** should say what would you do**
I'll try and keep this as brief as possible. Back in February we lost our 10 year old who we'd had since she was 2. She'd spent the last 18 months as a solo bun after her partner passed as she had various health issues, but she was well bonded to us and we spent as much time with her as possible (she was free roam).
I decided to adopt two 9 year olds to give them a retirement home. We brought them home 2 weeks ago and they were starting to settle but we suddenly lost one to an illness (emergency vet couldn't save her) so now we are left with an older bunny who obviously isn't bonded to us yet.
My original plan was to hopefully have them be free roam, and I would still like that for him, but I am not sure about bonding him because of his age. He looks younger than 9 if I'm honest and his body condition is really good, so I plan to have him checked out at the vet and see if they might have a better estimate of his age. If he is 9, I don't know if bonding would be too stressful for his age, but I also feel bad for him because he's been through so much change – a new home and losing his friend within 2 weeks.
We're spending time on the floor in his pen, feeding and stroking him a bit to try and build a bond, but I'm wondering if we should try and bond him sooner rather than later before he gets used to the house being "his". I'm also struggling with the emotional aspect of losing two rabbits in such close succession, and almost don't want to adopt another one as a result but feel like I'm being selfish?
Anyway sorry for the ramble. Just wanted to get other people's thoughts on what they'd do in this situation.
by Velveteen_Rabbit1986