Rabbit turning aggressive. How to proceed?

My friend has a really cute, used to be vety tame, house rabbit.
Friend came to visit and her child slammed on the cage, hit the bunny and squirted it with water (I know, I got livid reading it the first time too).

Ever since the bunny attacks her kids which is really upsetting to them. Is there a way to help win the bunnies trust again as this is one well loved little bit of fluff albeit not the setup we normally preach but I'm already working on that.

dutchbunny said:

My friend has a really cute, used to be vety tame, house rabbit.
Friend came to visit and her child slammed on the cage, hit the bunny and squirted it with water (I know, I got livid reading it the first time too).

Ever since the bunny attacks her kids which is really upsetting to them. Is there a way to help win the bunnies trust again as this is one well loved little bit of fluff albeit not the setup we normally preach but I'm already working on that.

Click to expand...

Beyond words poor bunny - it may take some time as expected to earn this rabbits trust and quite rightly so

Sounds like fear aggression. Basically they have to prove to the poor thing that they aren't a threat.

Keeping quiet and still and ignoring bunny would be the best way forward I think, but getting kids to do that may be tricky. The normal 'lying on the floor' trick would help if repeated a lot.

Also, squealing and moving away when attacked will make it worse, so trying to not put themselves in the situation in the first place is important, as if they are kids I doubt they could help doing this if bitten.

what a shame sorry have no other advice other than what nessar suggested

Nessar, do you mean lying on the floor with them and let them just come to you?