How does your rabbit sleep?

[spirit975]

Silly question probably, but both of ours always look dead when they're sleeping, they just throw themselves at the floor and do the whole "give mummy a mini heart attack" thing as they're both so bombproof that they don't move when we come into the room or open the cage!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with them, just wondered if anyone elses rabbits did this?

[NaomiR]

the majority of my bunnies to this it is very un nerving!!

I work in a shop and all the bunnies do this too which gives us aswell as customers minor strokes

[pigglywiggly]

and the first few times you have to poke them gently to check!!!

[spirit975]

Yep thats the one lol.
We got these two after my 5 year old lost both of his rabbits in one day due to an unknown virus, he was understandably devasted so we got these "replacements" soon after. I did have a mini heart attack the first morning after we got them and found one like this!!!

ETA just thought i ought to mention that the first ones were outside and these two have new cages and are houserabbits....

[LoveForLizards]

I have loads of pics of my late BEW lion head in the "dead bunny flop", it's adorable but definitely scary the first few times they do it

[temeraire]

When I had a house rabbit he would often sleep with his eyes open! He liked to sleep under a chair in my bedroom to keep an eye on me (literally) and I often saw him completely asleep, but sitting, with both eyes open. You could tell he was asleep, and he even 'dream twitched' as well.

[purpleskyes]

Gilbert tends to sleep with his eyes open, I can only tell he is sleeping because his nose isnt moving. He does like to do the flop thing tho when he is just chilling out relaxing.

[*mogwai*]

my french lop flops when she's chilling as well. i used to put a big settee cushion in front of the t.v cabinet so she couldn't get to the dvd player, sky box etc & she'd just lounge around on it.