The Life and Times of Bunnies

You can imagine my surprise when I came out yesterday to find this new, larger bunny area set up in the living room:

It’s absolutely huge, but of course whenever dad and mum do something extra-nice, I always question their motives. Does this mean we’re going to the vet soon or something?

Well, as it turns out, mum and dad are going to LEAVE US for a WHOLE MONTH while they go to someplace sunny and warm – someplace called “Australia”, where mum’s family lives.

We will be stuck here with a friend of mum’s who’s going to (supposedly) give us treats.

Great. Now we’ve got a total newbie to train all over again. Do you have any idea how long it took me to train mum & dad to give me treats just right, or to make my meals just the way I like? Well, it wasn’t actually that long (because I’m that good) but still it was work that I don’t look forward to doing again.

ESPECIALLY since dad said something about us being kept in this new area all day, instead of being left to roam around the house freely. (Something about “not trusting us” while he’s not home all day…)

Fortunately, Betsy has already started looking into escape routes… but I’m not going to say any more about that just yet.

So you go have your fun, mum and dad… we’ll see how your futile attempts at containing us work out! Bunnies cannot be contained! Ha ha ha!

-Gus

We came out of dad’s office (from our daily nap) to find this new thing:

You can’t see them, but it’s got arched entrances on each side.

Mum calls it our “bunny catacomb.”

I think it’s great – I don’t even have to leave the safety of my box to eat:

Ah yes, this is the life.

-Betsy

Yesterday, dad gave me the BEST BUNNY PRESENT EVER:

That’s right – a box full of newspaper. He said I can dig and play in it as much as I like. IT’S AWESOME!

I just love pushing my nose through the paper and digging in it, and ripping the paper, and worming my way around – there’s just so much to do, it’s endless fun!

Oh, right, dad also got us a new bunny condo (a Mini Haven) too… but the box it came in had all this newspaper, and I think it’s more fun than the condo! (Gus doesn’t agree with me, but he doesn’t know what he’s missing.)

Anyway, I need to get back to my box and dig some more – the paper is just begging to be re-arranged!

-Betsy

Of course, it requires a little minor tweaks:

But other than that, it’s just fine – a nice place to get away from Gus!

He doesn’t like the second floor, so it’s all MINE!

-Betsy

Dad made a lot of noise yesterday evening… I heard tearing noises and all sorts of weird noises. So naturally, once the noise stopped, I came out to take a look and – Oh my… what is THIS???

That’s… really big… and… what are those holes?

Doors, maybe? Oh my, I’m going to have to get Betsy to come out and help me sniff this new thing thouroughly. Then we’ll have to chew it to make sure it’s OK.

Oh, are those new toys on the ground, too?

Dad, what have you done!

I will let you all know more once Betsy and I are done… investigating.

-Gus

This weekend, both Gus and I got “grabbed and groomed.” Dad is getting good at catching us, we will have to think of new ways to avoid him!

On top of that, dad cleaned our area (as he does every week, undoing all my hard work making a mess of it). But this time… there was something… new!

Dad calls it the “bunny tube.” Gus checked it out first, and said it was fine, but I wasn’t so sure.

I just don’t like the color – it doesn’t match anything!!

But still, after a while I checked it out – it seems OK. And it’s fun to dig in!

Gus, on the other hand, was hogging the Bunny Temple, as usual.

Dad finally figured out how to place it so that we can hide properly in there. Though I prefer a simple cardboard box, the Bunny Temple isn’t a bad place to take a nap – safe and secure in the knowledge that no one can see you (as long as you don’t let your nose stick out, as Gus did).

Well, it’s almost din-din time… time to go bug dad until he feeds us!

-Betsy