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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 01/26/2011 at 3:24 PM
  Kristin Kelsey
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  My bunny is named Luna. She’s an orange Holland Lop and I’ve had her since September.
  
  She’s a little over 6 months old and is quite OBVIOUSLY going through the teenage phase. I’m losing my mind a little with the uncontrollable bowls and bladder, but am keeping my composure. I can’t get her spayed just yet (I don’t work and my mom has other things to pay for right now. ie, bills, repairs, etc).
  
  So anyways, just recently I noticed she’s been rubbing her chin on furniture, the box i keep under my bed, anything that could relieave an itch. I guess it’s just another symptom of this phase she’s going through, but I was just wondering why she does it. Do rabbits have scent glands on their faces like cats do or something?
  
  Also, recently I’ve heard her kicking the wall under my bed. She hasn’t done it before until about 1.5 weeks ago. Just wondering why this is…
  
  Oh! And any advice of my survival through this bunny maturity thing? I managed to startle her a little by accident today and she flung pee all over my pant legs.
  
  Sincerly,
  
  A girl with unfinished homework as her bunny wont stop digging in its box!
- 01/26/2011 at 3:32 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Rabbits do have scent glands on their chins, she is marking her territory.
  
  I would suggest getting her spayed as soon as you can, it will help with litter training, stop her from spraying, and theres an 80-85% chance that she could get uterine cancer by age 4 if she remains unspayed. it really is in both of your best interests
- 01/26/2011 at 3:46 PM
  MarkBun
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  My girl also would stomp continuously when she was under the bed. My best guess was that she was letting me know where she was, that I couldn’t get to her and to leave it that way. Of course her constant thumping meant I couldn’t leave her alone.
- 01/26/2011 at 4:33 PM
  Kristin Kelsey
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  Okay that’s what I figured. I don’t think her being spayed will be postponed that long. It’ll probably be in the next few months hopefully.
  
  And on last thing that I remembered. Recently I’ve been seeing a few soft poop droppings. They smell awful too. It’s only happened about 3 times in the past month and those were only 2 of 3 droppings, but yesterday and today there have been a few more.
  Any ideas?
- 01/26/2011 at 4:35 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Sounds like cecals to me. They are little poops they make that they need to eat, if you are seeing some left around, she is likely eating too rich of a diet, or a few too many treats
- 01/26/2011 at 4:46 PM
  Kristin Kelsey
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  wow. i didn’t think they’d smell that bad! okay well she doesn’t get treats too often so what could i do to fix her diet. i’m thinking she might be getting a little too much protein in her pellet food. the store i go to for food has very few options for rabbit food. i heard your not supposed to feed them mixed foods so that leaves me with only one option, for the most part, that isn’t mixed. is there something else i could do or do i just need to find another pellet food?
- 01/26/2011 at 6:09 PM
  Monkeybun
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  A good plain timothy based pellet is good, one with no seeds or other colorful crap mixed in. A good fresh grass hay too, and fresh veggies. Start veggies off one at a time, in small doses, so you can see how she tolerates them. How much pellets is she getting?
- 01/27/2011 at 11:35 AM
  Elrohwen
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  I agree that she’s definitely marking her “stuff”. My girl has been spayed for more than 3 years and she chins everything in sight. Sometimes if I stick my finger out she’ll even chin that. lol
- 02/01/2011 at 5:15 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  I also have a compulsive chinner. Before and after spaying. Females are much more territorial than males. At least it’s a harmless behavior. I actually find it funny…”this is mine….this is mine…this is mine…this is definitely mine…”
- 02/01/2011 at 11:58 AM
  Monkeybun
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  Monkey chins everythign she sees… several times. Every object int he apartment is hers, and all of my various body parts she can reach, and every friend I have had over belongs to little Monkey
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