| Swampking | 22 Feb 2009 7:05 a.m. PST |
Gents, My wife, being a soft-hearted soul, 'rescued' a rabbit from the local pet shop, i.e. she bought it. Now, I know very little about rabbits but this one grunts and on occasion 'talks' to the parakeet [they're both in our kitchen] – by grunting, making vocalizations, etc. I find it odd that in all my years of owning pets [dogs, cats, various birds, turtle, horses] never once did I hear of a grunting rabbit. So, I turn it over to the readership – is this bunny strange or do all bunnies do this? I'm sure they have the capacity to make some form of vocalization but the grunting is what stumped me. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 22 Feb 2009 7:37 a.m. PST |
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| RavenscraftCybernetics | 22 Feb 2009 9:50 a.m. PST |
It has become a March Hare a few weeks early perhaps? |
| Klebert L Hall | 22 Feb 2009 10:07 a.m. PST |
One of our cats grunts when he's very happy.
-Kle. |
| Roderick Robertson | 22 Feb 2009 10:28 a.m. PST |
Just wait 'til it screams. Literally. And for the same sorts of reasons a human does. You *will* respond to whatever's happening. |
| Swampking | 22 Feb 2009 1:11 p.m. PST |
Roderick, Already experienced the scream – the reason was a five second or so minequake [we get them quite often] and my God, I thought my parrot was loud [we have a menagerie – 2 dogs, a parrott, a parakeet and a rabbit]! Damn, but that bunny outdoes my parrott any day of the week. Editor, Thanks for the link! I guess we're going to be 'communicating' with our bunny from now on and learning what her grunts indicate but from the postings, it appears they indicate a displeasure of some sort. This ought to be fun! |
| Stronty Girl | 23 Feb 2009 6:56 a.m. PST |
Way back when I was a student, one of our lab rabbits used to grunt – the big aggressive doe who chased off the bucks when they tried to mate with her. She was a New Zealand White. |
| 15th Hussar | 23 Feb 2009 7:04 a.m. PST |
My daughters dwarf bunny never screamed…but it'd slit your throat on national TV for a bite of Key Lime Pie…or Dorito's. |
| UltraOrk | 23 Feb 2009 9:44 a.m. PST |
…and on occasion 'talks' to the parakeet [they're both in our kitchen] Separate them immediately. They are plotting against you. Rescued? It was jut a prison transfer. Lock up all the sharp utensils and make sure your insurance it paid up. |
| Gunfreak | 23 Feb 2009 12:12 p.m. PST |
We have all seen what a rabbit can do to a mans throught, we have all seen The quest for the holy grail |
| Wyatt the Odd | 23 Feb 2009 1:56 p.m. PST |
We have a New Zealand white rabbit which has the personality of a surly plastic lawn gnome. She grunts a fair amount – usually when I'm trying to root her out from under the hutch in order to lock her up. Wyatt |
