Pixel went insane! smashing head against cage! very, very scared.

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- 06/08/2010 at 9:11 AM
  The Rabbit
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  After my Rabbit bonding session last night, my Male, Pixel was getting antsy. he started chewing everything in his cage in sight, and rattling the bars. He was in one with the cubes. all night I woke up to boughts of this. Then, this morning I heard a lond noise. This was really, really, frightening. Pixel was bashing his head against the walls. running back and forth just smashing himself in. I tried to grab his and he seemed so frantic. I got him and calmed him down.
  
  This was really, really, frightening.
  
  Why did he do this? was he trying to get to Zelda or is possibly sick??
  
  and in the process his water bottle fell down. the metal part that attaches it is now missing. I can’t find it anywhere. how can I reattach it? He needs water, but the thing is completely missing. I made his cage bigger by just using the x-pen. I looked on the cubes, on the floor, under the carboard bottom, under the hay, it’s just gone!
- 06/08/2010 at 9:17 AM
  Minty
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  He probably just didn’t want to be confined… Frankie runs around in the mornings and rattles his cage when he wants to be let out. Until you get a water bottle you can give them a bowl of water.
- 06/08/2010 at 9:17 AM
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  Just use some wire or a large zip tie to attach the bottle. Or give him a bowl.
  
  How is he this morning? Is Zelda beside his habitat?
- 06/08/2010 at 9:32 AM
  Beka27
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  Are you sure he wasn’t playing or doing bunny zooms in the space? My buns will sometimes whip around the pen before I let them out and they crash into the sides sometimes and keep going…
- 06/08/2010 at 11:22 AM
  Minty
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  Yes, my bunnies do the same as Beka’s. Maybe it looked like he was freaking out but he was really just binkying and running around?
- 06/08/2010 at 1:21 PM
  The Rabbit
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  No. I’m sure this was something else. he was visibly distraught. he will rattle cage bars, but he wasn’t binkying. he was running into the side of the cage and ramming his head against it. When I picked him up he was panting so hard I thought he was going to explode. Binkying is a fun thing, and this looked absolutely terrifying. His nose turned really pink too, but it’s started to settle down. He’s been in his cage now, with Zelda in hers next to him.
- 06/08/2010 at 1:23 PM
  Binkles
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  I think it’s very possible that he wanted to get to his bunny friend. I know that ever since Peter and Little-Bit have become close Peter HATES it when I separate them. He grabs the bars of his x-pen with his teeth and shakes it violently, and he tries to get past me whenever I enter his pen. I think it’s adorable. <3
- 06/08/2010 at 11:36 PM
  The Rabbit
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  Thanks. I tried another bonding session. I guess they sensed how scared I had been because there was a set back. He calmed down, and is enjoying lounging in his cage near her (with her in her cage).
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