Is this health or behaviour?
They free range all day normally and of my two buns, Mungo has the biggest wanderlust. Julian can often be seen back in the hutch having a snooze, but Mungo is normally to be found in the long weeds oops or dozing underneath the bench at the bottom of the garden.
Today, he's not left the hutch and has moved approximately 3 inches. He ate his breakfast, but is just sitting with his eyes half-closed.
Last night he didn't come 'home' until quite late - it was dark. In the past when this has happened it's spooked him and he's stayed close to home, so I'm hoping it's that.
I'm also vaguely wondering whether he has problems with his sight. I know rabbits don't have very good close-up vision anyway, but I'm starting to get the idea that he uses Julian - a mainly white rabbit - as a point of reference to help him come home. I may be projecting human characteristics onto an animal, but if he's standing against the opening of the coop - quite wide, about 1.5ft - he doesn't seem to be able to find it on his own. He'll veer off into the door itself or the side of the coop, unless Julian comes out to 'help' him. A seeing eye rabbit. So now I'm wondering whether he's in his hutch because Julian has dashed off without him.
Sigh. I'm worried and don't know what the signs are that I need to be *vet* worried. How seriously would they take me if I took him because he's having a lazy day?
D x
They free range all day normally and of my two buns, Mungo has the biggest wanderlust. Julian can often be seen back in the hutch having a snooze, but Mungo is normally to be found in the long weeds oops or dozing underneath the bench at the bottom of the garden.
Today, he's not left the hutch and has moved approximately 3 inches. He ate his breakfast, but is just sitting with his eyes half-closed.
Last night he didn't come 'home' until quite late - it was dark. In the past when this has happened it's spooked him and he's stayed close to home, so I'm hoping it's that.
I'm also vaguely wondering whether he has problems with his sight. I know rabbits don't have very good close-up vision anyway, but I'm starting to get the idea that he uses Julian - a mainly white rabbit - as a point of reference to help him come home. I may be projecting human characteristics onto an animal, but if he's standing against the opening of the coop - quite wide, about 1.5ft - he doesn't seem to be able to find it on his own. He'll veer off into the door itself or the side of the coop, unless Julian comes out to 'help' him. A seeing eye rabbit. So now I'm wondering whether he's in his hutch because Julian has dashed off without him.
Sigh. I'm worried and don't know what the signs are that I need to be *vet* worried. How seriously would they take me if I took him because he's having a lazy day?
D x