Do all rabbits "chin"?

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This topic has 13sd replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 3 months ago by skibunny8503.

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- 02/23/2009 at 6:02 PM
  skibunny8503
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  My first rabbit, Mickey, used to “chin” everything but I’ve hardly seen Archie chin anything. He does lick things sometimes. He loves to lick our saude recliners and couches. And he usually goes up to me and licks my cargo pants like crazy (or maybe he likes to tickle me). He’s not to crazy over jeans though, he usually digs at my husbands jeans. He does have scent glands because I could feel the difference and sometimes a little wetness under his chin.
- 02/23/2009 at 6:24 PM
  bunnytowne
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  NO not all chin. HB never chinned he was so layed back when he first came here never chinned.
- 02/23/2009 at 7:27 PM
  skibunny8503
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  Thanks! Now I can sleep
- 02/23/2009 at 7:39 PM
  Beka27
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  Yeah, some do, some don’t. Or they may do it less so it’s not noticeable. Mine will only chin when things get moved around and it appears to be “new” to them.
- 02/24/2009 at 1:08 PM
  hooty22
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  Felony chins everything. He has even chinned my nose. My favorite thing is when he goes into the bathroom and try to chin the bottom of the shower curtain. He looks like he just doesn’t understand why the curtain won’t hold still for him to chin. Cracks me up.
- 02/24/2009 at 3:28 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  My recently spayed bun, Olivia, is a CRAZY chinner. She spends her whole out of cage time chinning absolutely everything in the living room. She will even go back and re-chin things two or three times. If there is a blanket or sweater all bunched up she will try to chin every crease and lump. She’s totally obsessive about it. My other two buns will chin a few things but not like she does.
- 02/24/2009 at 4:19 PM
  Crayon
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  My Bunny chins things on his own sometimes, but mainly he chins things that I hand him. Like a toy, a corrot, anything really. Either he will eat it, throw it, or chin it! I often point my finger at him because I am used to having cats. Seems cats cannot resist interest in a pointed finger. They will always poke their nose out to it. So I do that to my bunny and he just rubs his chin on it lol. It still suprises me for some reason.
- 02/24/2009 at 6:46 PM
  skibunny8503
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  I finally saw Archie chin today (I might have seen him do it before but can’t remember). I gave him his carrot rattle toy and he chined it. Maybe he’s not materialistic or he likes to share things
- 02/24/2009 at 8:03 PM
  Lily
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  Puff and Bella chin things like crazy, Fluff and Foofoo dont do it as much, i dont think ive ever seen eathir of them do it…
- 02/25/2009 at 12:00 PM
  Marcibun
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  Mine does it to his cage when I let him out and sometimes the chair legs. *edited*
- 02/25/2009 at 1:44 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  I have never seen Cotton chin anything- but Penny and Schroeder do it all the time.
- 02/25/2009 at 2:03 PM
  KitD
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  mine…mine…mine…mine…mine…oh and mine…
- 02/25/2009 at 2:12 PM
  FluffyBunny
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  I haven’t seen Mr. Bunny chin anything…
- 02/25/2009 at 7:13 PM
  skibunny8503
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  Gosh Archie is making me out to be a liar now Soon as I say I haven’t seen him chin anything, he starts chining! He hopped onto our couch and walked onto our end table and started chinning this sand castle figurine we have; then today I was gone most of the day and I came back and put my hand in the cage and he chinned my fingers.
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