New Rabbits

[yasha2802]

It's been a bit of time sense I last posted that I wanted to get a bunny and making sure I know what items to get. Well I finely got 2 about 5 hours ago. 2 hours before I when to bed should still be a sleep but can't seem to.

The mini so far is a sweetie she runs up to my feet to smell me. She lets me pet her however she kind of (how to describe this) locks down a bit like maybe shes a little unsure of being pet. She took a treat from my hand. I also have to say shes unbelievably soft. I just want to cuddle with her and pet her. I did have to hug her once and she wasn't trying to get away or anything even no trying to kick didn't leave me when I sat her back down but I don't think sure really liked my doing so, more like she gave in and wasn't scared or mad after.

The lion head is a different story I can't go by her without her getting scared. She also seems to want to hide in the litter box off all places. When I walk by the littler box she jetted into the food bowl. She has other places to hide but she seems to want to stay in the litter box. Won't take a treat even if I lay it in front of her and walkaway.

They're new like I said only 5 hours here so being unsure or scared is understandable but the way the lionhead only hides or tries hiding in the litter box while the mini is running around, coming up to me and checking everything out makes me unsure. Is it just that the lionhead needs time or do I have to go about her differently? I don't want to make her more afraid of me and get off to a bad start.

Should I just not pay any attention to her and go about what I'm doing still sitting on the floor to say hi to the mini and just hope she watches and sees its safe or should I lock her in a cage with the mini or by herself?
I know the past owner said that they rarely got out of the cage because of a work schedule and that's why they were rehomed. I don't know the cage size or any more info about it other then they were caged together.

They both don't have names I'm thinking Twix for the mini but am waiting till my Bf sees them. I stayed up to get them and he when to sleep (like we both should have). If anyone has name Ideas they'd like to leave go ahead. I'm not set on the name its just the 1st I can up with I fond possible and I have no idea on the lionhead's name.

Pic time

 

[Catlyn]

Your situation seems completely normal. From reading others' experiences, i think that your lionhead is more shy than the other and it's only natural. Give them some time to get used to their new home. If they had little to no out-of-cage time, then it may be that these rabbits were just not interacted with enough, so miss lionhead may just be very skittish. See how she does for a couple of days, talk to her calmly, sit next to her while minding your own business, maybe scatter some treats for her. If your house is bunny-proofed and the girls are fixed, you can leave the cage door open to see how they react. Start off by giving them a small area to explore, see if that makes your bun less timid. If she decides to venture out one day, you can try laying on the floor and doing nothing. Your buns will inevitably get curious at one point and may come investigate you. Then things will go well.

Our rabbit is a well-socialised bun. When we brouhht him in, he would stay in his cage for two days ONLY because he had no carpet to step onto. After that he got curious about anything and everything, not minding others at all.

Hope it all goes well with your buns, they're super cute and i think Twix would be a great name for the mini, for the lionhead i would call her Ash 'cause her coat is so similar to the color.

 

[Hermelin]

Cute bunnies, myself own skittish bunnies.

My bunny Odin as a kit always hid from me and only came out at night. Took one month for him to flop and cuddly up in my arms. But I had spent most of my days with him around 10 hours socializing everyday.

I didn’t have much to do when I only had one leasson everyday and didn’t live at home, so I spoiled him a lot because he was my only friend. The dilemma of a shut in person

He’s still a skittish bunny but he have been socialized a lot so you can’t find the skittish part of his personality. Except he can be easily frightened and he only feel truly relaxed in his cage or up in my arms.

So spend time, let them eat from your hands, lay on the floor or up on the bed with your bunny and let her explore you. So she learn you are not dangerous and safe.

Let her take the time to know you, it takes a few months to bond with skittish bunnies.

So don’t force yourself on her and don’t lock her in a cage. Try to interact with her after a week or lure her with a bit of food, try to hand feed her every time during a meal. It will help a lot, when she associate you with something positive.

Cute names:

Lily, Violet, Iris & Poppy :3

 

[yasha2802]

Maybe this will sound odd but I gave them the bathroom to run in. They're not potty trained and it has linoleum floors with rugs. We also have cats and they never met a rabbit so I didn't want to leave the rabbits in the x-pen while I was a sleep. It has no top so cats can jump in. I had a indoor out door cat once that killed wild rabbits so I'm a little scared of the rabbit cat meetings. My plan was to give them the kitchen/dinning room to live in. Nice space not to blocked off from anything. I'm thinking I should let them calm down where they are and then let the cats see them. After all that move them to the front of the house.

I should also add they used to have a little 3 year old trying to grab them and poke at them. I think he may have liked the lionhead more and that's park of her problem. If I just sit on the floor the mini will come over and check me out the lionhead will start going to the mini see me and back away quickly.

There both sadly not fixed and only about 6 months old. I wanted a older bunny but this owner seemed to really have there hands full and I really liked the look of the pair. I asked about them and left it there till the last day where they had to go and no one else got them.

The last one I was interested in was a older bunny in need of a home that came from a good owner that checked stuff out and that person didn't trust my dogs having never been around a rabbit before. I fully trust my dogs but can understand that person not believing me and taken the chance. I tried explaining all the little animals they have been around from kittens to cats (have raised and rehomed kittens in need) to a raccoon we cared for for a few days till we found a rescue and cant forgets birds and parrots. My African Gray has walked around on the floor with them so think they're more then trust able.

So far they don't seem to have any interest in these new guys. There not at the door trying to check them out and when I took the mini to the couch one of the 2 dogs came up sniffed and left, the other just watched. The mini btw was just like let me check this place out. She is VERY curious no fear wanting to see everything she can. 1 off our cats came a did a little sniff and left so were going to slowly get there. There's one cat we have I'm the much unsure of hes a feral that picked us to live with. He just popped up in or bathroom floor when we were working on replacing it. He has lived outdoors his whole life and has stayed around our house for about 3+ years at this point. Finely came down and let us touch him and started living inside only a few mouths ago. He's a hunter of toys so far. Our other cats run away from rats (used to have a pet rat) so don't think they will be a problem.

Maybe I got carried away and type to much again sorry. My BF thinks Twix and Ash sounds good. I looked up a gray candy bar just to see if I could name them in the same candy bar set and came u with zero bar my BF doesn't like zero as a name lmao.

 

[yasha2802]

So I got them both on the couch with us and they seem to have calmed down for now. Ash is still very jumpy and doesn't really want any touch while Twix has trained us to pet her. She is even putting paw on us and fully jumping on me.

 

[Catlyn]

It's great to read that Ash has been building up some trust and it seems that Twix is showing good examples. So far so good!

 

[yasha2802]

I wanted to upload these images with the post earlier and my phone didn't let me so I'm finely getting around to it now.

Twix definitely looks happy and calm. Shes VERY VERY let me see everything but also stops for loving. We had her with us on the couch for a while and she decided to lay down. Looks like a happy bunny laying there to me.



Ash also laid down but I find the way she has her feet odd. She also jumped up and bolted when touched. She did join Twix and small my arm but wouldn't let me move without spooking. Every time I even open the door and look in on her shes a un-moving ball of fur. I don't know if she has ate or drank anything or not. I'm guessing maybe she has when I'm not around but cant guarantee it. Shes always balled up in the corner of litter box.




I do also have a question about something Twix was doing to Ash while they were on the couch. My BF thinks it was play but I'm not so sure. Twix was running around biting at Ash's tail area. Ash seemed like she just wanted to get away but didn't want to go by us. I've seen Twix clean Ash's head before and they seem like the like to be together but dose that sound like Twix wanted to play or was being mean?