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How long did it take your rabbit to trust you?
It took about a week or so. It was such a great journey.❤️❤️❤️🐰🐰🐰🐰 Also, he started opening up to me a week or two. He did his first flop after a month I had him. I got him in November of 2020 and I am hopefully expanding his enclosure by doubling ex pens to make it a lot bigger for Christmas. I’m hoping I can get him a bunnies that lunch box, but it depends on the price, if it’s more than 20 dollars I’m just gonna get him treats, and another hide house. Just lots of improvements needing to be made I have to expand instead of free roam as we have a dog and it wouldn’t work out.
3. Months because I found my bunny or are you which is black and white on the street and I rescued him
It took at least two or 3 weeks
It took about 2 weeks for me
2 weeks!
The cage part is so important. I remember a couple years ago I made my bunnies free range and the affection they give me now is crazy. They’ll truly show their gratitude and how much they love you when cared for correctly :)
That’s amazing!!!😍😍😍
I totally agree 🐇
I agree. Cages aren't conducive to bonding. Buns in the wild live together with other bunnies in their warren. They have neighbor family bunnies that live in their neighborhoods, but they aren't bonded to those other buns. Cages are their territory, you are outside of that. So, taking away that cage puts you in their territory. Eat with them, feed them and groom together in the same space and they bond if they feel safe. Mine will even bring me her food to share. They are very different when free roamed and not caged.
@@alethaandvorpalbunny side note, your bunny looks adorable
@@ChikinKween Thank you, she is amazing.
I've started letting them eat pellets out of my hand and that really helps with the bonding process! My rabbit thumper, i put him in my room at night, he started jumping on the bed and sleeping there with me, and will occasionally wake me up with bunny licks. honestly the best way to wake up.
Wow! My bunny just licks my legs and feet, he completely ignores my hands🤨
@@baboon820 he licks my face but sounds like your rabbit likes feet 😂😂😂
Yep😅
My bunny's name is Thumper too! That's nice
i just started doing that to! i hope she will trust me more with that
My daughter had a rabbit we got when she was pre K. She quickly lost interest in the bunny. The rabbit's name is Chokura which is Japanese for chocolate--we lived in Japan, go figure. I moved the rabbit into my home office. It was a cage and I saw in the video that's a no no. I let Chokura out every time I was in the home and started noticing that after a few weeks, she was always around me or had me in her line of vision. If I was in the office she was relaxing against the closet doors. If I was in the kitchen she was half in the office and half in the living room where she could see me. It made me mindful of the prep work I did in the kitchen. I'd use enough parsley for the meal and give the rest of the bunch to her and she loved parsley. Normally I wouldn't trim the leaves off of celery when making chicken and dumplings but after she came into my life I would just to give her a treat. She lived twelve years. Towards the end, she had head tilt a couple times. Rabbits are subtle in their affection or maybe that's just my perception. After she passed, I'd be halfway to my office with vegetable trimmings before I realized she was gone. I promised myself that I wouldn't shed a tear when Chokura passed but it turns out that on the day she did pass, some jerk was in the kitchen cutting onions.
Rest in peace chokura
😂😂some jerk😅
@@Icymissy7i hate to run the vibe but the translate is……
Literally the first day😂 the immediately I brought him home he wanted to be on my lap constantly and he fell asleep right in my arms like a furball so cute🥰
Are you Snow White or what
@@pupka173 Maybe?👀👀
Same!
Love!!!! Same
Mine started tackling me it's me first time so I understand I can give him the free range cause I have kids in the house and they might hurt him and he might hurt them
I got my bunny online for free, she was being abused, I’ve had her for 1 year now and she still doesn’t fully trust me but we made a lot of progress, I know its going to take time, I cant wait for her to love me as much as I do
It will happen in her own way. It's great that she has such a loving person with her.
@@erkheth but i cant believe s That someone abused it like whats the reason all the rabbit does is just hop around and i guess it poops around the house and stuff but still its not like a dog that'll bite stuff like it wont destroy the pillows or something so Whats the reason
I'm still slowly gaining his trust :) I've had him for just under a year and I don't know what he had been through before but it seems like he was forced to be picked up when he didn't want to and was being kept in a cage all day. He was extremely scared and would hide all the time. I've been watching your videos for months trying to be a better bunny mom so that he has a happy life and I've learned a lot :) I stopped putting him in a cage he is totally free roaming now and he is a completely different bunny! I can see how much he appreciates it and it fills my heart with joy. He runs up to me and says hello and licks my face and 2 nights ago he actually laid down on my bed with me I was so happy! It's a slow process but he is learning to trust and I will continue to work with him every day until he lets me be his best friend! 🥰
I am soo happy that you learned to let your bunny trust you because whatever he or she has been through must have been soo traumatic for them
You are wonderful 😍
thank you for taking him in🥰 it makes me so happy that you are determined to give him a better life❤️
Oh how wonderful! I've had mine just about a year - at first kept in cage for about a month until I started learning more and watching this channel (my 1st rabbit)! Boy it changed everything when I free roamed her! She's sassy and let's me live in HER home LOL... She falls asleep when she let's me pet her but she will not tolerate being picked up or handled on floor. I let her be and just lay on floor and she'll come check out why and put paws on me to look around and either leave knowing all is well or let me pet her for a time. I'd rather have her trust not picking her up than pick her up and be afraid and hide and bite me trying to get away from my hold. We have a common respect for each other but I wish for more... I have steps to my bed that she'll sometimes use when she thinks I'm not looking LOL yes I take pics and video!
