The breeds don't matter but how you introduce them does.
The easiest pairing by far is neutered male with spayed female (spaying helps because females can sometimes be extremely territorial, often due to hormones and they often die from uterine cancer if they aren't spayed). If you decide to get a female, you need to make sure that when she's spayed, she's kept away from your male for at least 4 weeks while she recovers and until she's had her stitches out.
Here's how I did my pairing. Started by housing in separate pens next to each other but not so close that they can bite each other through the wire. Let them get used to each others smells and presence for a few days. Then start switching pens (or however you house them) but still keep them apart. I would switch them every day for about a week.
When you do the initial introduction, choose neutral territory (i.e. somewhere neither rabbit has been before). This might be your living room or kitchen (or bath tub!). A plate of their favourite foods helps to distract from each other too.
There was a little bit of chasing with mine but no serious fur flying. It's important to remember that they need to sort out who's going to be boss so allow a bit of scuffling (and humping each other) but don't let it get out of hand. I kept them apart but introduced them like that for longer and longer periods over a 4 or 5 days until I felt sure that they would be ok. Then I moved them in together.
Remember that you'll need a much bigger space for 2 rabbits. They both shouldn't live in one 5 ft cage. Mine live in a 6 foot square pen in my spare room and have the run of my house and garden when I'm at home. They're running free for at least 6 hours every day.
Two bunnies housed together are definitely happier than one. Mine are never far from each others sight and I love watching them snuggle up together and wash each others faces. Good luck with itHow do you introduce a new rabbit to your existing one?
it didnt really matter with me what sex of rabbit I got I currently have two males that get along great but not when i first got them my first male wanted to show the other one whose boss oh but if you get two males provide a big cage.
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This is not always easy.ideally upon introduction they should be able to see and smell each other and not touch, rabbits can kill each other in a fight.Gradually introduce them and swap them into each others hutches so they get the smell of each other.try uk-pet-rabbits.
I would go for a spayed female unless you wish to breed L*O*T*S of rabbits really fast!! LOL
Don't put them in the same cage at first. The best thing to do is have them in 2 seperate cages a good distance from each other. Daily move them a little bit closer together until they are eventually side by side.
It gives them a chance to smell each other and get use to each others behavior without a fight. By the time they are side by side they are more familiar with the other one and finally ready to meet.
Let them out of their cages in a room or place that your first rabbit has never been. This is because rabbits are VERY VERY territorial! Rubbing their faces on your shoes or the floor or bed post is actually their way of claiming their ground and so is marking their territory by urine and/or poop.
If they meet for the first time in what the 1st rabbit has claimed as theirs they will fight pretty badly as the first one is not only nervous but is having to defend his territory as well and the 2nd rabbit is ';invading'; this.
Hope this helps %26amp; good luck! :-)
if you them run around in the house try that if you don't let the new one run around the cage until they get used to each other :)
No matter which sex you pair with, the new rabbit should be spayed or neutered. Neutered male/spayed female pairs most commonly work out, male/male pairs are very difficult to make work out.
The House Rabbit Society has a great guide on introducing rabbits:
http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/intro鈥?/a>
I would get a spayed female. Introduce them on neutral territory, not in their cage. Do not seperate them unless there's bloodshed. They naturally go through a asserting dominance when first introduced. Mounting and nipping are normal.
get another neutered male, about the same size as your own, or a female, again about the same size. To introduce them, put them in a room where your current rabbit has never been, so they are both in unfamiliar territory. you also need to completely clean out your rabbits cage, to make sure you remove all his scent from the cage, so it is no longer his territory. supervise your rabbits together in the strange room, and make sure they are not fighting. as long as they dont fight you can put them both back in the fully cleaned cage after about half an hour to an hour. If they do fight then you could try giving them both a bath, this is a confusing situation for any rabbit, and it may force them to bond.
Getting a new rabbit really depends not only on what size your current rabbit is, but how big you also want the new one to be. My suggestion is to get a rabbit around the same size as the one you have. While female rabits going through heat can be aggressive at times, a neutered male should not be a problem in any way. You should probably get another male rabbit, females are gennerally the more aggressive ones no matter the case. I have a Netherland Dwarf rabbit, and she has no problem getitng on her hind feet and boxing one of the dogs in the nose if they get too close, though there is not another rabbit to make her aggressive.
my girl has a rampant rabbit - dont think a new one is a good idea!!!!!
this just reminded me of the time when my rabbit was ';introduced'; to a golden retriever. she did not handle the situation well, lets just say. she was terrified.
Id get the same type of hamster that u have know. To introduce them just put them both in a box or some kind of other cage. So they can get used to each other and then leave them for a while then put them back in their cage.
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