Bunny_Bear
New Kit
Hi everyone,
I have the sweetest little lop rabbit called Bear who is around 6 months old and has just been neutered. He's a house bunny. I would really like to get him a friend to live with but I'm at a loss as to how to go about it. He's a little bit in love with me, and does the whole circling, honking and grooming thing, but I'm not here in the day and I worry he'll get lonely long-term. I know the basic ideas of bonding, and have tried it before, however it failed spectacularly and I'm nervous about how I go about this again.
My first choice was to take Bear speed dating, and I'm in the Yorkshire area but I can't seem to find many rescues (just, at all) that do this so I've ruled this out for the time being.
My second idea was to adopt an adult female rabbit that had a sweet temperament (but having owned sweet natured rabbits before that I couldn't bond I know this wouldn't be a sure fire success). But, most rabbits I've seen up for adoption don't seem to be spayed, which would mean adopting one without being able to introduce them, getting her spayed and just hoping for the best down the line.
And my third idea was to adopt a baby female bunny, introduce them now, and then separate them when she is old enough to be spayed, before re-introducing them again.
I'm leaning towards the third idea, but this is based on my assumption that it's easier to bond a baby rabbit with an older rabbit? When I really don't know if that's true.
Any advice would be awesome <3
I have the sweetest little lop rabbit called Bear who is around 6 months old and has just been neutered. He's a house bunny. I would really like to get him a friend to live with but I'm at a loss as to how to go about it. He's a little bit in love with me, and does the whole circling, honking and grooming thing, but I'm not here in the day and I worry he'll get lonely long-term. I know the basic ideas of bonding, and have tried it before, however it failed spectacularly and I'm nervous about how I go about this again.
My first choice was to take Bear speed dating, and I'm in the Yorkshire area but I can't seem to find many rescues (just, at all) that do this so I've ruled this out for the time being.
My second idea was to adopt an adult female rabbit that had a sweet temperament (but having owned sweet natured rabbits before that I couldn't bond I know this wouldn't be a sure fire success). But, most rabbits I've seen up for adoption don't seem to be spayed, which would mean adopting one without being able to introduce them, getting her spayed and just hoping for the best down the line.
And my third idea was to adopt a baby female bunny, introduce them now, and then separate them when she is old enough to be spayed, before re-introducing them again.
I'm leaning towards the third idea, but this is based on my assumption that it's easier to bond a baby rabbit with an older rabbit? When I really don't know if that's true.
Any advice would be awesome <3