keletkezes
Wise Old Thumper
Mmm, interesting! I don't have any ideas why.
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Rabbits grooming in the heat
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daphnephoebe
Wise Old Thumper
I have a theory although its way off.
Could it possibly be because they're becoming warm, they're getting a little stressed, so grooming each other is to help reduce each others stress?
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Could it possibly be because they're becoming warm, they're getting a little stressed, so grooming each other is to help reduce each others stress?
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joey&boo
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Maybe it just took them a while to realise it feels nice. My less romantic suggestion is from my experience Mouse & Rudey did loads of this type of grooming, J&B just do a little. When I've been doing slow bonding / intercepting Mouse is receiving very thorough grooming by Joey. Boo doesn't get this (& I'd put money on her being Joeys favourite) so I'm assuming more groomies happen when there are aches & pains to soothe
It could be caused by stress, although I've seen no evidence of it at other times and can't think why that would be something new. I don't think it could be anything to do with temperature, although I did wonder if this was the case when it first started as it was very hot. But the morning before last at 7am it was quite chilly outside and Tui was busy at it
I prefer your first suggestion
Soothing aches and pains could be the reason for Tui grooming Tethra, but I don't think that Tui has any for Tethra to soothe. I agree it's possible though that bunnies do this.
