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This topic has 11sd replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 8 months ago by kimberleyanddarren.

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- 03/08/2008 at 10:49 AM
  kimberleyanddarren
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  Hi everyone, as you know i have a approx 3month old male rabbit who seems to be happy however, i have never seen him binky? he does the whole running round madly at amazing speeds but i havent seen a binky it makes me feel guilty like he isnt happy or im doing something wrong! Help?
- 03/08/2008 at 10:53 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  I don’t think your doing anything wrong…Some just don’t binky…Zooming as he is doing means he’s happy too. He’s a lionhead? My lionhead just does little binkies
- 03/08/2008 at 10:58 AM
  kimberleyanddarren
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  yes he is a lionhead, he does a kinda twisty thing which would look like a binky only he does it when he is trying to get up on the sofa
- 03/08/2008 at 4:22 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  It sounds like your bun is a happy little guy. My Mini-Rex didn’t binky for quite a while after I got him. He just started doing it one day. Now he goes nuts and especially enjoys the triple-binky!
- 03/09/2008 at 7:15 PM
  MarkBun
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  My girlfriend had a bun that didn’t binky in 2 years but was VERY happy. A lack of binkies does not mean displeasure. Such things as licks and tooth purrs also show happiness as does the bunny flop, the LONG stretched out bun and the sometimes missed head only binky.
  
  It’s one of those “If yer bun was unhappy, you’d know it,” things.
- 03/09/2008 at 9:11 PM
  Gravehearted
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  I think every bunny is different – some binky all the time and others just don’t as often. I am sure your bunny is happy, though – especially if he’s running the bunny 500!
- 03/10/2008 at 12:17 PM
  kimberleyanddarren
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  yes he does tooth grind when i pet him on my lap, and he purrs when i pick him up (which is unusual i know!) and he flops, rolls over gets up and flops again its the oddest thing hehe! yes i think i would know if he was unhappy i just would love to see him binky and as of yet have had no luck.. ow well i will just have to wait and keep one eye watchin hehe
- 03/10/2008 at 12:30 PM
  babybunsmum
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  i thinkevery bun is different too. baby bun didn’t binky at all until she was 7 (that i saw anyways)!!! she binkied after she recovered from her spay and began wandering into the living room and i was thrilled. that lasted a few weeks & now she’s back to being binky-stingy. but i always get tooth purrs from her when she’s getting lavished with head pets and i see some head binkies when i come into her room with salad. i know she’s happy
- 03/10/2008 at 3:11 PM
  MarkBun
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  I love the repeat floppers. It’s like they have OCD. “Nope, that one didn’t feel right…” *thud* “Legs didn’t go out far enough with that one…” *thud* “Aw, my ears got into my face…” *thud*
- 03/10/2008 at 3:37 PM
  Floppy
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  I love the repeat floppers. It’s like they have OCD. “Nope, that one didn’t feel right…” *thud* “Legs didn’t go out far enough with that one…” *thud* “Aw, my ears got into my face…” *thud*
  
  yeah that is so true! so cute! after the thuds I love the passed out bunny…”i’m asleep now, I don’t care!”
- 03/11/2008 at 3:57 AM
  Staja
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  I feel bad, because when I hear the flop thud, I always look over to the x-pen to make sure Warren’s ok. And I will unvariably make some sort of noise that wakes him up from his flop, and I get the stink eye. It always amuses me that 3 pounds of bunny can make such a big sound!
- 03/11/2008 at 1:55 PM
  kimberleyanddarren
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  Posted By markusdark on 03/10/2008 3:11 PM
  I love the repeat floppers. It’s like they have OCD. “Nope, that one didn’t feel right…” *thud* “Legs didn’t go out far enough with that one…” *thud* “Aw, my ears got into my face…” *thud*
  
  it is so cute! hopscotch always does that its like a quest for the ultimate flop i nearly peed myself with laughter when he rolled over though he did a proper roll over just like my dogs do and i wondered if he was copying them! it was uber cute, hopscotch cant control one of his ears lately its like flopped down and he keeps having to shake his head to get it to stand up again haha!
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