Hello from Kansas City

[merlin4979]

Hi everyone. New to the forum. My wife and I have Buddy, a Holland Lop. He's almost 2 years old, and with him being our first rabbit, we're just here to learn from everyone else. :biggrin2:

 

[Buttercup n Charlie]

Gotta love hollands Welcome!

 

[woahlookitsme]

Welcome to the forums

 

[eclairemom]

:heartbeat: cute

 

[Nancy McClelland]

:wave: another laid back lop.

 

[merlin4979]

Thanks everyone. Yeah, he's great.:biggrin2: He likes to play and run around, but when he's tired...a big flop usually happens. Our only issues with him, so far, are 1. that we think he's making too many cecotropes and not eating them all, but we're working on adjusting his diet for that; and 2. he doesn't really like to be touched, picked up, etc. like we see from some other people's bunnies. Is there anything we can do to "train" him to like that? Or is 2 years old too old for him to learn that?

 

[fuzz16]

welcome to the forum Has Buddy been out to enjoy our fresh snow yet? put my bun out for a bit, but hes not as fond of it as he used to be when he was younger!

is he nuetered?

depending on what his life was before he came to you, could explain why he may be a bit anti-social. then again, he is new and it takes time to adjust and eventually wth time and lots of pateince you will earn his trust

 

[audrinasmommy88]

Welcome!!! Hes so cute!

 

[merlin4979]

fuzz16 wrote:

welcome to the forum Has Buddy been out to enjoy our fresh snow yet? put my bun out for a bit, but hes not as fond of it as he used to be when he was younger!

is he nuetered?

depending on what his life was before he came to you, could explain why he may be a bit anti-social. then again, he is new and it takes time to adjust and eventually wth time and lots of pateince you will earn his trust

Good to see another Olathe person on here!

No snow for him though, Buddy is purely and indoor bunny. He is neutered though (that certainly helped calm him down). We got him pretty young from a local breeder (who, in retrospect, may not have known nearly as much about rabbits as originally thought). He seems to like us enough, just not enough to let us actually pick him up. I can lift his front paws up, but if you try to scoop him up...he'll apparently have none of that.

Maybe like you said, it just takes work and patience. I was just making sure that we hadn't waited too long and missed the window, to where it was ingrained in him now to never be picked up.

 

[Ape337]

Well I must say Buddy is a handsome boy! And he looks an awful lot like someone I know :biggrin:

 

[fuzz16]

my buns inside too, but i put him out on the patio on nice days to get some sun in.

some buns dont like being picked up (most dont) because they are prey animals, being picked up reminds them of being grabbed by a predator so they get scared.
from day one i carried my bun everywhere (even to work with me) so he got used to being carried and he tolerates it, but rarely will come to me to sit in my lap or anything

theres a few local breeders who dont seem to know anything at all about rabbits, lol, that or breeding for wrong reason for sure

 

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