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Hiccuping?

Nina_Sunset

Nina_Sunset

Young Bun
I recently got a new baby bunny aside from my current 9 month old bunny. He just turned two months but sometimes (only twice) I noticed him sitting down and doing little jumps as if he were hiccuping (you know how when we hiccup we do a little jerk/jump). He was doing it for a minute or half a minute or, maybe, a little longer. He was doing it right now again for 10 seconds maybe.

My question is, do rabbits hiccup? Is it natural for them to do what i just explain above? (My 9 month old bunny has not done this since I had her, just the baby)
 
Hello and welcome to RU! :)
I have an almost ten year old minirex bunny and he often does this little jolt several times in succession. Funny thing is if I call his name he stops for a bit, then starts up again. My vet says it's probably hiccuping, but it seems weird that it will stop and start like that.

If you have any concerns you could ask your vet to take a look. Do you have access to a video camera or have one on your phone? Getting a little video of him doing this would be good to take to your vet as of course this will not happen while bunny is being seen by the doctor. :roll:

Is the bunny in question the one in your avatar? :)
 
My female, Deedee, often has what certainly looks like hiccups. It's normally after she's had a long drink and lasts for up to a minute.
 
I would not worry too much but I would mention it to your vet though. My rabbit George would hiccup quite a bit. I did not think anything of it until last June when I found out he had a Gastric Ulcer. When I brought him home after treatment he still hiccup until we upped his omeprazole dosage. So no more hiccups.

In people Hiccups can be a sign of GERD and GORD in people.
 
MimzMum said:
Hello and welcome to RU! :)
I have an almost ten year old minirex bunny and he often does this little jolt several times in succession. Funny thing is if I call his name he stops for a bit, then starts up again. My vet says it's probably hiccuping, but it seems weird that it will stop and start like that.

If you have any concerns you could ask your vet to take a look. Do you have access to a video camera or have one on your phone? Getting a little video of him doing this would be good to take to your vet as of course this will not happen while bunny is being seen by the doctor. :roll:

Is the bunny in question the one in your avatar? :)
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Thank you for letting me know. I was slightly concerned and no lol that one is the older 9 month old bunny. I think she was 3 months in that picture! Her name's Milly.
 
Thanks for letting me know guys. I'll check with my vet if it continues more than once a week/month to see if he has anything wrong with him just to be safe.
 
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