How long have you had Maisy?

I had a similar problem with my bunny, Olivia, who I rescued from an awful pet store situation. The key is patience and more patience. I know it’s hard because you want your bunny to like you and spend time with you but she will come around. The best thing to do is to sit on the floor and watch a movie or read a book. Bunnies find you much less threatening at their level. Just ignore her. It may take a while but she will eventually be curious as to what you are doing and come to you. Most bunnies like attention on their terms. You could stash some treats nearby as well to give her when she comes over to you. Some bunnies take a long time to trust their human.

Olivia will now let me pet and snuggle her, as long as I keep her on the ground, and she will come over to me for attention no matter where I am in the room. She still really hates to be picked up though and have her space invaded. I’m very happy with our relationship but it took over a year to get her to trust me like she does now.

I’ve found that on some nights when I can’t sleep, I’ll turn the lights off, flip on the tv and curl up on the floor with a blanket and pillow. Mine is far from cuddly, especially in the day time when she wants to sleep but at night she is all kisses and binkies! I think that nights have been some of our best bonding times. So, you might try it at night when bun is more active.

It took 4 months for my rabbit to warm up to me. She was never tamed She does what she wants to lol.

It took Otto 8 months to enjoy being petted. After bonding him with Hannah he went back to no pets and has been that way for a year (though sometimes he seems to be better about it).

Hannah has always enjoyed pets, but is nervous by nature and was always on such high alert and not comfortable in our house. After 6 months to a year I noticed her settling down more and I find that she gets calmer over time (could also be due to age, but she was already 3 when we got her)

So don’t worry! It just takes bunnies a very long time to warm up and trust people sometimes. I think the longer you have them, the more you appreciate their subtler personality traits and the less you mind being ignored or snubbed. Haha. I do still get sad sometimes when Otto won’t let me pet him, but I always feel better when I do some other interactive thing with him, like doing tricks.

I have had Monkey 2 years, and she still hates pets. And still charges and growls at my hubby. She tolerates me more, I can pick her up occasionally, but only for tiny amounts of time. Like 3 seconds then she wiggles. lol.

So…. 2 years, still no tamed Monkey

You guys make me feel so blessed for my having my babies! They both absolutely adore (or will at least tolerate ) being loved on, picked up, put in the stroller, etc.

Bunny was mean, mean, mean when I got her, but I also kept her in the basement, only visited her when I fed her pellets/changed water, and so I can’t really blame her. Once I brought her up to my room and just sat and watched did she finally warm up.

Since Maisy is outside, what if you get a pen and just set that up with her in it, and then just lay down and read in it? I used to do that with mine in the beginning-both of them. And I still do They crawl all over me, and sometimes just sit on my back while I read.

Then again..it could just be her personality haha. Good luck though

Bun Bun loves to be petted and picked up. Charlie likes to be petted but Lilly and Mufasa like to be left alone.