Hello all, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far. The question I have is quite similar to what is asked a lot but I know each bun is different. So here goes…
I have a 5-6 month old female dwarf hotot that has been with my wife and I for about 2 weeks. She is a gorgeous little bun and I think she knows it the way she looks at us like “I’m a diva and I want the world to know it.” Of course she is still getting use to us and the area. Luckily when I let her out for a while she doesn’t chew on anything, the carpet or just go crazy. She just sniffs, move, sniff, run, and lately she will sit and get comfy in one spot. Her litterbox usage is pretty decent already so I hope that sticks.
The bonding is where I am trying not to get too bummed out though. When I got her I was told she is a good girl and that she isn’t use to being picked up. I could tell the way she would try to stand on her back legs when we got her instead of just letting us hold her the way she should be held. But since last week usually what I do is I open her cage, and I sit next to it on the floor while I do class work or anything and I don’t make sudden moves or sounds to scare her. She wouldn’t come close to me, but would stop and look. A few days ago she actually came close but then ran back off kicking up her feet. I bet she was think “blah, get away from me” lol Sometimes when I try to guide her when its time to go back home, if she doesn’t run, she will stomp once while sitting alert. Which I know what she is saying to me. Today was a little different, I got close to her after she of course ran from me as usual. But I was close to her under the table, which she loves to sniff around and explore under it. And she just stared at me after her stomp, which when she does it, it is sooo cute when she is mad. But I didn’t move it was like a showdown, but what I did was slowly move a plate of hay I had put out to see if she would come close to me and be comfortable eating that close to me. When I moved it in front of her she ate and I slowly moved the plate closer to my face. She would leave but come back and after she ate a little, she actually sniffed my hand, face, and would go around and I could feel her checking the rest of me out.
I got a little happy with this, even though she still will run and hide. But is there any extra advice out there to help me with this stage? What makes it harder on me and my wife is the fact, a while ago we had a female angora and it took her a few days and she was adventurous, crazy and loving. She was always around me when she was let out. So going from that to the normal process that is taken to bond with a bun is different but I’m trying. So any help, encourage, and advice will help. Thanks Her name is FiFi