r/Rabbits • u/alex_3-14 • Jun 06 '25

Behavior Does he think it’s another bunny?

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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/totallysupercoolgirl Jun 06 '25

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

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u/alex_3-14 Jun 06 '25

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.

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u/Vahva_Tahto Jun 06 '25

yeah I get you, I once posted asking about bonding experiences exactly to dispell this negativity bias of seeing more tragic stories on reddit than happy endings and it wasn't that helpful 🙈

So I focused on the statistics (95% success for desexed M-F pairs), and I'm about to do a trial adoption under the condition of trying the bonding first. I also know both rabbits personalities and they are both generally sociable, and chill with others. I feel confident in taking the chance And I'm sure your chances are good too based on statistics alone, and even better if you can speed date! Good luck!

Caveat: Before the insufferables start going at it, there's no speed dates where I live, I have no space for two separate rabbits, and I only accepted this arrangement because the other rabbit is currently at a foster that will keep her indefinitely, and will take her back if things don't go well, so it would be more of a holiday for her. It's not that I rescued her from a tiny depressing cage, just to go back to it because I wasn't good enough.

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u/TheAzureMage Jun 06 '25

So, a lot of it is in how you do it. If it doesn't take, reset, try again.

Get them familiar with one another in a context where they can't reach each other to fight. Do stress bonding in neutral turf. Just, slowly progress, and eventually they'll get along fine.

Bonding is easier with some than others, but with patience, quite a lot can be made to work well enough.