Rabbit is suddenly reclusive?

[ubrch]

First, i apologize for the spacing; the forum software does not recognize Macintosh carriage returns. This morning I noticed nothing unusual about the bunnies. Today(unusually) they did not immediately come out of their hutch when I let them out. I can't find anything besides this that is unusual about the doe; she is just hanging out in the hutch. However, the buck is acting a bit funny. He hides in the back of the hutch and does not want to come out. We lured him out with bananna, and I observed the following things:-No blood, runny stool, or other discharge in the hutch that I can see.-The buck has a normal gait.-I felt along the spine, and all four legs. Nothing unusual.-Both bunnies are eating (they usually love bananna, and this was no exception).The only strange thing seems to be the buck hiding in the back of the hutch. Now, however, I see that they're both sitting together and licking each other, so I have no idea what all that was about.Any thoughts?

 

[Pipp]

Could there have been a predator hanging around? (Or something perceived as a predator?)Could be a stress reaction.



sas

 

[ubrch]

...Not that I could tell. He recovered from whatever it was within an hour or so, though.

 

[edwinf8936]

It could have been anything from a racoon to a hawk.

ed