i have a 9 month ol male rabbit?

Question

he is not neutred.i would like to get another rabbit but not sure if a male or female would be best? also would i be ok to let them live together or do i have to introduce them to each other slowly at first? at the moment i have a guinea pig who lives with my rabbit, would i be best to sperate them and put the two rabbits together? really stuck on this. thanks

Answer 1

Un-neutered males will fight.
If you get a un-spayed female you will be up to your butt in babies before you know it.
Get your bunny neutered, then get a spayed female. You can get them from a rescue already done. Even if yours is neutered, he may still fight with a male, but probably not a female.
Yeah, introduce them slowly. Let them sniff through a cage for a few days before the face to face meeting.
The guinea pig needs his own space. While rabbits and Guinea Pigs can get along and play nicely together, they need to be kept seperate. Introduce the GP to the new bunny slowly too.
Good luck.

Answer 2

It is not a good idea to put a rabbit with another rabbit or even a guinea pig. You stand a substantial chance of the two fighting, trying to mount each other, fur chewing, biting, biting off tails, etc, even if they are the same sex and spaded/neutered. Keep the rabbits seperate. I normally recommend a buck/male rabbit over a doe/female rabbit since females normally go through hormonal periods that can cause them to turn mean.

If you look through many of the previous questions, you'll see dozens of instances of rabbits of the same sex mounting each other, biting each other, chewing fur, etc which all tend to prove my point that adult rabbits (70 days and older) should be kept separated.

Two rabbits may get along fine in the same pen for months even then out of the blue you have fur all over the pen from them fighting. That's just the risk you take when you keep them together. They may seem fine then one day it isn't fine any longer.

Answer 3

Great idea to get a buddy for your rabbit. I would highly suggest getting your rabbit neutered before getting another one. If you choose to get a male, they may fight and this could be lessened if they are both neutered. If you get a female, please spay and neuter both if you don't want babies! Neutering and spaying will reduce both their sexual desires, territorial marking, any biting, scrating, or other not so nice behavior. Also, if left unspayed females can easily develop cancer in their femine parts that can be easily avoided!
Yes, introduce them very slowely. It may take a long time, but in the end you will have two bonded bunnies. go to http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/introductions.html for info on bonding and most of your questions will be answered there.
You probably should seperate the rabbit/s from the guinea pig because they will probably end up fighting. It's for the best. If your guinea pig feels lonely without the bunny, try getting him/her a friend!

Answer 4

You should get your male neutered before bringing another rabbit into the situation. The best companion is a spayed female. Don't house it with a guinea pig they have different nutritional requirements and the rabbit could very easily hurt it.

Answer 5

Be careful with unneutred rabbits, they have lots of babies, my daughters friend is constantly giving her babies rabbits away, unless you want the brady bunch rabbit edition.

Answer 6

I WOULD SAY A FEMALE BECAUES 2 MALES WILL JUST KEEP FIGHTING.BUT THEN AGAIN THE BOY WILL JUST KEEP HAVING BABIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN.SO YEAH I GUESS YOU CAN GET THE FEMALE BUT BE CARFUL BECAUES SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL HAVE TO SEPARATE THE BOY AND FEMALE RABBITS.OR JUST GET A SPAY FEMALE TO SOLVE THAT HOLE PROBLEM.MY GUINEA PIGS JUST HAD BABIES SO NOW MY PARENTS WANT ME TO SPARATE THE BOY AND GIRL OR THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE BABIES.