Nervous bun

[Maria & Bumbles]

So ever since I got my first bunny, Bumbles, in the fall, he’s been very jumpy and nervous. I was told to hold him, so he would get used to me, but early on read that bunnies dislike being held, and that explained why he would run whenever I tried to hold him. I had only held him three or four times, and he had fallen asleep while I was holding him a few of those times, but eventually I just stopped, because he seemed not to enjoy it very much. I started letting him come to me instead, and he seemed to be happier. He likes when I lay on the floor, he licks my face and enjoys “piggy back rides” but to this day he doesn’t like being pet or touched very much at all. Not even a little. He runs if I go near him, and only approaches me when he wants to. He’ll jump on my lap, or stomach if I’m sitting or laying down, but if I so much as move my hand towards him, he’ll jump off. I have an appointment set for him to be fixed in March, and read that he may be a bit more social and calm after… Don’t worry, he’s a very happy, healthy bunny, binkying all the time and running around, but do you think having him fixed may help him be a bit more sociable?
Thanks

[Hopper]

I would talk softley to him when entering the room he is in and offer him lettuce from your hand. Also, when you do move make sure they are slower movements and (I do this) talk to him while approaching.

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