I know this probably sounds really silly. After all - who would be terrified of a small fluffy animal with floppy ears?
Well, it's not a joke. I'm heading for terrified, but maybe I just have a bad disposition or something... :?
To explain:
I got Blackberry - a dwarf lop - from rescue last September. He's approximately seven years old now, and he used to be a stud male used for breeding.
During the time I've had him, he has been a flat bunny, with complete freerange around my flat. He's also taken to following me around, and generally getting underfoot, no matter how hard you try to avoid him.
More recently - for the past 2 weeks at least - he won't leave me alone. He even follows me to the bathroom! And if I set foot in the lounge, which is the room he spends most time in, I can't begin to avoid him. He keeps trying to grab my leg and really goes for it. I don't like it, and have a bad instinctive reaction to him trying to do so - my leg flies out, and he ends up moved away from me, even though it's only gently.
When I'm watching TV, if he's not biting around my ankles, he is trying to hump my leg, and when I move my legs up and away from him, he'll nip any part of me he can get to in order to get me to do what he wants. It's become so bad that he'll even try to hump my knee when I'm kneeling on the floor, and will nip me if I move him away.
I can't walk sedately through the lounge, as he grabs me, but when I move fast, he narrowly avoids getting nudged by my feet. I feel like I'm being pursued all the time, and it scares me.
I have considered having him neutered, but I'm worried about his age. Would this be a good or bad idea? He's very lively still, and in incredibly good health.
Or if anyone has any other suggestions, they would be incredibly welcome. I've started closing doors in my flat now just to keep him out. I've never shut the doors before. I just can't handle much more of Blackberry like this. He's driving me crackers. I wish he would leave me alone.
I'm sorry if this sounds melodramatic, and I'm sure plenty of you would be able to deal with this fine. But if you could humour me in my newfound terror of rabbits, I'd be very grateful, as I really don't know what to do about him.
Well, it's not a joke. I'm heading for terrified, but maybe I just have a bad disposition or something... :?
To explain:
I got Blackberry - a dwarf lop - from rescue last September. He's approximately seven years old now, and he used to be a stud male used for breeding.
During the time I've had him, he has been a flat bunny, with complete freerange around my flat. He's also taken to following me around, and generally getting underfoot, no matter how hard you try to avoid him.
More recently - for the past 2 weeks at least - he won't leave me alone. He even follows me to the bathroom! And if I set foot in the lounge, which is the room he spends most time in, I can't begin to avoid him. He keeps trying to grab my leg and really goes for it. I don't like it, and have a bad instinctive reaction to him trying to do so - my leg flies out, and he ends up moved away from me, even though it's only gently.
When I'm watching TV, if he's not biting around my ankles, he is trying to hump my leg, and when I move my legs up and away from him, he'll nip any part of me he can get to in order to get me to do what he wants. It's become so bad that he'll even try to hump my knee when I'm kneeling on the floor, and will nip me if I move him away.
I can't walk sedately through the lounge, as he grabs me, but when I move fast, he narrowly avoids getting nudged by my feet. I feel like I'm being pursued all the time, and it scares me.
I have considered having him neutered, but I'm worried about his age. Would this be a good or bad idea? He's very lively still, and in incredibly good health.
Or if anyone has any other suggestions, they would be incredibly welcome. I've started closing doors in my flat now just to keep him out. I've never shut the doors before. I just can't handle much more of Blackberry like this. He's driving me crackers. I wish he would leave me alone.
I'm sorry if this sounds melodramatic, and I'm sure plenty of you would be able to deal with this fine. But if you could humour me in my newfound terror of rabbits, I'd be very grateful, as I really don't know what to do about him.