only 16 weeks so not spayed yet. She's a very placid bun with me and my partner but does seems to be a bit moody.

I'm hoping to bond all three eventually, is there hope???

x x x

[jrn1310]

Just a questions on this topic. I currently have three single buns, Walter (neutered) Martha (spayed) and Lene (not spayed), they've been taking it in turns to have run of the flat while the others are in their houses so have all met each other at some point.

When Martha approaches Walt's cage there's ust sniffing, lots of interest and chin rubbing but no agression.

When Walt approaches Martha's cage it's the same, although she did try to nip hin when he stuck his nose in her hutch, nothing serious though and they continued sniffing when he moved back.

Lene however is a bit different. We've had a bit of scrapping with Walt and Martha pulled some fur out of her nose when she looked in her cage.

Do you think this is down to Lene's teenage stage? She's only 16 weeks so not spayed yet. She's a very placid bun with me and my partner but does seems to be a bit moody.

I'm hoping to bond all three eventually, is there hope???

x x x

There is hope with bonding any rabbits providing it is done on neutral territory and you have the nerve to do it. Wait until you have had Lene neutered, leave it a few weeks and then have a go.

Prior to bonding, do ensure that you have a room in the house where the rabbits do not go for a few weeks to help neutralise it.

[jrn1310]

I know a lot of people have three buns bonded; how would one go about doing this? I hope I can get two boy buns and one girl, but I probably wont be able to anyway. Still, I can hope!

Anywho.... How?!?

You need to use neutral territory and be prepared for a lot of fur flying. If you have never bonded before I would not try bonding a group of 3 buns as your first option. I would get a rescue or someone experienced to assist you.

I would always bond the group together rather than bond one pair first and then add the other.