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- 10/29/2008 at 11:27 PM
  earthisours
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  Lol, sorry if this doesn’t go here.
  
  But yeah, I’ve long noticed that one of my bunnies, Thomas, nearly always has his tail up against his butt. (He puts it down when reaching foward in curiosity.) But, the other, Dylan, always has his tail pointing downwards. (Unless the two are sniffing at each other from under a door, and then he spikes his tail waaaay up, as well as Thomas)
  
  Any reason why? Or do some bunnies just prefer to hold their tail a certain way cause they like it?
- 10/30/2008 at 1:21 AM
  BinkyBunny
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  Tail up means either aggression or dominance or ready to mate.
  
  Usually with full aggression, while the tail is up, the ears are flat back (ready to battle and get the ears out of the way), usually accompanied by a quick movement forward or lunge in the other’s direction.
  
  Dominance is similar, but without the lunge. They can greet each other, but the one with the tail up is saying – I’m meeting you as a dominant and you’d better pay attention or there will be hell to pay. I may even spray you to prove my point – the tail is aimed and ready to go.
  
  Mating – Jack always puts his tail up and circles when he wants to mate with Rucy. He honks his loves honks and he can also spray to “claiim” his female. He doesn’t seem to get it that he’s neutered and that Rucy is the only female around and there has never been another male around all these years – doesn’t matter.
  
  Hope that helps.
  
  Can you refresh my memory – have they met yet face to face?
- 10/30/2008 at 11:50 AM
  earthisours
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  Oh, they have. They used to be a bonded pair.
  
  They’ve also met since their bond broke, too.
  
  So, in this case, Thomas is feeling dominant? Even if Dylan’s not around anywhere, he still would keep his tail up? (Not severely up, as when they can sniff each other around, it seems more casual) The rest of his body language is also very casual. He just seems to nearly always, no matter how he’s feeling or doing, to keep his tail up. (I also just noticed he puts his tail down to drink out of a bowl, but not out of a water bottle)
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