LionheadLuver
Warren Veteran
Hi
I decided it was time to introduce them to their run this morning. I got them out as usual and put them into the pet carrier. I placed them into their run and let them investigate the run. Milly was biting my welly boot so I gave her a tap and a sharp 'no'. It just shows that she's confident enough to give me a bite but she's so nervous to pick up. Molly was running round and investigating and one time, nudged me on the bum:lol:. When it came to taking them back to the hutch, Molly was very good and I just picked her up and put her in. Now, Milly is a COMPLETELY different story. She ran this way and that and I had to get everything out of the run so she had no hiding places. I tried many approaches, ignoring her, trapping her between the pet carrier and the side of the run, crawling in myself on my hands and knees to get her. I crawled underneath the nailed down roof to catch her and by this time, the pet carrier was outside the run, so I held her on the floor. She struggled but I spoke soothingly to her. May have helped. I put her into the pet carrier and she weed all over the pet carrier. She must have been so nervous that she couldn't control her bladder. I would like to know how everyone else gets their bunnies out of their runs, and if there is a better way than this method? When I got Milly out of the hutch before the run incident, I stroked her and let her relax before picking her up. She seemed much calmer this way as when I picked her up, she didn't struggle.
I decided it was time to introduce them to their run this morning. I got them out as usual and put them into the pet carrier. I placed them into their run and let them investigate the run. Milly was biting my welly boot so I gave her a tap and a sharp 'no'. It just shows that she's confident enough to give me a bite but she's so nervous to pick up. Molly was running round and investigating and one time, nudged me on the bum:lol:. When it came to taking them back to the hutch, Molly was very good and I just picked her up and put her in. Now, Milly is a COMPLETELY different story. She ran this way and that and I had to get everything out of the run so she had no hiding places. I tried many approaches, ignoring her, trapping her between the pet carrier and the side of the run, crawling in myself on my hands and knees to get her. I crawled underneath the nailed down roof to catch her and by this time, the pet carrier was outside the run, so I held her on the floor. She struggled but I spoke soothingly to her. May have helped. I put her into the pet carrier and she weed all over the pet carrier. She must have been so nervous that she couldn't control her bladder. I would like to know how everyone else gets their bunnies out of their runs, and if there is a better way than this method? When I got Milly out of the hutch before the run incident, I stroked her and let her relax before picking her up. She seemed much calmer this way as when I picked her up, she didn't struggle.