Ummm my rabbits are umm..

[bryan8]

Ok. Will females fight? I could get a few females insted.

 

[ksalvagno]

Females can be worse than males. You could always have the 2 males neutered and then they could live in the same pen as long as they still get along.

 

[vicki2x2]

Sometimes if raised together, females will be ok, sometimes not. If you want to keep them together, it is best to have them spayed & neutered.

If you keep a male and female together that are not fixed, the female will have a litter and may end up destroying it, or the male might, after they are born, due to being in the cage together. The male will also rebreed the female within days of the litter being born and you will have a second litter being born before the first litter is hardly weaned. Then you have all these babies and issues again with males and females and fighting, inbreeding, etc.

 

[Beekissed]

Separate cages are always a good idea. I've seen some pretty bad injuries on rabbits whose owners thought they needed to be together to stay warm in the winter or to keep each other company.

 

[bryan8]

So how can I have a few rabbits together? Like I said before I have 3x4 hutch with 6x6 pen. They have room to get away. I mean they lay next to each other when they sleep. They share treats and play together.... Is it possible to have 2 males get along?

 

[Beekissed]

Nope. Eventually they will rip each other up. Separate your pen out with a piece of hardware cloth/rabbit wire. The pen sounds like a nice size and they will have ample room when divided.

 

[bryan8]

Darn it!! I just built a big run too. Could I get a fixed female to replace the male?

 

[Beekissed]

You could but they may still fight. Its really a territorial, dominance thing. She may not have it after being fixed, but the male still would.

Your best bet is to just isolate.

 

[bryan8]

Alright thanks for your help. I'll figure something out. How can they keep them at pet stores then? Wouldn't they fight?

 

[Wolf-Kim]

I think most of the times, rabbits found in stores are young and haven't experienced the turmoil of hormones. LOL

Then again, unfortunately some pet stores could care less about the rabbits.

-Kim