RogerRabbit999
Mama Doe
Hello everyone. I've got a 4 month old rescue bunny Dipsy and I have previously had 'special needs' bunnies for the past 14yrs. Dipsy came to me as a 'special needs' bunny but he is no where near as disabled as my previous buns have been, that all had to be single buns. Dipsy will be 6 months on the 1st January and he will be booked in to be neutered when the surgery opens after the new year, and then when he is fully recovered, I'm really excited about looking then for another rescue bun to be a companion for Dipsy. Do you think he will be happy enough until then as he is not really on his own. He is a house bunny and has the run of the house all day as he is such a good boy, and my daughters 2 guinea pigs who live inside, are some company for Dipsy.They come out for a couple of hours in the evening and all play together really nicely, and sound like a herd of ponies when they are all racing round my lounge. I am at home as well on long term sick which is expected to run until next spring now, and so do you think Dipsy has enough company? He seems a very happy bunny. When he came to me he was very aggressive, but I would not say he was that now, if anything he is now a very friendly bun always coming up for a fuss and seems to enjoy cuddles, as gets 'sleepy eyes' and is very relaxed, which he was not when I first had him, with just a bit of attitude or 'grumpy bunny' syndrome from time to time, but he just growls, he doesn't attack or bite me at all now, and I have started clicker training him and he seems to be enjoying that. I've only had him from Sept 27th, and still need to monitor him and how he is, and I'm not happy to neutor him before 6 months, as my vet who is a rabbit specialist and that is the only animal he works with, says that bunnies under 6 months are a bit more at risk, and it is best to do them then, unless there is some urgent need to neutor beforehand, and now he is no longer aggressive, I don't feel that there is. I guess I'm just wanting some reassurance that Dipsy is happy enough until he has a constant companion in the new year. He is very playful, loves playing with and ripping up paper, magazines, and I had a spare large base of an indoor cage, and have put some play sand in it so that he has got a sand pit to play in and he loves digging in that. He is always racing round the house and has loads of binkies every day, and then flops and conks out wherever he has flopped down, so he doesn't appear unhappy or sad at all.