LianL
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I was wondering if some rabbits not just "tolerate" or learn to deal with being held but actually like it?
A little back story and what I would like to know really;
So all my rabbits (3) are good with getting picked up (they don't struggle). I don't do it often and especially not with my "big bunnies", as I can tell they don't like it very much. (They enjoy chasing me and demanding food from me... very fun! ahah ) But my little boy, Sammie, he doesn't struggle nor does he try to get down. He just chills. I walked around pet smart holding him and he didn't try to get down, and he also didn't seem afraid!
I was holding him around the house, (cause my mom doesn't like him hopping free around it, but I didn't want to leave him alone in his pen because i like keeping an eye on him), and I went into the kitchen to make him a salad. With him in one hand and I'm ripping up lettuce and grating carrots (he has no front teeth so it makes making the salad a bit tricky one handed!) But for about 15 minutes of awkward one handed holding, he wasn't tense and he wasn't "petrified" or scared as I could tell. Then I went back into the living room, put him in his pen (he kicks a bit when i put him down, but even if I liked someone holding me, I'd kick too if I couldn't see the ground!), and gave him his salad. Then he ate, I watched, and then we played tag!
Okay so all in all, what are your opinions on him liking to be held? Or do you have any rabbits that do too? Experiences with holding rabbits? I've understood that rabbits DON'T like being picked up and held, and I've accepted that with my bigger bunnies, so this is puzzling me. Thank you for your replies =)
I was wondering if some rabbits not just "tolerate" or learn to deal with being held but actually like it?
A little back story and what I would like to know really;
So all my rabbits (3) are good with getting picked up (they don't struggle). I don't do it often and especially not with my "big bunnies", as I can tell they don't like it very much. (They enjoy chasing me and demanding food from me... very fun! ahah ) But my little boy, Sammie, he doesn't struggle nor does he try to get down. He just chills. I walked around pet smart holding him and he didn't try to get down, and he also didn't seem afraid!
I was holding him around the house, (cause my mom doesn't like him hopping free around it, but I didn't want to leave him alone in his pen because i like keeping an eye on him), and I went into the kitchen to make him a salad. With him in one hand and I'm ripping up lettuce and grating carrots (he has no front teeth so it makes making the salad a bit tricky one handed!) But for about 15 minutes of awkward one handed holding, he wasn't tense and he wasn't "petrified" or scared as I could tell. Then I went back into the living room, put him in his pen (he kicks a bit when i put him down, but even if I liked someone holding me, I'd kick too if I couldn't see the ground!), and gave him his salad. Then he ate, I watched, and then we played tag!
Okay so all in all, what are your opinions on him liking to be held? Or do you have any rabbits that do too? Experiences with holding rabbits? I've understood that rabbits DON'T like being picked up and held, and I've accepted that with my bigger bunnies, so this is puzzling me. Thank you for your replies =)