piperknitsRN
Well-Known Member
I'm thinking I might just grit my teeth and "git her done" whenever the chore comes up, because today I tried "practice handling" with Olive and it... uh... did not go off so well. Not only did she manage to get out of her bunny burrito several times, I got a very indignant thump and flick of a rabbit pellet (poo) when it was over. I tried to make up by giving her a blueberry, but I'm not sure the Queen has deigned to accept my peace offering yet.
I guess what I'm trying to say is rather than harass her with picking her up and putting her in the towel as practice (when she obviously loathes the process)--I'm thinking I should just confine it to the times when I absolutely have to. She doesn't enjoy it, I don't enjoy it, and I don't want to be The Big Scary Monster who's constantly trying to get her to settle in my lap for reasons that are to her, scary and irrelevant.
Ideally I'd like to see her relax about the toenail trim, but that never happened with my other bunny, either.
Any tips or suggestions to make the process less painful for the both of us?
I guess what I'm trying to say is rather than harass her with picking her up and putting her in the towel as practice (when she obviously loathes the process)--I'm thinking I should just confine it to the times when I absolutely have to. She doesn't enjoy it, I don't enjoy it, and I don't want to be The Big Scary Monster who's constantly trying to get her to settle in my lap for reasons that are to her, scary and irrelevant.
Ideally I'd like to see her relax about the toenail trim, but that never happened with my other bunny, either.
Any tips or suggestions to make the process less painful for the both of us?