Why do they put their ears and feet forward when they get cheek scritches?

7 Comments

1. Coc0tte 1 year ago

   I think they put the ears forward so they can get scritches behind the ears, and they put the paws forward to rest the head on them.

2. SummaCumLousy 1 year ago

   Wait… You don’t?

3. FormidableFloof 1 year ago

   My girl does that too, she rotates her ears in every direction so I can rub all around it and she pushes her whiskers towards the front to give me more space for her cheeks 🙂
   Also she kneads the floor like a baby rabbit that wants its milk, lol
   It’s irresistible!

   https://www.reddit.com/r/Rabbits/comments/fet20p/extra_long_deluxe_cheek_massage_but_then_next/

4. MegaFercho22 1 year ago

   wants more scritches

5. kutiekittyy 1 year ago

   I believe it’s a defence mechanism because they can’t see from that angle

6. MusesWhim 1 year ago

   The bow stance where they put their head down on their paws is them asking for pets or enjoying pets. They will do that to each other if you have multiple rabbits.

   The cheek/ear thing, I think, is just an involuntary reflex. Stroking their ears makes them lay back down. I always pet them by stoking their ears down and then rubbing one cheek, then the other to get their ears to stand up one at a time and then stroke them down again. I think it’s funny.

7. kyarorin 1 year ago

   My buns have a reflex when I pet their cheeks they stretch their foot out and stretch out their toes so I can pet both their cheek and foot at the same time. (My one bun wants to keep the facade that he hates being touches on the paws, but if it’s a cheek massage and his paw just so HAPPENS to be there, it’s fine) They love it. It kind of reminds me of dogs when they get scritched and their leg starts moving uncontrollably. It’s so cute. They just love it 😀

   As for the ears it could be a reflex, or could want scritches behind the ears. I like how he caught himself melting into the pets and was like “wait, can’t show hooman my weakness”. Lol. Adorables. ^^