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Hand feeding goals
Hand feeding your rabbit is a great
way to build your bond and
improve your relationship. Hand
feeding helps your rabbit to adopt you as a
"Positive Pet Parent" and
see you as the provider of food, shelter,
play, and
companionship
Hand feed your rabbit fresh
greens based on your Hannah
Rabbit Care Handbook to help
bond your rabbit to you.
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Teach your rabbit that human
hands are gentle to lower
potential rabbit aggression.
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Sit next to your rabbit and
gently stroke and talk to
your rabbit during
feeding time to increase
your rabbit's trust. Even if
you don't have much to say,
keep making soft noises;
rabbits are prey animals and
a silent human might be seen
as a predator.
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Help your rabbit relax by letting
out big sighs and releasing
all your body tension.
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After hand feeding takes
hold, you can use this
quality time
with your rabbit to move
the food and use words such
as "come" or "sit up" using
the food to lure the rabbit to move where you want
him or her to go then
delivering the food as a
reward and reinforcer.
Goals
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Prevent aggression.
Teach your rabbit that human
hands are gentle to lessen
potential aggression.
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Build trust.
Sit next to your rabbit and
gently stroke him/her and talk in a
soothing voice during
feeding time to increase
your rabbit's appreciation of
physical contact from you and to build trust.
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Reduce stress.
Help your rabbit relax by letting
out big sighs and releasing
all your body tension.
Rabbits and Children
Rabbits may have a difficult time being comfortable around children. Do not leave the relationship between your Pet and children to chance. Set ground rules from the start and supervise all interactions.
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Improving Relationships
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