Okay so from today I have started operation slow bonding. I spent a good half an hour brushing Little (which he thoroughly enjoyed!!) I then spent the next half hour brushing Simba and letting her and Dexter smell the same brush and then a further twenty minutes with Dexter half asleep on my lap brushing him, with the same brush again.
I then came out, rolled all the fur off of me (Dexter always molts like a cat on my lap) Little started going CRAZY over my legs, sniffing my legs, leaning on them and everything.
I then bent down and let him climb on me and get a good smell of my hands, his nostrils were really flaring. I gave him lots of strokes and kept telling him it was a good smell. Then I let him smell the brush - and up goes his tail! So I gave him some basil and some more strokes while he smelt it and re-assured him.
I'm positive Little could smell the other two. He has been sniffing things for a while but did always like to take a good look at his food before he tried something new. I guess this is the first proof that he can atleast somewhat smell?
I am very very happy for him, because I think a life without smell is very dull
I guess he just prefers to look at everything more than smell it?
What a strange little bunny!
I then came out, rolled all the fur off of me (Dexter always molts like a cat on my lap) Little started going CRAZY over my legs, sniffing my legs, leaning on them and everything.
I then bent down and let him climb on me and get a good smell of my hands, his nostrils were really flaring. I gave him lots of strokes and kept telling him it was a good smell. Then I let him smell the brush - and up goes his tail! So I gave him some basil and some more strokes while he smelt it and re-assured him.
I'm positive Little could smell the other two. He has been sniffing things for a while but did always like to take a good look at his food before he tried something new. I guess this is the first proof that he can atleast somewhat smell?
I am very very happy for him, because I think a life without smell is very dull
I guess he just prefers to look at everything more than smell it?
What a strange little bunny!