A rabbit needs a good sense of smell to live well and to have a long life. It needs to smell and run from a predator (enemy) before that predator eats the rabbit for lunch. The rabbit needs to smell other rabbits nearby that it may want to mate with in order to not become extinct. And it needs to smell for food like the yummy vegetables in my garden. Rabbits with a poor sense of smell may not notice a predator approaching, may not find a mate for reproduction of the species, and may not be able to locate the most nutritious food to keep itself healthy. The rabbits that have a good sense of smell will be better at escaping a predator's attack, finding a mate, and locating food. Rabbits with good sniffers will outnumber rabbits that are sniff-challenged!!
Rabbits can smell extremely well. They can smell animals or humans just from the air that blows across them to the rabbit's nose. This is one of the ways that rabbits avoid being eaten by predatory animals like foxes, coyotes, and wolves.
Yes, rabbits have scent glands under the chin and on either side of the genitals.
Rabbits wipe their chin on things/people/other rabbits to express ownership/dominance. This chin scent is undetectable by humans. The secretions from the glands near their genitals, however, are a little smellier, but if the rabbit is healthy the smell will be hardly detectable to humans.
You should check your rabbit's scent glands during an at-home monthly physical to make sure they are clean and healthy. If they are caked with hardened secretions, wipe them gently with a soft cloth or Q-tip. If they appear irritated or you can't clean them, bring your rabbit to a rabbit-savvy vet. See the links/questions below for more info.
Under their chin. You will see them rubbing their chin on everything especially when they are in heat.
Rabbits have an excelent sense of smell. it is basic for survival, and is better than that of a human, as is the rabbit's sense of hearing.
Rabbits themselves don't stink, but if you don't clean their cage for at least a week, their cages start to smell.
Yes, bunnies do have an excellent sense of smell.
Rabbits don't go into heat.
because they have noses
the smell of carrots :D
no, they small kinda bad.
If there are many rabbits living in filthy conditions, the smell can reach very far -- on a windy day, you could smell it from many houses away. However, if rabbits are kept in clean habitats, they won't smell very much at all.
You can't. If your rabbits smell, take them to visit a vet. Their smell should be hardly detectable. If they smell, they may be sick. Or maybe you need to clean their habitat more often. If you smell something unpleasant, it is more than likely a buck (male rabbit) spraying. That scent is powerful. Your rabbits will smell less if you alter them (neuter/spay; this is only one of many reasons why you should neuter/spay your rabbit). See the links/questions below for more info.
Baby rabbits are naturally odourless. The reason for this is that predators like foxes cannot track them down- it's to protect themselves.
yes it is I've always wondered that so i tested it
is their smell my dog can smell so good that it can find a rat 90 miles away
Yes, smell helps the rabbit to smell if something is safe or not. Also in the wild they use there sense of smell to track predators and see where they have been.
rabbits will only run away if they're scared and may bite if you smell of poo so if they bite u need a shower
That is peculiar smell in the kitchen. I find it peculiar that Bob only speaks to rabbits.