mochi_ball
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This morning whenMochi tried to wake me up, I ignored her completely because I was reallytired and wanted to sleep in. (I live in a studio apt and she has free roaming within the entire apt.)
She jumps on the bed and jumps on top of me, sniffs my face, digs/scratches next to me...which is all normal behavior for her because she does this almost every morningwhen she wants her veggies. Usually I respond to this and get up to feed her. Sometimes I groggily turn to her and pet her a few times & snooze in a few more hours, and she goes off and does her own bunnything (like excercise, run around, eat hay).
But this morning, I decided to ignore her completely, i stayed very still and didn'tbudge an inch when she was acting outher mischevious behavior. I didn't respond to her for about 2 hours or so, as I was floating in and out of consciousness anyway. Though half asleep I heard her jump on the bed, off the bed, running around erratically (excercising), etc..which is what she does in the morning.
THEN comes the weird part...she starts THUMPING a lot. I don't remember how many times, but I would say 30+ timesin the time span of10-15 minutes. The thumping finally woke me up completely and I finally got up to see what she was doing. Seeing that I was up, she runs towards me.
I wanted to know...is it because she thought I was dead? That's why she got so angry? This is a first for Mochi because she rarely thumps for no apparentreason like this. (It's not like I was starving her, there was still plently of hay in her litterbox). So I thought maybe she got so angry because she thought I wasn't alive. For Mochi, she's never experienced "death" meaning she's never been in the situation to know what a dead person/animal is. When Bun Bun (Mochi's husbun)crossed the rainbow bridge, he passed away at the vets clinic, so Mochi never got a chance to see him in that state.
Ijust thought it was peculiar behaviour...share your thoughts!
She jumps on the bed and jumps on top of me, sniffs my face, digs/scratches next to me...which is all normal behavior for her because she does this almost every morningwhen she wants her veggies. Usually I respond to this and get up to feed her. Sometimes I groggily turn to her and pet her a few times & snooze in a few more hours, and she goes off and does her own bunnything (like excercise, run around, eat hay).
But this morning, I decided to ignore her completely, i stayed very still and didn'tbudge an inch when she was acting outher mischevious behavior. I didn't respond to her for about 2 hours or so, as I was floating in and out of consciousness anyway. Though half asleep I heard her jump on the bed, off the bed, running around erratically (excercising), etc..which is what she does in the morning.
THEN comes the weird part...she starts THUMPING a lot. I don't remember how many times, but I would say 30+ timesin the time span of10-15 minutes. The thumping finally woke me up completely and I finally got up to see what she was doing. Seeing that I was up, she runs towards me.
I wanted to know...is it because she thought I was dead? That's why she got so angry? This is a first for Mochi because she rarely thumps for no apparentreason like this. (It's not like I was starving her, there was still plently of hay in her litterbox). So I thought maybe she got so angry because she thought I wasn't alive. For Mochi, she's never experienced "death" meaning she's never been in the situation to know what a dead person/animal is. When Bun Bun (Mochi's husbun)crossed the rainbow bridge, he passed away at the vets clinic, so Mochi never got a chance to see him in that state.
Ijust thought it was peculiar behaviour...share your thoughts!
Remember, bunnies have us trained, not the other way around. Lol. Wiggles would thump if I wouldn't pick her up when she'd scratch my pants. :?
