Hi everyone,

I've got a 4 month old Dwarf Lop doe called Rags (short for Regan)- she's really friendly except she doesn't like being picked up. She's fine once you've put her down again, and she's always coming up to the hutch door to greet me in the mornings and trying to get onto my lap, but when I try to pick her up she just struggles to get free. She likes her nose being scratched but as soon as I try to pick her up she jumps over my hand. If I do pick her up, the only way I can carry her to the run or indoors is to carry her like a baby, literally. I've heard that this isn't good for rabbits though? She never tries to bite, or even nibble - it's just struggling and obviously scratching although I'd say this isn't intentional.

When I first got her, I noticed she had two infected bites on her nose (from living with her sisters in the pet shop). The vet told me to clean them with salt water every day, twice a day, and squeeze them to get the pus out. I don't know whether she still associates that with being picked up, even though I stopped it well over a month ago and the wounds have healed. Has anyone had any experience of this, or can help me figure out how to get her to stop struggling. She's my first bunny and I don't want to be doing anything wrong.

Thanks...