Hello,

I am hoping that I will be able to get some help here. Ill
try my best to explain everything fully, but if I missed something just ask and
ill try to reply asap.

So I got a bunny from the pet store last January. Her
birthday is estimated to be in November, so I’ve had her for over a year now.
I’m concerned that I am doing something unintentional to make her unhappy with
me.  Anna is a very…independent
bunny.  I let her free roam and provide
many boxes and other bunny toys for her to play with. She never chews my
furniture and always uses her litterbox. I had her to the vet for checkups and
she got spayed when the time came around. 
She is a healthy, happy bunny by these standards. She always binkys and
preforms bunny 500’s. She is a single bunny though… I considered getting her a
friend several months ago but I honestly don’t think that she would be
receptive to it. I also started a new job and don’t necessarily have the time
to keep two rabbits apart and go through the possible few months of bonding
time. Anna still gets the same amount of attention. She HATES to be held,
though I pick her up from time to time so that she can handle it when I take
her to get her nails clipped. She gets her nails done at a local bunny shelter
because there is no way I can do them on my own…football hold/wrapped in
blanket… just not happening.

I hate to use this term but even though she’s fixed and only
lived with me her entire life… she’s just so mean. She seems territorial and
like she tolerates me because I feed her. Only occasionally she will flop next
to me or come to me for attention. Even then, she only wants to be petted once
or twice before running off.  Every time
I come near her though, her ears go back and she “growls” at me.  When I try to dump pellets or add hay to her
feeder she lunges at me. She has bitten me twice in the past week alone, hard
enough to make me bleed.  Even if I try
to brush her (offering treats at intervals) she bites and tries to “throw” the
brush or runs away from me.

I never mistreated her as far as I am aware. I’ve never
yelled at her, other than saying “no” when she bites. (squealing when she bites
does not work either) She gets fed twice a day at the same times… she gets
pellets and hay… and at night I make her a bun salad. I give her papaya and
other treats in moderation. She has tons of toys. I never go into her cage
unless I am feeding her or cleaning it because I wanted that to be her safe space.   I don’t force her to be near me if she
doesn’t want to. I don’t chase her around or make her let me pet her.

I just am at loss for what to do. I’m so tired of getting
bitten when I am just trying to feed her. I’m tired of her running away when I
just want to say hi and pet her at the end of a long day. But most of all, I’m
ashamed to admit that I am getting tired of spending so much time for
nothing.  I’ve spent so much time the
past year on the floor so she could come to me and get use to me, just doing
random activities. Sometimes I would even read out loud so she would hear my
voice. Other times I would just sit on the floor and watch tv or eat just to be
on her level, and she rarely came up to me.  I’ve had so much patience and I haven’t seen
any progress.

I love her but she’s honestly draining me emotionally a
little bit. I’m not sure how to change these behaviors. 

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