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Why is my rabbit thumping its feet and how can I best train it?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Rabbit | Male | unneutered | 7 months and 12 days old

why is he thumping his feet he keeps making a thump noise why plz im so confused?and what can u do to train a rabbit

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on August 13th, 2018

I suggest you refer to this article about thumping in rabbits. This will explain the behavior in detail. ( https://lafeber.com/mammals/why-do-rabbits-thump/ ) Training rabbits is possible. Here is a link about that. There are also some YouTube videos you can look at. ( https://rabbit.org/faq-training/ ) Best wishes.

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