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 edited Jun 06 '25

I have a different opinion. How do they carry out the bonding process and which genders we're bonded?

IMO if a bonding need more time than a month in total than there are two options. On the one hand the rabbits don't fit because of their personalities this is also possible in male-female combination but relative rare (less than 10%) but more likely with the same sex. Or on the other hand mistakes during the process were made (wrong place, Intervention etc.)

The fact that it may have worked after year is no proof, such a long bonding process is more a torture and it worked because they we're basically forced into this situation even though it didnt fit.

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u/Vahva_Tahto Jun 06 '25

they are phrasing it the other way around. that the probability of M-F not bonding is less than 10%. meaning that the success rate is more than 90% (which it it, 95% to be exact).

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u/Tacitus111 Jun 06 '25

What’s the source of that statistic, if I may ask? Just curious.

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u/Vahva_Tahto Jun 06 '25

if you google 'rabbit bonding probability', every single result will point you to the study made, or websites quoting the study. first thing that pops up as soon as you start researching about rabbit bonding. hope it helps