My daughter wants to get a second pet rabbit .. advice needed.?

If both rabbits are spayed and neutered and you introduce with care, it is very possible they will get along fine. You will need a second cage for use during the bonding process. While occasionally they are instant friends, the bonding process can be weeks or months long. If you go into it thinking you will be successful, and you move only at the speed the rabbits are comfortable with, you will be successful, but it can be frustrating. Check out the materials here under the socialization section: http://www.rabbit.org/behavior/index.html

Add: Breed, size, and 'type' are not factors in whether a pair is successful or not. Much more important is personality- if your rabbit is submissive, a more dominant personality can be OK. If he's dominant, a submissive rabbit is the best bet. Also, opposite sex pairs (spayed and neutered) are much easier than same-sex to bond.

Rabbits are herd animals and do well with other rabbits.

At least most of them do.

Males will fight if they even smell a female rabbit.

Females may get territorial with each other. It's rare, but possible.

Each animal is an individual, of course, and some pets decide they need to be only children.

Best thing to do is get your daughter's rabbit neutered and get a spayed female. Rescue is the best place to find a spayed female, or you could just have the surgeries done at your vet.

YOU WILL NEED 2 CAGES!

Until they get to know each other, they both need their own space. Gradually, over time, they can sniff each other through cage bars, and meet in neutral territory, and eventually become friends.

Shoving "strangers" into a cage together is not kind.

Imagine someone opening your front door and shoving in someone who doesn't speak English, wants to eat your food, use your bathroom, smells funny, and stares at you constantly.

Not fun right?

Shared cages need to be large. Cramped living conditions cause fights.

Well it depends a lot on the rabbit. Is he neutered? if so there is quite a good possibilty that he'd like another rabbit.Normally i like to have my rabbits in pairs because they are social animals but some rabbits just don't like other rabbits. Your daughter should know that you can't simply put two rabbits together bonding can be a pretty hard process. Here are some good articles on bonding:

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/multiple.html

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/introductions.h...

http://www.rabbit.org/journal/3-8/rabbits-in-the-p...

good luck

honestly you never know....they may turn out to be immediate best friends or they may hate eachother....and the reaction would be differnet with each individual rabbit. the only thing you can do is try them out before hand and give them plenty of time to get introduced before they share the same cage. there are lots of articles on the net about introducing rabbits.

i could get 2 rabbits ideally male ... For me the Dutch rabbit may be the main suitable as they're often very calm and uncomplicated to handle ... Dwarf rabbits have been customary to be somewhat frightened ! ... nonetheless there are exceptions...in case you prefer u may additionally get domicile rabbits while muddle experienced they may be stored interior properties !! although they do % grass for his or her digestive device ! once you're house is amazingly heat and out of doors is chilly it could desire to no longer be this sort of competent concept to convey it interior and out because of the fact the rabbit could desire to capture a chilly while uncovered to the chilly outdoors after the warmth temperature indoors !! nonetheless I do convey my rabbit indoors and she or he's fantastic !! additionally think approximately that rabbits (even nonetheless they're small) do % a paintings (cleansing hutch feeding and so on.) I shop my rabbits in the storage ! and convey them in the backyard accepted !! whether it is not achieveable to enable them to in the backyard for some days it may be ok ... in basic terms feed them hay ! And in case you do enable them to/it run around in the domicile make useful the rabbit/s have not any get right of entry to to cables as they love chewing those !!! i wish this facilitates !!:)

Hi. What a wise mom you are. I have had rabbits now for 12 years, some pets, some adopted and some show. My experience would suggest a definite no. The only times I have had success with such pairings is if they are siblings. I have joined a Rex & Lop as youngsters & the Lop chased the Rex until I had to separate them. My interest in their remaining together lead me to a vet who specialized in rabbits (not all do as these animals are not normally taught: the subject is optional so ask...). Even after spaying them, the chasing continued. Males to males, females to females & mixed...no...unless they are siblings.

I do hope you understand my intention is not to be unkind with respect to your daughter. Rabbits do fight and you will subject yourself & her to what comes with that.

Do feel most welcome to contact with with any questions regarding rabbits. I absolutely love these animals & would do whatever possible to help:).

I have two dwarf rabbits, the pain thing that you have to know is to NEVER EVER EVER put two male rabbits in the same cage! EVER.

all rabbits are different in personality, you never know, but a good advice is to beware the males.

hai i've been working at petshop for 4 years. so i have some experiences to shared with you. it's true when we put another bunny which is not a same species or same type, they will fight. bunny have a lot of type. if your one is dwarft so better you get another dwarft. and make sure your bunny sex first when you buying another one. if your bunny now is a male better find a female with the same age with your bunny. to avoid fighting and territorial issues.

You could go to a rabbit shelter near your home and they might agree to letting you take one rabbit home that you like to see how they two get along. You should always supervise to see hoew it goes.

Well, I had a dwarf bunny, and I got another one, and they did absolutely great together, we even bought a divider for inside the cage if needed.

It was all good, they were best friends :).

Sadly one of the little girls died of age, she was 5 years old.

:P