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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 12/20/2013 at 1:20 PM
  Priya
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  So we’re thinking of getting our Binky a friend (after he’s neutered in a few weeks of course) and since he is very, very energetic and has this tendency to mark everything (territorial issue?)…I wanted to see what he does when there’s another “creature” in there with him. So I took my stuffed beanie dog (the kind that lies around) and put in his cage. Binky looked at it, sniffed a few times then just ignored and got into a bunny ball (relaxed pose) and sat in his usual spot (which happened to be right beside the dog). Half hour later…he was still there. This guy chins EVERYTHING…even things he has NO clue about..but he didn’t chin the dog. Just sniffed it. He never seen the dog, ever.
  
  After I let Binky out for his playtime/exercise, I got the dog out to see his behaviour on the floor (which is his territory…he sprays regularly there). Again..same thing. Sniff sniff, ignoring. The dog is now sprawled across the floor and Binky is unwinding behind his other fav. place, behind the sofa.
- 12/20/2013 at 1:37 PM
  Sarita
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  You probably won’t get the same reaction with a stuffed animal as you will with a real animal.
  
  Also he may just not find the stuffed animal very interesting or he may chin in later…
- 12/20/2013 at 4:06 PM
  Priya
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  I know that…it’s not the same. But I have heard of other bunnies reacting differently to stuffed toys and I just wanted to see what he does. I do find it kinda strange of him not chinning it, because he chins EVERYTHING. Whether it’s alive or not is irrelevant to him. This is the first time I’m seeing him not caring about something that was put near him or he came across himself.
- 12/20/2013 at 5:23 PM
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  Here’s one for you…. I’ve never seen Henry chin anything! Wow, one extreme to the other…..
  Anyhow, I gave Henry a soft toy before he was neutered, cause he went for my sleeping dog’s leg (to her absolute disgust! And more so – mine!), and he just walked around it. Like Binky, Henry has interest in most things – but not this one soft toy. Yes – strange????
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