MichelleandThumper
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I got Willow just recently. I don't know what happened to her before she became a part of my family or if that's just the way she is. She is so skittish and scared of any human interaction. I know that usually rabbits hate being picked up but Thumper doesn't like being picked up and he doesn't run away whenever I pet him or walk past him. So I really do think she's scared of us. Whenever I go to pet her she runs off before I can get my hand to her back. when she doesn't run and allows me to pet her it's almost like she's too scared to move because she doesn't move an inch. She was like this when we got her. I know it's not ideal to pick rabbits up often but she's on the top half of the cage and their play space is in the basement. Their cage is upstairs in the bedroom with me so that's 2 flights of stairs to go down to get to the basement so I need to carry them down. Thumper doesn't mind being carried but he prefers not to be.. Willow will try to jump out of y arms which scares me because she's still a baby and she's still a little skinny to be jumping out of my arms. She was so skinny when we got her that when I picked her up I could feel every bone. I suspect she wasn't treated very well because the owners were so desperate to sell her and her litter mates that they just dropped them off at the pet store in a tiny cage. So is there any way to get her to trust me? I don't care how long it takes to earn her trust. It breaks my heart to see her so scared. A list of trust exercises would be wonderful to have