BigBunnyBenji
Mama Doe
Ok, so I got April on the 21st of April (duh), so I know it isn't that long, but I really feel like she is getting worse with me.
Her and Benji get on great and share the downstairs front room, which is the room with the TV and where people spend a lot of time. I thought keeping her around people would help get her used to us, as I did it with Benji and he is very friendly. I kept her in my spare bedroom at first to let her settle in, but now that her and Benji are pretty much bonded, I didn't want to split them up as they spend all almost their time together now, by choice. While she gets on great with Benji, she seems to be growing to hate me and my OH. Just people in general. She does have somewhere to hide in the room, she can run behind the sofa and underneath a chest of drawers, and she seems to spend most of her time there.
When we first got her, she was very nervous obviously, but she was never violent towards us, just scared. Now, she has actually started growling if I try and touch her, she won't even let me stroke her, let alone pick her up. When my OH picked her up the other day, to try and get her used to us, she actually bit him. The lady at the rescue said that she had never been violent and had never bitten anyone so far. I really don't know what to do, I feel like I can't make any progress with her because she runs away whenever I even come near her. We have never done anything horrible to her, I know she obviously isn't used to people, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Also, she is making Benji more nervous of us, as now when I go to pick him up, he will thump and run behind the sofa, which is exactly what she does.
Her and Benji get on great and share the downstairs front room, which is the room with the TV and where people spend a lot of time. I thought keeping her around people would help get her used to us, as I did it with Benji and he is very friendly. I kept her in my spare bedroom at first to let her settle in, but now that her and Benji are pretty much bonded, I didn't want to split them up as they spend all almost their time together now, by choice. While she gets on great with Benji, she seems to be growing to hate me and my OH. Just people in general. She does have somewhere to hide in the room, she can run behind the sofa and underneath a chest of drawers, and she seems to spend most of her time there.
When we first got her, she was very nervous obviously, but she was never violent towards us, just scared. Now, she has actually started growling if I try and touch her, she won't even let me stroke her, let alone pick her up. When my OH picked her up the other day, to try and get her used to us, she actually bit him. The lady at the rescue said that she had never been violent and had never bitten anyone so far. I really don't know what to do, I feel like I can't make any progress with her because she runs away whenever I even come near her. We have never done anything horrible to her, I know she obviously isn't used to people, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Also, she is making Benji more nervous of us, as now when I go to pick him up, he will thump and run behind the sofa, which is exactly what she does.