House Rabbit

[Beebo]

I'm confused - watching dogs slide around on smooth floors is one of life's great pleasures.

Why is the bunny version not so fun? Does it distress them?

Rabbits have furry feet, not pads, so they slip more than dogs, and as said above, they need to know they can hide at a moments notice.

 

[Arjimlad]

Hi there Ollie, good to meet you.

Sometimes we think it would be nice to have easy clean laminate – picking hay out of carpeting is a chore – but yes, there’s that not-so-comic-bunny effect to consider.

We tried loads of trays; he tended to nibble the plastic ones. Finally settled on this. Steel is real.

How does your bunny get in & out of a deep tray like that, though ?

 

[anothersam]

How does your bunny get in & out of a deep tray like that, though ?

View: https://youtu.be/_j7e5fv5db0

View: https://youtu.be/4_vXZC3R4FM

 

[anothersam]

What sorcery is this? A spoon with my likeness upon the handle? Cheers @Randomnerd! (He does have form.) There was foreshadowing.

Don't worry, Chompsky won't get a chance to chomp on it, fond as he is of making things disappear.

Never mind where's the spoon, where's the paw?

 

[anothersam]

Later I shall be examining bunny economics.

As promised:



(Please excuse the leap to another platform. It’s a work in progress, and will require updating.)

 

[anothersam]

Good news for rabbits!

MSD Animal Health has launched Nobivac(r) Myxo-RHD Plus, the first single shot vaccine against the three main infectious diseases in rabbits - Myxomatosis, Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease (RHD) classic and variant strains (RHDV-1 and 2).

Previously this has required two shots, at least two weeks apart. Vet visits are very stressful for rabbits, and in these times fewer trips are welcome for the humans involved.

The following video is completely unrelated to the foregoing.

View: https://youtu.be/NWd5s7kllH0

 

[rogerzilla]

I was given a rabbit for my 6th birthday.

I buried him when I was 18. He was allowed out for about an hour a day if the weather was dry, and delighted for many years in being chased by the dog, whom he could easily outwit and outrun (he would butt or jump over the dog to provoke him first). After one such mad session, at four times the usual lifespan of a domestic rabbit, he hopped back into his hutch as normal, panted a bit and keeled over stone dead.

 

[anothersam]

delighted for many years in being chased by the dog, whom he could easily outwit and outrun (he would butt or jump over the dog to provoke him first).

If that doesn't work, confound him with numbers.

View: https://youtu.be/jK6FzJUtLr8

 

[vickster]

@anothersam
Any updates on Chompsky - a rabbit mad friend is desperate for more instalments!!

 

[Chompsky]

Any updates on Chompsky - a rabbit mad friend is desperate for more instalments!!

Thanks to Uncle Sam, I've been on a spending spree. (I’m a dual citizen. Triple if you count Dutch.)

First I bought a fresh supply of my favourite litter, which is made from recycled material. There have been suggestions that it would be easier to cut out the middleman and make it at home.

The bag also makes a good hideout.

It seems only fair to chip in for my board.

View: https://youtu.be/SGq2M5QbDOw

Got myself another of these. They always come in handy.

Then there’s “wear and tear”. This charger, for example, was getting old, as I discovered on a recent inspection. £30 for a replacement seems a bit steep, but surely James didn’t profiteer his way to being a billionaire.

Happy to share the wealth.

The rest of the money might go on a new and improved bunny-signal.

 

[xzenonuk]

aww so much cuteness, awesome thread

my sister and i used to have tons of rabbits and guinea pigs growing up, i miss them but i don't miss the random warm wet feeling when one is sitting on my lap and decides to go peepee lol

 

[anothersam]

What, no cake?

Chompsky turned 5 earlier this month. For a birthday treat we gave him an extra serving of the minty nuggets he loves, hidden in the puzzle box he may or may not be so crazy about.

View: https://youtu.be/1-dFJK8Vqkw

I sometimes think of this little creature as my dæmon, though no, I haven’t read the books

or watched the series, so I don’t know how apt the reference is. It’s just that I see similarities between the two of us. We’re both quiet loners, even as we both still need some company. We both shed a fair amount (my last haircut was December 2019). We both lick plates.

We both enjoy a project we can sink our teeth into.

View: https://youtu.be/5Bg_o5EjGZE

Oh, and we both like a good nap afterwards.

 

[anothersam]

We've topped up supplies to see him through the rest of the year. It's like shovelling coal into a little furnace.

Better exercise than pushing a pencil:

View: https://youtu.be/fIVAlV8YVF0

(Check out the number of views and the comments. Who knew a video about agricultural labour could be so popular.)

 

[oreo_muncher]

Ours are litterbox trained the older one is pretty good the younger also uses a corner in his hutch, poor little devil used to be outside 24x7 with no food or water most of the time and no freedom to roam so it's understandable.

we learned the hard way about cables when a few years on my birthday of all days i came downstairs to find he'd been behind the TV and home entertainment systems and ruined several hundred pounds of high quality cabling and somehow managed to nibble all of the live power leads without injury to himself.

My rabbit managed to eat the cable for the washing machine twice and had ate many chargers. But it still lived miraculously. But you can't be angry at them when they're so cute.

 

[oreo_muncher]

My pride and joy My moody precious princess toddler.