Do rabbits sigh? Or is it a cough?

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- 01/03/2016 at 12:58 PM
  StachesMommy
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  I’m curious… Do rabbits… sigh…?? Kind of how humans and other animals such as dogs do. Breath in and exhale out a little heavier than normal. The thing is it looks like a sigh to me because she doesn’t make any noises when she exhales. It’s just like a deeper exhale. Her lungs were clear at the vets. The vet never gave me an answer when I explained it to her. She just said, “hmmm.” I figured it was better to ask on the forum here because it seems to me some members know more than vets do! Or is this a bunny version of a cough rather than a sigh? Do rabbits cough? I’d assume they do, what does it sound/look like? Would it sounds like a cough? Or would it be silent and look like a sigh?
- 01/05/2016 at 9:00 AM
  Niamian
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  I’m sorry but I cant say I heard Redford ever sigh or cough. The closest to that is when he gets in some mess or a spiderweb and sneezes. But thats a sound you can hardly mistake for anything else.
  Sometimes when he gets really interested in something I can hear him sniff loudly but thats it.
  However that’s only one bun case. Sorry I cant help more.
- 01/06/2016 at 1:25 AM
  Dee
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  My older rabbits both sigh when I catch them to do nail trims. They did it when they were young too. It’s funny, just like a person, this resigned little sigh like “OK, she got me”.
- 01/08/2016 at 11:20 AM
  StachesMommy
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  Thank you Niamian and Dee for your replies. She doesn’t sigh as much now a days lol but she still does it once in a blue. (and Dee yes, she does it exactly how a person would do it lol) SHe used to do it quite frequently so I wasn’t sure if it was a cough or a sigh or what! Thank you.
- 01/08/2016 at 12:05 PM
  BB & Tiny
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  My little girl sighs. Mostly if I scoop her up, but I have seen her do it, just laying there relaxing also.
- 01/08/2016 at 12:05 PM
  BB & Tiny
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  My little girl sighs. Mostly if I scoop her up, but I have seen her do it, just laying there relaxing also.
- 01/08/2016 at 12:54 PM
  StachesMommy
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  Thanks Bunluv! I’m 99 percent sure it as just her sighing. I couldn’t find much on the net about it. Good to know. Thanks y’all!
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