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Mixing rabbits

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Question
I have 7 month old English male who is castrated. He has lived in the house with us and is used to been around people. Recently my partner and I moved house where we were both working longer hours and our rabbit (Charlie) became very destructive ripping wallpaper, chewing cables etc. We decided to get another rabbit. We gpt what we were told was a 8 week old female lop however we tried to introduce them slowly but each time they seemed to get on less. We found out a month later that the lop was actually a male and now are unsure of what to do. We are going to get him neutered when he was old enough. A friend has suggested getting a female rabbit and trying to introduce the three of them at once but im not 100% sure. What would you suggest?

Answer
before adding another rabbit and possibly having 3 rabbits who don't get along, I suggest waiting until you can get the younger one neutered, then slowly slowly start intro's. This way the hormone issue will not be there, and they can possibly bond in a quieter manner.

Check out
http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/bond.shtml

Good Luck
Amy