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question over missing tail???

bunnylover4

bunnylover4

Warren Scout
Hello

this is just a quick question to see what people on here think. I adopted a female Rex x Netherland dwarf from a rescue centre but when i got her i noticed she has no tail:?:? [i think it makes her extra special]

The rescue said they think the mother would have bitten it off at birth :? is this a common thing for a mummy bunny to do or is it more likely something has happened to my poor girl in her previous home..... She is a very nervous bunny but does have a loving home now with her bunny hubby gizmo. I just wish i knew what has happened to her to make her so timid and nervous.:?
 
Its poss mum bit it off...I know of a bun who has half a front paw due to mum biting.
A disturbance perhaps when the kits were firstborn..or perhaps another reason...xxxx
 
yvette said:
Its poss mum bit it off...I know of a bun who has half a front paw due to mum biting.
A disturbance perhaps when the kits were firstborn..or perhaps another reason...xxxx
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Ah thankyou:) i was worried the rescue were hiding something from me. I would have had her anyway whatever happened to her. she is my beautiful little girl:love::love: and she dont seem to miss her tail one bit.
:)
 
bunnylover4 said:
Hello

this is just a quick question to see what people on here think. I adopted a female Rex x Netherland dwarf from a rescue centre but when i got her i noticed she has no tail:?:? [i think it makes her extra special]

The rescue said they think the mother would have bitten it off at birth :? is this a common thing for a mummy bunny to do or is it more likely something has happened to my poor girl in her previous home..... She is a very nervous bunny but does have a loving home now with her bunny hubby gizmo. I just wish i knew what has happened to her to make her so timid and nervous.:?
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My mum bred rabbits for a short time when I was a kid. We probably overall had about 70ish baby rabbits in that time. One was actually born without a tail. We assume he was anyway as there was never any scab or scar. Having no tail didnt affect him in any way.
 
My childhood bunny had no tail... I stood on it by accident when she was a baby and as she hopped away it snapped clean off! :shock::cry: But she lived a very long happy life with her special stump :love:
 
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