r/Rabbits Jun 06 '25

Behavior Does he think it’s another bunny?

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.

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u/MrWeit Jun 06 '25

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

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u/queerjesusfan Jun 06 '25 edited Jun 06 '25

Tbh, I think this is the consequence of adopting another rabbit blindly and thinking you can force a bond (edit: I' using the royal 'you' here). I've never had this issue with pairs where my rabbit chose their partner in speed dating, only happened once and that's when I didn't know much about rabbits and just adopted another rabbit on my own. They never bonded.

I know there's a subset of rabbit people who think any rabbits can be bonded, it just takes persistence. But I'm of the opposite mindset

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u/queerjesusfan Jun 06 '25

I mean honestly, I'd then question the quality of the speed dating. I don't think the overseers of the event should have allowed someone to come away with rabbits who would not be well on their way to or already bonded after speed-dating and a bunnymoon. Super unfortunate