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- 12/10/2009 at 1:26 AM
  somebunny
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  Hi guys!
  Haven’t posted for a while….
  Every evening when we get home from worrk we give Hershey a piece of lettuce, she happily takes and runs away with it but while doing so she flicks her feet at us, I don’t think she’s angry…any other reason why she would do that? It’s only when we give her that snck lettuce.
- 12/10/2009 at 1:30 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  The general concensus is it’s the equivelent of bunny flicking the middle finger…perhaps its more complicated then that-bunny saying ‘ none for you!” ?
- 12/10/2009 at 11:36 AM
  katie, max & penny
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  one of mine loves to foot flick me after treat time. i think its their way of saying, like K&K said, none for you AND that’s all i get?!
- 12/10/2009 at 12:20 PM
  NaturalRabbit
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  Haha how cute!
  
  I would say that must be her happy dance!
- 12/10/2009 at 12:26 PM
  Adalaide
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  Freya does this too. I just assumed she’s an ungrateful little brat. After all, she’s in charge and I’m just the evil human who won’t give her an entire bag of craisins every day.
- 12/12/2009 at 10:22 AM
  Balefulregards
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  Coco only flicks me if I have done something to HIGHLY offend her. In the past year and a half, I think I have only been flicked after things like anal gland cleaning.
  
  Jackson, on the other hand, flicks ALL the time. He has very big furry feet, So it gives an extra swoosh sound. He flicks when he gets a piece of salad he particularly likes – grabs it and flicks away…He also does this when he has really been enjoying a nose rub – then he realizes that it was Me, and he isn’t ready to be so friendly with me, so off he flicks. He seems to do it as a tease, or a Hah-Ha, I have this big piece of romaine!
  
  The funny thing is that since Jackson, I realized that it must have taken me a good year to get in a groove with Coco’s body language. He is a very different rabbit entirely and has only been here five months. He still bolts sometimes like he is sure we have decided to eat him. Coco just watches him as he flicks and runs like he has lost his mind.
- 12/12/2009 at 4:06 PM
  RabbitPam
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  My guess is that it’s a message to anyone who sees them with food and is tempted to follow. Just a basic “Don’t even think about it, whoever is behind me.” I wouldn’t take it personally under this circumstance. Other times, boy it’s the finger right at you. LOL
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