Hello from Thibaud

[Thibaud Bun]

We adopted a beautiful 8 month old neutered lop boy from Rabbit Haven in Santa Cruz, CA about three weeks ago.  We also have an amazing rescue dog from the streets of Taiwan (Mae Mae) who grooms his face any chance she gets.  Thibaud (french name pronounced Tee-Bow) is an absolutely amazing bun!  Since he is our first bunny, I have been educating myself (and my husband and two children) all about Buns.  I read The Guide to House Rabbits by the Bunny Guy cover to cover.  I still have a few questions that I’m hoping to get some answers for in this forum.  Thibaud is HIGHLY social and people oriented.  He basically follows us around the house and he is only in his X-pen when we are not at home.  He glady hops onto our laps when we are sitting down and if you stroke his head, he settles right down in for a  snooze/snuggle, “bunny purring” most of the time.  We’ve never heard him thump or make any of the other unhappy noises I’ve heard about.  Just an incredibley sweet bun and we feel lucky to have him.  Look forward to getting some wisdom from this group!  Cheers

[IsabellaRobyn]

Welcome to the forum! He looks cute in your icon pic, you should post some up so we can get a good look at him!

[supierce]

 Was he immediately social?  We just brought home a year old male, unaltered-for now- and he is so unsocial it is not even funny.  He has come out of his pen a couple of times but then goes right back in.  I am working from home today and he has been laying under the table.  We have enclosed our garage to make a family room/playroom for my kids and his pen is in there.  We have 3 dogs so I have been waiting for him to become more acclimated to his surroundings before I introduce him to them.  He was kept in a rabbitry in a cage on wire so we are not having any luck with him in his ltter box either.  But it hasn’t been two full days yet.  I just had hoped to see some personality but he just sits there like a big bump on the log…  Pretty bump but bump all the same… We sit out the the floor and he just sits there, doesn’t come to us.  Hasn’t shown real interest in his food.  He has eaten a little but not as the breeder described and definitely not what I would expect a 15 pounder to eat.  So I am just hoping that he comes around in the next few days and gets some personality.  Want him to be a part of the family…

[Bam]

Supierce, he’s infested with fleas and the scent of the dogs is probably scary. His feet may be sore from the wire in the cage he was kept in. He’s perhaps not had the happiest experiences with humans. Please try to be understanding and patient. Rabbits can really teach you patience and patience is a great quality to own, I think (having myself been impatient most of my life.).

He reminds me of how my my bunny Bam was, he had a bad case of mites when I found him, he’d been left out in the woods on a pile of garbage. He wasn’t sociable either. He is now though. He now loves to cuddle. He can’t get enough. I have one dog (German shepherd) and I think her presence was scary for him. It took him a whole year to be really comfortable living here. Your bunny may not need anywhere near that time to adjust, I’m just saying it so you know they can be long about accepting you as their friends.

Sorry, I just now saw you’ve been given the advice about patience by other members.  Just wanted to give you hope, because I’ve had a really shy bun who is nolonger shy.

 

And to Thibaud Bun I’d like to say wellcome and congrats to your new friend.

[MoveDiagonally]

Welcome to BB!

He looks cute in your icon pic and I can’t wait to see bigger pics of him (nudge nudge )

@supierce – I have to agree with Bam. Even if he didn’t have all his issues he hasn’t been with you long enough to even know it’s his “home”. Be patient with your guy he’s had it harder than some. When you earn his trust all the work and patience will be worth it.

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