Monty's Human
Alpha Buck
I have a quick bonding question - I have been looking through the links from old threads here, and feel much more informed than I did One thing I can't find definite information on, though (just contradictory answers!), is how long do we wait post-neuter before we can introduce Monty to potential new rabbits? We had planned on waiting 6 weeks to be safe, and were just starting our search expecting it to take a while, but an opportunity has arisen to potentially take in a female bunny. The only rub is that her owner wants to re-home her asap, which we obviously aren't prepared for. Some sites are saying that 2 weeks post-neuter it will be ok to introduce to a new bunny provided she is spayed (this bunny is). I don't want to do anything to jeopardise a potential bond, so I'm keen not to introduce her to Monty too soon, but I can also appreciate that we may lose the opportunity if we can't take her in soon enough.
I don't want to rush into something we can't handle, but this is so far the only bunny I've been able to find within a reasonably reachable distance who might be suitable. This is a bad time to be committing to bonding, and it's only going to get worse as the year goes on - so if we can't get something going this summer (and the rescue we've spoken to has been discouraging - apparently female bunnies are in demand round our way) it may become impossible to do anything until the New Year. In a way I would be happy to wait until a better time, but we only got into this now because Monty seems to be missing rabbit company, so I would spend the entire time feeling unutterably mean for keeping him alone. So I guess I do actually have a second question: is it better to take the plunge with this not feeling quite prepared and risk it going wrong, or wait until we feel more certain but risk Monty having to be lonely for all that time? (I once read that you're ready to become a parent when the baby arrives, so don't wait for a perfect time because there's always a reason not to do it - I get the impression that bonding is much the same thing?)
I don't want to rush into something we can't handle, but this is so far the only bunny I've been able to find within a reasonably reachable distance who might be suitable. This is a bad time to be committing to bonding, and it's only going to get worse as the year goes on - so if we can't get something going this summer (and the rescue we've spoken to has been discouraging - apparently female bunnies are in demand round our way) it may become impossible to do anything until the New Year. In a way I would be happy to wait until a better time, but we only got into this now because Monty seems to be missing rabbit company, so I would spend the entire time feeling unutterably mean for keeping him alone. So I guess I do actually have a second question: is it better to take the plunge with this not feeling quite prepared and risk it going wrong, or wait until we feel more certain but risk Monty having to be lonely for all that time? (I once read that you're ready to become a parent when the baby arrives, so don't wait for a perfect time because there's always a reason not to do it - I get the impression that bonding is much the same thing?)