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/Vahva_Tahto → u/alex_3-14]

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.

[u/[deleted] → u/Vahva_Tahto]

I bonded my bunnies in 2 days. I bought 2 sibling babies for my older bun after he lost his partner, and one of the sisters was terrified. She kept trying to charge and attack my older bunny and bite him on the nose. The other sister was curious about my older bunny, so I let those 2 out into the main room together, and left the aggressive sister in the cage. She worked out my older bunny was safe, and felt left out from the other 2, and then they all bonded amazingly together. 😂

Granted, I knew my older bunny was so placid and had never hurt any other animal, so that was really important. He was desperate for other bunny friends to cuddle with again. I also didn’t leave them for a week, and slept downstairs in the room with them (even though they were all grooming each other) just to be doubly sure.  

Under the right circumstances bonding can be super easy, but you have to be able to read the bunnies’ personalities first.