Rabbit Math?

[NGT ANGL]

My sister has one female rabbit that is a year or two old. It is a standard size rabbit - I don't know what type it is - just black and white. She would like to get another female rabbit but wants a Netherland Dwarf. Could she put them in the same hutch together successfully? Her hutch measures about 2'x4' I think.

 

[CaGoatLady]

I've got two girls in one cage, but they are mother and daughter. They don't fight and they get along fine.

 

[()relics]

that would depend on the rabbits...sometimes there are no problems and other times it can be a war to the death...Our Netherland dwarfs are mean ,I would say, and I wouldn't try to put another rabbit in with them...the does and bucks even have a few minute long "war" when they are introduced for breeding purposes.....but that is just my opinion...If you were going to try to house them together I would definitely move both animals into a new home...just a eliminate the territorial bond the first rabbit would have with its old home....again...JMO

 

[NGT ANGL]

Thank you both for the insight and advice! I will pass it along to my sister!

 

[ksalvagno]

You would be better off getting a male and having him neutered before putting them in together. Also have your female spayed. Spayed/neutered female and male bonding goes the easiest but you can't just put them in together. You have to slowly bond them together.

 

[mekasmom]

Two unrelated adult female rabbits will not do well together in a confined space, especially if they weren't raised together. I have a colony. Introducing a new female when there are already females present is not always successful. In a colony, the babies who grow up with "Mamas" work great, but introducing an outsider is not easy nor is it always successful. And that is in a LARGE area, not a small confined space.

As far as spaying/altering a rabbit, I don't see the point, but that is just me. If you just want companions with no babies then raise them in different cages.

 

[NGT ANGL]

Thank you all for the information and insight. I have passed everything along to my sister and I think, in light of the responses, she is going to just stick with the one rabbit rather than take a chance on another not getting along.