14 Ways to Tell Your Rabbit You Love Them
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- You absolutely love your rabbit, and you’re not afraid to show it. But all the toys, comfy beds and treats, can’t let your bunnies know how special they are to you.
In this video, we’ll show you 14 ways to tell your rabbit you love them in a language they’re sure to understand.
Hiding Spot
Bunnies are always on the lookout for places to shelter. It makes them happy knowing there are places they can hide and feel safe. In their natural habitat, they protect themselves from predators with underground tunnels they can run into and hide.
So to show your rabbit you care for them, make them a hideout, like a wooden house in the style of a small kennel, so that they can have alone time when needed.
This will show them that you understand their needs and that you love them
Talk to them
A study conducted by Dr. Robert Nerem found that rabbits who were talked to and received affections during the feeding time, lived healthier and longer lives than bunnies who weren’t.
This means that speaking softly with your rabbit while petting them will calm them and help them relax.
Respect your rabbit’s nature.
Many rabbit owners dress up their bunnies or discourage them from certain inherent behaviors such as digging, chewing or eating their own droppings. This can cause anxiety and frustration.
It is important that you love your rabbits for who they are.
Pet them where they enjoy it most
Rabbits see petting as akin to grooming, which happens between two friendly bunnies. When you pet your rabbit, you’re telling them you care about them. It’s the most direct way to tell your little pet you love them.
The best places to pet rabbits are their forehead and behind their ears. They also love getting strokes down their back or around the shoulders. With that said, they dislike being touched on their bottom, feet, stomach or tail.
Get down to their level
Rabbits are prey animals and they find anything towering over them intimating.
When you’re standing or even sitting down, your bunny can only engage with your legs. They’ll see you as a big scary creature and are more likely to be wary of you.
Instead of hovering above them as an imposing giant, bring yourself down to their level.
Sit or lay with your rabbit on the floor and let them come up to you if they want to.
Chewing
Rabbits’ teeth will grow continuously all their lives, and they’re designed to be worn down to the right length by grinding away at food. In the wild, a rabbit’s buffet menu often includes hard vegetation such as hay, twigs, tree bark, and other material that requires lots of chewing. The extensive chewing keeps their growing teeth under control. This is why it’s important to provide your little pet with unlimited access to grass hay which they can graze on throughout the day.
Prepare their favorite food
Although many cartoons have misconstrued that rabbits love carrots, the truth is that rabbits love bananas more. This is because rabbits love bananas more than any other fruits or vegetables in the world.
Scent Mingling
Rabbits are territorial creatures and they love everything that smells like them.
Rabbits often mark their scent through their droppings, urine, licking, or chinning. Yes, that’s right. Rabbits have scent glands under their chins. When they rub their chin against something, a tiny amount of their specific scent is deposited on that object.
Spend time with your bunny and let them spread their scent on you and your clothing. Don’t move away when they lick you. Let them wander in and around your legs. It’s their smell that help them know you’re theirs and they will feel at ease with you.
Keep them calm
This is the best way to tell your bunnies you love them. Rabbits are prey animals and anything unexpected will end up scaring them or putting them on alert. If you make your rabbit’s day-to-day life scheduled and expected, they will be a lot happier in their environment.
Spend time with your rabbit
Like with any relationship, spending time together is a great way to show affection. Try not to get too distracted by the TV or your phone. Make a schedule and devote some time every day solely to your rabbit.
Never let them go alone.
Rabbits are incredibly social animals and appreciate constant companionship. In the wild, they live in large family groups, and constantly interact with each other.
Without your interactions, rabbits can get bored, even to the point of becoming depressed.
#3. Let your rabbit explore
Rabbits are curious creatures, and they love having the chance to explore new places and run around.
So make sure to provide your bunny a large enough space to run around and satisfy their explorative nature. You can even build a nice playground area for them. Cat tunnels are great gifts for your rabbit as they simulate their tunnels and burrowing systems. You can also use cardboard boxes to make them someplace to chew, hide and explore. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Me: *Sees 14 ways you can tell your rabbit you love them*
Also me, who doesent have a rabbit: Well well well lets see then
Same lol
OMG. SAME I DON'T HAVE. A REBBIT
I WANT ONE
Yep
@Horse and dog adventures bc knowladge
My bunny really loves it when me and my sister just sit next to him and talk to each other. It's like we're his personal podcast. He completely relaxes and goes into a loaf or a flop. Also, whenever I see my bunny eat his cecotropes, I make sure to praise him a lot. He's a senior bunny who's had his incisors removed recently so eating his cecotropes isn't as easy as it was and he sometimes leaves some laying around. So now especially, he gets lots and lots of praise when I see him eat them.
