Living Conditions

I have 2 alpha males (both neutered). Smirnoff (Boss Male No1) is loose all night with Joey (a neutered wus!), Caramel (my getting-spayed-on-Thursday dwarf lop female) & my two sister-baby-girl lionheads. In a morning, Joey, Smirnoff & Caramel are put in two large two-tiered hutches (with a hole in so they can all be together). During the day, Alfie (Boss Male No2) is loose with the two lionhead sisters.

I have a 2 year old spayed Rex who I had been unable to bond with anyone. However! She tolerates the baby girls & I saw her & Alfie grooming through the hutch bars the other day. I let her loose for a while & as long as they didn't go in her hutch, she seemed happy enough.

Does anyone see a problem with them being kept in this way? I only got my first bunny a year ago, & soon I'll have 10! So I'm kind of making it up as I go along!

Originally I had Caramel & Alfie together, but they started fighting (all her) & she definitely seems happier with Joey & Smirnoff & the babies.

By the way - the babies aren't really babies! Their mum died when they were days old & they are exceptionally small. They are about 5 months old (so just a bit younger than Caramel)

All the bunnies hutches are in the same room, so loose ones can see caged ones at all times & Smirnoff spends ages just lying outside Alfie's hutch!!

I have one other bunny - Cracker is a dwarf lop male, booked in to be neutered Thursday. He lives in a different room on his own at present, but I hope to fix that in a couple of months!

Hi Angie.
I think if your buns are happy split in 2 groups like you say they will be fine using excersise area like you are (1 group am-1 group pm )as long as the groups have plenty of cage room when not out .

I think youre very brave . i havnt dared go bigger than pairs yet.

Angie

Hi,

I don't think there are any rules with what works - just go with the flow. It sounds like you have a system that works well for your buns. I am enviuos that you have groups that get on!! How did you do it?

Good look with getting the last bunny into the system

I would love to have a big group of buns that can all live in one huge cage. What your doing sounds fine. Good luck.

happybunny said:

Hi,

I don't think there are any rules with what works - just go with the flow. It sounds like you have a system that works well for your buns. I am enviuos that you have groups that get on!! How did you do it?

Good look with getting the last bunny into the system

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Luck!!! Mostly it's been down to who Smirnoff will accept! He was the first & the leader. If he doesn't like them, I try the other group!! He's easy to read though. If he sees another bunny he isn't gonna like, it's ears flattened & tail up. If he likes them he completely ignores them!