Minimallow
Wise Old Thumper
How to encourage a rabbit who wont go down a ladder to go down? Just wondering if anyone knows if rungs may put some off and if it may be an option to try some other way?
Its foster buns i have too! Never experienced it with my own :lol: One will go up and down the ramp but the male will go up if you put him in the run but wont go down if he's in the hutch bless im! Im just wondering if the rungs maybe put him off?
I also put dandelions down each piece of the ramp and that didn't work either :roll:
Awwww. I was thinking of feeding them at the bottom in the hope when it was feeding time he'd try and come down but with them being a pair the female may get down and eat it all before he gets there!
Am thinking of putting both in run with hutch area blocked off for a little while each day to get them used to being in the run as they tend to spend almost all their time in the hutch. Am hoping it might work!
Sounds like a good plan. I think Karenm in a post put a stool or something at the bottom of the ramp so it wasn't so steep. My foster bun is up and down like a yoyo now. :lol:
I used a pellet on each step as bribery. As bad as it sounds, sometimes some careful physical encouragement can eb enough to show them what to do. The only bunny I had who refused was Tilly with head tilt, and she could do it, she just didn't believe she could.
Also remember to make sure there is water and food and shelter at both the top and the bottom until you know for sure they can and will do it.
Hi thanks for that. I'm well aware that they will need food and water etc in both places, but thanks anyway!
Yeh, I thought you would be I often write things not directed at the person I'm replying to, just to try and inform someone if they are struggling with someone similar
Its foster buns i have too! Never experienced it with my own :lol: One will go up and down the ramp but the male will go up if you put him in the run but wont go down if he's in the hutch bless im! Im just wondering if the rungs maybe put him off?