Two months isn’t much as I’ve heard. I’ve also had my rabbit about 2 1/2 months, I got him mid-May, and sometimes I feel like he doesn’t like me that much either. I try to spend as much of my time with Louie as I can, so during the time when I’m in our room and he’s out of his xpen, I lay on the ground and watch a show, watch videos, etc. He sometimes licks me, or walks across my keyboard for attention. Sometimes he really relaxes when I pet him which is nice. It’s mostly a matter of time, just give some time for your relationship to grow, and it should. Another thing to remember, is that nobody wants attention all the time, so if she is annoyed and wants to stay in the corner, I wouldn’t push it, constant pestering might make her grumpy.

Tooth purring is a great sign! Relaxing nearer to you is also a great sign. Just give it some more time, sounds like you are doing well so far. My first bunny Bunston was a very timid boy at first, and took several months to trust me. But once he did he was amazing. I feel like the ones that make you work for it are the most rewarding. 😉

Keep up with the hand feeding, and spending time near her but not focusing on her (like laying on the ground reading, etc.).

You might have an easier time with the actual bonding if she trusts you a bit more, but be prepared for her to be very annoyed with you during the process (she’ll forgive you though). If the new bunny is more outgoing she may actually become more confident because rabbits learn from each other. You can alway prolong the pre-bonding process if you want to make sure you two have a good relationship first.

It really is so dependent on the individual bun. I adopted Apollo and Luna as a bonded pair. Apollo was always the attention seeking love bug, whereas Luna was a little more wary. It didn’t take Apollo very long at all to start requesting head rubs, Luna however would accept them but never really came over to request them even after almost a year I think. Interestingly enough when we got our first cat, it seemed to instill some sort of extra confidence in Luna and she was more outgoing and starting requesting attention after we got our cat. Now both of them will request head rubs, though Apollo is the greedy one and if he notices that Luna is getting rubs he’ll come running over for them too.

Basically it can take a lot of time, but there’s no set time because every rabbit is different.

It took Asriel about a solid year before he wanted much to do with my husband and I. We were incessant with trying to get him to feel like he was loved. Eventually we stopped trying, and a wonderful thing happened, he came over looking for attention. 3 years later and he will wake me up at 3am for all the snoot rubs, and he will scratch at me until he gets them. He’s got some quirks though, like he has to be the one to approach you, and the only places he wants pets are his litter box, the third floor of his hidey house, and the bed. Bunnies are the oddest creatures for sure.

When I’m cleaning their room.. girl is always by my feet licking me and the other one keeps headbutting and biting the dustpan while I’m on my hands and knees.
Usually feed them once the room is clean so that’s probably why haha.. but mannn it’s so painful cleaning their room….

Dorian hopped on my lap when I was checking out rabbits at the animal shelter… so we sort of bonded then and there. I think we just got lucky that way. That said we are definitely bonding deeper over time, I have had him for about 8 months now (it doesn’t seem that long!). Yesterday I came home after being gone for a few hours and got my first ever non-food related wiggle dance. He’s also better at reading me and vice versa. Oh and he doesn’t hop in my lap so much these days (I think he was just such a baby before), he’s more independent these days, but I also feel his affection sincere.

Anyway, 2 1/2 months is nothing.

Don’t loose hope! Bunnies are funny creatures, and can take a long time to warm up to you.

Thor came from a rescue and was found outside, not socialized and was very aggressive and skittish when we first adopted her. That was 3 and half years ago. In the first 6 months we saw big improvements (started accepting petting, more comfortable around us, less nipping, first flops). However, the improvements never really stopped. She’s just gotten VERY slowly more comfortable with us over the 3 years we have owned her. It’s almost imperceptible, but if I look back she has really come a long way.

After 1 year, she started coming to us for pets occasionally. At year 2 I was able to pet her in the flopped position. At year 3 she started letting me clean her area when she is in it (before she would grunt and box, and I had to clean while she was out of the room). Just lately, she has started coming over to us when we watch TV and flopping against our feet. Now she usually follows me around the apartment when I am home, a new development of the past few months.

While some buns may do that right away, it is so rewarding to slowly learn an animals trust 🙂 Your bun may never be as snuggly as some, but they certainly can get more comfortable over time and even after a long time you can see progress!