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- 01/02/2013 at 5:38 PM
  Baby-Daisy
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  Well tonight we just put daisy inside, my dad always gets her because she hops in the back corner of her hutch and I can’t reach her. Well dad reached in to get her, and she bit him!!!!! No blood but pulled upskin. What should I do ?
- 01/02/2013 at 5:54 PM
  Snowytoshi
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  Rabbits will bite when scared and she probably felt cornered in her hutch. In the future you should lure her to the front so she does not feel cornered. It would also help to get her spayed as rabbits are less likely to bite because they are not as defensive of nesting space.
- 01/02/2013 at 5:56 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  You should not reach into her space and grab her, in the future. It’s her only defense to something big and foreign trying to grab her.
  This website – http://language.rabbitspeak.com/
  Is amazing. I read every single page top to bottom and I feel like I have such a better connection with my bunnies for it. Worth your time, I promise
- 01/02/2013 at 5:59 PM
  Baby-Daisy
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  We do try to get her to the front but she will not come, no matter what we do.
- 01/02/2013 at 6:02 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  You’ll have to earn her trust, it will take a lot of time and patience. They are a prey species, so it won’t be like getting a dog to trust you. Moving her inside and getting her a proper home will help immensely getting her spayed will be the next step, and just spending time with her, in her pen if you need to, sitting and ignoring her will help her gain confidence.
- 01/02/2013 at 6:03 PM
  Snowytoshi
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  Have you tried luring her with tiny bits of apple or other (rabbit friendly) fruit? Another thing you could do is put your hand into her cage, but not near her so that she can come to it and make sure you’re safe on her own terms.
- 01/02/2013 at 7:05 PM
  tanlover14
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  I really think you need to stop moving her back and forth — and get her a stable home inside until she begins to trust you. I can only imagine that all these new surroundings plus you moving her back and forth between inside and outside constantly is really stressing her out which is not good for your bunny. The stress alone may have caused her to lash out at you. With good reason. Stressing out a bunny like this really isn’t healthy for her and isn’t healthy for any sort of relationship you hope to build with her.
- 01/02/2013 at 7:33 PM
  Beka27
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  It does sound like she’s getting very stressed out. rabbits are creatures of habit and taking her back and forth each day is not helping her and is going to result in damaging your relationship and the trust she should have in you. Try to leave her inside all day tomorrow.
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