Some bunnies just don’t like being picked up :) my bunnies don’t let me pick them up often, but when I lay down they jump on me. Try putting a treat on your back and lay flat on the ground. That helped me gain my bunnies trust :D
I am buying a rabbit tomorrow since it is my birthday so I wanted a channel that teaches me about rabbits and what they need. So I came across this channel, “Lennon the bunny”. The first video I watched was “10 biggest mistakes rabbit owners do” and now I love this channel!!! Thanks for this awesome video. :)
How's your bunny doing?
I just got my bunny a day ago and she’s already coming up to me and eating treats from my hands and letting me pet her head it’s so cute! And she has never really been around humans before
Awe, i think your really lucky to have such a great attraction & positive reaction so quickly by her. My bunny is about 3 & I just recently got her from my niece & she did the same with me (letting me feed her treats by hand)& even did Binkys by the 3rd night I had her but I don't have her complete trust yet because she hasn't really let me pet her (unless she's in a carrying box) or hold her willingly so I'm still letting her warm up to me & come to me when she feels comfortable.
My first bunny was dumped by my neighbors close to my house a month after Easter. Lola stayed around my front door for a few days but would hop away when my family saw her. I actually watched your videos before having Lola so I knew to not chase but instead to lay close by in the grass and talk softly. It wasn't long before Lola would start to hop closer, sniff me and then hop on my back. I didn't try to catch her at first. I just stuck my hand out and let her come to me. The next day, I opened my front door and sat by the open door with food. Once she saw me she hopped right to me. After I petted her I nudged her butt a bit into my house. I've had her for 3 years now and she is the most loyal pet that I have ever had and it only took a couple days for her to trust me.
That is so cool, good for you but how sad that your neighbor just dumped her in the wild all alone & right after Easter. Did you name her & do you know if she came from a pet store or was wild previously? She's lucky to have come across you & I think it was meant to be.
I recently started free-ranging my rabbits only a couple days ago (I've had them three months, and before then the two of them slept inside and lived outside at day) and I've already seen a MASSIVE change in their affection towards me. In fact one of my rabbits are sitting on my back while I'm writing this😂 thanks loreli for educating me❤❤
my bunnies like to go on my back too!! :D
Is it just me or your bunny is like goinh out for sec out of cage then like NOPE IM GOING BACK sometimes my bunn is just not going out alone.
I would wanna do that too but they pee outside the cage then 😢
My bunny also used to live outside but now they live inside
It took my bunny a couple weeks to where he would just freely come to me. He came from our daughter (whom is a breeder) so he was used to being with a bunch of rabbits. I eventually had to bring him some extra bunny company. Lol ❤❤ Now I have Ducky and Palmer....named after NCIS characters
Well I’m 15 and I keep my bunny cage in my room I’m always in there lol, and I always pet him and tel him I love him sometimes I even give him some kisses. I think he knows I love him because I do so much for him and actually sometimes my bunny prefers to be in his cage when he’s tired or just doesn’t wanna be messed with. Your tips are soooo helpful! Thank you!
yeah, when his out, he can just go back there cause he's tired and feels safe and comfy, i relate
Yeah mine's got a habit of chewing on things he shouldn't (he's been eating the piping off my sofa and sometimes decides the carpet is tasty) so he's essentially crate trained with a giant dog crate on the floor. When it's open, the door forms a barrier keeping him in the living room to limit the mischief he can get into, and when I'm home, the door is open to his pen and I'm usually in there with him because that's where my laptop lives and where I do a lot of my crafting (had to switch to wireless everything cause he kept taking the cord off my trackball, and he likes to steal craft supplies so I have a rolling plastic caddy to keep him from running off with everything). But even with the whole living room at his mercy, he mostly just sleeps in his crate, comes out for food and zoomies, has a nap on the carpet after licking my hand for a while, then eventually goes back to his crate and sleeps all day. The crate is his safe place and if anything scary happens, he books it back there.
It took my first bunny a few weeks to fully trust me, she would jump on the bed and kiss me everyday, she sadly past away last year and I adopted a new bunny 3 months ago, this little lady is much slower at fully trusting me but all I can do is be patient and love her more 🥺
Any updates on the new bunny?
I took about 2-3 months, The previous "owner" had her in a small cage.... In the first 1-2 months when we got her she was free rooming when we were home (cage we had he in a about 55square ft). And after that she is now 100'% free rooming she has about 1400 square ft of free space... Rabbits are amazing and show so much love!!!
So sweet that you gave her a new life, and she loves you as much as you do her. One of ours is a small cage rescue, he's come such a, long way.
@@erkheth I am so sorry for the late reply!!! i never thought that rabbits could be such a loving and have such a emotions. Our Luna i think, She is living the life and is so spoiled and she is living the life as a rabbit should do, Free rooming and enjoying life at it should be :)
Our rabbits being caged for such a long time.. It's my sister's rabbit btw, and she never let the rabbit go out.. She just left it in a cage, the cage is big but I feel bad for the rabbits being stuck there for like 2 years.. They never have the chance to play, run, jumping and have fun 😢 I feel bad, so today I decided to let them go out but inside our house.. They look so confuse as scared to walk cuz they've never been out before 😭 I don't know how to make them comfortable and be friendly :( There are 2 of them (Choky and Kimi)
Do you have any tips to slowly give them free roam? I don't wanna make a mess of my house lol. For now I keep them in cage only for sleeping and let them play outside when they're awake
@@kunsagita7556 I Did the same in the beginning, And later like every second night i keep the door for the cage open and after about a month it was always open. I think the most important thing is to learn the rabbit what it can do and not to. And when it does something wrong, don’t shout…. For me it was enough to say her name in a more decidedly way… that worked for me at least:)
Even though the cage tip is super important, it's still a good idea to get a BIG cage with at least three floors in it as a safe space for your bunny in case you have other pets roaming around. My bunny always climbs up top whenever the dogs start barking so that he's in a safe distance away from them
She meant that they should be free roamed
@@preethyvibin they know that
My rabbits have a tunnel under their cage which is pretty much a rabbit mansion, they get there through a hole
@@sironianmapping are they free roamed
@@preethyvibin Around 98% free roamed, We put them in their age when nightfall arrives
I was seeing this video with my bunny licking my hand😭💖 aw my heart is melting! Btw little tip: having a carpet is extremely important, on regular wood floor or others slippery floors is really uncomfortable for them to jump and run. I recently put a carped on my room and the difference is huge! I never saw him jump like that !❤️
I commend this lady for being so caring and gracious to tell the truth on the proper care of rabbits
Ive been binge watching your videos the past couple of days. I just recently got my very first rabbit. A family member purchased a rabbit for her kids on Easter (trust me I know) and kept it in a cage pretty much its entire life. Its known nothing but kids screaming and grabbing hands all its early life. It might sound silly but the car ride to my home I could feel the rabbit just relax and sigh as if he knew he was headed to better conditions. He was super skinny when I first brought him home but with a proper diet he's doing a lot better and has quickly become my companion. He follows me around like my dog used to.
