NEW BUNNY

[Lulu Cuteness]

Hey,
So I got the bunny today! she/he(we don’t know the gender yet) is a 4 week old, brownish greying colored lop! so first of all he’s adjusting really well BINKYING EVERYWHERE + pooping ://// but i need a couple of tips on bonding and potty training. so he’s kinda shy around me like he kinda cautiously comes up to me and I put my hand out but he just runs away!! now with theo my previous bunny he was really chill and mellow would squirm when I held him till he got a older which still at that point he would only squirm if he was hot or uncomfortable. please help if possible??? now onto litter training I need help in all areas of this! I don’t remember at all what I did with theo! our basement is like a poop haven from this bunny!!

thanks!!

[Bam]

Congratulations to your new bunny! 4 weeks is very, very young though, bunnies shouldn’t be taken from their mums until they’re 8 weeks old. It’s really sad that people will sell a bunny so young.

For litter training you put some poop and some paper with her pee on it in the litterbox. It’s best if you can place it where she/he has peed once, because they do tend to like to choose the spot themselves. If the litter box is in the wrong place, the bunny won’t acknowledge it. What’s a right and a wrong place, only a bunny can tell.

As for bonding, it’s great that she/he comes up to you, but it’s best if you don’t stretch your hand out towards her/him. Let him/her explore you without you trying to touch him/her. For starters you could even try not to look directly at him/her (very hard, bunnies are so cute. But look directly at is what a predator does before it starts chasing the bun to have him/her for dinner, so bunnies tend to be wary of being stared at). You can even lie on the floor and let him/her use you as a jungle-gym!

Food wise you should offer ad lib (=as desired) junior rabbit pellets and hay, preferably both alfalfa and normal grass hay. Water of course, but no vegs and no treats until he/she’s older (12 weeks). You can hand-feed some of the pellets though, so she/he learns to associate your hands with nice stuff.

We’ll be looking forward to hearing a lot more about your bunny!

[Lulu Cuteness]

thanks so much! your always so helpful! ill try to post a picture of her sometime soon.

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