It may seem ‘‘relaxed’‘ or ‘‘sleeping’‘, but this is incredibly unhealthy.
They are
in a state of tonic immobility and are not relaxed, hypnotized, or insensitive to pain.
Scientists believe that this is a defense mechanism brought on when a
rabbit has already been ‘caught’ by a predator. If the rabbit appears
dead, the predator may release its grip momentarily and allows the
rabbit to escape. Research has shown that rabbits in this state show an
increased heart and respiratory rate with elevated plasma corticosterone
levels, indicative of fear-induced stress.
The stress caused by this position can be fatal if rabbits are already
suffering from respiratory and cardiovascular disease, and the sudden
transition to from passive and active escape can be unpredictable and
instantaneous which can result in significant injury to the rabbit. Sudden noise or painful stimuli can interrupt the trance and there is
considerable variation in individual susceptibility to the technique
Your rabbit will display the following behaviors if it is tranced:
Closed eyes
Shallow fast breathing
Relaxed limbs
It’s honestly sickening to see people buying bunnies for their cuteness and softness, but not educating themselves on how to actually take care of it. If you keep trancing your bunny on purpose or bathing it, you deserve to have your pets taken away from you.
Reblogging because Easter is coming and there are always people who blindly buy a bunny for their kids on Easter without educating themselves on how to take care of it. This is just another example on what NOT to do.
Same thing with chickens. It’s not cute. they aren’t relaxed. Stop doing this to rabbits and chickens.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