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Just got a friend for my little bunny 🥺 The affection they give to me and each other is just amazing 🌟
How did you pick the friend?
My bunny stands on my dog like a step ladder to reach high up things and my dog is just like "Ok".
I bought doll houses for my bunnies so they have a fun space to be they love it. I found one with a media room and a cute little disco ball. They are pretty happy lol. They trusted me after I gave them a safe space and put treats in their cute little house that they play in
It took around a month or two since our bunny has been free roamed from the beginning. When we first got him, we still hadn't found a cage to put outside so we litter trained him (thumper) and taught him to only go to certain parts of the house. Since he learnt all these things so quickly, we decided to have him stay indoors with us. Although at night we have him sleep in an xpen(which is also indoors).
I always look every day if there’s ANY possible uploads. I swear these vids are so helpful because my bun is scared of being picked up when I go in his enclosure. I also FINALLY cleaned his enclosure, I will say he LOVES burrowing. I binge ur best vids❤️hope you guys are having a great day❤️🐰
aren”t you worried he’ll burrow under the fence?
@@-aka-lucky9180 he lives indoors and he mostly just does it in his litter box.
I recently took a cardboard box and planted some grass in it. Filled it with bedding and bunny poop. It grew to a luscious indoor grass chunk and they LOVE tearing through burrowing and eating the grass
Rabbits need a "sanctuary space" that you respect and don't invade. If my rabbits don't come out when I call them, they have a right to their space. 99 percent of the time, they'll at least come out part way to get a pet or two. Rabbits give respect when they get respect. I have one rabbit that gets angry and afraid at the sound of rattling keys. I got him that way. He thumps hard when he hears keys rattling. I try to be careful, but when he's done thumping, I give him reassuring pets and he relaxes after a while. I can pound nails beside him and he doesn't mind at all. But keys send him ballistic. They're amazing animals.
Just brought home my first ever bunny, and while I've done plenty of research before the matter, watching your videos certainly helps! She hasn't quite opened up to me yet, but I can tell she's at least relaxed and feels comfortable in her enclosure (she has a large dog crate that we keep her in when neither of us are home.) Otherwise she has free range on the second floor and especially my room. She's still getting used to her new surroundings though, so I'm just letting her take her time and come to me when she's ready!
I feel the same about my bunny (i just recently got her from my niece) &I let her free roam also but it seems she's relaxed & trusts me but she hasn't really let me pet her or hold her (unless she's in her carrying box to see my niece & she does really good then) but I also just let her come to me & sometimes she'll wake me up with her cute little whiskers on my face.
heyy i might need some tips aswell so i got my 2 bunnies 3 days ago and i cornered of a big area of my room for them for now, should i maybe move the corner position from them to the door so they have the whole room to roam?
I just opened up the whole room because my bun had to share half a room with another bun. I found a home for her. I laid a blanket down and when my two cats came in and visited. Mate' my bun started doing Binky's. It was so adorable. Every morning before feed time, I sit in a tiny chair and Mate' comes over to me and greets me!!
Awe that is adorable, my bunny was also used to being around cats and dogs previously.
Honestly Lorlei thank you so much for everything, because with out you I would not have a rabbit. I started watching your videos a year ago and My cousins and I all wanted dogs, but then we saw how cute Lennon is and decided we wanted rabbits! And I thought so many wrong things about rabbits!!! I realized that they are not just fluffy animals, but they are animals with a lot of love and personality. I knew it was gonna be a lot of responsibility and care but it would be worth it! It took two months of bonding with my rabbit because he was miscared for before he came into my home. Eventually the last owner's (who were kids) "lost interest in him" what is that supposed to mean?! Anyways, watching your videos helped me to know what to feed my rabbit and what he needs to stay happy and alive. Thank you so much! I'm about to reach my one year bun anniversary (one year since I got my rabbit!) I could not have done it all without you😊 thank you for helping me take care of my companion❤️ (Ps.. my rabbits name is Hakuna and my tortoises name is Matata! They are besties for life!)
@Lorla I love their names!!! 🥰
So sweet that you have a sweet life together. Happy 1st Bunniversary! Or Rabbiversary? 🐰🎉
When I first got my bunny she was giving me a lot of stress, she would always run away, try to hide and stuff like that, but your videos always help me out. I started putting what you say into action and it took 3 days for my little companion to love and trust me. It's all thanks to your advice
You're a blessing for us , i adopted a rabbit a month ago , she's free range in my house of course and you've helped so much !
