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- 12/13/2007 at 8:47 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  My mini-lop always makes really weird gurgly tummy sounds when he drinks. It’s really strange and both my previous lops did this as well. My mini-rex doesn’t do this. Does anyone else’s buns do this? He drinks out of a small bowl attached to the cage.
- 12/13/2007 at 8:52 AM
  Firsttimer
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  Yip my Pepper does and my husband and I really giggle because it’s so cute. She drinks from a bottle attached to her cage and it’s like she can’t drink it fast enough.
- 12/13/2007 at 8:57 AM
  babybunsmum
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  same here… Baby has a water bottle in her litter cage and a crock on her bedroom floor, and she gurgles when drinking out of either. they must take in a lot of air when they slurp up the water!
- 12/13/2007 at 12:36 PM
  Hannah
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  My littler mini rex is very gurgly, but my big one doesn’t ever make tummy noise. Little Winnie even gurlges when she eats… ><
- 12/13/2007 at 1:03 PM
  jellyrose
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  Both my lops gurgle when they drink too. I used to have a californian who didn’t gurgle but squeeked like a guiniepig when he ate!
- 12/13/2007 at 3:37 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Okay it’s good to know Bindi’s not the only one! I assume it’s pretty normal now.
- 12/16/2007 at 12:05 AM
  cerise
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  Weird gurgly noises in a bunny’s tummy is normally gas/air buildup (which you can help relieve with a tummy rub.) When a bunny drinks very fast they can take in a lot of air which can cause them gas/bloating and gurgling. The gurgling noises from the tummy can be the ones to keep an eye out for, because gas in a bunny can cause them some pain / problems. If it’s not coming from their tummy, then your bunny is just normally showing contentment. (Grinding the teeth — not crunching, but gentle grinding — as well as gurgling are happy noises.)
  
  If you notice that your bunny’s tummy looks swollen or tight, try to massage your bunny’s tummy by first trancing them, then very gently rubbing the sides of their tummy (they don’t like the WHOLE tummy rubbed, just the sides.)
  
  If they stop eating/drinking/pooping – they might have a blockage or be sick: http://houserabbit.usersource.com/GIStasis.htm Call your vet’s emergency number.
  
  (My bunny ate some of a plastic bag and had a monstrous amount of gas buildup — she had to have medicine and daily tummy rubs for two weeks to help her.)
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