Hello there,
Firstly, thanks to all for the useful threads on bonding bunnies -- very useful and much appreciated! My fiance and I are reeeeally excited about getting another bunny to keep Mr Binks company and have a few specific questions that I thought I would ask.
1) Neutral territory?
What exactly counts as 'neutral territory'? We live on the middle floor of a wooden floored victorian conversion, which means that Binks mostly keeps to the lounge, and bedroom with the occassional mad sprint down the passage when we are spending too much time in the kitchen and not loving rabbits. We don't have a garden nor much other space, would a kitchen, bathroom or spare bedroom do?
2) Bad eating habits?
Mr Binks has an entrenched habit of only eating his Excel Supa Rabbit pellets and fresh greens. No matter how hard his previous parents tried to tempt him with tasty hay, or how hard we tried when we rehomed him, it truly seems as if he would rather starve than resort to eating hay. We are well aware of the importance of hay in a bunny's diet, and were wondering, if we get a girl bunny, would she pick up Binks' bad habit and turn her nose up at the hay?
3) Hutch size?
Mr Binks, and any potential girlfriend, will spend most of their time out of their little indoor hutch because my fiance works from home. We were just wondering, how big does a bunny hutch have to be to accommodate two bunnys for sleeping purposes? Mr Binks often stretches out in his 1 metre hutch, but with an irresistable girl bunny sharing house with him, I can only image he would want to snuggle up, right?
4) Neutering age?
Mr Binks is nearing 6 years old. Not sure what age his soon to be girlfriend will be, but no doubt will be younger. Mr Binks is not yet neutered and we are planning on sorting that out asap. Does neutering at such a late age have any negative implications for our much loved bun?
5) Human interaction?
For me, this is the trickiest question. Mr Binks is the most adorable and interactive bunny and we love him madly. I often find my fiance on the floor chinning the bunny in return (a sight to see
). Would Binks lose his high levels of interaction with us when he has a lady bun around?
6) Time-frame?
Would it really be alright, as per Cheryl's thread, to begin looking at bonding Binky two weeks after being neutered at such an old age. Or would we need to wait longer? I have heard 6 weeks as the standard.
Many thanks to any all who take the time to respond to these questions!
Really looking forward to getting our bun a girlfriend and to giving another bun a home!
Lee & Cord (and Binks), xx
Firstly, thanks to all for the useful threads on bonding bunnies -- very useful and much appreciated! My fiance and I are reeeeally excited about getting another bunny to keep Mr Binks company and have a few specific questions that I thought I would ask.
1) Neutral territory?
What exactly counts as 'neutral territory'? We live on the middle floor of a wooden floored victorian conversion, which means that Binks mostly keeps to the lounge, and bedroom with the occassional mad sprint down the passage when we are spending too much time in the kitchen and not loving rabbits. We don't have a garden nor much other space, would a kitchen, bathroom or spare bedroom do?
2) Bad eating habits?
Mr Binks has an entrenched habit of only eating his Excel Supa Rabbit pellets and fresh greens. No matter how hard his previous parents tried to tempt him with tasty hay, or how hard we tried when we rehomed him, it truly seems as if he would rather starve than resort to eating hay. We are well aware of the importance of hay in a bunny's diet, and were wondering, if we get a girl bunny, would she pick up Binks' bad habit and turn her nose up at the hay?
3) Hutch size?
Mr Binks, and any potential girlfriend, will spend most of their time out of their little indoor hutch because my fiance works from home. We were just wondering, how big does a bunny hutch have to be to accommodate two bunnys for sleeping purposes? Mr Binks often stretches out in his 1 metre hutch, but with an irresistable girl bunny sharing house with him, I can only image he would want to snuggle up, right?
4) Neutering age?
Mr Binks is nearing 6 years old. Not sure what age his soon to be girlfriend will be, but no doubt will be younger. Mr Binks is not yet neutered and we are planning on sorting that out asap. Does neutering at such a late age have any negative implications for our much loved bun?
5) Human interaction?
For me, this is the trickiest question. Mr Binks is the most adorable and interactive bunny and we love him madly. I often find my fiance on the floor chinning the bunny in return (a sight to see
). Would Binks lose his high levels of interaction with us when he has a lady bun around?6) Time-frame?
Would it really be alright, as per Cheryl's thread, to begin looking at bonding Binky two weeks after being neutered at such an old age. Or would we need to wait longer? I have heard 6 weeks as the standard.
Many thanks to any all who take the time to respond to these questions!
Really looking forward to getting our bun a girlfriend and to giving another bun a home!
Lee & Cord (and Binks), xx
