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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 10/03/2017 at 4:41 AM
  Fluffykins
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  Ok, I love fluffykins so much it somtimes hurts. When I realise i will most likely have to experience his death. I’ve recently lost a parent, a very short while before I got fluffykins and thus death has been on my mind a lot. Anyway, enough of that, I just want to stress how much I love this little bunny is almost…unbelivable. It’s only been just over a month I’ve had him and the way my life revolves around him is… just somtimes breaks my heart when I try to imagine life without him.
  
  So we’re going away next month for a week, booked shortly after the passing of my dad because I just needed to get away. I wanted to get away from the years of illness and watching a parent slowly die. I needed it. I don’t think I need it anymore. Not like how I needed it just a couple of months back; but it’s all done and booked now.
  
  I’ve been stressing since the day we got fluffykins home about leaving him for a week. Now, he’s always been a bunny that loves to run madly and binky around etc, except for the last week or two. He’s just turned 13 weeks, and I’ve realised he’s so much more chilled out now. I know he’s still a baby and babies get less hyper as they grow up but, he’s not grown up yet?! He spends a lot more time sleeping now, and if I pick him up he’s happy to just snuggle down on my lap or arms. I do love the cuddle aspect of it but I can’t help but worry is he bored? Is he depressed? Why is he so seemingly tired?!
  
  He still does the mad runs and binkys a bit, it’s just not at the level it was a few weeks ago. Is this normal? He has full run of my living room supervised so space isn’t an issue, he has a million and one toys (he does somtimes play with them) and I’m at home 24/7 right there interacting with him so I don’t understand how he might feel bored? It doesn’t actually seem like boredom, more laziness haha?! He’s eating and popping is all completely the same / fine so I don’t think I should worry about illness?
  
  Is he just a really chilled out bunny? Or can he feel my apprehension of when I have to leave him for a week and he’s reflecting that? Please tell me my baby bunny is not sad? Is 13 weeks too early for baby activity levels to calm down?
- 10/03/2017 at 4:51 AM
  Fluffykins
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- 10/03/2017 at 4:51 AM
  Fluffykins
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  To add to the above fluffykins always lays down with his head (as well as body) flat on the ground! Legs stretched out and eyes closed or semi closed haha. He’s done this since day one and I *know* he’s not uncomfortable and trying to squeeze out excess gas… But because I once read about it it keeps creeping into my mind *what if* he’s laying like that because he has gas??! But I know he doesn’t, he couldn’t have gas everyday for 5 weeks could he?!
  
  Why do I keep worrying and why do I read about bunny illnesses then look at fluffykins and think he has them?!! Ughhhh
- 10/03/2017 at 5:05 AM
  benjismum
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  Hi did anyone reply to this as this is the exact same problem i have. spoilt bunny lives indoors i worship him adore him every little thing…he has he wants but he always looks sad and is sleepy. he NEVER binkies anymore or really zooms. if i take him for run in garden he hates it and runs back into the house. i just dont understand. i know its daft animals cant talk but i dont know why he is so lethargic.hes a mini lop seal point. help!! i hope you did get replies but i cant see any xx
- 10/03/2017 at 6:27 AM
  joea64
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  Sounds to me like you really do need a vacation . What Fluffykins is doing as you describe it in your most recent post is probably “bunny-rugging”, which rabbits do when they’re feeling comfortable. Closed or semi-closed eyes are another pretty reliable indicator that the bun is feeling comfy and happy; rabbits more usually sleep with their eyes open or partially open, and only close their eyes when they feel really secure. I’ve observed this with my own Fernando (Panda is taking longer to adjust to living with me). I think he really is just chilled-out and relaxed and not at all unhappy or depressed.
  
  Honestly, I’ve been focused so much on my own two buns these past six-plus weeks that I think I need a break myself! I’m heading down to North Carolina this weekend and will be there until late next week, so once I get a good bunny-sitter for Panda and Fernando I’m all set. I’m going to be missing them a lot and probably pestering the bunny-sitter every day for news, but yeah, I need a few days to decompress, it’s been a really emotionally intense six weeks adjusting to my fluffy housemates and beginning to bond with them.
  
  P.S. The prospect of mortality is something that every pet owner dreads, but the best thing you can do to deal is to do everything you can to keep your pet healthy, happy, and well-loved. That’s your best guarantee that they’ll live out their full span of years.
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