Thea & Bobbin
Warren Veteran
Wow, I experienced something with Bobbin on Sunday that I've never seen or heard him do before. He thumped! Now, I know that rabbits use this as a signal of danger to one another, and I've even heard that they may do it to alert their owners, but I don't think it was for danger.
What happened was, I was getting ready to go out to dinner, and Bobbin hadn't been out yet so I let him out for half an hour whilst getting ready, to later let him out for a few more hours. When the time came for me to go, he followed me back to his room, had a quick run around and jumped back in his cage, at this point I preceded to close it... this is when he got annoyed! He jumped on the roof of is house where he likes to sit, just looked at me and thumped his back foot really loud, just once! I was like " Oh Bobbin, what was that for...??" Then he did it once more! He looked really peed off!! I was quite shocked, and mildy upset if I'm honest, I would never want to upset him!
I gave him a treat to sweeten him up, and then he seemed all back to normal. Hopefully he won't associate the treat with thumping!!! :shock:
Has anyone else had any thumping experiences of this nature??
What happened was, I was getting ready to go out to dinner, and Bobbin hadn't been out yet so I let him out for half an hour whilst getting ready, to later let him out for a few more hours. When the time came for me to go, he followed me back to his room, had a quick run around and jumped back in his cage, at this point I preceded to close it... this is when he got annoyed! He jumped on the roof of is house where he likes to sit, just looked at me and thumped his back foot really loud, just once! I was like " Oh Bobbin, what was that for...??" Then he did it once more! He looked really peed off!! I was quite shocked, and mildy upset if I'm honest, I would never want to upset him!
I gave him a treat to sweeten him up, and then he seemed all back to normal. Hopefully he won't associate the treat with thumping!!! :shock:
Has anyone else had any thumping experiences of this nature??