A local rescue has some baby bunnies!

-sigh- I actually would be interested in their Mum, but I'm not sure how old she is, I haven't seen a picture of her, but her name is Caramac so it must be meant to be!!

I WANT A WIFEBUN FOR HECTOR

Why is it so difficult for my parents to see that one more rabbit wouldn't make any difference to us, since they'll be in the same cage, but would make a world of difference to my little bun

Oh they are just so so gorgeous.

Maybe they will come around hun x

I really hope so Katie, I think he'd be really happy with another bunny

Awwwww

What's their main objection to a wifebun, Zo?

Dont give them, or yourself to much of a hard time though hun - Hector IS a very happy little boy.

Sparky wrote:Awwwww

What's their main objection to a wifebun, Zo?

I suspect that it's just the fact that it's another rabbit, which is why it's quite irritating. Once they're bonded they'd be in the same cage, and to me that's not any different from having Hector!

Katieb wrote:Dont give them, or yourself to much of a hard time though hun - Hector IS a very happy little boy.

Thank you Katie

Zo wrote:

Sparky wrote:Awwwww

What's their main objection to a wifebun, Zo?

I suspect that it's just the fact that it's another rabbit, which is why it's quite irritating. Once they're bonded they'd be in the same cage, and to me that's not any different from having Hector!

Do you feel you could talk to them? If they have genuine concerns they have not explained very well, it would be a chance to talk them through and see if you could reach a compromise? Do you have Hector insured? I can't remember.

Sparky wrote:

Zo wrote:

Sparky wrote:Awwwww

What's their main objection to a wifebun, Zo?

I suspect that it's just the fact that it's another rabbit, which is why it's quite irritating. Once they're bonded they'd be in the same cage, and to me that's not any different from having Hector!

Do you feel you could talk to them? If they have genuine concerns they have not explained very well, it would be a chance to talk them through and see if you could reach a compromise? Do you have Hector insured? I can't remember.

I'm going to try when they're back from holiday, I'll start with Mum and see what she says. Hector is insured.

Oh they are precious! Lovely photos too

I sympathise with you. For a long time my mum wouldn't let me get Wills a husbun either. The only thing that changed her mind was when she needed to be away from home more, which meant me needing to look after our dogs more and therefore I played the sympathy vote about how Willow would be alone much more It was a fair point though!

I can honestly say adding an extra bun is really hardly anymore work. It is just twice the poop, hay and pellets! And love, but we all know you have enough of that to go around a million buns! I hope your parents come around soon

FluffSlave wrote:Oh they are precious! Lovely photos too

I sympathise with you. For a long time my mum wouldn't let me get Wills a husbun either. The only thing that changed her mind was when she needed to be away from home more, which meant me needing to look after our dogs more and therefore I played the sympathy vote about how Willow would be alone much more It was a fair point though!

I can honestly say adding an extra bun is really hardly anymore work. It is just twice the poop, hay and pellets! And love, but we all know you have enough of that to go around a million buns! I hope your parents come around soon

I worry that he gets lonely when I'm at work/uni, when I got him I did 4 hour shifts and now I do a full day, I just worry about him!

awww they are gorgeous
show your parents some piccies of bonded buns it may switch a light on
I agree with Katie though your hector is a well cared for loved bun who is very happy x

A question that has just popped into my head, if I adopted a baby, could I bond her with Hector before she was spayed, since he is neutered?? Then just take her out for her spay, and a couple of days of healing, then re-bond them (if needed) ?

I'm hoping Carama is 1-2 years, and that she isn't too big!!

sometimes when a bonded bun gets spayed they can smell different and can sometimes cause a problem with the bond x

Would the rescue let you adopt under those circumstances? Would your / their vet spay a girl quite young, say 16 weeks?

Do you have somewhere you could put her if she turned into a nightmare teenager overnight, like all my siblings did? Are you prepared for sprayed wee, if she decides that is fun?

Hector seems to be quite a laid-back bun so it *could* work with a youngster but it is something to go into with your eyes wide open and prepared for any contingency. If you did, I wouldn't even split them for her spay - just send them to the vets together and keep them together afterwards.

Can I ask what rescue it is, my Humum wants to go and squee at their buns...

in my experience with bonding a youngster and a older bun [my boyfriends buns] i wouldn't recommend it. One elder relaxed bun and one raging with hormones even after a spay made their bond take a very long time and they were living next to each other separately for a long time [about 9months] There is a small chance they wouldn't bond, if so would your parents be ok with 2 separate buns? Not saying this would happen but you have to remember its a possibility.

It may be easier to convince the parents if you get a rescue bun that had been spayed and say they wouldn't need to pay that cost [if costing is holding them back from another bun] Some rescues would also bond for you which would cut down the stress and find you the perfect wife bun for hector.

Sparky wrote:Would the rescue let you adopt under those circumstances? Would your / their vet spay a girl quite young, say 16 weeks?

Do you have somewhere you could put her if she turned into a nightmare teenager overnight, like all my siblings did? Are you prepared for sprayed wee, if she decides that is fun?

Hector seems to be quite a laid-back bun so it *could* work with a youngster but it is something to go into with your eyes wide open and prepared for any contingency. If you did, I wouldn't even split them for her spay - just send them to the vets together and keep them together afterwards.

Can I ask what rescue it is, my Humum wants to go and squee at their buns...

He is super laid back, as long as you feed him on time! The early spaying would be something to check out I think, I stalked the website of my vets and discovered that there's a vet with a special interest in rabbits at another location, maybe she could do it?

We have a spare bedroom that's next door to my room, so she could go in there if there's any problems. Is sprayed wee a pre neuter thing?

From my guestimations the buns must be about 8-10 weeks old, I think they'll be up for adoption at 12 weeks? But I'm not sure.

The mum would possibly be the easier option depending on her age and size, at least she would come already spayed!

It's http://hularescue.org/small-animals.html there's only a couple of buns on there at the moment, no baby pics I'm afraid!!

Amelia66 wrote:in my experience with bonding a youngster and a older bun [my boyfriends buns] i wouldn't recommend it. One elder relaxed bun and one raging with hormones even after a spay made their bond take a very long time and they were living next to each other separately for a long time [about 9months] There is a small chance they wouldn't bond, if so would your parents be ok with 2 separate buns? Not saying this would happen but you have to remember its a possibility.

It may be easier to convince the parents if you get a rescue bun that had been spayed and say they wouldn't need to pay that cost [if costing is holding them back from another bun] Some rescues would also bond for you which would cut down the stress and find you the perfect wife bun for hector.

Hector is only 8 months old currently, so it wouldn't be a massive age gap. My parents don't pay for anything for hector, except his mint and parsley. Mum will sit with hector for me if work want me to do an evening, or I'm doing something social (rare occurrence!) and sometimes she'll buy him a you, but that's completely her decision. Dad isn't involved with hector at all