Hi everyone. So Benny and June (from the "5 day old rabbit not breathing correctly" forum) are 5 weeks old now as of Wednesday. Benny, the gray one who had the growing problem earlier, is acting really strangely. Before I begin, the other day I picked little Benny up and he managed to wiggle out of my hand and jumped onto the cement floor. Right after it happened I pressed on a few bones (legs, feet, back, neck) to see if he reacted.
He did not. Also, he may have had some of these behaviors before the drop and I will try to remember which are which. 1. He seems to get the hiccups a lot. I've read that's normal for a kit his age. But he'll just be sitting in my lap and start hiccuping for abut thirty seconds, then it'll stop. 2. He doesn't play. I could not have noticed this before the drop because I didn't allow him to run around the living room at the time. When I let him and June run around, June plays and does bunnies and explores while Benny wanders around for a while and frequently comes back to si by me. Could he just be being shy? Also, I gave them an empty toilet paper roll to play with. June chews it, throws it around, and plays, but Benny generally ignores it. Once he just sat and licked it. 3. He flattens himself a lot. He lies around with his head on the floor or my arm. He does this while he's sitting in my lap and while he is with his brother. It seems like he is just submitting to his older, clearly more dominant brother. But he always wants to sit in my lap with his head down. 4. He grinds his teeth. I'm pretty sure this was a habit before the drop, but I'm not 100% sure. While he sits on my shoulder or chest (his favorite spots to sit), he'll just suddenly start grinding his teeth, and I don't think it's the happy grinding that bunnies do when you rub their cheeks. It's pretty loud (I can hear it without listening closely and if he's a foot or two away I can hear it). He doesn't do it all the time, but pretty frequently. I can't say any of his urine or feces are abnormal. He and his brother both poop on me all the time while I'm holding them (I can differentiate between the two bunnies' feces because Benny's are smaller than June's) but I can't tell who is peeing. Also today, I was holding Benny and he kept licking me. I could be just getting worked up over an affectionate bunny, but something seems off about him. Any replies help. Thank you!
He did not. Also, he may have had some of these behaviors before the drop and I will try to remember which are which. 1. He seems to get the hiccups a lot. I've read that's normal for a kit his age. But he'll just be sitting in my lap and start hiccuping for abut thirty seconds, then it'll stop. 2. He doesn't play. I could not have noticed this before the drop because I didn't allow him to run around the living room at the time. When I let him and June run around, June plays and does bunnies and explores while Benny wanders around for a while and frequently comes back to si by me. Could he just be being shy? Also, I gave them an empty toilet paper roll to play with. June chews it, throws it around, and plays, but Benny generally ignores it. Once he just sat and licked it. 3. He flattens himself a lot. He lies around with his head on the floor or my arm. He does this while he's sitting in my lap and while he is with his brother. It seems like he is just submitting to his older, clearly more dominant brother. But he always wants to sit in my lap with his head down. 4. He grinds his teeth. I'm pretty sure this was a habit before the drop, but I'm not 100% sure. While he sits on my shoulder or chest (his favorite spots to sit), he'll just suddenly start grinding his teeth, and I don't think it's the happy grinding that bunnies do when you rub their cheeks. It's pretty loud (I can hear it without listening closely and if he's a foot or two away I can hear it). He doesn't do it all the time, but pretty frequently. I can't say any of his urine or feces are abnormal. He and his brother both poop on me all the time while I'm holding them (I can differentiate between the two bunnies' feces because Benny's are smaller than June's) but I can't tell who is peeing. Also today, I was holding Benny and he kept licking me. I could be just getting worked up over an affectionate bunny, but something seems off about him. Any replies help. Thank you!
