Bun won’t bond with others?

[BunHun]

Hey! A while ago I decided to get my 3 year old bun a friend after finding out I was a bit misguided by my vet and a few pet shop owners that rabbits don’t need cage mates when I first got him. So instead of bonding him with another rabbit myself, because I’ve never done it before, I wanted to take him to a shelter that offered a play date sort of thing so rabbits can choose their friends, so I took him to one close-ish to when I live that had three does he could have been bonded with but he was really aggressive around all of them so the shelter had to stop trying to bond him as he got close to hurting a few of the does so I tried another shelter but the same thing happened, he was really aggressive again, the people at the shelter said he didn’t seem to trust the other rabbits and wouldn’t let them close to him. The next shelter that offers rabbits and bonding on site is about 3 hours away from me there and back so should I try taking him there? This whole situation is really stressing me out (and probably stressing him out) I feel like I’m failing as an owner to meet his needs I really don’t know what to do, I want him to have a friend because he’s not a horrible rabbit in fact he’s very laid back with me, he’s never shown signs of aggression towards me or my cats before (he adores my cats and chills out with them all the time) he’s had a few accidental incounters with my guinea pigs and he’s been friendly towards them too, I don’t understand why he’s being so hostle towards rabbits. The shelters that I’ve been to have only tried to bond him with does so should I try bucks as well? I’ve heard there’s a risk that they’ll fall out though later on 🙁 can someone give me advice on what to do? I spend as much time with him as I can and he gets some sort of companionship from my cats but that’s probably not enough. Or do some buns prefer to be alone?

Thanks in advance x

[Bam]

Your bunny may be fine with the cat and the guinea pigs and you.

I tried bonding my two males (both neutered), but they wouldn’t have any of it. I think it’s mostly my oldest bun that doesn’t want anything to do with the other bun. They now live in separate parts of the apt. They seem fine with the company of me and my dog. Ideally they would have become friends, but it was very, very clear that they would rather tear each other to pieces than be friends. I’m just glad they didn’t hurt each other worse than they did.

 

 

[manic_muncher]

I have 3 buns, 2 bonded and a single. The two males can’t stand each other and try to fight viciously whenever they possibly can. The single on the other hand, doesn’t seem to mind being near the female one, but he’s also just as happy with my dogs and my husband and I. He seems pretty happy to me overall, considering how I see how the two bonded ones act when they are together.

A single bun can be perfectly happy with the company of other non-buns.

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