..........is there any way I can get it back?
I've spent such a long time really trying to gain Dizzi and Rascal's trust and have reached the stage where they both know their names, will come when called, happily eat their tea from my hand or off my knee and actually quite like, when in the right mood, a full body massage.
Today as they were playing out in the garden I noticed that Dizzi kept licking her left paw, she did it quite a few times and then I found a drawing pin on the floor in the garden so panicked and thought that maybe she'd stood on it.
So I tried to pick her up to check her paw, but I didn't have a proper grip on her and she ran off (I didn't pick her up then drop her, I never actually managed to get hold of her properly) ........... now she is clearly very annoyed with me!
I've managed to have a look at both her paws by feeding her a couple of pellets through the mesh on the hutch high up so she has to put her paws on the mesh to stretch up and they're absolutely fine ......... I now realise I should have done this in the first place.
So my question is, how do I regain her trust again? Does it sound like I've just undone ALL the good work or do you think she may just need a day or so to come round?? She did take a crunchie off me but when I put my other hand out to give her a nosey rub (which I always do), she ran off.
I've spent such a long time really trying to gain Dizzi and Rascal's trust and have reached the stage where they both know their names, will come when called, happily eat their tea from my hand or off my knee and actually quite like, when in the right mood, a full body massage.
Today as they were playing out in the garden I noticed that Dizzi kept licking her left paw, she did it quite a few times and then I found a drawing pin on the floor in the garden so panicked and thought that maybe she'd stood on it.
So I tried to pick her up to check her paw, but I didn't have a proper grip on her and she ran off (I didn't pick her up then drop her, I never actually managed to get hold of her properly) ........... now she is clearly very annoyed with me!
I've managed to have a look at both her paws by feeding her a couple of pellets through the mesh on the hutch high up so she has to put her paws on the mesh to stretch up and they're absolutely fine ......... I now realise I should have done this in the first place.
So my question is, how do I regain her trust again? Does it sound like I've just undone ALL the good work or do you think she may just need a day or so to come round?? She did take a crunchie off me but when I put my other hand out to give her a nosey rub (which I always do), she ran off.