Hi JessicaRabbit,
You have to be really careful when introducing a companion. Bonding tworabbits is touch-and-go. They have to be introduced in a mutualterritory and carefully watched because if they don't get along, thefighting could lead to big vet bills. Female/Female and Male/Female aremost recommended. Male/Male doesn't usually work.
You can't just drop a rabbit in your bun's cage and walk away. The bestway it was ever told to me was by Buck Jones. He had taken his bunny toa shelter and in a room, brought in different bunnies to his pet andlet her pick her companion. Makes the most sense to me. It's a win/winsituation. You save a rabbit's life, and you can see if the two getalong.
Still after that, you have to properly bond the two rabbits. There'swebsites on how to do that. It takes a lot of supervision and hours inthe beginning.
Rabbits are fine living alone. We tend to think that they need anotherrabbit for company, but they naturally go about their lives solo. Theydo live in warrens in the wild, but they usually find their own burrowwithin their community and sleep alone. In the wild, they sticktogether more for the reason of alerting each other to the dangers ofpredators rather than for their bonded relationships and everlastinglove.
The first post I ever read on a rabbit board was of a man who hadgotten a friend for his rabbit. In the morning he had awoken to thesight of the new rabbit dead in the cage. Some claimed it was stress,others said they fought. Whatever it was, be forewarned that such athing can happen if bonding doesn't happen correctly.
-Carolyn