littlespoon
Young Bun
This is my first post, I’ve been looking around for a while but I need a bit of advice so thought maybe I should go ahead and join. If I’ve posted in the wrong place, please move my post.
We adopted two lovely but nervous rabbits a little over three weeks ago and while we are making excellent progress with regards to their confidence I’m worried that we are undoing all our good work by grooming. They both need to be groomed regularly; Duke is not particularly long haired but his fur is very fine and tangles easily but Tiki is the real problem. The shelter weren’t sure which breed she is but there’s some cashmere or similar in there as she has very long fur which tangles easily and gets all sorts of things caught in it. At the moment we’re grooming every other day as this seems to keep on top of the coats but it’s not endearing me to the buns at all. Is there anything I can do to help repair the damage to our trust the grooming seems to be doing? Otherwise I’m giving them their own space, encouraging them back into their run rather than picking them up, not forcing contact and sitting with them regularly.
This is all a little new to me, my last rabbit was a very confident lop with short hair and while I have absolutely no regrets about the about of hands on care they need I would appreciate some advice on how to make it less stressful for them.
We adopted two lovely but nervous rabbits a little over three weeks ago and while we are making excellent progress with regards to their confidence I’m worried that we are undoing all our good work by grooming. They both need to be groomed regularly; Duke is not particularly long haired but his fur is very fine and tangles easily but Tiki is the real problem. The shelter weren’t sure which breed she is but there’s some cashmere or similar in there as she has very long fur which tangles easily and gets all sorts of things caught in it. At the moment we’re grooming every other day as this seems to keep on top of the coats but it’s not endearing me to the buns at all. Is there anything I can do to help repair the damage to our trust the grooming seems to be doing? Otherwise I’m giving them their own space, encouraging them back into their run rather than picking them up, not forcing contact and sitting with them regularly.
This is all a little new to me, my last rabbit was a very confident lop with short hair and while I have absolutely no regrets about the about of hands on care they need I would appreciate some advice on how to make it less stressful for them.