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Can rabbits smell

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A rabbit needs a good sense of smell to live well and to have a long life. It needs to smell and run from a predator (enemy) before that predator eats the rabbit for lunch. The rabbit needs to smell other rabbits nearby that it may want to mate with in order to not become extinct. And it needs to smell for food like the yummy vegetables in my garden. Rabbits with a poor sense of smell may not notice a predator approaching, may not find a mate for reproduction of the species, and may not be able to locate the most nutritious food to keep itself healthy. The rabbits that have a good sense of smell will be better at escaping a predator's attack, finding a mate, and locating food. Rabbits with good sniffers will outnumber rabbits that are sniff-challenged!!

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Rabbits can smell extremely well. They can smell animals or humans just from the air that blows across them to the rabbit's nose. This is one of the ways that rabbits avoid being eaten by predatory animals like foxes, coyotes, and wolves.

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Yes, rabbits have scent glands under the chin and on either side of the genitals.

Rabbits wipe their chin on things/people/other rabbits to express ownership/dominance. This chin scent is undetectable by humans. The secretions from the glands near their genitals, however, are a little smellier, but if the rabbit is healthy the smell will be hardly detectable to humans.

You should check your rabbit's scent glands during an at-home monthly physical to make sure they are clean and healthy. If they are caked with hardened secretions, wipe them gently with a soft cloth or Q-tip. If they appear irritated or you can't clean them, bring your rabbit to a rabbit-savvy vet. See the links/questions below for more info.
Under their chin. You will see them rubbing their chin on everything especially when they are in heat.

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Rabbits have an excelent sense of smell. it is basic for survival, and is better than that of a human, as is the rabbit's sense of hearing.

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Rabbits themselves don't stink, but if you don't clean their cage for at least a week, their cages start to smell.

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Yes, bunnies do have an excellent sense of smell.

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