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How can you tell if bun enjoying being petted or just putting up with it?

Hi there,

just wondered how you can tell if a bun is liking all the attention you are paying it or if they just going 'eeekkkkk, hoomin touching me, if I stays still they'll go way!! :shock: '

I ask because I've recently discovered I think Barnabunbun likes ear massages - I've been stroking round the root of his ears and his cheek and he seems to like it - not moving and eyes half closing ... but then I started to get paranoid that I'm really only scaring the poor boy half to death and he ain't moving coz he's terrified! Silly I know, but I do worry bout these things :roll:
 
teeth noise is a good sign. or they get comfy :love::love:

im not sure with Holly myself. shes so statue like but she sometimes does a tooth noise and she sort of adjusts herself too.. i hope thats not fear :shock:
 
Louie thrusts his nose towards you for nose rubs, then does the teeth chattering bit. If you stop, he keeps nudging you to carry on :D

When he gets fed up he just hops off!
 
Keith just wanders off if he doesn't want to be stroked. When I rub his cheek he pushes into it a bit, all "OOOH THATS GOOD OOOH". He's a very confident bunny tho.
 
Hm, I had teeth chattering when I was grooming him earlier (dontcha just LOVE moulting season :roll:) but he was also trying to get down at the same time .... they really confuse me sometimes :oops:
 
Yes mine do the teeth thing and usually their eyes close and they look like they are dead - they're not obviously just really relaxed.:lol:
 
Alvin loves fuss BUT im only allowed to fuss him when his wifey is near so he can pretend its not the evil human :roll: but he sort of settles and flattens down, then hops off when hes bored
 
My Vin half-closed her eyes when she was loving a good stroke. She gave me signs she was fed up by shifting about. She also used to 'shuffle' down into a lower position. :love:
 
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