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- 05/21/2012 at 2:15 PM
  LolaBear'sMama
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  Within the last week and a half Lola has started rubbing her neck on things..my hand when I put it up to her, shoes, wires, a lot of things.. At first I just thought she wanted me to pet her neck, but now she’s always doing it.
  
  What is this?
- 05/21/2012 at 2:19 PM
  LBJ10
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  Are you sure she isn’t chinning? That means she is claiming stuff as hers.
- 05/21/2012 at 2:20 PM
  mocha200
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  Is she scratching it with her hind legs a lot? I was thinking maybe she has mites.
- 05/21/2012 at 2:20 PM
  LolaBear'sMama
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  Posted By LBJ10 on 05/21/2012 02:19 PM
  
  Are you sure she isn’t chinning? That means she is claiming stuff as hers.
  
  She might be..I don’t know lol.
- 05/21/2012 at 2:20 PM
  Sarita
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  It’s actually her chin – it’s called chinning – she is marking with special scent glands she has in her chin area.
- 05/21/2012 at 2:21 PM
  mocha200
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  Is it the bottom of her neck? or behind her ears? If it is under her neck it is most likely chinning!
- 05/21/2012 at 2:21 PM
  LolaBear'sMama
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  Posted By mocha200 on 05/21/2012 02:20 PM
  
  Is she scratching it with her hind legs a lot? I was thinking maybe she has mites.
  
  No, just running her neck on things..I guess it is more of her chin.
- 05/21/2012 at 2:22 PM
  LolaBear'sMama
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  So she’s marking my hand as hers? lol
- 05/21/2012 at 2:23 PM
  LolaBear'sMama
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkWngS8vmyI just like this bunny! I guess it is chinning lol
- 05/21/2012 at 2:23 PM
  mocha200
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  yeah. if she puts/rubs her chin on things she is marking it as hers.
- 05/21/2012 at 2:25 PM
  LBJ10
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  Yep, that bunny is saying this is mine.
- 05/21/2012 at 9:41 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  Everything you own will no longer be yours
- 05/21/2012 at 11:14 PM
  KytKattin
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  The first sign of a hormonal teen! Though chinning is something they can do throughout their whole lives, even after being spayed/neutered. Nova still does it to things like my shoes, feet, books, backpack, boxes, etc. It doesn’t necessarily mean that she (Lola) is old enough to be spayed now, but it does mean she isn’t a baby bunny any more!
- 05/22/2012 at 5:05 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Its so funny to watch a bunny go around the room, this is mine, this is mine, this is mine. Olivia is crazy possessive. Everything thats chinnable is hers. If she really likes the item, she licks it too.
- 05/22/2012 at 8:18 AM
  FrankieFlash
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  I love when Bunjamin chins things. He never chins a person though. I think it’s cute when they chin people. And KytKattin that makes sense to me because after his neuter bunjamin chins stuff a lot less. Which is sad because I think its cute. Oh well…
- 05/22/2012 at 11:59 AM
  Stickerbunny
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  Powder chinned me a few times before he was neutered and it made my hand stink pretty bad o.O now he doesn’t chin people he just chins objects… but he chins EVERYTHING. “This is mine, mine, mine mine, mine… oh and this too” first thing he does when he’s let out to play. It’s rather cute when buns do it.
- 05/22/2012 at 12:34 PM
  Malp_15
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  Nate likes to chin everything too, He has claimed everything in the house including dog toys, the dogs themselves, me, his food before he eats it… haha
- 05/22/2012 at 8:47 PM
  LolaBear'sMama
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  I got her a new, bigger water bowl today and the first thing she did was rub her chin on the side of it. lol
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