has anyone ever read of how much memory a rabbit keeps?
one of my new little bunnies, Creepies, is a total lap bunny, but a few times when i've reached to pet him on his nose he will not only cower but start shaking violently and close his eyes very tight as if he was bracing himself to be hit... my other bunnies will cower if i move too quick or make too much noise, but not like this. other than these few times he has more than welcomed any gesture of affection and almost begs to be picked up - he climbs my leg, stands up to be picked up when i ask him to come to me....
i hate to think that someone would hit this poor bunny so hard that he would react like that... when he's done this i've just gently rubbed my finger across his cheek, he'll open his eyes and snap out of it and crawl into my lap and get as close to me as he can... it almost makes me cry just thinking about it... i have had to pop by other bunnies from time to time when multiple snaps, "hey's", or "quit it's" don't work and they know they're doing something wrong - but never more than a quick pat just to get their attention, not enough to make them scared, not enough to make them rare back at me, and never ever hard... i just hate the thought of what he might have went through.... it makes me wonder if it might be more than the coat for your sweet little Bif...
Last edited by jewels; 05-24-2006 at 02:03 PM.