When I got Maximus he was a former breeder that they were "just going to get rid of" because of his age. He lived by himself, outside, on a farm. I couldn't touch him for almost a month and am fairly certain I am the first person to pet him. Fortunately, those hours and hours of lying on the floor paid off. It's been 5 months now and he loves being pet, we cuddle all the time, ( I'm typing this one-handed because he wants pets right now.) we share a bed and he now lets my family and people he has just met pet him. Apologies for bad grammar, one-handed is hard.
To be honest I actually believe rabbits copy their owner personality a good bit because my bunny is super calm and my friend bunny is crazy
I’ve had my bunny for a month now and he has started to show trust this week. We have been really bonding. My cousin found him stuck in a fence, so he is a rescue. I have so much love for him and I’m so happy he is trusting me and coming to me 🥰
I found Little Van Der Stoep (Netherland Dwarf) just after Easter on the sidewalk, very young. He escaped from the milk crate the first day so that part was simple. It's been 2 1/2 weeks and although happy, still skittishly standoffish. Thank you for the encouraging video, hanging out on the floor does seem to spur curiosity ;)
As a baby..immediate trust and loving. As she got older it seemed she needed to lesrn it all over and Id say right at a year before she really really opened up snd we were BFF status.
I have 2 bunnies 🐰🐰 and their personalities are completly different. Amora (Blackberry) is the adventure and binky one. He's phrase is "do you have treats?" Pudim is the shy and gromming one. He's phrase is "don't pick me up!" It took 5 months untill Pudim trusted me and the deal was: when I lay down on the floor near him I won't hold him... "just grooming, buddy" And how he loves to be groomed since he was neutered!!!
I just took in my first foster bunny and this is super helpful! I've only ever had bunnies that were immediately trusting and sweet, but this little guy was abandoned on the street and he's been with the shelter for 2 years
I’ve had my bunny for about a year now, I got her from a local shop, (I was told she was a HE and a MINI LOP) she kept growing over the next couple months I had her(she’s now about 28inches in length fully stretched out) she was already potty trained so she was a free-range when I got her home, I believe she’s a French lop, she was aggressive for about a month before starting to mellow and now she always runs over to me and runs circles around me, she still stomps and charges at me when I clean her area but she’s sitting next to me after 🥰 she’s my emotional support for sure and I love watching these videos, normally in my room with her. The info helped the bonding process so much, thank you ☺️💕
Lol very cool story. I was wondering that same thing about my bunny- I mean if she's really a female... because sometimes I get the feeling she's upset with me, & maybe she's a he but if I were in her skin I think I would be upset too nomatter if I was a boy or a girl with a name like Ashtray Lmao (it's nondescript) but I didn't name her, I got her from my niece who says she named her after one of her favorite cartoon characters. Although it is kind of fitting only because she is all black except for the bottoms of her little paws & feet, they are fluffy & dark gray, she's so adorable. How did you find out she wasn't a female or a French lop (I think I read)?
I've been waiting for this video for so long! I thought my rabbits hated me. I've been letting them come to me a lot, but after watching this I think I've been accelerating my love too quickly on them. Thank you so much!!
It took me a couple weeks, she was my bfs bunny, and I watched her for two weeks while he was out of town, knowing nothing about bunny's I went to the internet to learn more, and found your channel, I thought the free roaming was so humane and I noticed how unhappy my bunny was in a cage, so I bunny proofed my bedroom and set her free, as soon as I let her out of her cage to free roam, she was so greatful and sweet, it was like she knew I was freeing her, and she knew she could trust me, she now runs up to me and chases me when I walk around my bedroom, she loves to climb on me and try to nest in my hair lol and we love watching cartoons together ❤ thank you so much for all the bunny knowledge it sure changed my bunny cuddles life forever, we are forever grateful, thank you.
I rlly love this channel so much! my rabbit is such a sweetheart but he is kind of shy so this channel is so helpful and important to me! love y’all’s channel!
Got me a Bun, he comes home on the 19th. I cannot wait!!! Thank you for making these videos for us first time owners 🥰
I bought a bunny two months ago and she started to love me after one month. She loves to sleep in my lap, I am very happy with her
My first bunny trusted me a whole lot!! She was my baby girl and I’ve had her since she was 2 months until she was 7 months. She unfortunately passed away from a blood clot after she was spayed… My new bunny is a rescue and he’s still warming up to me! He’s getting there ever so slowly and I hope one day he trusts me to take care of him
Im so sorry mate, were all here for you. Glad your having a good time with your other bunny :)
I’ve had many free roam rabbits and my 8yr old Bleu just passed away and I have a 8 week old named Elias. Bleu took a few months to become very close to me. He actually saved my life when I fell asleep cooking. Idk how he even got on my bed cuz he was so small. But he woke me up. Made us bonded for his short life. I used to have multiple bunny’s and we didn’t bond as much as just having Bleu. So I only want one at a time now. So it’s been 2 weeks w Elias and of course I think it’s gona b the same as w Bleu. He was trained perfectly! Such a good boy. Elias is devious!!! So time out of the pen to teach free roam is really hard right now. He already knows his name, and is potty trained. I haven’t found any pee spots anywhere else in our home yet!! I think he already loves me coming to me for pets. Your videos are really reminding me of things I have to do. I can’t wait til he can free roam all the time. Unfortunately he weighs less than a pound right now. He finds so many hiding places, Bleu couldn’t because he was 4lbs! Thank you for helping me since it’s been so long since I’ve had a baby bun.
