That sounds like Wick, and that’s the constant daydream behavior, I coin it. It sounds like she is comfortable with it, and when she stays completely still, that’s what I call zoning out to fall asleep or being so relaxed it’s meditative. Wick does this constantly, to the point where I questioned if there was something neurologically wrong with him because he kept zoning out whenever he’d get pet. But with context clues I’ve realized it’s just him feeling relaxed enough to let his guard down.

It sounds to me, right off, like all’s well with Molly. You’re correct that her behavior in bumping your hand and lying down besides you signals a request for petting/grooming. It’s very usual for buns to lie quite still while being petted/groomed – watch a bonded pair grooming one another sometime and you’ll see. “Pancaking” – I personally call it “bunny-rugging” – and flopping are pretty strong demonstrations of contentment and happiness, so Molly would definitely seem to be happy with the attention she’s just gotten.

My own Fernando runs over to the condo grid or the X-pen fence every time I approach and brings his head up so I can do a little finger rub on his forehead, many times a day. His mother and bondmate Panda is, by contrast, fairly skittish about being petted; this is starting to get better, however, though it’s still less than 4 weeks since they moved in with me.

Personally, I think it’s pretty impressive that Molly is so affectionate to you after a previous life of having been accosted by so many people in such a small cage! I’m sure it has to do with the fact that she’s now living in an environment that’s far more comfortable and secure for her, so she can really start to relax as she’s doing when you offer her pets.

Hi! That’s great that you are giving her a loving home after she’s had such a horrible previous experience. I agree with the others – she sounds very loving and wants head pets. Sometimes you can hear tooth purrs, which means she is relaxed and happy . If she were putting her head down in kind of a cowering-in-fear look, she would look more hunched down than laying down and she wouldn’t have her legs out.

I can only agree with the others. A bun that presents herself for grooming. A bunny putting her chin on the ground so her whole head rests there is a relaxed bunny that really likes it when you pet her. It’s really so sweet and definitely not a sign of fear. Lucky girl Molly!

I see my Panda and Fernando bunny-rugging, or else bunloafing, every day at least once, which indicates that I’m doing something, somewhere, right. I got a few pictures – they may not come out all that well because it was in the pre-dawn hours just before I left for work, and they look kind of grainy – this very morning of Panda taking her post-prandial ease and bunny-rugging right after breakfast while Fernando nommed up the last few pellets. She either does that or bunloafs every day when she finishes her breakfast, though she pops right back up when I start crinkling the ol’ treat bag.