jodievaughan
New Kit
This is my first time using this website so I apologise if this is posted in the wrong place or anything.
Basically, I rehomed 2 male rabbits (my first rabbits ever!) a few weeks ago who were rescued from a breeder who planned to kill them off. Both are really lovely, and they're surprisingly comfortable around me considering they didn't get much human interaction before they came to live with me. The problem is that their nails really need to be clipped, you can tell it hasn't been done in a long time. I've been attempting the 'bunny burrito' method where they stand on the towel and then you carefully wrap it around their lower bodies, but whenever I do this they're clearly frightened by it and hop away very quickly.
They haven't thumped in response to it so I know it's not totally petrifying them, but I feel guilty as I haven't had a successful attempt yet and it feels like I'm scaring them for no reason. I'm also scared of hurting them and I don't dare get a proper hold of them, which may be why this just isn't working, but I'm worried I'll hurt their backs if they try to struggle out of my hands. Could anyone give me tips/advice on how to do this properly, and maybe make it a bit easier on the rabbits somehow?
Thank you very much!
Basically, I rehomed 2 male rabbits (my first rabbits ever!) a few weeks ago who were rescued from a breeder who planned to kill them off. Both are really lovely, and they're surprisingly comfortable around me considering they didn't get much human interaction before they came to live with me. The problem is that their nails really need to be clipped, you can tell it hasn't been done in a long time. I've been attempting the 'bunny burrito' method where they stand on the towel and then you carefully wrap it around their lower bodies, but whenever I do this they're clearly frightened by it and hop away very quickly.
They haven't thumped in response to it so I know it's not totally petrifying them, but I feel guilty as I haven't had a successful attempt yet and it feels like I'm scaring them for no reason. I'm also scared of hurting them and I don't dare get a proper hold of them, which may be why this just isn't working, but I'm worried I'll hurt their backs if they try to struggle out of my hands. Could anyone give me tips/advice on how to do this properly, and maybe make it a bit easier on the rabbits somehow?
Thank you very much!
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