Weird Paw Patting!

princessfional · Mar 16, 2014

Tonight, I was looking into Loki's cage as he was eating pellets, and he suddenly pushed his not attached bowl a little away, and then started crossing his paws on top of the bowl and beside it! I've never seen him do this before.

Was he trying to hide his food from me?
As soon as he was done, he came up to me and nosed around like normal.

Any ideas??

HiddlesKenway · Mar 16, 2014

Could be food territorial?

One of my buns is called Loki too, he's such a mischief maker I didn't have a choice in his name!

princessfional · Mar 16, 2014

Exactly the same reason I named my bunny Loki too! :bunny19

Hmm, like protecting his food? He developed this new habit of grabbing whatever veggie I give him and moving it to a new spot in the room. He's never done this with his pellet bowl, but that makes sense if he does it with other food!

whiskylollipop · Mar 17, 2014

My bunnies do that thing with the veggies. I expect because they're used to snatching food out of each other's mouths, food stealing is quite a normal thing with bunnies. So they'd naturally want to hide their precious yummies to keep it all to themselves.

princessfional · Mar 17, 2014

whiskylollipop said:
My bunnies do that thing with the veggies. I expect because they're used to snatching food out of each other's mouths, food stealing is quite a normal thing with bunnies. So they'd naturally want to hide their precious yummies to keep it all to themselves.

I didn't know they liked to steal food from one another's mouths! Interesting fact of the day

Sophie's Humble Servant · Mar 17, 2014

princessfional said:
Tonight, I was looking into Loki's cage as he was eating pellets, and he suddenly pushed his not attached bowl a little away, and then started crossing his paws on top of the bowl and beside it! I've never seen him do this before.

Was he trying to hide his food from me?
As soon as he was done, he came up to me and nosed around like normal.

Any ideas??

Maybe he's blessing his food. Lol

Did he wash his face right after he did that? Sophie does a weird paw crossing movement in the middle of eating sometimes, as she's crossing her paws I hear her nails click together. Then she washes her face. Strange things.