Rabbit 101 - Bonding with your rabbit
Although rabbits need to be with at least one of their own kind, it is also important that you are able to bond with your rabbits too. This is essential for health checks and being able to get them to the vets if and when it is needed. Talking Sitting in with your rabbits or near your rabbits daily can encourage them to come to you, talking softly with lack of movement will let them get used to your voice and know that you aren’t all that bad. Sitting Sitting in with your rabbits will encourage them to explore you and get used to your scent and voice, firstly try not to say or move. Once they get used to you, then the next time you can talk softly and then once they are used to that, you can reach out, let them sniff you and stroke them on their head, they may even start to lay next to you or bow their head down for you to stroke them. If they are really not wanting to engage with you at all, you can try sitting with them in the bathtub, that way the rabbits can’t go anywhe...