When the video said that you should go down to their level, I knew that my bunny really likes me. If I even just attempt to get up after playing with her on the floor or just petting her laying down, she stands upright and gives me a look that absolutely breaks my heart. She realised a while back that it makes me stay, so now if I try to do literally ANYTHING that is not in our room, she bullies me with that look. It is horrible, and she just makes it cuter and cuter over time 🤣
Haha yeah my bunnies are like that too xD does your bunny go in front of your feet when you walk too? It's kinda dangerous because mine *always* run in front of me and I nearly step on them 👀
@@alisonmccain o my soullll she doesn't stop doing that 🤣🤣🤣
My mom has even experienced it, ESPECIALLY if she knows she is getting a treat. And when I accidentally step on one of her little feet, I feel so bad, and she doesn't even seem to care or even notice, as long as she gets her treat 🙄😂
Sometimes she runs to me if I open my cupboard door, because she loves playing in the bottom shelf with one of the old blankets I left there for her and an old leather belt, because apparently they are obsessed with anything leather 🤷♀️except for school shoes. But so I open my cupboard to get dressed or something, she then comes sprinting to my feet, but I have to stand still for a good minute for her to fully calm down and just go play. Otherwise she keeps on running around my feet, and then she sommer looks confused when I almost step on her or she I shoo her away 🤣like I love her to bits, but o my flippen soul she stresses me out sometimes 🤦♀️😂
@@lianabotha0355 yeahh okay well thank god I'm not the only one xd
Bunnies like to be petted in lots of places.. mine loves to be tummy rubbed
@@Eric-ug9st we figured out that my bunn is actually ticklish on her side, so you can never get too close before she jumps up and starts hopping around like she is expecting a treat after letting me get THAT close to her tummy 🤣but on her tummy itself, she is quite chilled with it oddly enough 🤷♀️😂
Very informative! If only the clip at the start where a lady is carrying a bunny on its back is not included...I hope people know that it’s bad to carry bunnies like that.
Mhm Caramel and Sugars hate when I carry them that way but for some reason Nibbles, Lavender, Toffee, and Angel like it .-.
Oh okay that you for the information I’ll look it up but the 4 do really enjoy it I’ll make sure to google it :)
Depends on the bunny and how much they trust YOU. I knew many very skittish bunnies who felt insecure in my lap if on their backs. Others would flip demanding a belly rub because they knew my very well and we had that trust built... but that take serious socialization and trust building efforts at the critter's pace, not mine. I do not recommend this for inexperienced bunny folks. Every animal species has personality traits and their own language you must learn to fully engage that animal in a 'convo' or to build a happy relationship.
@@DefinitelyMurray I understand, but, no, I never forced it. Trance and I played. He rolled over on his own as did one or two others (in play only). It is not common to have such trust though. That is true. counters survival instinct I imagine.
When I got my bunny from the pet shop, one of the ladies who were working there decided to take one of the bunnies out to show us. She held the bunny on her back. She then proceeded to show me and my mom how you can "hypnotize" a rabbit by laying it on its back and rubbing their stomach in a circular manner. I almost had a bloody heart attack. I could not have been more happy to get the bunny I chose out of there. They used a water bottle as well, but the back thing was stressing me out the most. Like what even, you work at a bloody pet shop lady?????
"The best companion for a rabbit, is another rabbit of the opposite gender"
So... after I've blinked twice there'll be four rabbits 😂😂
Of course you have to at least spay or neuter the male, better both!
Was thinking the same thing. Give them 1 day alone and BOOM. A whole new bloody rabbit colony has formed in your house.
🤣 yas
Always spay/neuter....they live longer and tend to be calmer
@@ryandonovan5895 I don't know about calmer, but they definitely live longer. And they are not AS territorial as they normally are. They also don't get that jealous when they see you with another person/animal. The amount of energy and sass don't get any better though 🤣
Me: *doesn't have a rabbit*
Also me: "Hm, that looks interessting."
all animals are more then just pets. they are our earth cousins and share pain equally to us. also bunnys are a lot like cats
true
True put not like cats there more special they sleep while there eyes are open
Exactly
Bunnies*
Rabbits are so different than cats. I have both and their body language is different, heh.
In all honesty my rabbit is not much like the way they’re betrayed here. He’s not scared of a thing and doesn’t hide from anything. He enjoys stomach pets and when we tower over him he stands up and gets excited. Follows me everywhere gets excited when he hears people come to the door. 😆 he’s more like a dog then anything
He may enjoy being rubbed on the stomach but I hope you aren’t flipping him on his back to do so. This can send your bunny into shock and hurt them
my bunny also likes belly rubs when hes flopped over on his side. every morning I wake up and hes sleeping right next to me so I turn over and pet him haha
My rabbit is fearless too. He loves to groom my 115 pound coon hound. One time I dropped a bowl and it landed like a hair away from him and broke. He didn't even twitch. He just kept laying there lamb chopped, not a care in the world.
