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Not a mini lop but a mini plush lop. Mini plush lops have a Rex coat. We have one and he looks very similar, except he’s a BEW.

I have another question! If I have no luck finding a rescue pal with a Rex coat, is there a way to try to bond a mature, neutered male with another rabbit? Could I get a young male or female bunny, and keep it in and adjoining cage until they’re the same size and/or neutered or spayed, and hope...

Sibling bonds seem to happen often enough, but I’m definitely more comfortable taking the safer route toward a bonded pair.

Thanks again. I did read through your page and found it helpful. So my game plan is to either take more time to hopefully find an already bonded pair of Rex-coated bunnies from a rescue, or start with a single male mini plush lop and have him neutered ASAP. Then just have the local rescue on...

Blue Eyes, I think you’ve presented the option that I’m most comfortable with. It reduces a lot of the variables where things can go wrong. And you’re right, the local rabbit rescue does potential bonding match dates, etc. If I go with the option of starting with one rabbit, fixing it and...

This is such a great perspective that I hadn’t thought of, Lilac. Hopefully the contact gets some low allergen bunnies soon. But then you also don’t really want rescues having to take on more bunnies in an ideal world.

Noted. There is a very reputable rescue that only adopts out fixed l, vaccinated and health guaranteed rabbits. Their preference is to adopt out bonded pairs, and they won’t break up a bonded pair. They don’t have any low allergen rabbits available now though, so have waitlisted me.

John, you’re right that it will be more of an issue at molt time. I have all sorts of allergies I have to live with though. And yes it could for sure be the hay or bedding. I’ll go to the local feed shop to see what the least allergenic options are. Regardless, one or two blow outs a year seems...

I have looked at that option too. I’m really inclined to a text-type coat though. I have always been a bit allergic to rabbits, but haven’t had the usual reaction to this fur type. The problem is that most of the rabbits at local shelters don’t have the Rex coat. I’m also looking for a very...

Thanks for your detailed reply John Wick! Re: drama, mostly I don’t want to have rabbits decide to try to kill each other one day out of the blue. It would be completely contrary to the point of trying for a bonded pair if we end up needing to keep them in separate enclosures if not rooms, and...

ha! Yes. This makes sense. I should have added that I won’t be bringing them home until he is 4 months old and he will be neutered right away at that point. They’d be brought home at the same time. So you’re saying just get both rabbits but don’t put them together until 4-6 weeks after he’s...

Thank you for all of this advice. I will book him in to be neutered at 4 months and hopefully will be able to avoid any spraying. I haven’t had a rabbit since I was a kid, but I remember rabbit pee being extra bad smelling. And then I read stories about rabbits spraying their humans, and that’s...

I am considering having one or two bunnies and need help weighing these options. The plan is to house them indoors, but in the event that this doesn’t work out they would would be house outside in a nice, secure hutch and run. This is where a second bunny would be nice, but I’m also worried...