If you have an existing lone bunny resident, you are doing them a great service by finding them a companion – good for you!  They will thank you for it, though it isn’t as simple as bringing a new bunny home and simply ‘plonking’ them together – you need to give them time to adjust and get to know each other before they have to share their territory.  Also, they don’t get to chose, so you have to make the right choice on their behalf.

As mentioned in ‘bonding rabbits’ we strongly suggest you find a mate from a rescue centre, the benefits that most residents have already been neutered and so tend to be less frustrated, much calmer personalities, also the centres are able to provide a personality profile which you can use to select the best mate.

Also you need to do your part in ensuring your resident rabbit has been neutered and to wait a 3 month period after the operation before introducing a new rabbit.  Even a very docile rabbit, if unneutered, will change before your eyes at the scent of a buck or doe – the drive to procreate is utterly embedded within them.

But once done, you can enjoy finding a new member to your bunny family and we would suggest the following to finding a perfect bunny buddy!

1. The best match is a neutered male with a neutered female.The second best option are 2 neutered females.  If you are houseing more than 2 rabbits the bonding is more likely to be successful with a single male to the females, as even the most docile bucks can get quite protective at the sight of another fella!
2. What is your rabbits energy?  We all instrinsically know if our rabbit is a flopsy docile character, or a bit of a tiger!  Rabbits have a hierarchy structure within their pack and so its normal for one of the pair to be dominant or seek the dominant role.  Hence we suggest finding a more docile personality if you already have a little rascal in the family.  If your existing rabbit is more sedate, a higher energy rabbit isn’t necessarily a bad match and can bring out their naughty side, but we would suggest a like for like personality in this instance.  We wouldn’t suggest adopting a highly dominant rabbit with an existing dominant bunny, its not impossible but can require a lot of patience to make the marraige harmonious!
3. Rabbit size/breed. We would suggest a similar size pairing.  For instance, a giant bunny would benefit most from a giant bunny partner!  You get some big bertha bunnies that are fine with a little lop-eared dwarf, though