Awwww, what a cutie. Rain’s like that too. It makes my mom happy because she doesn’t have to vacuum as much ever since we got him. He licks up all the teeny tiny crumbs under the table. I make sure he doesn’t get any big things though.
That’s cool! Sometimes I think that Rain just doesn’t care about me at all, except for when I give him a treat or something. It’s nice to know that he actually does!!! Maybe he’s not ready to really outright show love to me just yet, so he’s doing it in a different way, by licking things. Thanks Ellie! As always, I’m glad for your helpful info!!

Hmm. I’ve been with Rain for almost five months now. He’s not very shy at all. It’s hard to explain. He’s very anxious, but outgoing at the same time. But I think he really isn’t a people bunny. He’s been confident with me ever since I got him, though. I’m the only one in the house who he sleeps next to, or chases, or is generally comfortable with. I’m just not sure if he’s really as attached to me as I am to him though. I think now we have established a bond of trust at least. Not enough that he will let me pick him up, but I’ve noticed that he lets me pet him for longer periods of time and even lets me touch his little feetsies. I do tend to use my hands though, which I know now is not a good idea. I do a daily bonding thing, where I lay out on the floor, and he lays down next to me, or I make him sit on my lap and eat pellets. It’s adorable. And convienient since it’s winter time. He’s like a tiny furnace! I’ll have to try the nuzzling. That sounds adorable!!!
I also have gotten excited multiple times, but he’s still a teensy bit uncertain about me. It’s all my younger brother’s fault. He’s horrible to Rain. He always grabs for him and tries to touch him, and always scares him. I’m extremely worried that he’ll cause Rain to have a heart attack or something someday. How can I get him to stop? He doesn’t listen to me, or my parents, no matter how hard we try. I don’t know how anyone could be so cruel and mean to such an innocent creature. Poor Rain never even gets mad or holds a grudge against him. He just walks away and forgets about it.

His cage is in the kitchen. It’s not anyone else who bothers him though, just my brother. He’s eleven years old. Two years younger than me. But I don’t have the time or energy to deal with him.
Luckily, he hardly comes downstairs because he’s always upstairs playing on his computer. So he really only comes down once in a while. I actually think this computer issue is what’s causing all these problems. He’s so addicted to the computer that he hates it whenever his parents are strict on him and take it away from him. So he has withdrawal symptoms, and then takes his anger out on the nearest thing, which, unfortunately, is Rain. He always somehow ends up near that boy.
It was hard enough to convince my mom that a rabbit is safe to keep indoors. Keeping him in my room, though, is something that’ll take another couple years of wheedling and begging. I’m definitely going to keep him in my room for a while after his neuter, though, because their is no way I’m going to let him deal with any kind of stress during a painful stressful time. My mother has got it in her head that keeping a rabbit in your room causes sicknesses and disease and allergies, and also it’s harder to get rid of fur and old hay if it’s stuck in carpet than it is to just vaccum it in the kitchen where there are tiles. I told her I could just put an old rug under his cage and just use a small hand vaccum to pick up any stray pieces of hay or fur.
I wish Rain had that spirit! He’s such a push over, poor baby. He’s like “Hey why would you do that? Oh well it’s okay. I’m going to lick the ground some more.” He’s a very docile bunny. I’m glad though. It makes grooming him and stuff easier.
I just reminded my parents today what fragile creatures rabbits are and they said they are trying with my brother, and will try to stop his misbehavior. In the meantime, I’m just keeping Rainy out of his way. Is there a way I could train Rain to fight back? I don’t know how I’d do that though. And it could very well backfire on me. Thanks Ellie, for all the help!!! I’ll try to figure out a way to solve this issue on my own, as I don’t think anyone here has the time to do that for me!

@sarahthegemini, it really pi**es me off too sometimes, but then I remember that there’s a reason they’re like this. From where my parents come from, there is no such thing as rabbits. There is hardly such thing as having an actual relationship with animals. They are either used for food or for work. Dogs are forbidden due to religion and cats are apparently bad too. The only “pet” is birds there. They have never seen what it is like to love an animal, and they don’t understand it at all. Although my dad is much more understanding, and just like ESB, he’s the only reason I have a bunny, but he’s working constantly and I couldn’t push him to do things like that. My mom is a stay home mom, and she’s the one who keeps the house like a house and not a nightmare. Although she does have time, her family was especially strict about things like pets. She is getting better though. I see her sometimes when she looks at Rain, and it’s that typical my heart is melting look that everyone has when they look at a bunny.
Thank you for caring so much about Rain’s well being! It means so much to me. I’m sure that by my next birthday, if not sooner, I’ll probably be able to convince my parents to let me move Rain upstairs. Most of the time my brother stays away from Rain but on his bad days, or whenever my parents are trying to discipline him, he gets like this. If I’m being honest, he does have some health issues, and my father, being a psychologist, has definitely taken note of that. We’re trying to help him.
@ESB Oh goodness, you and I are dealing with the same issues here. I’m over here with my face shining because Rain is only six months old and already fully litter trained, and my mom’s like “Ew, do something about his litter box please, it’s disgusting.” I’m like, “Mom, who’s idea was it to keep him in the kitchen? ”
@Ellie Thank youuuu! Thanks for the caring and kind words. It can be hard at times, but they are starting to understand. I knew what I signed up for when I got a rabbit, but they didn’t. My brother just started middle school, and I think that this is the time when the stress and his other issues are the worst.
Overall, thank you everyone for being so helpful and caring! I’ll definitely push my parents to let Rain come and invade my room. Oh jeez, I hope he doesn’t start the habit where they follow you into your bathroom. Just a little awkward. Then again, I DO clean his litter box and see that stuff, sooooo… Anyways, thanks again!