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Forum BEHAVIOR Digging on my leg/chest/etc? Means mad?

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    • Lion_Lop_Lover
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        Hey guys

        I tried looking this up on Language of Lagomorphs but I had no luck. When I have Kibou out sometimes, grooming her on my lap, after I finish brushing her (which she doesn’t really enjoy!) she will suddenly start digging on my leg and then stop.

        Is this her way of ‘scolding’ me for brushing her? Heheh…it’s hilariously cute, but does it mean she’s really ticked about being brushed?


      • MooBunnay
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          I actually think this is a sign that your bun enjoys being brushed – because it sounds to me like Kibou is demanding further grooms from you I have a few bunnies that do this – I call it my “game” with the bunnies because I will *pet pet pet* for a bit, and then stop and pretend to be distracted by something and look around, and the bun will hop up and scratch at my knee until I start petting again. I can do this over and over – usually the bunnies outlast on the “game” before I do, they will scratch to demand pets for hours. One day my fiance went out to get lunch and came back about 45 minutes later and was laughing at me because I was still playing the “game”! I think its so much fun because its like bunny sign language – they are saying “pet me some more!”


        • Beka27
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            i agree with moobunnay… is she were really ticked off about this… she’d most likely be scratching (or biting) during the brushing… not afterwards.  next tiem she starts to scratch after you stop brushing… start brushing again… see if it calms her back down.


          • osprey
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              Does the bun do this every time or just occasionally?  The "diggy diggy" as we call it can sometimes mean "I need to get down and go potty".  If it happens all the time, I agree that it likely means "Why are you stopping, underling?  I am not finished with you yet."

               


            • MarkBun
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                My bun does the same thing with grooming. I don’t know which it is myself – let me down or keep going – but I basically just finish grooming her and then set her down on the ground.

                My new bun digs at me when I hold him. According to his foster mom, it is because he smells another bunny on me and doesn’t like to be held then. So I need to put his blanket on my chest first before picking him up.


              • LittlePuffyTail
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                  Funny this topic came up today! I was lying on the couch this morning with Bindi sitting on my chest watching tv and he, just out of nowhere, starts “diggy digging” my boob and bit me!!! I have little blue bite marks! I thought he was having a tantrum because he was bored?


                • Lion_Lop_Lover
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                    Hey guys

                    Wow…I’m surprised most of you think it’s a good thing!! I always thought she was being pissy with me. But usually, I will brush her and then right after she will dig me…lol…sometimes she will do it when sitting on my boyfriend’s chest and he’s petting her then stops…
                    Ya know? It makes sense now…thinking back on it…when we stop she digs…so she must enjoy it!

                    Littlepuffytail – do you think Bindi wanted to go to the bathroom?


                  • Gravehearted
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                      I think it depends…

                      Sometimes it’s a HEY, I’m here and why aren’t you paying attention to me! Other times it means put me down now buddy, I’m ticked off or I have to go pee. It might be that she’s mad you’ve stopped grooming her though…


                    • babybunsmum
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                        yeah i kinda think it depends on the circumstances too… and because of that i think it means ‘HEY YOU!’ followed by the part you’re supposed to try to figure out.  if i put baby down somewhere she doesn’t want to be (the couch / bed / my lap) she’ll  dig & nip and i think its to say ‘HEY YOU… why’d ya put me here… gees!’  but then if i’m petting her & i stop she’ll dig or lick me & nip and then i think its to say ‘HEY YOU… why’d ya stop petting me… gees!’  lol.


                      • holygrayell
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                          My bunny Starkiller will sit on me and dig in to my chest, lick me, and then dig my chest some more. It is almost everytime I pick her up but she still gives me lots of kisses so i don’t think she’s mad at me.


                        • Muffinluv
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                            Oh gosh, Muffin does this too, but only to ME! He wont do It to anyone in my family, but when I walk in the room after being gone he runs up to me, stands up and sort of climbs up my leg, digs at it and nips it. Cheeky Bunchkin. I think he’s trying to tell me “Why did you leave me? Now hurry up and feed me!” When he first started doing It I was shocked and sort of scared of him, but now I just laugh my head off at how cute he is, then go to the bathroom to check for bite marks, so far he’s been very gentle.

                            I think Kibou is just trying to say “Just remember, I’m the most important thing here, so don’t you dare think for one moment YOU’RE the boss of ME.”

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