Hey Everyone,
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After a sad week and a short battle with urethral cancer our 3 year old Satin Lop mix Lana has sadly been put down. We are absolutely heart broken and she leaves behind her 3 year old Lionhead husbunny Coin. Coin is a very nervous bunny who was very dependent on Lana, he doesnt really like humans that much, and we are scared, that he might fall into depression.
Now obviously we are already looking to adopt a new bunny, just to give our Coin a new friend, eventhough it hurts so much. I just have a few questions on what we should watch out for and what we should or shouldn't do. We definitely want to adopt and now buy. As a small information we live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1) Coin is a neutered male, so is it smarter to get a neutered female for him or would another neutered male also work?
2) Do they have roughly the same age or can the new one be a baby (worst case) or 5 to 6 years old?
3) Would it work if we introduced a bonded pair to him or would we run the risk of breaking the bond up?
4) How long can we wait to introduce a new rabbit before he could get very sick? He is still waiting so far, which is good!
Thanks already for the help
Best
I hope that this is the correct group for this question
After a sad week and a short battle with urethral cancer our 3 year old Satin Lop mix Lana has sadly been put down. We are absolutely heart broken and she leaves behind her 3 year old Lionhead husbunny Coin. Coin is a very nervous bunny who was very dependent on Lana, he doesnt really like humans that much, and we are scared, that he might fall into depression.
Now obviously we are already looking to adopt a new bunny, just to give our Coin a new friend, eventhough it hurts so much. I just have a few questions on what we should watch out for and what we should or shouldn't do. We definitely want to adopt and now buy. As a small information we live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1) Coin is a neutered male, so is it smarter to get a neutered female for him or would another neutered male also work?
2) Do they have roughly the same age or can the new one be a baby (worst case) or 5 to 6 years old?
3) Would it work if we introduced a bonded pair to him or would we run the risk of breaking the bond up?
4) How long can we wait to introduce a new rabbit before he could get very sick? He is still waiting so far, which is good!
Thanks already for the help
Best