Jenk
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Has anyone witnessed your rabbit reacting to something invisible to the human senses?
Three nights ago, our male bun behaved as though he saw (or at least sensed) something that we humans could not.
His odd behavior started when he went to re-enter his penned area. He stopped short at the gate opening and stared hard toward the back of his room. He didn't even react to my presence when I sat next to him, spoke to him and pet him. Instead, he continued to stare at what, to me, appeared to be the back corner of his room. I saw nothing. He stared for 1-2 minutes.
He then decided to brave it and re-entered his pen. That's when things got more strange. He began showing definite signs of uneasiness, confusion and even fear (IMO). He did the bob-and-weave move, kept his ears erect, and slunk/slid around a small portion of the room. (He didn't seem to want to cover the entire area.) He did this for less than a minute before quickly leaving his penned area.
After all of this, he'd stare hard at his room's doorway (from his hallway position) every single time that he came near it. And one time, he stood upright (in the hallway) to stare inside of his room's doorway.
At one point, he re-entered his pen, and my husband then witnessed the same odd (uneasy/fearful) behaviors. (At that time, I was in the kitchen, asking my DH to describe our boy's behavior.)
A bit later, while I was again in the kitchen, our boy was again near his room's doorway. A moment later, he came riproaring faster than I'd ever seen--straight down the hallway and into the kitchen, where he slid into the cabinets. He again tried to run, zipping fearfully into our dining room. Thankfully, he stopped running and then calmed down about 10-15 minutes later.
I am convinced that he saw/sensed something that we humans couldn't see with our physical eyes. The very thought scares me a bit. But I have no other explanation; he definitely reacted in response to something.
Jenk
Three nights ago, our male bun behaved as though he saw (or at least sensed) something that we humans could not.
His odd behavior started when he went to re-enter his penned area. He stopped short at the gate opening and stared hard toward the back of his room. He didn't even react to my presence when I sat next to him, spoke to him and pet him. Instead, he continued to stare at what, to me, appeared to be the back corner of his room. I saw nothing. He stared for 1-2 minutes.
He then decided to brave it and re-entered his pen. That's when things got more strange. He began showing definite signs of uneasiness, confusion and even fear (IMO). He did the bob-and-weave move, kept his ears erect, and slunk/slid around a small portion of the room. (He didn't seem to want to cover the entire area.) He did this for less than a minute before quickly leaving his penned area.
After all of this, he'd stare hard at his room's doorway (from his hallway position) every single time that he came near it. And one time, he stood upright (in the hallway) to stare inside of his room's doorway.
At one point, he re-entered his pen, and my husband then witnessed the same odd (uneasy/fearful) behaviors. (At that time, I was in the kitchen, asking my DH to describe our boy's behavior.)
A bit later, while I was again in the kitchen, our boy was again near his room's doorway. A moment later, he came riproaring faster than I'd ever seen--straight down the hallway and into the kitchen, where he slid into the cabinets. He again tried to run, zipping fearfully into our dining room. Thankfully, he stopped running and then calmed down about 10-15 minutes later.
I am convinced that he saw/sensed something that we humans couldn't see with our physical eyes. The very thought scares me a bit. But I have no other explanation; he definitely reacted in response to something.
Jenk
