I got my two rabbits, Hector and Kitty from a resuce centre when they were approx. six months old (they are now about one).
My husband and I have worked hard to handle them and make sure that they spend as much time as possible in the garden.
However just as we were starting to make progress with them they began to be frightened of being picked up and handled and Hector now shakes like a leaf when we go near him.
I think I have found out why but I am not sure what to do about it. You see we live on a new development and there are a number of unsold porperties. Well one day while my husband was enjoying some afternoon tv with Hector and Kitty (he's a postman), he looked through the french windows to see a number of children climbing over the wall (from an empty property) into our garden!!!! I now believe that this has happened a number of times (frightening Hector & Kitty) and I am really concerned that now the summer holidays are upon us that the children will be coming into our garden at every opportunity.
What can I do? I have complained to the developers office and the site manager has been round to various homes speaking to parents but this has made no difference at all.
My husband and I have worked hard to handle them and make sure that they spend as much time as possible in the garden.
However just as we were starting to make progress with them they began to be frightened of being picked up and handled and Hector now shakes like a leaf when we go near him.
I think I have found out why but I am not sure what to do about it. You see we live on a new development and there are a number of unsold porperties. Well one day while my husband was enjoying some afternoon tv with Hector and Kitty (he's a postman), he looked through the french windows to see a number of children climbing over the wall (from an empty property) into our garden!!!! I now believe that this has happened a number of times (frightening Hector & Kitty) and I am really concerned that now the summer holidays are upon us that the children will be coming into our garden at every opportunity.
What can I do? I have complained to the developers office and the site manager has been round to various homes speaking to parents but this has made no difference at all.