Butterbear
New Kit
Hi,
Hi, I'm new here but been lurking unregistered for a couple of weeks reading your posts. I hope I'm posting in the right place, apologies if not.
I have 3 mini lop bucks who I bought 2 weeks ago. I have had many rabbits over the years since being a child but they have all lived outside. I want these boys to be house rabbits as I want the company and to share in their lives and general bunny-ness. They are about 3 1/2 months old. The first week was fine with getting to know them time, but this week it all seems like an uphill struggle. Litter training is not going well, I'm constantly poo picking the carpet, all they want to do is run-no quiet time and the cuddles of last week have been replaced with "you can't catch me" and scrabbling to get away when I try to pick them up. I've tried herding them back to bed when playtime is done but this is getting more like herding eels than rabbits. They seem to be eating less hay than I would expect and are appearing to be eating a lot of dry food despite constant hay-good hay too(I know good hay as I have horses too). I'm starting to feel as though I'm really floundering and don't have a clue what to do. I'm really fond of the little guys, they are all really lovely with individual personalities but if I can't sort something out I fear I'm not doing them any favours. Please don't berate me for being a newbie idiot and that I should have done research etc, I've never been over faced by rabbits before now. I'm hoping some lovely people can give me some pointers as to what I should be doing/recommend some good house rabbit books and general advice. I really want my new family to be happy and have it all work out but sitting here crying tonight as I'm scared I've really fluffed up.
Thanks in advance for any help x
Hi, I'm new here but been lurking unregistered for a couple of weeks reading your posts. I hope I'm posting in the right place, apologies if not.
I have 3 mini lop bucks who I bought 2 weeks ago. I have had many rabbits over the years since being a child but they have all lived outside. I want these boys to be house rabbits as I want the company and to share in their lives and general bunny-ness. They are about 3 1/2 months old. The first week was fine with getting to know them time, but this week it all seems like an uphill struggle. Litter training is not going well, I'm constantly poo picking the carpet, all they want to do is run-no quiet time and the cuddles of last week have been replaced with "you can't catch me" and scrabbling to get away when I try to pick them up. I've tried herding them back to bed when playtime is done but this is getting more like herding eels than rabbits. They seem to be eating less hay than I would expect and are appearing to be eating a lot of dry food despite constant hay-good hay too(I know good hay as I have horses too). I'm starting to feel as though I'm really floundering and don't have a clue what to do. I'm really fond of the little guys, they are all really lovely with individual personalities but if I can't sort something out I fear I'm not doing them any favours. Please don't berate me for being a newbie idiot and that I should have done research etc, I've never been over faced by rabbits before now. I'm hoping some lovely people can give me some pointers as to what I should be doing/recommend some good house rabbit books and general advice. I really want my new family to be happy and have it all work out but sitting here crying tonight as I'm scared I've really fluffed up.
Thanks in advance for any help x