I think rabbits are just amazing.. I have 4 (a family) and its just so cute how lovable they are to me and their family:))
I think all pets r pretty amazing. Even my new baby bunny. 1 things for sure, for the most part, everytime my hubby & I get into it, the fur babies mostly choose my side. No matter how small or big. I already forgot what dumb thing we got into it about but I know when he left the room, my bunny came from behind me, climbed up to me, all the way to my face, (I was laying down side ways w/ my back turned), all in my face, bc hes that small, as if to say you good? Now I feel kind a bad about the dog. Just kind of. Bc she might not always like the other pets & have their backs but she's a mean 1 that'll have mine. Against him too. & thats more of his dog. 😔 I wish she didn't eat the neighbors bunnies. Prob gonna take awhile for me to get over. & I bet she knows it too. He gave her a "bow, bow" for it. Ok, she got a spanking.
When I was a teenager I had a rabbit that I used to snuggle up to in bed when it was cold outside. She just sat there loving the petting and fell asleep with me for hours. She also used to feed out my hands too. She was so cute, I used to give her dandelions to eat and she loved eating them like they were the only meal she had for a whole day. I used to kiss her and she once jumped up and licked the tears off my face when I was sad!
I don't even have a rabbit. But here I am
You can successfully bond with your bunny, if you can't get another one. My bunny is totally bonded to me, and adjusts to my work sleep schedule. We've tried to bond him to other bunnies but he refuses. Violently.
I'm also have refusal. After 3 introduction, my bunny seems calmer & not biting her friend anymore. Try introduce at new place, where your bunny not claimed yet.
Sometimes my bunny wants to look for me, Which means he loves me, and I love him to❤💝🥰
Cardboard boxes really are a must. It's a nice hiding place and they just love to chew and rip them apart. It also provides something tough to keep their teeth from growing too long.
will they swallow it?
@@danifuturee Oh yeah, most of it. Though they like to tear it a bit so some small bits will remain. It's safe for them to eat.
Loved all this info. There is so much rabbit misinformation out on the internet, but not in this video! I might've added a few more caveats about not overfeeding carrots (or any treat), but overall great job 😊
i got 2 rabbts and know very much about em. we treat them like kings they can literally walk in the whole house and have an outside garden cage.
owe me a question
@@ThunderEkronix well hope the outside cage isn’t their home
@@Th-Rbt nope, we got an indoor cage
Nope, there are any infos wrong in this video...
One morning i went into my rabbit's cage and he went wild. I was sitting in his cage and he was just running around and suddenly jumped on me and peed. My mom was howling with laughter because he decided to mark me as his with pee lol
Aside from dark leafy greens Raw Asian sweet potatoes are one of the best foods because they're hard enough to keep their teeth worn down plus they are very high in nutritional value. Also applies to tortoises
My bunnies are actually crazy about carrots and don't seem to like bananas that much- for my bunnies I think the cartoons are right 😂
Feeding rabbits too many treats can actually make them ill. I didn't know this until I took my rabbit to the vet because she wasn't too well, so now I don't give her treats unless she's been a really good bunny. I only give her a VERY small amount of banana or apple if I am having either of them, and I just put a TINY bit on the tip of my finger. She goes absolutely bananas for bananas.
Know the feeling.. been there.. done that..!! BUT..I found out that my bunny (angora rabbit).LOVES!!!!! a certain BRAND of grain pellets over another brand that are just as good and healthy. so I feed him the second choice brand along with green stuff and hay.(as daily meals). and GIVE HIM the ONE HE LOVES..AS TREATS!!!!. He loves it. ...( can't get any healthier than that)...
when you said "let youre rabbits explore" i opend there cages. thank you for showing us
Awh this is such a great vid - thanks so much for sharing! very informative and helpful!
"Rabbits are known to hold grudges." I related to this fact, mine resented my mom for weeks at one point..
My house rabbit has been free roaming and sleeping in my bed for the past 2 years :3
Well I do all of the mentioned "Love," so this means, he is Extremely Adored!! 🐇💞
Aw, true about the banana, although it should only be a little piece as a treat on occasion. My bunny and my dog used to sit down with me and we'd share a banana, they'd both beg for a piece lol.
