Should I get bun a harness?

[Mariam+Theo]

I don't think there is anything wrong with taking a social rabbit outside on a harness. Do not take a shy rabbit away from its home because the stress can cause it to go into stasis. If your rabbit is social and has been properly trained to use the harness correctly, it will most likely be fine. I trained Theo to use the harness when he was a baby and now he loves going on walks.
If Jasmine is not wanting to wear the harness, invest your money in a nice large portable playpen, as everyone else has already said.

 

[Jasminebunny]

I don't think there is anything wrong with taking a social rabbit outside on a harness. Do not take a shy rabbit away from its home because the stress can cause it to go into stasis. If your rabbit is social and has been properly trained to use the harness correctly, it will most likely be fine. I trained Theo to use the harness when he was a baby and now he loves going on walks.
If Jasmine is not wanting to wear the harness, invest your money in a nice large portable playpen, as everyone else has already said.

Yeah , she's really social
I will continue training harness , if she doesn't like it I will try playpen again , but she always attacks it , and tries to get out .

 

[Mac189]

Yeah , she's really social
I will continue training harness , if she doesn't like it I will try playpen again , but she always attacks it , and tries to get out .

Adding more toys and things to do in the pen can help prevent that behavior. I give mine a cardboard hut, some willow balls, and I'm hoping to add a dig box soon! They get so tuckered out that most of their time is spent flopped while eating grass

 

[Jasminebunny]

Adding more toys and things to do in the pen can help prevent that behavior. I give mine a cardboard hut, some willow balls, and I'm hoping to add a dig box soon! They get so tuckered out that most of their time is spent flopped while eating grass

Okay , thanks!

 

[Jasminebunny]

I know this site is not about piggies but here's their new cage .

 

[Oceanie]

Yeah , she's really social
I will continue training harness , if she doesn't like it I will try playpen again , but she always attacks it , and tries to get out .

No offense, but based on your discriptions of Jasmine, she does not seem like a social rabbit. I don't know Jasmine like you do, but please just listen to your rabbit. If she hates her harness, then listen to her. Unless she dislikes something crucial in rabbit care, don't force her to do something. It can cause stress and anxiety, which can cause even more health problems. Please, just listen to what Jasmine tells you. And also, listen to what the forum tells you. It's the majority of rabbit owners against one rabbit owner.

 

[Jasminebunny]

No offense, but based on your discriptions of Jasmine, she does not seem like a social rabbit. I don't know Jasmine like you do, but please just listen to your rabbit. If she hates her harness, then listen to her. Unless she dislikes something crucial in rabbit care, don't force her to do something. It can cause stress and anxiety, which can cause even more health problems. Please, just listen to what Jasmine tells you. And also, listen to what the forum tells you. It's the majority of rabbit owners against one rabbit owner.

Okay sorry , I know if she doesn't like it I shouldn't do it

She's pretty social , and so tame.
Doesn't enjoy being touched sometimes though.
But that doesn't make her not take , does it?

 

[Mac189]

Okay sorry , I know if she doesn't like it I shouldn't do it

She's pretty social , and so tame.
Doesn't enjoy being touched sometimes though.
But that doesn't make her not take , does it?

The level of trust needed between a handler and leash train rabbit needs to be extraordinary. Willa and I built that trust for years. Your rabbit needs to ALWAYS be comfortable being held and run to you, not away, if they get scared. Willa's signal for wanting to be done or go home is putting her front paws on my knees and so I crouch down and she can get into my lap. I always listen to her.
I will likely never trust Foxwell to leash train, even though he's very tame, because he startles easily and tends to react to stress dramatically, a risk I would never take in the field. It doesn't sound like Jasmine is predictable or comfortable being carried long distances, both of which are absolute necessities, so I don't think she's a good rabbit to leash walk.

 

[Jasminebunny]

The level of trust needed between a handler and leash train rabbit needs to be extraordinary. Willa and I built that trust for years. Your rabbit needs to ALWAYS be comfortable being held and run to you, not away, if they get scared. Willa's signal for wanting to be done or go home is putting her front paws on my knees and so I crouch down and she can get into my lap. I always listen to her.
I will likely never trust Foxwell to leash train, even though he's very tame, because he startles easily and tends to react to stress dramatically, a risk I would never take in the field. It doesn't sound like Jasmine is predictable or comfortable being carried long distances, both of which are absolute necessities, so I don't think she's a good rabbit to leash walk.

Okay.
Should I keep it for my other rabbits ?

 

[Mariam+Theo]

I would keep it for your other rabbits. Just don't force it on them either.

 

[Jasminebunny]

I would keep it for your other rabbits. Just don't force it on them either.

Okay , not force.
I have a rabbit , called blueberry , I'm trying to tame him , to maybe able to harness train

 

[Mac189]

Okay.
Should I keep it for my other rabbits ?

I don't have an opinion either way, but only use it if you can guarantee that your rabbit and you have the level of trust and safety necessary to prevent disaster and make it a genuinely enjoyable experience, which I don;t think is a situation you have with any of your rabbits right now.

 

[Jasminebunny]

I don't have an opinion either way, but only use it if you can guarantee that your rabbit and you have the level of trust and safety necessary to prevent disaster and make it a genuinely enjoyable experience, which I don;t think is a situation you have with any of your rabbits right now.

Okay .

My tamest rabbit is cookie , he's fine with some fuss and I don't know about being touched

 

[Mac189]

Okay .

My tamest rabbit is cookie , he's fine with some fuss and I don't know about being touched

If there is a single uncertainty, I wouldn't risk it. You need to know everything about how your rabbit reacts and what they tolerate as well as how long you can carry them. I've had to carry Willa for over a mile before under a jacket when it started raining, something only possible because I know how she will handle it. I trust her completely and it has to go both ways... Willa knows I would never hurt her

 

[Eve84]

I know this site is not about piggies but here's their new cage .

This is a different subject but as far as I know Piggies can not be littler trained, so it gets very quickly unhealthy and unhygienic with having him free roam on a normal blanket.

For my personal opinion I find that already not very clean from the picture from what I can see.

I think he is much better of in a cage completely covered in straw and hay

 

[Jasminebunny]

This is a different subject but as far as I know Piggies can not be littler trained, so it gets very quickly unhealthy and unhygienic with having him free roam on a normal blanket.

For my personal opinion I find that already not very clean from the picture from what I can see.

I think he is much better of in a cage completely covered in straw and hay

I've heard they can go on fleece blankets.
They can be litter trained and mine pee in the litter box , I spot clean daily !
There's a few piggies in there , and they are all okay with the litter box .

They sometimes pee and poop In the tunnel but I will clean it

 

[Jasminebunny]

Some of them are younger and not litter trained yet , by the way , I can't litter train them yet .

 

[Jasminebunny]

I hope that's okay!

 

[Blue eyes]

Okay .

My tamest rabbit is cookie , he's fine with some fuss and I don't know about being touched

Jasmine, Blueberrie, and now Cookie. I thought you only had/ were only keeping 2 -- Jasmine and the baby.

 

[Oceanie]

Jasmine, Blueberrie, and now Cookie. I thought you only had/ were only keeping 2 -- Jasmine and the baby.

Exactly, that's what I also thought.