Hazel is licking something weird..

[Accredited]

 Every time I have Hazel out to play she tends to pee on the same blanket i put down so she won’t chew the carpet once she pees on it she will turn around and lick it all up… I don’t know if this is normal but I haven’t read anything from anyone else saying their rabbits do this. It is also strange because she is really good with her potty training and never goes anywhere but the box in her cage and doesn’t poop outside when playing just pee’s some times…

I just find this really strange and I didn’t know if anyone on here could tell me if they knew WHY she’s doing it?

[mocha200]

someomne a few years ago posted about there rabbit licking its own pee and someone posted this:

Expert: Dana Krempels, Ph.D. – 9/24/2008

Question
hi dana its karen,
i just wanted to thank you so very much with the information about my sweet bunny Kayleigh but she use to do something naturally not very nice and very strange, she would pee and poop on my bed but never on my side and if i threw the quilt on the floor she would still jump up and do this, i found this VERY weird but what was most weird is after she had a pee she would then lick it up :o/ she always had plenty of water, i did try to stop her from doing this without success so decided to invest in some mats and lay them across HER SIDE OF THE BED (so to speak) why do you think she did this?
also i have read that circling of feet is a sign of sexual maturity and gently grading teeth is her talking to me, i know it wasn’t pain because half the time i would do it first then she would respond and where ever i was in the room she would always knock me with her nose but if i didn’t move that part of my body she would give me a tiny nip which isn’t suppose to hurt but still not a thing to look forward to. Kayleigh was never short of attention so what was it she was wanting, saying or asking do you think? also i know Kayleigh was a lop but could you tell me what sort? she was 4 1/2 months old in this photo.

Answer
Dear Karen,

By marking the bed with urine and poops, Kayleigh was claiming it as her territory. This behavior might have stopped with a spay, but sometimes it becomes a bad habit that’s very hard to break. Kayleigh is also not the only bunny who sipped her own urine. It’s weird, but not harmful, and no one really knows why some bunnies do this on occasion.

hope this helped.

[mocha200]

here is the link to it: [code] http://en.allexperts.com/q/Rabbits-703/2008/9/rabbit-licked-own-urine.htm[/code]

[GrumpyBun]

I believe jerseygirl’s jersey has done this before, so your girl is not alone.

[jerseygirl]

True, Jersey has done this on occasion. I don’t know the reason. I had heard it speculated that maybe it’s the salts in the pee they are wanting. Or maybe it’s something to do with hormones? Like I said, I never really knew why. :p

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