Hazel, the male French Lop, is as mellow as they come. He'd be a Greyhound if he was a dog--just a big ol' couch potato. Vanilla and Blakberry (I didn't name them!) hang around together, and occasionally feel "zippy", in that they'll all of a sudden want to go for a spin around the room they're in at the time :-). They are fine with being held--nice and calm--but I don't think they're quite as mellow as Hazel.

None of them are fixed. I've never spayed or neutered any of the rabbits we've lived with over our lifetimes. Simple enough to keep the boys and girls apart if you don't want babies (and some of the smaller breeds don't produce well, anyway). IME, spaying or neutering doesn't tend to affect their personalities enough to make it worth the cost for that particular reason, although there are probably medical reasons besides unplanned pregnancies why altering is a good idea. I will note, though, that it's not always easy to tell the gender of young rabbits, and they DO mature early, so if you're not sure of the gender(s) of your rabbits, it's probably a good idea to alter them as a precaution if you don't want to deal with all the problems that go along with having baby buns.

Bun personalities and relationships can be complex. For instance, I wouldn't normally house 2 females together, but these two buns are sisters, and very bonded to each other. Females TEND to be the less friendly of the genders, but these two are quite nice. Males CAN be aggressive--especially with other males, and sometimes with humans or other animals--but if you're going to introduce a male and a female together for breeding purposes, you'd bring the female to the male's territory, 'cause if you do it the other way around, the female is the one who is likely to do some whupazz! Like male dogs, male rabbits will usually defer to the female. Human males should take note :-).

Hazel's cage IS big--it's 36" square. But not big enough to spend all his time in. The female buns' shared cage is 18"W x 30"L, and plenty big for them, as they're tiny. They all have the opportunity to play in an X-pen (not at the same time, tho'!). They don't get to run loose inside because rabbits are notorious cord chewers, and besides, we have a lot of dogs, and they don't get to run loose outside 'cause there are too many predators, and because buns are great tunnelers--I could lose them under the fence or somesuch. So the X-pen has to do. Z plans on building a hutch for Hazel to spend some outdoor time in this summer, but with so many projects on the burner right now, it's not likely to happen for awhile. The X-pen works fine, as long as I'm there to supervise.