Chrisrules334
Warren Scout
Hey all,
So, we have two new rabbits - we're only a day in but they really don't like being touched.
Our plan is to keep trying to hand feed them and drop a stroke in and hopefully they will begin to trust us more.
At the moment I guess they have only had 'traumatic' experiences with us (being picked up, put in a crate, bought home, and put in a hutch)... We also have had to handle them to show them the run (down a ramp) as they seemed to be unaware of how the ramp worked and I don't think they realised there was a run underneath - their previous owner had a separate run/hutch so they were always picked up and moved from hutch to run. I know they don't like being picked up for obvious reasons (and don't intend to).
Anyway - I think we need to do a little work to make them happy with us again . Any tips on building trust would be great!
So, we have two new rabbits - we're only a day in but they really don't like being touched.
Our plan is to keep trying to hand feed them and drop a stroke in and hopefully they will begin to trust us more.
At the moment I guess they have only had 'traumatic' experiences with us (being picked up, put in a crate, bought home, and put in a hutch)... We also have had to handle them to show them the run (down a ramp) as they seemed to be unaware of how the ramp worked and I don't think they realised there was a run underneath - their previous owner had a separate run/hutch so they were always picked up and moved from hutch to run. I know they don't like being picked up for obvious reasons (and don't intend to).
Anyway - I think we need to do a little work to make them happy with us again . Any tips on building trust would be great!