Three is a charm? Rabbits in groups

[noramum]

We recently lost our female rabbit and now Patch, the male part is really lonely.

It seems none of the rescues we have around has a female available for us. I just wonder if it is possible to introduce our male to a bonded pair?

I hate thinking of buying a female but I think I run out of options.

Has anybody done this?

Would one of the rescues you have been in touch with be willing to do the bonding for you? If so then go for it. I know people have managed to successfully bond larger groups of rabbits.

Slightly different, but I had to separate a male and female last year. I was worried about rebonding them after he had his operation, as I know it can be difficult even if they have been together in the past. To make it more difficult she had a litter, so I needed to get the father bonded back with mother, and 5 kits. I was going to wait til I could put them in a new shed, but Mum took matters into her own pars and dug her way out of the run, and that was it, they were all together! They were fine. Dad was a bit miffed that the youngsters wouldn't leave him alone, but there was never any fighting.

Hope you manage to find a nice couple of females for Patch!

Yes, I have somebody who does bonding. What would be better, two girls or a pair?

Presuming you're meaning adding one or two...? Probably two, as that means that, when one dies, you're not in need of having to quickly find another one.

I recently asked this re guineas and that was the answer I was given, and, to be honest, it's been great. Just this morning I was watching the babies run around the cage, interspersed with some rumblestrutting (dominance behaviour) and my older girl just ignored it all and carried on munching! So she gets the company without the bother.