We lost two of our girls the other week, and since then girl 3 has been alone and grieving. She barely eats and is obviously really sad.
So I've been looking for a male rabbit to go with her, (she's neutered and we'd neuter him too) as I read that male-femal neutered is the best match really.
Finally after searching for rescued bunnies we found two up for 'adoption' in the Pets at home by us.
They're not abandoned, they are the last two left who got too old to sell at full price, and didn't get on with the new lot of babies.
PatH makes me sick really the way they propagate animals but as needs must, we bought these two lovely fellows and brought them home.
The woman who sold us them was awful, she picked them up really roughly, tipped them out of the tubes they were trying to hide in, she was a proper witch to them, so I was glad to get them out of there tbh. I know it becomes a vicious circle
Anyway they're 18 weeks, very shy, and have never been outdoors. This may be a problem, as apparently they don't have a winter coat - but it's mild tonight, and only raining and windy, and they have each other.
Not introducing to female tonight obviously! But do they really need to stay in the house all winter?
Or will they grow a thicker coat, I mean, I could bring them in on cold nights couldn't I? And the hutches we have outside are by the house, sheltered and well covered with insulated covers and blankets.
Any advice gratefully listened to! They're in tonight, btw, in a tiny hutch I salvaged from the end of the garden - they seem Ok for the time being.
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Rabbits that have never been outside, will they be Ok?
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JaneBirkin · 08/12/2011 17:33
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