Question;
So yesterday I went and saw someone's rabbitry. Their rabbitry was amazing. This lady had them tamed so well that some of the rabbits would come right up to her and be fine with it. They weren't shy or afraid (mostly).
The rabbits I bought previously are like the opposite, very afraid and skiddish. And bolt if you even come close to touching them.
I'm wondering what it takes to tame them, and what kind of window of opportunity I'm looking at for that?
I don't necessarily need them to be the most tame, but it would at least be nice if they wouldn't try to run for the hills at the first sign of a hand gesture.
And is it easier to train them to accept humans when younger? Or do they have better human acceptance when older? Does the window of opportunity close when they are getting older also?
I wonder how much you can bend their personality away from being easy to bolt from humans also?
So yesterday I went and saw someone's rabbitry. Their rabbitry was amazing. This lady had them tamed so well that some of the rabbits would come right up to her and be fine with it. They weren't shy or afraid (mostly).
The rabbits I bought previously are like the opposite, very afraid and skiddish. And bolt if you even come close to touching them.
I'm wondering what it takes to tame them, and what kind of window of opportunity I'm looking at for that?
I don't necessarily need them to be the most tame, but it would at least be nice if they wouldn't try to run for the hills at the first sign of a hand gesture.
And is it easier to train them to accept humans when younger? Or do they have better human acceptance when older? Does the window of opportunity close when they are getting older also?
I wonder how much you can bend their personality away from being easy to bolt from humans also?