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Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉Maria Sutherland, Allysha Petraborg, Susa...
08/28/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Maria Sutherland, Allysha Petraborg, Susan Villalovos, Lenna Mahoney, Stong Woei Ng

Thank you Lop Till You Drop Are rabbits actually solitary animals?“Rabbits aren’t social animals. They don’t even like o...
08/26/2026

Thank you Lop Till You Drop
Are rabbits actually solitary animals?

“Rabbits aren’t social animals. They don’t even like other rabbits.”

I completely understand how someone can arrive at that conclusion.

Put two unfamiliar rabbits together and you may see chasing, mounting, territorial behavior, avoidance or an outright fight. Some rabbits are extremely selective about who they tolerate. And yes, there are individual rabbits who genuinely seem happier without a bonded companion.

But none of that makes rabbits a solitary species.

I think the confusion comes from what we mean by the word social.

Social does not mean “gets along with everyone.”

A social species is one in which interactions and relationships with members of the same species are a meaningful part of its natural behavioral system.

Wild European rabbits, the ancestors of our domestic rabbits commonly live in groups. But those groups aren’t one giant cuddle puddle. 😂

They have social hierarchies.
They establish territories.
They form preferred relationships.
They communicate with one another.
They compete.
They avoid certain individuals.
They fight.

All of those things are part of a social system.

In fact, being territorial doesn’t contradict being social. Many social animals are incredibly particular about which individuals belong in their group.

And I think this is where observing domestic rabbits can sometimes fool us.

There is also an important distinction between saying:

“Rabbits are a social species.”

and

“Every rabbit needs another rabbit living in its enclosure.”

Those are not the same statement.

Individual temperament matters. Compatibility matters. Introductions matter. Space matters. Resources matter. Some rabbits may never safely bond with the rabbits available to them, and forcing incompatible rabbits together isn’t somehow better welfare simply because rabbits are social animals.

But an individual rabbit preferring to live alone doesn’t change the behavioral classification of the species.

A rabbit can be selective about its friends and still belong to a social species.

And frankly, considering how selective some humans are, I feel like we should understand this concept better than anyone. 😂

08/20/2026

PRINCESS ELLA
HAS BUNATTIUDE
WATCH TILL THE END

UPDATE:GETTING ADOPTED TUES!!!!This sweet little spayed Netherland Dwarf girl needs a foster or foster to adopt
08/17/2026

UPDATE:GETTING ADOPTED TUES!!!!

This sweet little spayed Netherland Dwarf girl needs a foster or foster to adopt

08/16/2026

8 Saved Bunnies

We are also looking for fosters for this Bunalicious couple to help make space so that we can save some 4 mo old Meat Bu...
08/16/2026

We are also looking for fosters for this Bunalicious couple to help make space so that we can save some 4 mo old Meat Bunnies they are the sweet brothers and sister of Poe. Can you help please

We are looking fosters for this sweet bonded pair so that we can Help Save Some Meat Bunnies
08/16/2026

We are looking fosters for this sweet bonded pair so that we can Help Save Some Meat Bunnies

Hey guys can any one foster some of these bunniesThey are for meat they are in BellinghamMaria Sutherland posted the lin...
08/16/2026

Hey guys can any one foster some of these bunnies
They are for meat they are in Bellingham
Maria Sutherland posted the link in the comments

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