I gave the ignoring tactic a go last night and I think it worked! I put down their food and blatantly ignored them and Binky seemed rather offended and came right over and nudged my arm before he went and tucked into his food. George followed him and gave me a little sniff before going back to...
They were around 4 months old when we rescued them and they were neutered on the 3rd of October last year, so around 10 months ago. The change of behaviour started about a month before we moved, so about a month after they were neutered.
A little bit of an update: the last few days have been much better, they have seemed more receptive of treats and much less skittish. They have both been letting me stroke the top of their heads a little bit, but I don’t want to push my luck by trying to pet them more than that. Binky will move...
Thank you for replying! When we moved we were aware that rabbits don’t like change, so we made sure to set up their “home base” with all their toys and didn’t wash any of the fabric items so that they all smelled familiar. They never spent a lot of time with our old housemate apart from when she...
Hello!
Last September I rescued two young male rabbits, Binky a rex rabbit, and George a orange lion head (I’ve attached a picture of them cuddling together!) Upon adopting them I was told they had been bought for a young girl who had watched her old rabbit die, but she found having the two...