Great tips I got my bunny when he was a baby and I loved him so much but my family didn't really care that much so I gave him the most attention I give him and now were best friends!😁🐇🐇🐇🐰🐰
I got my rabbit Leia back in November and she came from a rough life. It’s taken about 5 months for her to trust me a little and she’s doing really well so far! Still got a few more steps to go but we’re taking our time ☺️❤️
Aww i wish the best! ❤️
That's so sweet. She will trust you more. Our cage rescue is the same, as he wasn't socialised. I don't think that hell be as, affectionate as our unwanted girl, but he enjoys the company. And loves treats and space to play 💘
@@erkheth So proud of both of yall for rescuing and being so loving. ♥️🐰♥️🐰
Awww. My bunnies name is also Leia and her partners name is Alvin
When I first brought my bunny home every morning before I left I would sit down on the floor and have breakfast with her and I would slowly bring her bowl closer until she got comfortable eating right next to me. I also let her sleep with me I know that's not practical for everyone but I think that helped alot too.
Teach me
How to sleep with a bunny
My bunny lives in a cage, (I really don’t have much choice, it is my Dad and Stepmom) and when my dad got married early December 2022 and we moved into my Stepmom’s house, I tried to play with him at least once a day out of his cage free-roam(when I was at their house), and he quickly started loving me more and more because he associated me with playtime. Now every time I walk up to his cage, he gets the zoomies because of his excitement.
Jsut got my bunny two days ago on Friday. He is very young and I have been going through your videos to give him the best life possible. Thank you for everything!
My Mini Rex, Pippin is crazy in love with me!!🥺🥰💜💜😍🤗 He will straight up kiss(lick) me for 10min haha! Every time I sit down he races over to me and flops over so that his head/back are pressed against my leg. He also loves to play with me ha! I'll run back and forth and he dose his lil zoomies and chases me. He's soo affectionate. We've been together for 8 years so far...I hope we have a few more years together Pippin!!!🙏💕
Oh wow that amazing!! You have a great bond. Our rabbits love to chase and run with us, it's so much fun to join in. I hope you have many more years of joy together ♥️
@@erkheth Thank you! Hope you have many more happy years with yours too!🤗
My bunny likes to chase me around when I’m running. He’s just right behind me when I’m running then when I lay down he comes to me sometimes even jumps on me. 😊
Thank you soooo much for this. I rescued 3 girls and clueless. I literally sat on the floor during this video. 😂❤️❤️❤️❤️
I do have my bunny in a large puppy cage in my living room. That's mostly for his safety at night. He is a very naughty bunny and is very capable of getting himself in dangerous situations. Even after bunny proofing. But all the times I am awake and at home he is free. He has been circling me pretty much since the first week I got him. He loves me and I him. ❤❤❤
My rabbit, ironically, trusted me as soon as I got him… like literally. It’s weird because it wasn’t till a few months after that I got him, which is when I started watching you, that I realized he was in a poor environment and I had saved him from it and it shocked me how we got so attached the moment we got home. He was so open and REALLY attention seeking but it’s so adorable and I’m so blessed to have a rabbit like him because Ik most rabbit owners sometimes have to undergo a process of building a relationship w their bunny.
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First bunny: Less than a week, she came from a home where she was given everything she needed except attention, and so our attention was all she needed to be one happy girl. Second and third bunnies: Over 2 years - they were street bunnies and after 2 years of being the food lady who occasionally got to pet them, they suddenly decided to trust us and approach us whenever we enter the room! They still run away sometimes when they find out we don't have food though 😅
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Lol that's really awesome that they learned to open up and trust you, maybe they learned it from the first bunny by watching her react to you. Cute story.
i just wanna say thank you. this was so so helpful!!! my bunny and i have a whole new relationship. she seems so lovey towards me now!!! she seems so happy!!!
I’ve only had my bunny for a little over a month now and I can’t believe how much I’ve just fallen in love with her!!! She has the front bedroom to herself and her enormous cage is now a home base. I can’t totally free roam her bcuz I have two indoor Boston terriers. I’ve learned so much from your videos and made more mistakes than I’d like to admit but she’s brought nothing but joy into this new journey of my life.
I literally love when she gives me kisses. I feel so lucky to be loved by a bunny. I love this channel and of course Lennon and Lorelie as it helped me a lot to build a better relationship with my bunny. Thank you Lorelei and Lennon 💜
I got my bunny when she was about 4 months old. Shes from a pet shop. I remember bringing her in a box, i opened ot nd she wanted to jump out nd was so curious. Then she was just jumping around my room but she got rlly scared when someone came in nd wouldnt len anyone pet her. It took about a few days to kind of bond with her nd i remember her being so happy she had zoomies all over her room😆
You’ve probably changed so many pet bunnies lives forever. Thank you for everything you do 🩵🩷🐰
Really helpful. I’ve rescued a bunny who was dumped on the street. He won’t be staying forever but he has been here a few weeks and will be a few more at least. I worry he hates me or is bored. He shows a lot of signs of relaxation and loves pets but also keeps to himself most of the day. I think it’s just going to take him a bit to come out of his shell more.
Thanks to this wonderful bunny loving youtuber I've learned so much in caring for my first bunny. She's a lion head so fluffy and as soft as silk and her fur smells so good hehe! Ive learned how to potty train her now I let her hop around the house and I leave her cage open so she can go in when she has to go potty, eat, or sleep in her little hut. I only leave her in her cage when I'm not at home since I'm afraid she'll chew on cables when I'm not around. Her favorite treat is grapes. Everytime she sees one her little eyeballs pop out and she hops around in excitement! She loves to be carried and licks my chin and cheeks. She does not get nervous or hop of my arms since she was hand raised as a baby. I also took her to the vet for the first time and she is in very good health thank God! I never knew a rabbit can have such a big personality despite how tiny they are! Ive had cats before and tbh this bunny is way more affectionate! I just need more tips on how to train her to not pee in my bed lol! Sorry to share so much info I just wanted to share how great it is to own a bunny!!
