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› FORUM › THE LOUNGE › Is your bun affectionate?
I used to have a little female bun, well…I say little, she was 6 pounds. Anyway, she was very affectionate, and would lick any of you, legs, arms, hands, face!
Apollo has never been very affectionate, but then again, he’s only been with me 6 months. We had a break through though today! I was lying on the floor with him whilst he was running around, and he came over to me, re arranged my shirt, hopped on my back and started grooming my hair!
I felt so loved!
Are your buns affectionate?
Vienna isn’t that affectionate, but she will always go and nose bop me when she sees me, I’ve never been licked by her though ![]()
Harley is my affectionate one of the two. He is such a love bug. Whereas Sally would much rather be the one who is BEING loved. She doesn’t show her love very well…she’d much rather take than give ![]()
Foo is the most affectionate, social, friendly thing EVER. She grooms, nosebumps, climbs on, face rubs, etc. She loves being snuggled and held. She’s adorable.
Chacha will kiss me on HER own time. She likes to nose bonk me in the arse and wake me up in the morning for cookies.
Otto is not affectionate at all. At one point in his life he would let me pet him and actually enjoy it, but not really anymore. He actually does enjoy pets if he’s already snuggling with Hannah – we joke that he thinks she’s the one petting him. He will happily hop over to see what you’re up to and perform some tricks for a piece of craisin, but if you try to touch him he usually puts up with it for 2 seconds, then hops off.
Hannah is fairly affectionate. She’s not the type of bun to come up and groom you, but she loooves having her head petted and massaged and will sit there for 10min.
Bam is affectionate. He began licking my skin the day I found him. He lets me pet him for an hour.
Went to the vet today for his second vaccine-shot, the vet said “How cuddly he is!” He sat in my lap and let us cuddle him. He’s truly lovely.
Finn isn’t very affectionate but then again I haven’t put in a lot of time or effort to bond with him. I figure he’ll cuddle if he wants to, when he’s ready. He comes over and sees what we’re up to, I’ll get head butts and sniffs, and every once in a while he’ll jump on the couch. He enjoys getting his head pet, and tolerates being picked up but I think he prefers affection from our cats as opposed to humans.
Buster will let me pet him, but will NEVER do anything in return. He has quite the bad attitude about it actually…
I was quite upset yesterday (got some sad news), and was wanting him to come over and at least sit with me. He came up to me, nipped me (because I wasn’t petting him) and went and groomed his stuffy. Needless to say, I’m a little bitter… ![]()
Well… Monkey is Queen of the Universe,a nd as her lowly slave, I am not worthy of her affection.
Smudge gives kisses though, and Moose will snuggle now and then. Squirrel is… squirrelly. He does his own thing, sometimes it may include a little snuggle, sometimes it may include ignoring us for days. Bunnies are weird ![]()
Momiji is evenly affectionate. She’ll come up to me nudge my hand for food and let me pet her for half an hour. Then she might scamper off. If we let her run around the hall way in a fenced area, we’ll sit there for about 40 mins and then she’ll start licking our toes and getting comfy.
Karui is shy. She’ll scoot into a corner when we reach down to pet her but she’ll let us pet her for about 5 – 10 mins then she’ll go off to eat or groom her buddy. She’s easy to hold though.
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Rain aka My_Dwarves
Buddy’s not very affectionate, he’ll come and let me pet him when he feels like it, he’ll let me stroke his head and back but then when he’s had enough he’ll make sure I leave him alone. He prefers my partner, he licks his arms a lot and lets him pet him more. I think Bud puts up with me only because I feed him
Dexter is not very affectionate at all. He likes to hope around you, occasionally hop on you if you’re laying on the floor, but don’t pet him. He’ll tolerate it but it’s not really his thing. He likes to chill near us. His bond mate Penny is a little more affectionate. She’ll allow you to pet her head when SHE demands it. She also likes to climb all over us as long as we don’t mistake that as permission to pet her. We’re furniture
. They love on each other pretty adorably though.
Monty loves love. He will shove his head into our hands for head and ear rubs and will doze off while we do it. He seems to like full body pets, or at least tolerates them without giving us too much grief.
The babies seem to like affection but they are babies after all! Helo seems to pretty similar to Monty in the affection seeking so far. It’s easy to put him to sleep with good head rubs. Inara is becoming a little less thrilled about the lovin’ but likes to crawl all over us Penny style.
Nugget is very affectionate and super friendly with people. He loves being petted on the head and will get really comfortable by laying down, stretching his legs out, and just relaxes. He lets us pet his entire body, including his tummy if he flopped on his side. He likes to groom Eugene’s eyebrows and lick his face. I’ve asked for kisses a couple of times and he’s licked my lips before, it’s the cutest thing in the world. A couple times he bit my lip b/c I had minty chapstick on. I snapped my head by and let out a “OW!” and Nugget looked at me like he wasn’t done eating the chapstick off my lips. I’ve tried to cuddle with him, but he doesn’t like to sit still and will crawl all over you if you lay down. He also likes to scratch our backs, but usually it means he wants attention or food.
Powder is very affectionate. He loves pets and will sit for 20-30m straight if you’ll pet him that long. He tooth purrs, flops out and just relishes human attention. He isn’t big into trying to groom his humans though, or being held. He will jump in the bed though and flop out beside your pillow if you’re laying down! lol
Stickers, well, she is a very hands off rabbit. Stand up, she’ll spook. Walk, she’ll spook. Stand perfectly still she’ll come over to you and sniff you, maybe nip. Lay in the floor, she’ll nip your clothes and stand up on you. But, better not move or try to pet her. When she wants pets, she’ll ask for them and then you may pet her on the head only, for as long as she feels like it then leave her alone.
Cheddar likes pets. He bumps my hand for pets and grinds his teeth. Sometimes he falls asleep when I pet him.
Poopy likes to be pet on her own terms. She usually comes up for pets when she sees me petting Cheddy. I think she gets jealous or something.
No, no, no to sitting in my lap or cuddling in my arms though.
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