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Forum BEHAVIOR Raven digging on me

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    • bullrider76543
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        Raven started doing something weird, imagine that one of my bunnies beign weird when I got the weird carnivore bunny, but when its her play time she will jump up on the couch and onto my belly. then she will kiss my nose and start digging on my belly. I have shooed her away saying no when she does this, and at first it is not a big deal, but it does get sore. any clue what she is trying to say here?


      • Sarita
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          My rabbit Bobby doesn’t dig on me but when I put him on the bed he digs – it’s funny, I have no idea what his intentions are either but it makes me laugh. I rather think it’s some kind of OCD behavior.


        • PurpleBunni
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            I haven’t experienced this before, but I have a guess… Smaller animals often dig around an area they are about to sit on. It sounds to me like he may be loving on you and then trying to make himself comfy, cozy on your belly.


          • Bam
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              Bam did exactly that. Dug into people’s bellies, like crazy. It hurt. He would sometimes nip the person whose lap he was sitting in. Then he’d pee most of the times.
              He’s stopped doing it. I don’t know why he did it and I don’t know why he stopped.


            • bullrider76543
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                I just feel like she is trying to communicate something with me. sometimes she stops when I pet her, other times she just runs over to the potty box


              • hannaroo
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                  sometimes rabbits dig at their companions to say ‘hey move it!’ or ‘hey groom me!’ which is maybe why he licks you first!


                • jerseygirl
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                    Posted By bullrider76543 on 05/16/2013 03:50 PM
                    I just feel like she is trying to communicate something with me. sometimes she stops when I pet her, other times she just runs over to the potty box

                    Jelly was quite content to sit in my lap for ages as long as I was petting him. He’d remind me to keep petting by nipping my belly. When he dug, it was my clue that he was about to pee !
                    I never quite new if he just needed to go toilet OR the digging + peeing was a dominance thing or way of telling me he wanted go go back to his pen.


                  • Bam
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                      I think Bam stopped doing this after his neuter. He will still nip for attention, especially my mothers feet when she comes to visit, if he’s decided she should pet him without stopping to take silly pauses. Lately though he’s been sitting comfortably in her lap, all still, without digging or peing, which makes him easier to pet than when he demands petting from a position half way under the coffea-table. 

                      This morning Yohio dug like crazy on my leg when I brushed my teeth, I think he was saying sth like Hey! You! Breakfast! Now! Of course I went to get him some fresh herbs, toothbrush still in my mouth, because a poor little bunny can’t be expected to survive on just hay, pellets and apple-twigs!

                       

                       

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                  Forum BEHAVIOR Raven digging on me