Happy bun, but no binkies anymore.

[RetroSquid]

Not posted in a while, but, just thought I would natter about a recent observation.

We’ve recently bun proofed the majority of our home now, and, although our buns aren’t particularly friendly with each other (They’re still all separated for one reason or another), they all have their own room/space, and then, in the evenings, we let our buns take turn in the social parts of our home.

Navi – She has our dedicated bun room throughout the day, a large carpeted room fully of toys, boxes and blankets, she’s a very content bun.
Link – he’s still confined to our bedroom as his eye problem + his general grumpy nature, he doesn’t seem to like other buns, although he’s fine with the cats.
Daisy – Daisy has a pen by my desk, it’s a couple of metres across, although, when I’m working from home, she has the full run of the living room, dining area (my office) and kitchen.

Now, in the evenings, we swap the buns around a bit so everyone is in the living room for a couple of hours, they all get time spent with them and seem fairly happy (except the grumpy Link…)
But I’ve noticed over the past couple of months, Navi will get somewhat excitable when we bring her her breakfast, she hops away, flicking her head, but that’s the closest thing any of them have to an actual binky these days…

We did spot a binky from both Navi and Daisy after a lengthy day of vet visits for Link and they were penned for a few hours.

But other than that… No binkies…

It’s almost as though they now take being out and free roaming for granted and it generally doesn’t excite them any more.

Both the girls, Navi and Daisy will sit on the floor for lots of strokes and will frequently return the strokes with licks, all while gently chattering with contentment, but no binkies.
I have happy, unbinkying buns…

[Mocha]

Based on that your rabbits are always free ranged, I think they aren’t binkying anymore because they are so used to being able to always run around. Maybe if you really really want to see your buns binky you can have them live in an x-pen for a few hours of the day then let them free run. You can also let them free run outside just make sure that you have throughly checked for poisonious plants and escape routes. My bunnies live in a large corner of my house in an x-pen, and I let them out in the morning and in the evening to binky and play around. They also get to free range outside for a few hours a week.

[Sarita]

That’s not unusual really – I don’t think not binkying is a sign of unhappiness. Sometimes too if they are free roam you probably don’t see them binky if they do.

[Deleted User]

True! I hardly see Henry binky anymore, and I put it down to never being locked away – I have a very spoiled HAPPY unbinkying bun too! Cheers RS.

[Elrohwen]

I find that mine binky much more when something is novel. They used to come out in the living room every night and they didn’t binky much after a while. Now that we have the dog they only come in the living room a couple times a week (otherwise they just have their own large room – spoiled buns!) and when they do, there are a lot more binkies. New and exciting = jumping for joy, but ho-hum same old place to run around doesn’t get any binkies. I think that’s normal!

[LolaBuns]

I was beginning to think my Lola was weird because she never binkies either! I think she’s perfectly happy. She flops all over the place, sometimes she even flops so hard she rolls over completely. She will even let me pet her when she’s flopped over now. She’s always very excited to see us, runs up and down the ramps in her cage until we open the door and then jumps all over our legs until we give her some pets…but no binkies.

[LopNessMonster]

I am going to report the same thing as everyone else. When Nessie doesn’t get much running time for a few days in a row, I get binkies when she’s free. If she’s had plenty of time running around every day for a week, I see very few if any binkies at all. Ollie’s binkies have also settled down a bit since we first got him but he does also seem to go in phases. I would say your bunnies are probably all pretty happy so I wouldn’t worry.

[Deleted User]

My big girl Leia only binkies when I yell at her for doing something or other. It’s like she’s saying “Ha ha got away with something!”. My little Reno used to Binky more when he was younger, but not as much anymore. But they are both extremely happy buns. They’re both completely free roaming, too, so they have a spoiled life.

[manic_muncher]

Nearly completely free-roam, and hardly any binkies. But he still does pre-binky head/ear flap that would normally be followed by a binky. lol

[hannaroo]

Mine go through phases of binkying. Add a cardboard box (or even better a cardboard castle). I did this evening and they both bunnies and zoomed for about 10 minutes each! They love cardboard!

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