Gaining bunny trust.

Well over the last 4 days ive been sitting out side while its been dry and just offering pellets to the buns which greedy rose jasper and Roman has gladly took, the others are so more dubious incase I catch them for bed, but im getting there. Star my baby lionhead has started to take from me but poppy is having non of it. Gertrude will not come withing a million miles of me and ive gotta run about like a idiot at bed time. Twinkle refuses to come out the hutch and sits there all day, with trusty domino by her side, and Thumper just comes over and buts me then legs it then returns in 2 mins to repeat again lol.

Hopefully the others see im nice and they start to come round lol x

Bruce does the leg headbutting thin if I am sat at the dining table. He does is to visitors to much to their great surprise and delight. Flo will accept food from me, in fact she will come running over for it, but that is it. If I lie on the floor, or if I am unwell and dozing on the sofa, Bruce like to use me as a lookout point. It is not as daft as it sounds, he is just the right weight to massage my back a bit as he plods up and down it. Flo will occasionally headbut me but that is it. But she gives me the slow blink and she chases me around if she thinks there is a chance of food so I know I am not the enemy.

4390evans wrote:Gertrude will not come withing a million miles of me and ive gotta run about like a idiot at bed time.

My big brother Smudge used to be like that with our Humum. If he saw her in the house through a window, he would run and hide

He was very nervy of the other rabbits and our Hudad too. In the end, when 3 of the girls were spayed and still dopey, the Humans brought him in and put him with them under close supervision. He is now well bonded to two of them and the other tolerates him although she rarely grooms him. Because he has rabbit friends now, he's a lot more confident with the Humans too. Humum nearly cried the first time he was brave enough to creep up and take a banana chip from her hand

Daddy Jack is still a bit mean to him at times, but Smudge knows he is faster

Definably try laying on the floor and see if that works! Rabbits are apparently face to face animals so they would rather greet your face, a hand can be a bit scary to them! Buttons loves me laying on the floor, he hops over and starts licking my nose and then the rest of my face!!! it really tickles but makes me happy that he obviously loves me!!! sadly buttons being a miniature he isn't heavy enough to give me a back massage!!! Maybe if you try getting them used to you without the other bunnies around it might help! the shy ones are so cute! they just take a lot of patience!!!

Faline won't have anything to with me at all and she has been with me for almost a year now She bolts down the tunnel whenever she sees me coming. She will allow me to rub her nose for a second or two throught he run bars but that's it. She won't come to me for food either. I know she isn't scared of me, I can see in her eyes she has no fear, she is just anti social!