Advice please

[MochiBoba]

Hey everyone, so a friend of mine reached out to me that she recently took in a bunny from her neighbor because he was very abusive to the bunny and she can’t care for the bun because she doesn’t have the time to care for it. She said because of the abuse the bun is pretty aggressive, I plan on taking the bun in (unsure if I can even keep it because two buns is already a lot of $$ and time consuming) but I at least want to care for the bun for a few months to get it to be less aggressive so does anyone have any tips and how I can get the bun into a more trusting way and less aggressive? Once the bun is in a better place I plan on finding it a forever home because i truly can’t afford a third bun… if worse comes to worse and i can’t find any of my personal people to care for the bun forever I’d have to take the bun a shelter of some sort… honestly I don’t know what to do any advice? I don’t want to leave the bun in another home where it’s unwanted…

[jerseygirl]

Good on you for taking him in. Poor thing..
Hopefully you’ll have a better idea of what his issues are once you have him home.
In the meantime, maybe this article and video will give some pointers?
http://rabbit.org/faq-aggression/
http://rabbit.org/how-to-make-a-rabbit-less-aggressive/

One thing I will mention is take care to wash hands between handling your own buns, and him. The scent of another can be a trigger for aggressive behaviours.

This facebook page may be one you;d like to save for when it comes to finding a home, or even for further advice. They post both rabbit shelter cases but also personal rescues. http://www.facebook.com/RabbitRescueNetwork/

[MochiBoba]

it truly is so heartbreaking. Even though I know I can’t keep him forever apart of me still wants to help and rather him be with me knowing some sort of knowledge of rabbits than him in the hands of someone who doesn’t. I’d feel awful knowing that I could’ve helped but didn’t. Thank you so much for the information I will definitely be checking the links! In the end whether he ends up with me or not I just want him to be in a better place than with whoever his previous owner was..

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