When Beelzebunny was aggressive like that,I would sit in front of her cage, with the door open and let her come to me. I would have greens, fresh parsley, etc. when she would come out, I would scratch her nose and she loved that. If she did come out, I would take a long piece of hay and stick it in front of her, it was like a game, she would nip it off and toss. She would also toss pine cones and twigs at me, I would hand them back (cautiously cause she was vicious at times) and she would toss it at me again, it seemed to be a game. I would only give her fresh pellets,water and hay once she left the cage.
Beelza was particularly nasty when she was pregnant. She was radically calmer once she had her kits. She was a nasty thing in the beginning, my 6 y/o son named her Cutie, because she was so foul, my dh renamed her Beelzebunny after some devil or something, beelzbub. I loved her dearly and felt I earned her love and respect in the short time I had her.