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Forum BONDING Can you bond aggressive bunnies?

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    • toki
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        So recently I’ve been asking around the forums to get some advice on bonding my 2 year old Toki with a potential friend. When I adopted him he was meant to live alone, but they said I could bond him “eventually” – whatever that meant.

        So I called them a few minutes ago and they told me that the reason Toki was a lone bun is that he was aggressive. The rabbitry lady said she had tried him with “about 10” other rabbits and that he tended to attack them. But the fact that the centre tried him with as many as 10 different rabbits makes me think that he is not extremely or persistently aggressive. I feel like if he was particularly vicious, they would have stopped bonding him after 5 or so rabbits. Maybe.

        Does Toki’s badboy streak mean that he could never be successfully bonded? Would it just be pointless or even cruel to expose him to potential friends? Does anyone here have aggressive bunnies who they have successfully bonded with another? Is there a special way I could introduce a friend to him slowly? Any advice would be helpful 


      • BanditCamp
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          I’ve been following your posts, and the end goal is that you might have to rehome your bunny cause of you moving. If your bunny is used to being a solo bun and you are his partner it can be very hard. From past posts he seems dependant on you and you also have to think that you will be getting another bunny trying to bond with it then re homing two bunnies which can be saddening to most.

          You have to make a hard choice and find a good home for your bun if your going to leave, or if you can check your destination country’s laws about bringing a small animal to the country. There are other posts in continental flight that have been answered recently and might help you keep your baby


        • toki
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            Thanks Bandit. One main reason I would like to get Toki a friend is because, when he was rehomed in the future, he would have a familiar face with him, which hopefully would help comfort him through the process. Toki is a very independent bun. I have joked about him needing me as an “emotional support owner,” but really I’d say he is just about “used to” me. We have only been together just over a month. He’s definitely not as attached as I am to him. He’s really only at the stage where he lets me pet him. Occasionally he will give me a nose boop or follow me if I’m going to the food closet. He won’t even binky until I’ve gone to bed lol! So I’m not worried about rehoming him, the only thing is that I want to give him the easiest process possible, and the best chance of being rehomed. The only problem is his aggressiveness.


          • Mikey
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              Its incredibly dangerous to bond aggressive rabbits. He is happy single, so dont try to bond him. Dont push the extra stress on him. His next two years, like yours, are going to be stressful. You dont want to add to that, especially since trying to bond other bunnies with him are likely to fail and/or end in a bloody mess


            • toki
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                Thanks Mikey, that’s what I was thinking. I really don’t like the thought of him fighting with another bun, but wondered if there was the slight possibility that somehow the aggression might be avoided and a successful bond takes place. Alas, it seems like he just isn’t meant to have a pal, but I will do my best to rehome him regardless. Thanks for the advice


              • Muchelle
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                  My bun is a no-bond bun as well. He’s great with humans, but will attack any other animal on sight. So far he fought (and won against) a feral cat, tried to scare off a huge centipede with his mighty roaring (lol) and thumped at a foaming snail… sigh


                • toki
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                    Lol! Thanks for the experience Muchelle! Toki too is great with humans. Isn’t it weird how some just don’t like other animals?! Oh well, as long as they love us, that’s all that matters


                  • Muchelle
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                      Hehe xD K and Toki must be soulmates… too bad they’d put up a highlander show if they ever met


                    • toki
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                        What would make me laugh is if they actually got along!  All that time they were thinking, “Silly human, I’m great with bunnies, you just haven’t found me the right one 

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