Have any of you noticed your buns reacting whenever you have physical problems? I know dogs do, but is this seen in rabbits as well? I think I’m seeing a pattern here, but I can’t confirm it yet.
I woke up this morning with a very stiff and painful left shoulder, it was so stiff that I had a tingling hand on that side and couldn’t move the arm properly. After taking my painkillers movement returned a but, but it’s till not optimal. I just brushed Breintje, and he kept sniffing and licking my arm and shoulder. He also kept bumping his nose and front paws into the part of my shoulder where the pain comes from (on the back, between arm and shoulder).
He reacted on other occasions as well, whenever I was exhausted or very stressed. When I’m very tired he cuddles up to me, and when I’m stressed he tries to get my attention in either a cute or annoying way.
Have other people seen these kinds of behaviours as well? My BF’s hypothesis is that they see us as group members, and investigate whenever a group member is unwell. He says Breintje can surely notice that I can’t move the arm normally.