When I joined this forum, one of the first posts I read was of agentleman who thought his rabbit needed companionship. He had gottenanother rabbit, and although they fought, he thought that eventually,they'd work it out.
One day, he woke up, and one rabbit was dead. It had stressed so muchby being dominated. The 'weaker' rabbit had a heart attack.The gentleman came onto the forum with a heavy heart realizing that heshould've left well-enough alone and regretted getting a mate for hisrabbit.
I had Tucker for years before I rescued other rabbits. I live with theguilt that I've changed Tucker's life. He used to be a veryaffectionate, well-trained rabbit. He's rebelled since he's gottensisters. If I had to do it over again, I wouldn't've gottenattached to others. It's changed Tucker and I don't think he's as happyas he was when it was just him and I.
From what I've learned along the way, it's true that rabbits aresocial, but as long as they have someone to attach to - and that can bea human - then they're fine.
It's not easy to bond rabbits, as you know. Even with a male andfemale, you're taking a 50/50 chance of if it will work out.With two males, the only way to stop them from fighting is to separatethem.
If they're insistant about getting a companion for the male, wouldsuggest taking the male to a shelter with them and introduce therabbits that are up for adoption one-by-one to the male and let himpick his companion.
-Carolyn