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Kicking out back legs

moonturtle

moonturtle

Warren Scout
Bojangles has been kicking out her back legs when she hops. Other than that, she is acting normal. She is binkying, doing her bunny flops, she always lays like a meatloaf. She is eating, drinking, and using the bathroom fine. She is playing with her cardboard boxes. What could be causing this?
 
Is she doing it all the time she hops ?

Can you post a video of what she is doing as it is not really possible for us to say what it may be without being able to see what she does

'Back Feet flicks' can be a sign of displeasure, after a Bunny has been picked up or something. But this is not usually a continuous thing, just a one off as the Rabbit is put back on the ground. They hop off and flick out their back feet as they go.
 
She is not doing it every time she hops. I will try to capture her on video. She is kicking out her back legs like she is trying to get feeling back in them (like when we have a limb fall asleep and we shake it out to get the feeling back.) I am probably being paranoid, but reading all of the horrible things that happen to some members rabbits and without warning, I am so terrified something will happen to her. I don't think it is displeasure because she is doing it if she moves from one place to another of her own free will.
 
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