Is my new rabbit's heart beat/breathing too fast? (Video)

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- 08/22/2017 at 6:53 PM
  HewdigBun
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  I just got Hedwig a week ago. He’s 10 weeks old and he’s my first rabbit.
  
  I can’t tell if the pulsing I see is his breathing or heart rate, but it freaked me out the first time because it was so fast. I thought maybe he was just stressed since he’s so young and in a strange new environment. But even when he warmed up to me and was relaxing after playing around happily, I could still see him pulsing/breathing so fast. Is this just the norm for rabbits?
  
  Here’s the video: https://youtu.be/NTD63q2kL_I
- 08/22/2017 at 10:26 PM
  Q8bunny
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  Rabbits’ heart beat and breathing is generally more rapid than you might expect, and becomes even more rapid under stress or when it’s warm. Plus most mammal babies have faster beats than their grownup counterparts. So it looks normal to me.
- 08/23/2017 at 11:42 AM
  Rookie
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  normal. Sprocket was the same and really still is especially after a run session he is pulsing lol
- 08/23/2017 at 3:51 PM
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  Seems normal to me. Bunnies do have quite fast resting heart rates. As we age, heart rate decreases. So young bunnies beat especially fast.
- 08/25/2017 at 6:51 PM
  HewdigBun
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  Thanks for all your input! I’m new to this and just overly concerned lol
- 08/26/2017 at 7:01 AM
  Deleted User
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  no worries! (Also I love the name Hedwig! Harry Potter inspired?)
  
  I was also worried about their heart rate at first. I came across this which was very helpful for me:
  
  http://rabbit.org/temperature-and-respiration-rates/
  
  I check respiration by watching chest cavity movement. They say you can check by feeling breath from the nose, but I haven’t been very successful with that method! “Was that a breath or … no? wait yes… or .. no?” hahaha.
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