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Thumping

Loppy2

Loppy2

Warren Scout
Hello

my dwarf lop rabbit Loppy wants to get what he wants when he wants. He wants to be a house bunny. In the night he stomps and keeeps us all await so we bring him in in the morning and hes fine :) X


Helppppp!


thanks x

loppy leo aston james
 
stan did this at night time under my bed now he gets locked in kitchen at night and i shut the blinds good luck
 
My dwarf lop boy (who is a house bun) used to keep me awake thumping. It was easily solved - I had him neutered and got him a friend :)

He hasn't thumped once in the two months Daisy has been here. :lol:

If bunny is outside, it may be that there is a fox/cat frightening him?
 
No there is no fox or cat. we keep an eye on them all the time.
do u no anywhere where they do indoor cages
and he is neauterd and has a friend called Poppy but we blocked the staires off because poppy sometimes get quite dominiate.Loppy (my bun) just takes it as he is to scared to run away from her if you no what i mean.

thankyou xx
 
Some rabbits will thump as they like a light to be left on for them at night, or they are craving company and quickly learn that thumping brings their human friends to visit them - or bring them food, it can become a learnt behaviour.

It it also possible that he is thumping due to predators or noises/smells that you are unaware of, rabbits have very sensitive noses/ears and hear and smell things that concern them that we are unaware of.
 
Jenson thumps sometimes too (housebun). I usually get up and check everything is ok and talk to him for a minute. I don't feed him as I don't want him to learn thumping means food! But I do check his water and hay.
Then, if that doesn't work, I put the hall light on for him, I didn't realise that others do this too! :)
He seems to go through phases of doing it, I wonder if there is a fox outside sometimes. Nothing for a while though, until this morning and it was his breakfast time!
 
I have a foster doe who thumps every time I move her and her partner. From hutch to carrier, thump! From carrier to run, thump! From run to carrier, thump! From carrier to hutch, thump!:lol::lol: Stroppy madam. I have no idea how to help you but I'm afraid bunnies thump!
 
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