kotapony
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I really wasn't sure where to stick this, so hopefully here is reasonable enough.
I have polish rabbits - 2 does and a buck. They're a project I share with my middle daughter, age 7. The kids all really enjoy playing with the baby rabbits (admittedly I do too), so we breed maybe 6 litters a year, enough for the rabbits to pay for themselves. Mama does are somewhat grumpy, and prefer to be left alone. Our buck is super sweet, and the kids enjoy playing with him. The bunnies all live outside in our barn.
Recently my oldest daughter saved up her money and bought a pet pigeon that lives in the house. That set up middle daughter to thinking she wanted a house pet too. I told her she has Peter (the buck) she can bring to the house to play with whenever she wants. This is new, and of course set up all 4 kids wanting to hold and play with the rabbit. Because holding him inside the house is WAAAAAAAAY different and better than holding him outside.
This may pass and be a non-issue. But I'm thinking ahead to the possibility of letting my middle daughter keep a bunny from a future litter if she steps up with rabbit care and really does bring our current buck to the house to play with more often. And is willing to fund her own supplies for an extra rabbit. This possible bunny would be caged separately and live in the barn with the other bunnies. But the kids would likely bring both our current buck and the possible new bun to the house to play with at the same time. If all bunnies stay in laps, it doesn't really matter. But I foresee the kids wanting to let the buns loose on the floor together at the same time.
All of that brings me to my main question. Is it likely if we had 2 bucks (our current buck, and a second, younger buck) that they would fight in such a scenario? What if we kept 2 litter mates of the same gender in the same cage (not mixing with current buck at any point)? This will likely end up a non-issue as the newness wears off, or middle daughter may decide she'd rather have a different pet than another rabbit. But I'd like to think this through and be ready with a reasonable answer of how this might go if we did keep a future bunny or 2.
Thanks all!
I have polish rabbits - 2 does and a buck. They're a project I share with my middle daughter, age 7. The kids all really enjoy playing with the baby rabbits (admittedly I do too), so we breed maybe 6 litters a year, enough for the rabbits to pay for themselves. Mama does are somewhat grumpy, and prefer to be left alone. Our buck is super sweet, and the kids enjoy playing with him. The bunnies all live outside in our barn.
Recently my oldest daughter saved up her money and bought a pet pigeon that lives in the house. That set up middle daughter to thinking she wanted a house pet too. I told her she has Peter (the buck) she can bring to the house to play with whenever she wants. This is new, and of course set up all 4 kids wanting to hold and play with the rabbit. Because holding him inside the house is WAAAAAAAAY different and better than holding him outside.
This may pass and be a non-issue. But I'm thinking ahead to the possibility of letting my middle daughter keep a bunny from a future litter if she steps up with rabbit care and really does bring our current buck to the house to play with more often. And is willing to fund her own supplies for an extra rabbit. This possible bunny would be caged separately and live in the barn with the other bunnies. But the kids would likely bring both our current buck and the possible new bun to the house to play with at the same time. If all bunnies stay in laps, it doesn't really matter. But I foresee the kids wanting to let the buns loose on the floor together at the same time.
All of that brings me to my main question. Is it likely if we had 2 bucks (our current buck, and a second, younger buck) that they would fight in such a scenario? What if we kept 2 litter mates of the same gender in the same cage (not mixing with current buck at any point)? This will likely end up a non-issue as the newness wears off, or middle daughter may decide she'd rather have a different pet than another rabbit. But I'd like to think this through and be ready with a reasonable answer of how this might go if we did keep a future bunny or 2.
Thanks all!