My rabbits behavior: licking wooden desk

Question
Hi,
i had my rabbit on my lap while i was at the computer one day , and she starting liking the wood of the desk? She also licked my had but was more interested in the wood. What does this mean?

Answer
Dear Catherine,

Sometimes a bunny will take a liking to the smell and/or texture of a particular object and just love to lick and lick it.  I hope there wasn't some sort of lemon-scented, petroleum-based furniture polish on it, because ingesting a lot of that would be harmful.  Licking your hand is a sign of affection, and her licking the wood might also have been just a sign of calm happiness.

As long as the wood is clean and has no petroleum distillates on it, I wouldn't worry.

Hope that helps.

Dana