Putting rabbits back together.

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Advice anyone please.

My 2 male rabbits started fighting out of the blue. Realised that they were old enough to be neutured. I seperated them and then got them done. How long does it take for the hormones to settle down in order to reunite?

I would give it about 6 weeks, but be prepared that they may never bond back together. I've had baby rabbits live happily together before being spayed, but never managed to get them to stop fighting when trying to rebound them. Hopefully this won't be the case for your boys, just wanted to warn you it is a possibility, especially with two of the same sex.

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I'm sorry to say my bonded Male and Female and my bonded Mum and Daughter never got back together after spaying. Thankfully the Male and Daughter did, but two females had to be kept seperate, albeit in runs fenced within the bigger run.

The male and daughter took about 3 weeks - hutches faced against each other over night and a single fence between them in the run during the day.

Oh thanks for the quick replies! Yes I've heard they may never bond again. Thing is, as the fighting happened out of the blue I borrowed a tiny hutch and I'm concerned he's not happy. I'm not used to rabbits and I'm on a budget.
Thanks again.

The tiny hutch is a problem, they are unfortunately wholly unsuitable for rabbits and can even cause deformities. Can someone build a suitable hutch for you? Alternatively, hutches often come up on my local free cycle page. Do you have any other pets? Letting the rabbit in a tiny hutch live in a room in your house, cage free, would be much kinder.

Deformities, how? The hutch is 2.5 ft long by 1ft 2 inches wide. Having it in the house isn't an option.

That hutch is far too small, the Rabbit Welfare Association recommends an absolute minimum of 6'x2'x2' and that's only using the hutch as a shelter, not somewhere they're shut all the time.

A small hutch won't allow a rabbit to move around enough or stretch properly and that can eventually cause muscular or skeletal problems.

Have a look at the RWA's 'A Hutch is Not Enough' campaign, there's loads of good information and the video is worth a watch too.

Thanks but he's not shut in there all the time, and it's just temporary. Like I said, I'm on a budget and I'm considering what do do for the best. (alternative accommodation).

I'm annoyed with the company I bought them from. Since buying them I've had people saying 'you shouldn't put 2 males together' it's even in my kids library book to not do that!

Where did you get them from?
Unfortunately a lot of retailers will suggest a same sex pair (or trio) on the basis that many people won't bother with the expense and process of neutering, so at least two the same won't breed.

Is it possible to 'swap' one of your neutered rabbits with a spayed female at a Rescue? (I don't know how Rabbit Rescues work but it seems to be a common solution with guinea-pigs. )
Could you bond a pair of females with a male or does it have to be 1:1?

You can explain the situation to them they might know of someone who has lost a male and needs a new rabbit?

YY to look on Freecycle or Gumtree - there will be people with a leftover hutch in their shed. Maybe they don;t realise that they are of use to others instead of being clutter or waiting to go on the bonfire.

Good Luck.

Pets At Home.

Thank you. I've had a brainwave. They are now in my extension and my tiny hutch tennant is now free to roam around as well as the garden. Solves my problem for now. Didn't want to leave them to roam around the garden 24 hours because of foxes.