BobandAbby's mum
Alpha Buck
Now that the warmer weather is upon us, I have started to do nightly bum checks on Abby and Bob....but they both absolutely hate being picked up!
Bob is the worst, and because he tends to get muckier, I do sometimes have to hold and clean him, and he looks terrified! I have tried to lay him on his back and put him in the 'trance position' but his poor little heart races and the first chance he gets he flips over and struggles to get away. Luckily I always have him on my lap near ground level. Abby nudges and nips me until she can get away and then they hate me for the rest of the evening
Is there anything I can do....I know that I have to pick them up to check them, but I don't want them mistrusting me. They have never been 'cuddle bunnies' and do not get picked up regularly, as they prefer to come up and nudge or lick me on their own terms!
Any help would be appreciated, as it's very traumatic for all of us!
Bob is the worst, and because he tends to get muckier, I do sometimes have to hold and clean him, and he looks terrified! I have tried to lay him on his back and put him in the 'trance position' but his poor little heart races and the first chance he gets he flips over and struggles to get away. Luckily I always have him on my lap near ground level. Abby nudges and nips me until she can get away and then they hate me for the rest of the evening
Is there anything I can do....I know that I have to pick them up to check them, but I don't want them mistrusting me. They have never been 'cuddle bunnies' and do not get picked up regularly, as they prefer to come up and nudge or lick me on their own terms!
Any help would be appreciated, as it's very traumatic for all of us!