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@Wick, I did not know that! I’m learning that binkies can mean many different things. That’s also very likely the meaning behind it, then. Hazel is very communicative of her displeasure/frustration/impatience. She’ll click her teeth and stomp at me when I don’t put their food/treat down fast enough. So rude….

@Bam, yeah I’m really excited to see how she likes it. I hope it does tire her out, haha. They have plenty of opportunities to exercise, but Hazel rarely does zoomies compared to Lola. She does love to climb and dig, though.

Most human-oriented pets will seek attention by doing stuff that gets them attention, good or bad. I agree with Dana, she does sound like a good candidate for clicker training. High activity level, an adventurous mind and a wish for attention from her human are traits that make it likely that she’d respond well to clicker training.

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@DanaNM – That’s a great idea! She would take to that really well, I think – super quick mind. I’m just not sure how to go about it without having to close her mate (Lola) up while I work with her. I’m sure I can figure something out.

Hazel is extremely food motivated and I already have a couple of puzzle toys and she figures them out super fast…[Read more]

oh Miguel you handsome pond slider <3333 also, excellent name choice ahahaha

Binkies can also be an expression of frustration, so it can also be like a “Fine! I’ll stop, ugh.”. My Wick does those binkies exclusively.

He is neutered and he’s about 4 or 5. He’s not overweight when he went for his check up in June. The only change was we’ve been giving him 1 small leaf of fresh greens every night, mainly scraps from the veggies we cut away. I guess we’ll stop doing that.

She sounds like she might be a good candidate for clicker training! Once you have the basics down, you could then use her training to redirect her to more appropriate activities. Then you are rewarding her for the good activity, not the bad one.

That combined with enrichment type toys and food puzzles could be very good for her.

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Do you mean his cecotropes? Has there been a change in his diet?

Not eating all his cecals combined with the change in when he eats makes me think maybe he is in some sort of pain. How old is he? Is he overweight? Sometimes buns that are arthritic or obese can’t eat their cecals very easily and end up leaving them around. Or he might be producing…[Read more]

Here is one of Dorian being sassy, I told him to stop messing about with the pillow and he looked up with his head tilted (it was even more so in real life than photo). He did stop for at least 30 seconds though, we are making progress with the word no 😀

Hi! 🙂

Is he neutered? Unneutered rabbits will leave territorial poops and pees all over the house, so that could be the cause behind it. They have an oniony smell, clogs up your nose! 😆 That would be my best guess, if not, then I’m at a puzzlement along with you. 🙂

Wishing you answers!

HipHop: That’s awesome! 😀  I’m jealous! There’s never too many pictures in the picture thread. 😉  How many cats do you have? Pumpkin is adorable!

Dorian: I don’t know, the sound is hard to describe. Kinda like a hoarse, tiny pig? 😆

Sonn: They’re so cute together! So funny that Miss won’t move with him there. You know bunnies can’t see y…[Read more]

Hazel: 😆 Oh yes, I have a whole farm! (well, technically not, but I sure have a lot… 😉 ) I’ve got chickens, ducks, a turkey, cats, rabbits, an elderly dog, Miguel, and fish. 😆 I think that would be a bit too many pictures. 😉 The cat in the picture was Pumpkin. The cats and the rabbits don’t get along so good, so there is one portion…[Read more]

Oh definitely, it doesn’t help that they are fragile little creatures. Though I am learning maybe not as fragile as made out to be, still it took me several months to just relax a little.

@Sonn – Tater Tot is just a tiny ball of precious! Love that pic!!

@HipHopBunny – Have you ever had Miguel race any of the buns 😉 and who is that handsome kitty?

@Hazel – Ha! Dorian has never grunted… he will sit there and wobble his plate if it is empty for too long though, I am curious what a bun grunt sounds like now! 😀