I inherited Richard 6 months ago from my daughter as the place
she moved to does not allow pets.
It’s been a learning experience for me as I have never
cared for a rabbit before. In general though, it has been an interesting
and fun experience with Richard. Especially figuring out all the things
needed in order to care for him. I have grown very attached
to him! Something I never expected as my wife razzes
me all the time about how I dote and cater to Richard’s every whim!
I am not really that kind of a guy so go figure!
I have his cage occupying a corner of our living room and I let
him out 1 to 2 times a day for an hour or two to run free in the
living room then I set a treat in his cage and he heads back in.
This has worked well over the last six months until today.
Richard found a way out of the living room into the dining room
down the hallway and into my office to my surprise. I freaked
out because we also have a rather large dog, Una, that has the rest
of the house to roam around in.
I picked up Richard rather quickly as he was going back out
into the hallway where our dog una was. Richard tried to jump
out of my arms but I cupped him quickly the way I learned from
the Rabbit YouTube videos. I then went to living room sat on the floor
and let him jump into his cage. He went straight into his litter
box and laid down which scared me because I was expecting
him to go into his hideaway but instead he just laid down in his
litter box. I immediately went & got a treat went into his cage and
sat down gave him his treat. As he began eating I petted him and
after a bit left his cage and have been watching him for any weird
behavior.
Is it normal for rabbits to just lay in their litter box in such a casual
relaxed posture after just being grabbed and put back in his cage
so abruptly? I know I’m over reacting as he seems ok now, but I
don’t want to find him tomorrow keeled over from sort of delayed
reaction to this event. Sorry for the verbose drama!