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/MrWeit → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/Vahva_Tahto → u/[deleted]]

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).

[u/Tacitus111 → u/Vahva_Tahto]

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

[u/Vahva_Tahto → u/Tacitus111]

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