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lazy or is it?

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Question
my mini lop bunny is laying around in its cage a lot. it looks tired and when it lays down it looks like its dead! is he just lazy or is he sick?  

Answer
Has he just recently started doing this? Unless he has changed behaviour, it is not likely anything to worry about. Rabbits are very good at giving their people heart attacks thinking they are dead when they are just sleeping. ;) It's happened to me several times. They will stretch out, flop on their side (or even their back), and sometimes are so still that they really do look dead.