Hi. I posted on here a few days ago about a new bunny that I just got that was spayed the day before I brought her home. SHe is in pain now, and wasn't eating, so I took her to the vet, got painreliver, appetite stimulant and Critical Care food. I have to feed her out of a syringe twice a day. Problem is, she HATES me now. I have to go up there, and take her out of her cage that she hides in the corner of (wont come out herself unless there's no one about). The I rap her in a blanket and syringe feed her (I tried letting her eat it off of my fingers, but she bit me hard!) I only want her to get better, but everything I do to help her makes her distrust me more and more. She's thinking: "who is this big person who made me get in a box and drive far away to the emergency bunny vet, who always has to turn me over and check my tum, and pick me up and wrap me in a blanket and force feed me, who has to stick her hand into my private cage to check the litrter box for pellets, etc." Because I just got her, we have no basis for a relationship.
Is this relationship doomed? What can I do to make her trust me? Everytime I make a bit of headway, then I have to go ruin it by picking her up for another round of force feeding!
Is this relationship doomed? What can I do to make her trust me? Everytime I make a bit of headway, then I have to go ruin it by picking her up for another round of force feeding!