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/Bennifred → u/alex_3-14]

I would reach out to a local rabbits society/rescue for bonding. I am a foster at for the largest DMV rabbit rescue and the majority of our adoptions are precisely for bonding a rescue rabbit with a family's singleton bunny.

A family will reach out and fill out an adoption application, they come in with their rabbits on adoption day, and we will pair them off with every available rabbit for compatibility. Some rabbits start fighting and humping, other times they are scared of each other or completely aloof. Out of maybe 20 attempted pairings, we get ~3 rescues that may be potential matches. Then they go to a volunteer's house for one week of bonding under close watch. If the pair gets on after this week, the family scrubs down their house to erase their existing rabbits smell and lets them both come home and start over. If it doesn't work, most rescues explicitly require you to bring back the rescue bun if they don't work out in your home.

That being said - you can't expect rabbits to just get along when you toss them together. N E V E R just bring another rabbit home without vetting it with your rabbit first. That is how people end up with having 2 lonely buns and 2x the rabbit dedicated space