Teeth chattering while grooming

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- 07/28/2009 at 2:03 PM
  QueenThumper
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  During Thumper’s grooming sessions, sometimes she will stop what she is doing, looking up, and making what sounds like a chattering sound with her teeth. It sounds kind of like her teeth are chattering but she’s not cold, or like she’s biting something hard. It only lasts for a couple of seconds, but I just wonder what it is she’s doing and if it’s normal. She only does this while grooming and every few minutes.
- 07/28/2009 at 2:14 PM
  wendyzski
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  Sounds like a tooth-purr. “Mmmm – more pls!”
- 07/28/2009 at 2:16 PM
  QueenThumper
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  I’ve heard her tooth-purrs, and this is much louder… Also, when I said grooming, I meant her grooming herself. It could be a form of tooth-purring, it just sounds different to me. Also, I’ve never known her to tooth-purr about something she did to herself, though it is possible…
- 07/28/2009 at 2:17 PM
  QueenThumper
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  I guess it sounds more like someone cracking a nut with their teeth than anything else. Three or so loud clicks of the teeth.
- 07/28/2009 at 5:37 PM
  bunnymama
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  Do you think she is grinding her teeth — which rabbits will do when they like something – petting usually?
- 07/28/2009 at 6:57 PM
  QueenThumper
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  No, it does not sound like teeth purring and it happens when she is grooming herself, sometimes when she is just running around exploring things.
- 08/06/2009 at 7:04 AM
  Sage Cat
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  It sounds to me like a happy noise!
- 08/06/2009 at 11:18 AM
  QueenThumper
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  It probably is, I’ve just never heard or read anything about another bun doing it before. Maybe it is just another form of teeth-purring, although it sounds more like a clicking noise.
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