Who here has a same sex bonded pair?

[Ruffles&Daisy]

Well we were supposed to look at girl buns today for Ruffles, but our date fell through at the last minute.  So we are deciding to wait until after the holidays to possibly look for a friend for him.

The rescue has a boy bun (mini rex) who she says is by far the best rabbit that ever came through their rescue.  He has perfect house habits and is very people oriented.  So I’m wondering how hard it might be to bond Ruffles to this little man?  How did your same sex bonding experience go?  Better than expected?  Not so good, but they finally became friends?  Ultimitely I know it will be Ruffles pick (which sort of sounds weird to me), but I’m hoping to encourage a male male love affair .

BTW:  All rabbits involved are fixed.

 

[Beka27]

most of the bonded pairs i’ve seen that worked out well on this site have been of the oppostie sex. female/female seems to be the hardest. it’s going to depend on the individual rabbits. if you adopt the lil mini rex, what are you willing to do if they cannot bond? will you keep them separately? there is no guarantee that any bunnies regardless of sex will bond, but i really think that the same sex ones are harder to do and take more time.

i’ll step back and allow others to comment on their personal experiences…

[Ruffles&Daisy]

I have sort of the perfect situation with our local rabbit rescue. The person who runs it (an exotic pet vet) will start the bonding process for us. I would bring Ruffles to her house, let him “date” some rabbits, and she would take them for a car ride. She said that she will let me bring him over as many times as I want to see if the bonding will work. Also, if I bring a bun home, and it just doesn’t work out for whatever reason, she would be happy to take her back. As much as I hate the thought of bringing back a rabbit, we would all want it to work out. And a side note, all these buns live in her house with her family in large enclosures with free range time every day. I feel good that they are well taken care of and loved even if they aren’t with their forever people yet.

[Beka27]

well that’s good that you have a plan in place. it is worrisome b/c bonding is not easy with some bunnies, regardless of who the other bun is… but at least you have an idea of what is involved.

[peepi&warri]

I have 2 bonded boys.
The main problem I had with bonding them was Peepi was (and still is but to a lesser extent) pretty agressive towards Warri. Warri never challenged Peepi’s dominance, but Peepi felt the need to make sure Warri knew over and over. So, there was A LOT of chasing with hair being pulled out for a few weeks and a few actual fights. Once they were able to live together, Peepi would still chase Warri fairly often with a fight every now and then, thankfully none of the fights ever resulted in blood shed.
Now that they’re older (almost 4 years old) Peepi’s mellowed out with the chasing but he still will chase Warri around the room a few times a week.
For the most part, their relationship is one sided. Warri is completely in love with Peepi, but Peepi is pretty indifferent. They will cuddle a few times a day but the rest of the day they’re doing their own things.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

I had two bonded females, (Kokanee passed away, but it was Kokanee-Kahlua) and I now have a trio with a female and two boys. We have two sets of bonded males at our rescue. It’s true that male-female spay/neutered pairs may be easiest to bond, but their are exceptions and certainly you can have two males or two females I think most important is the personalities, that they are both fixed and often what helps is letting them ‘date’ so that the first bunny can pick out the second bunny

[iriswarrior1]

I have two boys, a year old Himmie/Florida white mix (Smokey), and a dutch mix (Fang).   You can see them in the avatar, they are sitting on my husband’s lap, eating cheerios together.  They were very close, but Fang , the dutch, was a baby when I got him, and went nuts when he hit 4 months old.  I had him neutered a week ago.

I had to keep them separated for about a month because of aggression problems, but they’ve gone right back to being best friends again after the surgery.  Smokey was neutered last year.

If both rabbits are neutered, it’ll be easier for you.  Smokey is just like the little boy you described in the pound, he’s immaculate, well behaved, and trusts people so completely that it’s scary.    If the new bunny is like this, you might be able to do it, but no two rabbits are alike, and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m extremely lucky to have two males that get along, despite the fact that Fang is a spitting, hissing, quacking little terror!

So, I’d say it was successful.  I had bought Fang under the impression that he was a girl, but both bunnies really enjoy each other like brothers.  Here’s a cute picture as proof.

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