My Bunnie Smells Like....Cinnamon???

[JimD]

Greeting All!!

Our bunnie Chippy smells like cinnamon!!

I noticed it a few days ago. I had everyone else in the house make sure it wasn't my imagination...walked around going....

"Here, smell da bunnie!!... What do ya smell??"

"CINNAMON"

We made sure that we hadn't used anything that would smell similar and then handled the bunnie. Nada!

She's the only one of the 6 that smells like this. It's a nice smelland has stayed with her consistently over the past few days (we beensmelling da bunnie a lot ). In every other respect she'snormal...well as normal as a bunnie can be!! Clean, healthy, happy, etc.

Hotot mix, 10 months, not spayed, has her own wire-bottom cage, litter pan.

Note: She does have the appetite of a small horse..or maybe a largehorse. She's on the same diet as the others and eats everything wegive her...except the green pepper ( can you say.."lead balloon"..?).

I was thinking that it might be something related to what she consumes.

Timothy hay, alfalfa-based pellets, tap water, oats, raisins, craisins,bananas, romaine, parsley, cilantro, basil (no basil for the past 3days, though)... and maybe a nibble of Woody Pet .

Anything???Anyone??
:?
:~) Jim

 

[Lissa]

You know, I'm so glad you made this threadbecause my bunnies too have their very own distinct aromas.Lenci smells like butter and woodchips and Iszy smells likeperfume. They both smell so good! I have no ideahow they got their fragrances. I just love smelling mybunnies. In fact, the first time I hold someone else's bunnythe first thing I do is put my nose in their fur. They justsmell awesome!

 

[sandhills_rabbits]

I've noticed that bunnies have their own "smell"just like baby humans do.... it seems that all babies have that "newbaby smell" to them, and it's impossible to duplicate. Rabbits are thesame way. They just have this "warm, cuddly smell" to them. Of course,some of my bunnies smell even nicer then others.

It would be so neat to have a bunny smell like cinnamon. I bet thengiving that bunny kisses is almost addictive, just because of how goodthe little babe smells.

Annie

 

[Lissa]

I LOVE the smell of rabbits.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

You get a yummy spice......

I get rotten garlic and onions! :X

LOL seriously he only smells like that when he's using his anal scent glands!

I think Bo has a nice smell. It's sort of like a new kittenor something plus hay and woodypet. Then he has the cilantrosmell sometimes too.

I have no clue as to what would cause a cinnamon smell. Doyou have any woodchips or anything in with them? What about wood chews?Sometimes those are flavored.

 

[lanna21974]

 

[mygrl2k3]

I smelled mine and I cant smell anything good orbad, but then again i got allergys. Roger wasnt too happywith me lol. Maybe i will see if someone else will smell themhaha.

 

[JimD]

Bo B Bunny wrote:

You get a yummy spice......

I get rotten garlic and onions! :X

LOL seriously he only smells like that when he's using his anal scent glands!

I think Bo has a nice smell. It's sort of like a new kittenor something plus hay and woodypet. Then hehas the cilantro smell sometimes too.

I have no clue as to what would cause a cinnamon smell. Doyou have any woodchips or anything in with them? What about wood chews?Sometimes those are flavored.

LOL..We get the rotten garlic/onion smell, too. Usually it's rightafter cleaning their cages or litter pans. Little stinkers (punintended)!

CILANTRO!!!! It's almost that smell only different, but pretty close.I'm wondering if her system processes it insome way to causeher to take on the scent. It doesn't seem to happen with the otherbuns.

Binkie can match Chippy sprig for sprig when it comes to devouringgreens, especially cilantro. But Binkie doesn't smell anything likeChippy.

No wood chips...only Woody Pet. No chews...only toilet paper rolls andthose baby ring thingys that Bo has. Blankies for all the buns are thesame and have no scent (except bunnie smell ).

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I bet it's something like the cilantro mixing in his system with something else.... hay maybe? who knows?

Not a bad smell by far! lol

You know we used to hate the smell of cilantro (my daughter and I) whenwe first got Bo. Now we actually like it. Bo cansmell cilantro a mile a way!

 

[mygrl2k3]

No more smelling your bunnies guys.. Think aboutthis. Bunnies are on the bottom of the food chain and here we aresmelling them. That might be scary for them. Nowonder why roger took off and ran fast. He probablythought i was going to have lunch.

Cristy

 

[Lissa]

So that's why they smell so good!

 

[bunnihon]

Oh my goodness you have made me laugh,especiallyas I had some very bad news in the past few days(personal stuff, nothing to do with buns) and had been crying quiteabit. So thanks for the cheery posts. I had wanted to start a similarthread such as 'Ilove the smell of rabbits'butthought you may push me off this site!!!!(only joking)

I especially think a two to three day old poop tray smells lovely. Thatwoody, rabbity mix of utter yummy rabbit smell. INHALEMMMMMmmmmm, exhale, Inhale MMMmmmm and so on.

Am I going to far?

bunnihon

 

[I LuV MaH BuNs]

she still smells good :-D

 

[Pet_Bunny]

CHOCOLATE that's what I smell. I asked my wife the other day, and all she could smell was hay.

Could you imagine what the public would think of us.....smelling rabbits and cheering for Woody Pet!

Rainbows!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I think non-bunny people think we are just a tad "special."

No smells around Bo bother me except his pee. That's nasty stuff! ewww

 

[dajeti2]

I know Apollo smells wonderful. He smells likeVanilla. I do put vanilla in his drinking water. The smell comes out inhis fur. He smells sssooooo Goooood.

Tina

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Really? that's cool! I still haven'ttried that with Bo. I think I will tonight when I change hiswaterbottle.

I wanted to use it for the flystrike prevention...... this is even better!

 

[Pet_Bunny]

I'll get Pebbles to smell like Vanilla and Chocolate CoCo Puffs! Ha....Ha...

Rainbows!

 

[dajeti2]

It really works. I live in farm country and heflies are just awful. Apollo loves the taste, spoiled guy won't drinkplain water anymore. But since adding the vanilla the flies really doavoid him. I love the way he smells. Most people comment on it whenthey meet him for the first time.

Tina

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Yep, so I have heard about the flies!

We live in farm country also and we are surrounded by horse pastures and water......

I wonder if I rubbed vanilla all over myself the skeeters would leave me alone?!? :shock: