Some rabbits have sensitive spots that they don't want anybody to touch. My rabbit doesn't like being touched on his feet. Cats too! They don't like being touched on their tummy!
I don't believe this behaviour is limited to only female rabbits, having seen male rabbits display the same habit. It is most likely related to the same reasons why many rabbits don't like to be picked up and carried. Unless handled often and from an early age, many domestic rabbits never quite overcome their instinctive fear of being picked up, as if by a predator planning on eating them. Reaching in to touch them from the side possibly makes them think much the same thing and so they shy away from the gesture.
My own rabbit does this same thing but we've managed to turn it into a game. If I put my hand down toward her side or even brace it on the ground, she scampers around it in a tight circle. Moving my hand in a circular motion she continues to scamper around and around it, even changing directions if I do. She'll continue to repeat this maneuver as long as I can last, and obviously enjoys the exercise, as she even initiates the game herself.
Rabbits are very ticklish. What are you doing when you touch her tummy? Do you have her turned upside down? Rabbits don't like to lay on their backs and really have to be comfortable with you to do this.
it doesnt like to be touched
they hop away because they dont like being touched on the tummy because they think your picking them up.
Most likely its not like a bird when it will ditch if you touch its nest
If it is like having a hard time like a big tummy and moving on the floor its quite hard for giving birth.
Yes. Supermodels and actresses rub his tummy sometimes. And he likes getting his tummy rubbed.
Yes. Supermodels and actresses rub his tummy sometimes. And he likes getting his tummy rubbed.
When I rubbed my hamster on his tummy he didn't seem to mind.
'Rabbit' means a animal which have 'ears' like 'donkey' so 'rabbit' have 'donkey' like 'ears' and because of this we say 'rabbit' to a 'rabbit'.
dummy gummy mummy tummy :D
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