Oh yeah I usually walk Angel because she’s the most beautiful energetic out of all my 6 bunnies lol
When I'm sitting on a sofa my rabbit jumps up and *basically* hugs me
Our bunnies love 🌿when we rub their heads and they fall asleep so fast under their fur blanket. Bunnies are so intelligent. We play hide and seek
0:00 please refrain from holding your rabbit like that, although it wont kill them its a better idea not to
It could kill them actually. When in that position, they are terrified and paralyzed. Rabbits can easily die of extreme fright
@@raven7146 that’s right, they get into a trance and get fatally paralysed, but i hope it never happens
Me :ok rabbit let me put it in a language you can understand
Love these little guys
4:52 "Rabbits are known to hold grudges"
I dunno why but that phrasing made me laugh. XD
My rabbits do love carrots. Though too much sugar in carrots. And in fruits too. So this is only from time to time and in small quantities. A rabbit should mostly eat hay or herbs and Green vegetables twice a day (10% of their Weight per day).
And indeed rabbits are really cute family members. And so curious and intelligent. And now I'm at work and want to go home to see them :)
Awww🥰yes they are so sweet and smart too🌼
Yep thanks for the tips
Thank you for this video! 🧡
Thank you so much!It was really helpful.
"Bunnies love bananas"
Give them Donkey Kong games, got it
Gives a lot more hints to take care of my two bunbuns, though I hope the fact that I bought two rabbit sisters is ok.
They are going along really well and can't get enough of each others
As ling as theyre spayed you should be fine. Later in life if theyre not it will often lead to cancer.
Too much sugar is really bad for bunnies. I prefer to feed carrot TOPS with just a little bit of carrot. Fruit in VERY small quantities. Deep leafy greens keep bunnies healthy. I hate pellets. They can impact your bunny's gut. Thumping is their language. Different thumps or contexts mean different things. Yes, two different poops. Critical for a healthy bunny as well, being vegan. (Cows and horses have two stomachs)
FYI horses and bunnies don't have 2 different kinds of stomachs, though their guts are definitely very sensitive like you said!
if you don't give your bunny pellets then where do they get their protein? contrary to common belief rabbits are omnivores, that means they do eat meat because they need the protein.
@@Abbenxena no they don't. They can get everything they need from veggies and grass/hay most of the time, pellets should make a very small % of their diet, about 3%-10%
Fun fact, feeding bunnies carrots regularly is actually really bad for them. They are unable to properly digest the complex starch that carrots are comprised of. Owners should NEVER feed their bunny friends carrots as it will cause indigestions and blockages, eventually leading to death caused by intestinal issues and blockages. The leafy greens of the carrot tops are completely fine, and actually good for them, just not the carrots themselves.
@@eren-_ do your research before posting, pellets, (which are mostly hay) should be fed to them at every meal, and are 10% to 18% protein. i have a friend who raises for a living, she has been for over 20 years, and she knows more than some random google search
They love basil more than anything too, if you buy them a basil plant they will go crazy💕💕
Thank you so much .!
Thank you
I’m getting a new rabbit tomorrow so this is so much help for me
Awesome video. Will try this out.
thank you so much!
A lot of thanks sir 😁.
Excellent video!!!
I just got a 8 month old bunny and These are helping me a lot
🐰🐰🐰🐰 love this video.
My rabbit really love banana 😂😂 thanks for pointing that out
This is such great video! Me and my Bun agrees!
Sometimes my rabbit makes sounds like he is hiccuping ❤️
My rabbit when I'm standing up: SNIFF FEET
So cute 🥰
My entire house is bunny proofed. My buns run free all but 3 hours a day- for nap time. The FIRST thing I taught them was the right to say "No"! They have bodily autonomy and it is repected just like everyone else in the house. They are our family NOT pets.
i have my bunnys living in my backyard they love it there its their natural habitat
awesome video :)
Bunnys like bananas :0 I WILL LOVE CHONKEY FOREVER WITH DAT INFO
Rabbit = Vegetarian cat
I got my bunny when he was old already, so he's set in his ways. But he loves to come and put his chin on my hand, so I would scratch his neck and jaw. He also loves when I stand up so he run and hop around my feet.
very good!!!
Incredible insight
Raju baring
Calgary
My rabbits are so used to loud sounds that they just don't care anymore :|
Same for my boy. He's just like "meh", but my cat is a scaredy cat lol.
