BunnyMummy
Well-Known Member
Guys, i am looking for some advice on handling extremely timid bunnies. As you may or may not know, we have had Pebbles and Bambam since february.
We've never had bunnies before so I know we have made many mistakes in handling them, homing them, being noisy around them etc, now they are really timid and I want to bring them out of themselves.
They are in a massive double decker indoor cage in the hallway and it is always open so they can come and go as they please, however they choose to stay in, well Bambam does come out when we're nowhere around but as soon as we appear she runs straight back in and hides from us.
The new bunnies are fine and even come up to the cage to greet us, well more to see if we have something delicious for them anyway. But they are really friendy and not adverse to the odd scritch on the head.
Now that the others are coming to adulthood they have thier food measured ou for them and at several point during the day I hold the pellets in my hand in the cage and they are eatingout of my hand, more due to needing to eat than anything else, but as soon as Bamam is finisheshed she nudges my hand away to say she wants me out.
We are being as quiet as we can around thier cage and even speaking softly to them whilst holding raisins, but sometimes they'll take them, sometimes they'll run and hide.
Just as I was posting this, Bambam came into the living room and started attacking the younger buns through the bars of thier cage.
Taking the advice of another RO member I was going to put her in the bathroom on her own for the night but as I had her in my arms she wriggled, jumped down and hit the corner of the table on her way down, I am 5'3" so that's a fair way for a bunny to fall. She is running okay but I feel sick at the thought that she could be seriously hurt as they are so delicate, has anyone else had a bunny fall from that height before, because I'm really worried that soemthing is wrong, she seems fine for the moment, as in she is hopping okay, but there could be some internal damage.
Any help please??
Many thanks
Sammi and the buns.
We've never had bunnies before so I know we have made many mistakes in handling them, homing them, being noisy around them etc, now they are really timid and I want to bring them out of themselves.
They are in a massive double decker indoor cage in the hallway and it is always open so they can come and go as they please, however they choose to stay in, well Bambam does come out when we're nowhere around but as soon as we appear she runs straight back in and hides from us.
The new bunnies are fine and even come up to the cage to greet us, well more to see if we have something delicious for them anyway. But they are really friendy and not adverse to the odd scritch on the head.
Now that the others are coming to adulthood they have thier food measured ou for them and at several point during the day I hold the pellets in my hand in the cage and they are eatingout of my hand, more due to needing to eat than anything else, but as soon as Bamam is finisheshed she nudges my hand away to say she wants me out.
We are being as quiet as we can around thier cage and even speaking softly to them whilst holding raisins, but sometimes they'll take them, sometimes they'll run and hide.
Just as I was posting this, Bambam came into the living room and started attacking the younger buns through the bars of thier cage.
Taking the advice of another RO member I was going to put her in the bathroom on her own for the night but as I had her in my arms she wriggled, jumped down and hit the corner of the table on her way down, I am 5'3" so that's a fair way for a bunny to fall. She is running okay but I feel sick at the thought that she could be seriously hurt as they are so delicate, has anyone else had a bunny fall from that height before, because I'm really worried that soemthing is wrong, she seems fine for the moment, as in she is hopping okay, but there could be some internal damage.
Any help please??
Many thanks
Sammi and the buns.