Bonding/Trust

[Lee]

Hey all! 

I was wondering if you could throw me some of your tips on building a strong bond and trust with a new bun. So far Si isn’t very interested in interacting with us. He is pretty engaged in the environment and will hop around and check new things out, and has ventured out of his room into the hallway also for a quick look around. He checks me out sometimes when I am sitting in the room with him. 

Will he bond better to us if he spent more time downstairs in our main living areas? I haven’t bought him down yet so as not to stress him out after the big trip. 

What did you guys find most successful

[So Fluffy Bunny]

With Laurana, I spent time with her in the den even if she was just in her cage to begin with, then her condo and then the x-pen that we finally put her in. I also let her hop around and let her choose if she wanted to interact with me or not. I spent time on the phone, reading, watching movies and when she finally wanted me to pet her and stuff she would come up and nudge me to say I’m here, pet me.

I also once I started her on vegs, hand fed some of them to her as well as spent some time petting and doing pseudo lifts with her (she still hates being picked up so I don’t do it much but enough for her to get comfy with me or my fiancee handling her.) I also took a soft brush and spent time brushing her coat even if it didn’t look it needed to be. These are just some tips that I used to help bond and gain a level of trust. I sometimes get rewarded more with kisses to my leg and sometimes her kissing my eyebrows and then tugging at the hair. ( I swear, I have a weird bun.)

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