Pet buns breeding with wild buns

Hello everyone ..... Has anyone had any experience of owning the off springs of a domestic bun and a wild bun.....are they more "wild " than tame ? .... I have been considering adopting three such buns from a local rescue and wondered if there is anything I would find different from true domestic buns .....Thankyou

We have two trios of half wild rabbits here at the sanctuary. They have been here for six years now. They have never become tame but they no longer hide from people, in fact they are less nervous than a couple of our lionheads. They are extremely healthy rabbits with no health issues and no grooming needs - they never even need their claws cut as they dig so much. But that can be a problem as you have to keep an eye on the progress of the earthworks. They have to be in an enclosure away from boundary fences so that if they do dig out of their run they come up within the sanctuary where they can be rounded up again. They are extremely feisty with eachother, constantly fighting amongst themselves although they rarely actually hurt one another. Both sets were separated for a while but are back together as they suit eachother better than they suit fully domestic rabbits. The thought of combining both groups has crossed my mind but the potential for mayhem stops me.

If you have a large secure space for them and are not too attached to the idea of snugglebunnies then go for it. They are beautiful to watch, so alert and lively, always up to something, often standing up to get a better view.

Oh , thankyou for the reply .....I met them on Sunday and they stole my heart ....they are only youngsters and I am expecting them to be mischievous , I know they will be good diggers and have already blocked the bottom of their shed up ( my last buns would loved to disappear under it ) .....

Firstly can I say well done for adopting from a sanctuary, and it's even better that you are looking at the 'wilde' buns as these are nearly always overlooked.

We have a both one wilde and one domestic and they are like chalk n cheese. As mentioned they will be completely diffrent (usually) to domestic buns. Bruce our wilde is very energetic and gets in a grump often, is next to impossible to stroke let alone catch. But he is great and we wouldn't change anything about him. This is not always the case though as a member on here has a wilde bun called 'Scamp' and he seems to love cuddles, can't remember their name though. I guess it just depends on the bun.

I've Scamp He's 100% wildie and is bouncy and into everything and can be a little monster but he's very social with people. You'll really have to go on what these individual bunnies are like, if they are young I think you've got much more opportunity to socialise with them and influence how they behave. How did they react to you? If there were curious and keen to sniff and investigate you and confident then that suggests they'd quite tame.

It will depend how you keep them too, three part-wildies that live outside and only see people for an hour or two a day are much more likely to act like wild rabbits, where as living in the middle of a house with a person to interact with all day they're more likely to treat you as part of their group.

Can only reiterate what others have said - I have a trio of semi wildies (Mum was 'got at' by a wild bun when she was released. luckily she was caught and three healthy babies born). they are the healthiest (the vet is always amazed), shiniest and cheekiest buns ever. Very timid at first but I am proud of how much better they are. They can't half dig and jump but they live in a hutch attached to a 20ft by 15ft run so they at least have a lot of space. They bullied the REW sister who is now rebonded with a lovely domestic bun and is happiest I have ever seen her. They are not the easiest buns in terms of giving back - but that is not necessarily their breeding! Buns will be buns.

I hand-reared a wild/domestic cross.
He was very demanding, bonded absolutely with me, was very much boss of my trio, most affectionate rabbit I've ever had, needed lots of space, was champion burrower.
In short, an absolute character, and I would do it again!

I have a friend with a trio of house buns - two Rex & a full wildie.
The wildie girl is very active, curious & social with humans, though more flighty.
She bonded herself with the Rex buns who are middle aged buns, she is a young bun.
I think the bond worked because she seemed to have a better sense of her place in the hierarchy than some non wildies.
She is just fab
It's actually illegal to keep a wild bun as a pet here but she was hand raised & handed in at a shelter.....then sneaked out

Are the ones you've met at the SAA by any chance?