Hello,
I have had my new rabbit since Tuesday evening. I had her vaccinated & health checked before I brought her home. The first day she was pretty stressed out from vet visit , so we left her alone in her cage to settle down. Wednesday she seemed pretty calm & so I hand fed her in the cage & she was fine with being stroked. So later on that day, I allowed the children to feed her her evening veggies at the cage & again she tolerated them crowding round her whilst feeding & petting her. She had the option to run back into her bed section but stayed out. So that evening I opened up her cage for her to come out into mine & hubby's rabbit proof bedroom where she lives. She seemed scared by the jump & stayed in her cage all night. So with a few treats yesterday morning, I lured her onto my lap & down. I also put a little step for her to get up & down on her own. About midday, when I saw she was out & exploring, I took the children in there, sat them down with blankets on their legs, and allowed them each to feed her some of her rabbit pellets that I lured her down with. She easily followed the food onto the laps of the children.
When she climbed across the lap on my 3 year old girl Mary, to feed off my older girl Amie, she accidentally scratched Mary despite the blanket. Mary started crying loudly, but our new rabbit didn't even flinch. She just carried on happily feeding with Amie.
Yesterday afternoon / evening I let her out into the living room with us. She alternated between chasing the children (She was trying to sniff them) and being followed around by the children. A few times I thought the noise & crowding would be too much for her, so I lured her back into her bedroom, but before I could put up the barrier, she had run back & was chasing the children again. I've seen her washing herself, lying down with her feet spread out behind her & also doing some strange zig zaggy jumps whilst kicking her feet out (Binkying?). All in the middle of my 2 noisy children.
Her name is Lolly Hop, she is a funny looking cross that has one ear up & one ear down. She is already much loved by all of us, Especially Amie whom she has licked several times.
I suppose it helps that they make no attempt to pick her up & hold her, they simply stroke her gently when she is near them. But I still can't help but wondering if this rabbit is for real?
I thought they were meant to be timid easily startled animals?
I have had my new rabbit since Tuesday evening. I had her vaccinated & health checked before I brought her home. The first day she was pretty stressed out from vet visit , so we left her alone in her cage to settle down. Wednesday she seemed pretty calm & so I hand fed her in the cage & she was fine with being stroked. So later on that day, I allowed the children to feed her her evening veggies at the cage & again she tolerated them crowding round her whilst feeding & petting her. She had the option to run back into her bed section but stayed out. So that evening I opened up her cage for her to come out into mine & hubby's rabbit proof bedroom where she lives. She seemed scared by the jump & stayed in her cage all night. So with a few treats yesterday morning, I lured her onto my lap & down. I also put a little step for her to get up & down on her own. About midday, when I saw she was out & exploring, I took the children in there, sat them down with blankets on their legs, and allowed them each to feed her some of her rabbit pellets that I lured her down with. She easily followed the food onto the laps of the children.
When she climbed across the lap on my 3 year old girl Mary, to feed off my older girl Amie, she accidentally scratched Mary despite the blanket. Mary started crying loudly, but our new rabbit didn't even flinch. She just carried on happily feeding with Amie.
Yesterday afternoon / evening I let her out into the living room with us. She alternated between chasing the children (She was trying to sniff them) and being followed around by the children. A few times I thought the noise & crowding would be too much for her, so I lured her back into her bedroom, but before I could put up the barrier, she had run back & was chasing the children again. I've seen her washing herself, lying down with her feet spread out behind her & also doing some strange zig zaggy jumps whilst kicking her feet out (Binkying?). All in the middle of my 2 noisy children.
Her name is Lolly Hop, she is a funny looking cross that has one ear up & one ear down. She is already much loved by all of us, Especially Amie whom she has licked several times.
I suppose it helps that they make no attempt to pick her up & hold her, they simply stroke her gently when she is near them. But I still can't help but wondering if this rabbit is for real?
I thought they were meant to be timid easily startled animals?
but my Peanut runs away from them if he sees them.