Maybe she goes potty in your bed because she can’t hop down from your bed and go to her box?
I've had two male rabbits for over 8/12 years Max and Pushkin (Pushkin passed away two weeks ago). I think my relationship with them has been more like father and sons. They were friendly competitive with each other, and we'd play some games with each other. I would put a treat in my fist and have them pry my fingers away. I would fill up the treat ball, and we turned it into a sacred ritual, where they would close their eyes and snuggle with each other as I stroked them with the ball. One was always more impatient and so excited he was about to pee, but I wouldn't drop the ball until they were perfectly still - and then when I dropped it, they'd go nuts. I would rough house with them lightly, which they seemed to like as a game. They would jump up and over me while I was on the ground, doing core work, or yoga. A few times when I'd do bicycles, they would be on either side going up and down with my feet! They were fun to feed by hand - aggressive, but oh so gentle and they never bit (well, Pushkin bit me once after I gave him eye drops, but that was my fault). However, they were never super affectionate. The liked the occasional petting, but not too long. A few times, they would jump up on me, but not for long. Mostly they seemed to just enjoy being near me and watch me. They would run around the house, do a flip, and stare at me asking for approval ("Yay, Pushkin!). Then Pushkin had a seizure a few weeks ago, he got steadily worse, and we had to put him to sleep. When I started talking to the vet about it, he started quivering with spasms. I really realized then how perceptive and connected he was with my emotions. I petted him and talked to him, telling him that I would be there with him until the end. He calmed down, and died peacefully. All the times before at the vet, he was such a rock star, as he was so cute and charismatic and knew it, and he loved women. Leaving with him dead was tough. He was a wonderful little guy, and I miss him. Max seems to be recovering from his mourning, but he no longer wants to play. He is considerably less excited about treats. My sister got him a stuffed toy rabbit, and it's worked - he's bonded with it and cleans it all the time. But, he doesn't want to play anymore. He's nearly totally blind, has arthritis, and has some of the same signs of e. cuniculi that killed his friend. He flops down and sticks his legs out, so I know at least he's relaxed. He's stopped using his litter box, but I can't get mad at him.
For me, it actually took about 3 weeks! Her name is Poppy and she is a bit territorial but once she gets used to you and her surroundings, she can be the cutest, sweetest, fluffiest bunny in the entire world! By the way Lorelei, you have made a big impact on me and I hope you stay the fun, caring, craziest bunny lady in the world! You and Lennon always bring a smile to my face😊
My bunny is actually a outdoor bunny so I always have to carry him inside if I want to be with him. And he doesn’t like when I carry him inside but when he is inside he loves it. I always hear like a sound and he goes into loaf check.
Thank you! I’m watching my friends bunny for a week! ❤
it’s been a month since my bunny mocha became roam free i got him in june , before he did zoomies in his playpen but now he goes crazy & does so many binkies 🥺 he always licks me & will push his nose under my hand so i could pet him. i’m so glad he’s a happy bunny
Ooo what’s his name?
@@rusbika378 mocha-mochi. it’s cheesy but i wanted to name him mochi but he was my sisters bunny so she named him mocha. so we just call him mocha
@@samantha-cr9si mochi mochi is the cutest name ever oh my god
My first bunny trusted me immediately, I found him outside and he was already litter box trained. My other baby who was from a rescue it took her nearly 4 years for her to trust me fully. Once my Alfie boy passed after a few months without him she finally started letting us in and giving her the affection that Alfie used to give her.
Keep your bunnies away from my dad. His jokes to cook my angora are no joke😂😂😂😂
my mom bought me 2 bunnies earlier for my birthday and my mom said when they got kids and the kids grew, she will cook them😢
I only got my bunny recently and I absolutely love them. They came from a home where other bunnies used to nip and hurt them. I’ve been leaving the cage door open for a little while and sitting on the floor while the bunny just kinda wanders around and they’ve started nudging my back every now and then or sniffing my jand or something. They are lovely and settling in great. They’ve started to sort of just jump back into the cage and lay down while you rub them as if to let you know they’re tired. I will 100% be watching your videos on bunny care ❤️❤️❤️ Edit: we don’t know the gender that’s why I’m saying they/them
Thanks to Lorelei and Lennon, I originally got my first bunny in 2017, and it was super timid, scared and shy. I tried many ways to let it come out of its shell, and only when I got him a bunny companion, let him free roam and let him approach me, he started acting like my other rabbit Oreo. This channel really helps out a lot, so big props ^^- Reya
My bunny was 4 months old when we got her back in February 2021, now she's almost a year old, and we have such a big bond.
I got my first bunny as a little kid named Thumper. She was not tame, and I did not know enough about bunnies to earn her trust. I wish I had the Lennon the Bunny channel to help me out!! What I ended up doing is giving Thumper to grown ups who knew more about bunnies. A couple years later one of my dad's law students had a bunny (Lubby) she was seeking a home for because law school was taking too much time. She couldn't give him the attention he needed, but I had time. I was patient and more knowledgeable by now, so I did a lot of things differently. Many of the changes are consistent with the advice in this tutorial, and my experience was similar to yours. Instead of housing him outside like Thumper, I kept Lubby in my room. That not only helped him get used to me, but it also spared him from all the scary outdoor noises that made Thumper feel like she lived in a dangerous world. It made his temperment calmer and that made him easier to tame. The other important thing is I accepted that he preferred to keep his feet on the ground. I waited to earn his trust before I held him, and I only ever picked him up to transport him. Another change I made is that I started giving him his veggies and clover by hand. I wanted him to know where his food was coming from and know I loved him. He turned out to be an amazing, bunny! He would greet me jubilantly and ask for pets whenever he saw me. He'd also reciprocate by grooming me. He was so cute. A year later, I took him to pick out a wife from a bunny rescue. There he met a bunny named Lissy, and it was love at first sight. I socialized Lissy the same way as I socialized Lubby, with the same result. ❤❤❤ These bunnies were my constant companions from middle school to college. I plan to adopt more bunnies when I have my own house some day. In the mean time, I'm learning all I can.