I had a bunny when I was a little younger and I used to carry him by his back lucky for me my dad is a veterinarian and he tells me everything I need to know about caring for a rabbit this video is basically most of the things my dad told me about and i have a rabbit and her name is Stella she is free roaming in our house we bunny proofed the house and we have some boundaries that we made with those baby things where they have like little gates and we put in in the kitchen and some other places and the reason Iam telling u this is bc if you fell like free roaming your bunny and u don’t know what to do you can watch many videos and u might have heard them talking about free roaming so I hope it helped 🐇😊💕
I have to give my rabbits away and in my Last days with them i will really need this, Thanks!
I don’t even have a rabbit, but that was useful
They are realy good ideas🤩
I figured out most of these tips by myself when I had rabit😉
Very cool video. I would like to share it to my wife and daughter but they do not understand English well enough :)
I gave my bunny a whole room and I always I give them hide out and I always leave the door open if you want to come and when they want to come in my hand and put them on the dining table and play with them and they love it love it love it and they always lick my hand and calm and want to just be on my shoulder all the time and just love it when I bring myself down to their level and like them their favorite food and like and I give them like four hours of play time plenty of hay plenty of water and toys and they ADORE ME
I love 😍 my bunny
Thank u to this vid and u to :) Now i just leaned how to be a good rabbit pet owner :D
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My bunnies have all enjoyed opera arias and big hair band music.
I love bunny’s
I have one and he is so happy because we spend 5 hours a day
And still it spends 19 hrs alone.. dont try to have a Single bunny and expect that its okay. A Human interaction will be never the same as other Bunnys.
Imagine you have only 5 Horst per Day to spend with a Dog or Rabbit an no other Humans ever. And of course the other 19 hrs per Day ur completely alone. No social Media or anything to interact with other Humans.
Of course the bunny is happy to have at least 5 hrs with somebody but u dont know how it feel when its alone. So if there enough space And Money I would recommend to buy a Friend for ur little one. You will totally notice a big change in their behaviours, also towards you!
We got a boy !! We can't have another boy cause they would fight and we also don't want a female cause they would have babies
You know u can go to the Doctor for a Castration. If you castrate both, you can even have two boys. Also, fighting is normal in the Beginning. As the Video tell us, there are very Territorial, means in the Beginning they fight to make clear who's the "boss".
I have one Boy and 3 Girls and they all fighted in the beginning. And now they are cuddling all day long and can't live without each other's.
@@MemoriesLove1999 we can't castrate our rabbit when we do they will say he is too young or too old and the cage would be small for the 2 rabbits my parents say we can't have 2
@@MemoriesLove1999 thank you for your opinions I will try to ask them for a second but I don't know how they would fit
I love bunnys
My rabbit recently passed away and I wished I had seen this before. I will always miss my bunny 💔
My bunny i love him so much
Getting a rabbit this weekend so I'm preparing
My rabbits favorite snack is cheerios ❤️
Wow
THE DOG GOING RGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRRG
I love rabbits
Thank you now I know that I treat my bunny the way I must treat it and that now he know that I love him
Fantastic illustration for new bunny owners!
Thank you for all these facts new follower i just got a new bunny and i feel like i scared him now i reliaze i do and i will follow these rules for him :)
So cute and is white🐰
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My rabbits knew I love them♡
Thanks for telling i have a little rabbit he is a boy i want my rabbit to know how i love my rabbit so much!!
3:55 the man :😏
Trivia: my rabbits don't hate garlic. Actually, they love it, and always beg me for it when I'm trying to cook with it.
1:41 LOL THE DOGS CHIN 💀
RIP Bowie and Marshmellow 💖
I rub my rabbit in between his ears 🥰 he loves it so much. He used to like it on the cheeks until he got a teeth problem 🥲 his teeth are to long so it hurts and about once ever 1 or 2 months he finds it hard to eat and drink because of it. He rubs his hand on my hand and it’s so soft and comforting ! Although, my rabbit HATES being picked up but now he’s so old (9 yrs old) it doesn’t bother him and that’s how we know if he’s ill but usually he’s still the same. He has this blue ball that he plays with and pushes it about me and my family love it and are surprised about it. If any of these things happen to you rabbit, why don’t you comment on this and we can talk! Btw the teeth thing is totally normal so just go to a vets and they can sort it out! Hope this made you happy and helps! :)
I am about to get a dog but still I'm watching this
OMG CONGRATS THAT WOULD BE A DREAM
Dog or rabbit both live together in my house even they sleep together!
My rabbit must be a weirdo because he seems to prefer apples over anything.lol
Thanks! This is why my rabbit always hiding, but weird my rabbit dont scared from my leg hes really cute bunny but any bunny cute and smart bunnys are really good friend my bunny dont sleep just night she dont eat anyithing just her food, but really thanks this video every bunny are smart
Thank you i hope after this they
are not going to be afraid of me..
Could you please make a video on ferrets?