2 Month old baby bunny
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The best way to form a trusting relationship with a rabbit of any age, for anyone (fostering or their permanent home), is sitting with them and allowing them to approach you on their terms. This is best done in their pen or a smaller area like a bathroom, so the bunny doesn't just run off and hide, and avoid contact. Preferably getting them there in a carrier or on their own, and not by picking them up to move them.
Rabbits are naturally curious. So once they feel it's safe to approach, they'll come and sniff and check you out. Don't pick up, and don't try and pet at first. Once the bun is regularly coming up, start offering your hand at eye level slightly to the side where they see best. If the bun feels safe, you'll get a little sniff or maybe a nose nudge. Eventually you'll be able to work up to a short forehead scritch with your finger, and with more time bun will start putting it's head down or nudging you to get head rubs.
Depending on the bunnies personality and how used to people it is, this can be a quick process in just a day or a few days, or it could take weeks or months. The more time that is spent sitting with your bun, the better it will go usually. I'd also suggest reading up on bunny body language. How rabbits communicate is very different to cats and dogs.
https://rabbitsindoors.weebly.com/bonding-with-your-bunny.html
Rabbits are naturally curious. So once they feel it's safe to approach, they'll come and sniff and check you out. Don't pick up, and don't try and pet at first. Once the bun is regularly coming up, start offering your hand at eye level slightly to the side where they see best. If the bun feels safe, you'll get a little sniff or maybe a nose nudge. Eventually you'll be able to work up to a short forehead scritch with your finger, and with more time bun will start putting it's head down or nudging you to get head rubs.
Depending on the bunnies personality and how used to people it is, this can be a quick process in just a day or a few days, or it could take weeks or months. The more time that is spent sitting with your bun, the better it will go usually. I'd also suggest reading up on bunny body language. How rabbits communicate is very different to cats and dogs.
https://rabbitsindoors.weebly.com/bonding-with-your-bunny.html
