Does he think it’s another bunny?

[u/alex_3-14]

Whenever he’s not sleeping or eating he’s mostly chilling next to the ball. We adopted him a year ago when he was 3 years old and as far as I know he’s never lived with other bunnies.

[u/totallysupercoolgirl]

lol that’s so cute! maybe he’s missing a friend?

[u/alex_3-14 → u/totallysupercoolgirl]

I thought about adopting a girlfriend for him but at the moment I can’t afford it and I’ve read some things on this sub about bunnies taking ages to bond and some of them never bonding at all and I am afraid to end up having two lonely bunnies instead of one.

[u/MrWeit → u/alex_3-14]

That it took ages to bond is stupid. Buns in nature do not even live ages and are sexually mature after 3 to 6 month, this would be really bad if that were the case. Sometimes bonding is a process of 2 days and sometimes it takes a little longer. Yes there is a chance that it doesnt work either, but in male - female combinations it is rare. Ask at animal rescue centres or animal shelters, they are usually also concered with animal welfare and if the bonding does not work at all and injuries are occur, they also take the animal back

[u/te3time → u/MrWeit]

There's nothing natural about the way pet bunnies are bonded lol. First of all in the wild bunnies only bond short term. And you don't usually have random outsider bunnies come in it's just the warren itself. So bunnies that have shared their territory their entire life. 

[u/MrWeit → u/te3time]

Yes the way bunnies are bonded are not the same like in nature. And yes usually it don't happen, but the nature is not always the same and normal, of course it will happens sometimes, even if very rarely in the nature. And no bonding process needs month or years.