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Neutered male rabbits/adding a new one to the group

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Question
Hello

I have a pair of dwarf males they are both neutered and are brothers. I would like to add a new one soon but I don't know if they would get along with a uneutered two month old male, Would they get along until the new male is old enough to neuter?  Could you give me any tips on introducing them?  

Answer
It's really going to depend on the rabbits.  If they get along with him now, they may not later when he hits sexual maturity, and you may have to separate them until he is neutered then reintroduce them.

There's some good information on how to introduce rabbits at http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/introductions.html  The key is to introduce them in neutral space (that none of them have ever been in) to see how they behave before trying them in the brothers' space together.

You'll have to decide what you want to do, and then hopefully they will go along with your decision!

Kim