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Bunny eyesight + depth perception

J

Jocelyn

Mama Doe
Hello again :)

There's something I've noticed about Kitten (babby lionhead) which I'm not sure if I should be concerned about:

When she comes out or is looking at something she will move her head up and down quite frequently. Is this just because she's still quite nervous or is it her gaining depth perception? Or perhaps poor eyesight??

My boy Shadow never did this, but I know all buns are different and he's a very confident bun anyway which is why I ask if it might be because she's still wary?

She's otherwise very happy and always exploring and binkying.. Just wondered what people thought of this?
 
No she's not - she has dark eyes which is why I'm confused.. She's not going side to side either it's up and down o_O
 
Penny is scanning things with her eyes, too. She does not have pink eyes, but some of her brothers and sisters do, so she may have inherited bad eyesight. She also tried to climb up a 10 ft wall a few times. :lol:
 
Jocelyn said:
Hello again :)

There's something I've noticed about Kitten (babby lionhead) which I'm not sure if I should be concerned about:

When she comes out or is looking at something she will move her head up and down quite frequently. Is this just because she's still quite nervous or is it her gaining depth perception? Or perhaps poor eyesight??

My boy Shadow never did this, but I know all buns are different and he's a very confident bun anyway which is why I ask if it might be because she's still wary?

She's otherwise very happy and always exploring and binkying.. Just wondered what people thought of this?
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Rabbits have relatively poor NEAR vision. So in order to identify a near object they move their head up and down. This gives the receptors in Buns brain the message that the object is moving. Moving objects are easier to identify :)

The 'up and down' head movement is called 'tracking'

Janex :)
 
Ahh excellent, that explains it :) I just wanted to make sure it wasn't a sign of disease or something as it does look like she's quite 'special' when she's doing it :lol:
 
Bobby our REW boy scans and now that i can compare Megans head movement to a known 'scanner' I realise she does it too. She is also dark eyed so at first i thought it may be EC related neurological damage:

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One of my rabbits, Elsie scans from side to side too her eyes are brown however in natural light they often look reddy coloured too. In addition when we first got her whenever she came out her cage she would move her head up and down quite a lot which reduced with time, she doesn't do it now. However when she went on a 'long weekend' to my parents she did it there too at first but then stopped as she got used to her surroundings. My other bun never did any of this :lol:
 
Sooz22 said:
Bobby our REW boy scans and now that i can compare Megans head movement to a known 'scanner' I realise she does it too. She is also dark eyed so at first i thought it may be EC related neurological damage:

02-06-07_1521.jpg
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Scanning is 'side to side' head movements but Jocelyn's Bun is Tracking ie 'up and down' head movements :)

Janex
 
Sooz22 said:
I know....I just wanted to add my 2pence worth....sorry:oops:

Its a recently discovered phenomena to me :roll:
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Awwwww I just wasn't sure if everyone realised Jocelyn meant up and down head movements :oops: Sorry, wasnt meaning to come across as a smart bottom :oops:

I am feeling quite dizzy now with all this talk of side-to-side and up-and-down......:lol: :lol:

Janex
 
I'm surprised Kitten isn't dizzy with all of the bobbing up and down she does!! It is quite cute though [now I know it's not some horrible illness :lol: ]
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Awwwww I just wasn't sure if everyone realised Jocelyn meant up and down head movements :oops: Sorry, wasnt meaning to come across as a smart bottom :oops:

I am feeling quite dizzy now with all this talk of side-to-side and up-and-down......:lol: :lol:

Janex
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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