Me and my boyfriend just adopted two bunnies! We are keeping them in a big cage for now just for them to get to know us, the goal is for them to roam free around our apartment 😊 wish us luck!
Words cant describe how much i am thankful for this youtube channel ive been subscribed for a long time on one of my other accounts but i cant tell how much im thankful for how much you've teached me about bunnys, not to long ago i found a bunny in my front yard seen your videos on how to and what to do if you come across a bunny and i followed those steps and the bunny was safely returned to her owner, im really happy that i got to rescue a bunny but i could have not done without you and lennon's channel, thank you so much
It took my rabbit a day to begin grooming me. A month for him to let me pick him up. The first time he saw my cat, he wanted to go up to her and say hello. My bunny is one outgoing boy! He also loves getting to know strangers. He acts more like a rambunctious puppy than a rabbit ahaha
Thank you for all this advice! I have to clue what I am doing with my new foster rabbit all these videos are helping educate me on how to have a healthy happy rabbit thank you! 🙏 🐰
So right now I’m fostering to baby rabbits and when I took them home on the first day they came up to me and we have such a strong bond
Took me about 6 months for my bunny to hop onto my lap and request for head rubs! She loves it!
At this point bunny is my favourite subject lmao
Thank you for the heart All hail bunny queen
I have had Rabbits for some years now and they are loving and intelligent, I currently have a Belgian hare and he is my world.
My bunnies have a whole shed with a free person run and hammocks and some stairs to look out the window and they absolutely love it xx the tunnel goes into the shed and they can go in the run whenever they want
Took about 2 months to kiss my face. I found out treats on the bed really opened him up. Even though he was confident to start with. He did bite my face the first day I got him, believed he smelled my food in my mouth and was hungry. So when he snuggles he leans his mouth in my mouth area lol
i really like all of your videos they are always very informative and it makes it easier to show my little sisters how to take care of their bunnies they are obsessed with ur channel
It took my bunny only a few day until she ran up to us and started to climb all over us. I was extremely surprised when she did but still was super grateful. I love her so much and couldn’t ask for a better bunny.
I've had my bunny willow for 4 months, it feels a lot longer, but with your videos and tips I've been able to bond with her and have a wonderful relationship with her. She free roams my room, no cage (gross, cages suck) and she loves cuddling, being pet, playing and most importantly food lol. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the rabbit cause, you've inspired me in so many ways to continue telling others about proper rabbit care and pushing away the past stereotypes of caged rabbits etc being acceptable. I appreciate your hard work and love of rabbits and my baby Willow does too, I rescued her but I really do believe it was her that rescued me :)
I've had my Holland lop bun for about 4 months now too! His name is also willow!
I gotta admit that our bond got stronger since 2020, as I was working from home for over a year. I started to see how much she enjoyed our new routine. She became free-roam too. I have returned to the office, still, the stronger bond has carried through. She’s definitively more affectionate and happy
7 years it took 7 years for my bunny to trust me completely and now she's 90 years old. :)
Honestly, it's been officially a full day & my bunny seems to really trust me & wants to be close to me...She's sooooooooooooo sweet!
I love this video! I recently went through a terrible time with my bunny a week back. She had GI Stasis, and I had to feed her critical care, water, gas drops for nearly a week straight, she's recovering now, but doesn't seem to trust me anymore because of how I had to force her to eat ; - We're slowly rebuilding that trust again, and hopefully soon, she'll be coming up to me again
Hang in there! My bunny was a little off put after I took her for her emergency spay in 2019. I think she felt very betrayed with everything they had to do, but she came around and was herself in a very short amount of time (it felt like too long back then lol).
Literally in the same boat now. It sucks so bad but it’ll get better.
@@donnae9566 Thank you! It means a lot ; - People definitely underestimate how much time and effort it takes to help a bunny recover. It was a testament to my dedication to her, but seeing her chomp down on her hay and water now on her own made it absolutely worthwhile.
@@SabiLewSounds That's encouraging to hear ; - ; Thank you!
@@hannahhoover6971 It will get better ! ! I'm so sorry you're going through that right now too ; - Hope your little own will be doing binkys in no time!
My mom wants a rabbit so I watch these videos and your rabbit is soo cute!
I started free-roaming my bunny during the day a while ago (almost a year now) and that greatly changed his trust in me. It took a while for my mom and I to convince my dad to let us but when we did he just started bubbling with personality. My current goal is to free-roam him 24/7 but I dont have a lot of time to clean my room/bunny proof it, not to mention he's having a really hard time understanding the litter box. But he does give me affection and he recently started letting me cuddle more!
