Gemmapookie
Wise Old Thumper
As some of you know myself and OH have been in a quandry recently over a petshop bun who stole our heart. It had been there for months and months and was always in a tiny cage on his own with nowhere to hide and nothing to play with We kept wondering about him but didnt enquire because to be honest we didnt want to buy from a petshop and of course we were worried about how Timmy and Mimi would react.
Yesterday we went in for supplies and made the mistake of asking about it: hes a male bun, about 6 months old, noone wants him coz hes difficult to handle. She proved it by trying to grab him :roll: to which he ran, thumped, fought and wriggled like crazy. The poor thing was so scared he weed himself
No way, i thought, i'd have to be insane to take on a difficult bun...so we took him home without a second thought! The poor guy isnt 'unhandleable' i can tell u that already and i havent even picked him up since we got him home. Hes just scared and needs time, patience and gentleness to win him over.
For now my main concern is bonding him with Timmy and Mimi, but one thing at a time. Im going into my vets this morning to book him in for a neuter in a few days time, i think that will calm him down alot.
For now we're keeping him out of sight of Timmy and Mimi although i know Timmy knows somethings going on as hes acting like a petulant child, not wanting strokes etc He'll def be the difficult one during bonding, which is funny coz he is by far the tinyest :lol:
Oh btw my new boy is called Max. I cant put pics up atm coz my comp is broken so am on my ipod To give u an idea he has very similar colourings to GrahamL's Biscuit, but hes abit fuzzier around the face. He has one ear that lops down and one that sticks straight up!
Im very nervous about the whole thing but i feel like we made the right choice by giving him a chamce. Hes going to be a lovely boy in time i just know it. Just hope Timmy and Mimi agree, eeeek :?
New forum bunny Max says hi everyone :wave:
Yesterday we went in for supplies and made the mistake of asking about it: hes a male bun, about 6 months old, noone wants him coz hes difficult to handle. She proved it by trying to grab him :roll: to which he ran, thumped, fought and wriggled like crazy. The poor thing was so scared he weed himself
No way, i thought, i'd have to be insane to take on a difficult bun...so we took him home without a second thought! The poor guy isnt 'unhandleable' i can tell u that already and i havent even picked him up since we got him home. Hes just scared and needs time, patience and gentleness to win him over.
For now my main concern is bonding him with Timmy and Mimi, but one thing at a time. Im going into my vets this morning to book him in for a neuter in a few days time, i think that will calm him down alot.
For now we're keeping him out of sight of Timmy and Mimi although i know Timmy knows somethings going on as hes acting like a petulant child, not wanting strokes etc He'll def be the difficult one during bonding, which is funny coz he is by far the tinyest :lol:
Oh btw my new boy is called Max. I cant put pics up atm coz my comp is broken so am on my ipod To give u an idea he has very similar colourings to GrahamL's Biscuit, but hes abit fuzzier around the face. He has one ear that lops down and one that sticks straight up!
Im very nervous about the whole thing but i feel like we made the right choice by giving him a chamce. Hes going to be a lovely boy in time i just know it. Just hope Timmy and Mimi agree, eeeek :?
New forum bunny Max says hi everyone :wave: