Yeah, I've had that experience myself. I kind of feel bad that Robbie, my shy one, misses out on bunny massages.... I've struggled with how to handle this. What I do occasinally (and probably should do more often) is to force myself on him by picking him up and talking softly to him. My hope is that he will see that me and the bunny massage is really a nice experience. But somedays that works and somedays it doesn't....I kinda think I don't keep at it enough to get him used to me. So am I being mean by insisting on handling him??? I can't decide.