Lorelei you are amazing. You're videos cheer me up. It breaks my heart that everyone doesn't think like you. Tina (my bun) gives a nose twitch. Answer to question: It took about 4 months for Tina to totally trust me and our bond just gets stronger all the time. We've been together 9 months. It's so hard for people to understand the depth and character of a bun's love when they haven't lived with a free roam bun. Keep up being a starlit advocate of kindness x
It took a few weeks for Herzog, my older bunny to trust me. I adopted him from a shelter (he was abandonned outside in february in Canada! ❄️🌪️☃️). With Truffe, my younger bunny, it took only 2-3 days and she was litter trained, free roaming and hopping on the coach and sleeping on my legs... I was amazed how quickly she got to like me! ❤️
I got my bun as a baby and it took over a month . Or two of consistent work but he fully trusts me now:)
After the first couple weeks maybe up to a month or two. He was abandoned and looked really terrified when we first got him. He would just be so still and watchful and scared and shaking in his cage. Gradually, we let him roam in the house, but he seems to like to just stay in “his” room, which he basically gets to home self, besides having a good number of stuffed animal friends. We’ve thought about introducing a kitten or another bunny but at this point we’ve had him for around two years and think it’s be a good idea to introduce another bunny because we think he might fight or get territorial with it. Now he’s always oinking and running to and from his door to his room whenever we walk by, and tries to lure us in to play and show him love. Lately I’ve put down a rug in my bedroom so he feels more comfortable entering (he doesn’t like our hardwood floors) and he’ll come into visit or scratch and chew at the rug or a pillow lol
The thing with my bunny is he's very trusting but isnt very affectionate. He trusts me and isnt scared of me but wont come and cuddle with me either. Ive had him for about a year now and he had a great owner before me so it's not that he had a bad past. It also doesnt help that we cant free roam him.
Rabbits dont love humans. Stop expecting it to act like a dog. Rabbits just want u for food. No wonder so many are dumped all the time. Sad but true 😬
I have three bunnies right now, we got the two girls before the boy. When we brought the boy, Coral, into our home he was nervous for about a day or two and then he started to trust us fairly quickly after that. He was lonely in his previous home but he hasn't been alone for a moment since he came here. He either has us humans around or he can see one of the girls through the playpens. We brought the girls home together from the pet store, I know, never again I promise 💜 and they were very different, and have since started to fight and been separated until they can be spayed. Mocha is the playful one in the group, very active, drinks too much water makes us worry about her health. She felt comfortable within the first week I'd say. The bigger girl, Fudge is a completely different story. We can not know for sure but there's definitely a possibility she was mistreated or even bred considering her size. We could also be unaware of her age if she was bred. She could be mochas mother or sister. They are both completely black and gorgeous. Fudge doesn't like to be touched or held so we dont pick her up much . We do try every once in a while to practice for grooming and sort of as exposure therapy. We don't want her to be scared and if we pick her up the way you taught us she behaves very well. Thank you! Fudge didn't let us pet her for a long time, probably weeks. Months later we are able to pet her head most every day, mostly when she has food. She is eager to live with the other bunnies and I think she will be very happy. It seems like she misses mocha and she's gotten very comfortable with coral since it's all on her terms. She basically has her own room in our closet and is the bunny that runs free the most because I can't stand closing the door. She never can't go to her own room and now she mostly chooses to lay next to the other two and they all will mirror. Coral has a bad grooming habit and pulled a lot of mochas fur out and she just let him, all through the gate. Fudge chooses not to get so close but her and mocha still argue through the gate occasionally. We have an extra short gate that we use to keep Coral from pulling mochas fur and to keep the girls from reaching eachother in an argument. We think mocha went through puberty and got mad at Fudge and now has all these hormones and they poop everywhere because they all get territorial. Even cleaning it up every day Coral will get mad that we took them and purposefully poop everywhere again lol. The girls are a lot better but still mark the territory. They rub their chins on everything and everyone. They all can see eachother through the gates when they eat and they sit close. All the bunnies still trust us at different speeds, and they have favorites with eachother and us humans. Coral seems to like me a lot, mocha loves my husband the most, and fudge has been letting our 6 year old daughter pet her head a lot lately and will visit our daughters room many days on her own. We think Coral and mocha will be a couple, they basically live together all the time and always want to play and mirror eachother a lot. Coral thumps every day because he wants to be with the girls and we won't let him until he's spayed and he is super frustrated about that. It will probably be easier for us to bond with them when they are bonded together and we can let them run free all day every day together. We will have to save about 1500 dollars to have them spayed and neutered and I learned they can still get pregnant for a month after. Gonna be a while but we will get there! We love our bunnies and learn so much from you that's making us better bunny parents all the time. Someday when they are all bonded and happy and roaming free I'll have to send you pictures, maybe you'll rate my setup :) thank you for everything!
Gosh $1500 for 3 rabbits? Wow! It’s about $130 to spay or neuter a rabbit here in arizona..well that’s a lower end of course
How are they all doing now? 😊
@@mountainviewvintage386 I had them for a couple years but my kids kept letting the boy out to see one of the girls. They had 11 babies in two liters and I was already getting help from the humane society to re-home them when the second pregnancy happened 😭 I love them all so much still and if I could I would keep every single one of them but they multiply and I can't handle it until I have my own property and my kids are old enough to understand they can't be let out. I was and still am heartbroken that I couldn't keep any of them but I know they got their surgeries and went to new great homes and the parents of all those babies got their surgeries then bonded and re-homed together :') someday I'll be able to help a lot of bunnies and I want to become a vet so I can do surgeries and help them better myself, maybe start a low cost pet clinic or something I'm not sure yet. I only have my cat at the moment and it's going to be a long time before I have a home I can take care of bunnies in but I'll have bunnies again and I'll do it right next time for sure!
@@mountainviewvintage386 must be nice, it's at least $600 here in Ontario last time I looked about a decade ago so it's probably a lot more now... now I always get rescues cause they're done before they adopt them out...
Im getting a Holland Lop not to far from now and these tips might do a lot for him. Thank you!
I got my first bunny today. Thank you for your tips. I love love love your video ‼️ 🐇
Took me two years about , and tbh I thank your channel for it! Even though Lulu isn’t my bunny , she is my bunny sister our bond has been at it’s best now that I have more knowledge on bunnies! Before she used to run from me now she kisses me or asks me to pet her in the cutest way! 🥺