Lots of rabbits living together

What are your opinions on this? I know a pair of bunnies is a nice harmonious match and sometimes with more you can get squabbles but I had a 3-some in the UK with Charlie, Jack and Bri who were fine. The only squabbles came from Bri when he was first meeting them (supervised and living separate of course) and unneutered. Since having him done and spending more time with them they got on famously. Of course now it's just the two boys left.

Over here I got 4 bunnies all at once. They had been housed together and were presumably part of the same litter (although I think they are from 3 litters personally). They have been fine with no problems and are now all neutered.

I was hesitant about introducing Jasper to the 4-some but he has been fine. He is the only in tact rabbit in there and Hazel beat him up a couple of times but has stopped.

Now fingers crossed it seems to be going well. When Jasper's nads drop I will have him done but they seem perfectly happy together. He has been accepted into the group and flops with the rest of them. I even caught Bob grooming him briefly yesterday.

What are your opinions? Am I a rare case or is it common for large groups of rabbits to get on this well together? I get the feeling I've just been lucky as there must be a reason bunnies are bonded in pairs and no more. I was fairly unusual with my 3 some (apparently) but 5 is just strange

Well I think you are lucky 5 have bonded so well, however i do think it can be done in some circumstances. Alex's mum has just successfully bonded 3 pairs altogether to make a 6 and that is going really well. You are just a good bunny bonder xxxxxxxxx

I guess they all live in bigger groups than that in the wild, and get on fairly harmoniously. I guess the neutering helps with the hormones of bonded groups of pet bunnies, as they're more confined, so hormonal behaviour needs to be subdued??

I think most people stick to pairs/trio's for space reasons because it cam be quite hard to accomodate larger groups. A lot of people are put off by bonding and it seems to take longer for groups to settle because there is a much more complex hierachy to sort out....also you are more likely to have more than one rabbit with a dominant personality.

I don't find it unusual that your group has settled but I do think they have had to go through a more complicated bonding process than a pair/trio would. It also isn't unusual for hierachy to change in a pair/trio so in a group there is more chance that there may be squabbles in spring on a more regular basis than a bonded pair.

Over the course of a year in my trio the dominant rabbit moved to the bottom of the hierachy....next spring he will be removed from the trio and given his own wifey as he is now being pushed out.

aww bless him.

I don't think I am a good bonder, I think I have been very lucky with the bunnies I've owned.

Charlie would bond with a rabid Rottweiller bless him, Brian is too dopey to cause much offense...

...and the 4 over here were pre-bonded so that was only adding one to a group