Keeping 2 girl rabbits in a cage together?

Question

i just want to know if it would be safe. neither will be spayed, and they're not related. and the cage is pretty big, not HUGE but big enough. they're polish, if that makes a difference. i just don't want them to hurt each other. my friend, who i'm getting the other rabbit from, says it will be fine, but i just want some other opinions.

Answer 1

They will not be fine, females are just as territorial and males. Especially when they are not related. I have been raising and breeding rabbits for 10 years now and i have had some pretty nasty fights when i first started raising them and even a few casualties by keeping unrelated does together. When they are spayed it is different because their hormones have been toned down, and they can be able to live in the same territory happily. Polish are very testy, my friend used to raise them, they can be sometimes unpredictable and mean. The small the rabbit the more testy they are. Not to say that small rabbits are bad because they aren't it's just something i have learned by observing how my friends Polish acted towards each other in separate cages. If you want my opinion i think it would be much safer to keep them in two separate cages, so even if they may not fight  you are still taking the safe way out. Your friend may just want to get rid of her kits, or adults not sure which one. From my personal experience separate them. My 4-H advisor told me this when i first started in rabbits. Two Does together will fight, Two bucks together will fight, and a Buck and a Doe together will make tons of babies. I learned the hard way by loosing two rabbits. Always make sure you know the s*x of the rabbit before trying to put them together.

Answer 2

If they are spayed and they get along, yes. If they are unspayed, they are more likely to fight.

Can you bring them indoors ? http://www.rabbit.org/

Answer 3

I can't say I like you keeping your rabbit outside.. but anyway, don't just put the new girl in the cage right away. Let them smell each other and whatnot first. Then introduce them OUT of the cage, somewhere YOUR rabbit doesn't usually go. If they get along there, introduce them somewhere (still not the cage) where your rabbit does go. Wherever she plays when you take her out. Then, if they get along there, you should clean out the cage and make sure to clean it WELL so it doesn't smell much like her anymore, then introduce them there. Don't leave them overnight yet, IMO, it's too risky at first meeting. You need to give it a little time. Keep the new one in a separate cage for a little while, introducing them longer and longer and keeping an eye on them until you think they'll be OK.

EDIT: Sorry you're offended, but you ask a question and I say what I think. I was being pretty civil about my objections, and proceeded to give you advice. Keeping them outside increases your risk of your rabbits killing each other while you're not around, so obviously I do not like it. Putting two rabbits who do not know each other in a cage to live together without giving them time to get used to each other is VERY risky, and when they're also outside it's just a bad idea. It's possible it will all work out, but it's also possible they will kill or injure each other.

Answer 4

you can keep them together as long as there is enough room .One of them will become the dominant female by mounting the other which may lead to some fighting initially but once dominance is established it will be fine ,Just watch them carefully the first few times they are together and remove one if they get too aggressive and slowly introduce the cohabitation . Check out some of the rabbit web sites for more info

Answer 5

don't worry. females don't usually fight unless there is a male present. but I would monitor them for a couple of weeks to be sure.

Ta ta,

C.R.