How can you tell if a bunny is feeling mad happy or scared?

My family and I used to raise rabbits (as pets not food). I noticed that when our rabbits where having a bad temper they would not sit and do thump their back legs real loud hitting the ground, this means that they think they are the boss, so stomp your foot louder otherwise they can become very grumpy, angry and mad if you try to make them do anything the don't want to. When they are bad tempered they would not want you in their cage and growl at, bite and scratch you. They are lazy carefree animals, give them grass and fresh veggies and love and they are happy. Also they would tend to get mad if there was more than one male in the same area or cage. A male and female are good together but two or more males tend to fight. Each rabbit is different and they all have their own personality.

More opinions:

• Happy - It will let you pet it without showing fear, and it will do occasional skipping hops high into the air this is always amusing to watch.

• Scared - It will seek shelter, thump its legs as a warning to other rabbits. Very rarely it will scream. Hope that you never hear this noise - it is awful. They also might poop or pee out of nervousness. Also their eyes might literally 'bug out'.
  

• Mad - growling. If you see these signs leave the rabbit alone - they may be cute but they can bite hard.

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• If the rabbit is happy, it will let you pet it, do jumps and hops in the air (quite amusing).
• If it is mad, it will growl and run away from you.
• If it is scared, It will thump its back legs and perk its ears up, looking for danger.

ANSWER

• mad- the rabbit will do short grunts every now and again. and will thump its feet and wont let you near it
• happy- the rabbit will be eating, running around, jumping, let you pet it, grooming etc
• scared- the rabbit will thump a lot, it will raise its tail up to show the white to warn the other rabbits, it will seek shelter.
  

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First answer by Vergissmeinnicht. Last edit by Kaykay606. Contributor trust: 0 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 73 [recommend question]