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Forum BEHAVIOR How long for a rabbit to settle in?

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    • lily2521
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        We’ve had Gizmo for about a month now.  Male, neutered, lop. 

        He’s been very friendly, nipped at us a couple of times, but not recently.  He will eat from our hands, we’ve seen a few binkies, he’ll flop down in his ‘loaf’ lay either in his cage with the door open or out on our area rug (rare).

        He still seems very skittish though, he spooks easily and runs into his home.  At night when we’re home and his hutch door is open, often times he’ll lay in his hutch instead out coming out and laying on the rug or something with us.  He’ll come out, eat, and go back into his hutch. 

        I’m just wondering if this might change with time, if he’s still getting comfortable with us?  I’d love to see him spend more time outside of his hutch when we’re home, his door is open and he’s free to come out.

        I know every bun is different, but in your experience, how long does it take for a bun to really get completely settled in, and into their routine, to where you really know their personality and how they’ll be around you, etc?  I don’t know if the behavior he’s showing is truly his and how he’ll always be, or if we’ll still see some changes, especially in spending more time outside of his hutch, even if it’s just lounging around in the living room while we’re watching TV.

        Thanks.


      • Bam
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          I know that rabbits can take a long time to get used to you, because I have a bunny (Bam) that more or less sat under a coffea-table for a whole year before he decided we were acceptable house-mates. I found him in the woods where he’d been abandoned. He’s been with me for almost 4 years now and I must say he’s been showing more and more of his personality gradually (or in little leaps, rather) all these four years. I’ve never seen such a “slow learner” if you like. It’s very charming and amusing to follow his development, because it still seems to be an ongoing process. He was not a fan of being touched, not that whole first year, and then he just changed and started to love being pet, esp on the head.

          So imo, one month can be virtually nothing for a rabbit. But once they take to you, they do. If he flops and binkies and eats from your hands I’d say he’s coming along nicely. Most rabbits will never like being lifted up or carried around, though, but some will like to lie in your lap (my Bam likes to lie in my mother’s lap, but nobody elses.)


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            Posted By bam on 8/18/2015 12:50 PM

              
            So imo, one month can be virtually nothing for a rabbit. But once they take to you, they do. If he flops and binkies and eats from your hands I’d say he’s coming along nicely. Most rabbits will never like being lifted up or carried around, though, but some will like to lie in your lap (my Bam likes to lie in my mother’s lap, but nobody elses.)

            Thanks for the reply!  As much as I’d love to hold him, I know he’ll probably never come around to that.  I would, however, love it if he’d come sit with me on the couch, etc.  He has jumped up on the couch with me sitting there, but he just ran back and fourth on the couch – right over my lap like I wasn’t there – ha!


          • hiskatey93
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              Speckles took about 2-3 weeks for us. Chom took about 4 months.

              It really depends on the bunny.

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