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had my lops for 3 months

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Question
hi there we were given a lops. about 3 months ago. my question is this it seems to still not trust us. i do not know if it was abused before or what. we can not pick it up he is very large. it bit me about a month ago i do not know why. can you help us we love nibbles so much, but we can not seem to get him to love us back. helpppppppppp. us please. we feed him talk to him he stays inside.  

Answer
Hi
 Dee the best thing to do is to re-train your rabbit again. This may take a very long time.

First of all what u have to do is sit with him in his cage and talk to him. Also put your hand in his cage to let him smell it. He will then soon get use to the smell.

Then after when he has gotten use to this..remember it may take a long time. After try to touch him all over his body. But some rabbits do try and run into the other part of the cage..if u have have this problem then put like a large book there to block him...this will then give u lots of chance to keep stroking him. I did this with my rabbit and it only took him 2 days to get use to it..but remember it may take longer with yours.

The once after that try and get him use to being big up..put your hands round him to show how he will be picked up and then just but some pressure on that part so he knows what it will feel like.

Then after that it should be time to get him picked. when u have been able to do this make sure u do it everyday and keep him very happy when playing with him.

Rememeber u must do all these steps everyday.

I hope i have helped. These steps have worked because i have used them on my very own rabbits.

             Good Luck    From amie