The Life and Times of Bunnies – Page 325 – The life stories of some very spoiled house rabbits

The Life and Times of Bunnies

Rabbit Rescue in San Jose

People who dump rabbits outside like this are the worst kind of people. I’d bite their ankles if I ever came across them. And the teenagers who shoot the dumped rabbits? I’d show them how much I’m like that rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail!!!

Although my mum and dad regularly donate money to the kind people at SaveABunny, they need foster homes pretty badly as well. Unfortunately, these things always seem to happen way over on the other side of the country from us.

So if you happen to live near this San Jose place and can share a bit of your home with a poor lost bunny… well I think that’d be a great thing for you to do.

My dad likes to say “you can judge people based on how they treat their animals.” Things like this make me wonder about you two-foots sometimes…

-Gus

July 31, 2009
Our Friend Hans is Gone

Our Internet-buddy Hans (from Furrybutts) is gone.

This makes us (and our dad and mum) very sad. Even though we never sniffed him, we still think of our Internet bun-friends the same as our we’ve-sniffed-your-butt friends.

We’re sending comforting and soothing thoughts to everyone back at Furrybutts (bunnies and humans included). Take care, guys.

With all our sympathies,

-Gus (and Betsy, and mum, and dad)

July 23, 2009
Our Wild Cousins

Apparently some of our wild cousins were visiting yesterday evening. Maybe they heard that Betsy was in lockdown and came to break us out?

Apparently there were two of them, but dad could only get photos of one.

Hey, I do that too!

There’s nothing wrong with leaving your leg outstretched after licking it. You need to check out your surroundings, but you might want to go back to licking your leg – you never know!

I guess it’s time for him to get a move on – our wild cousins never sit still for very long.

Still, it was nice of them to visit!

-Gus

July 22, 2009
Dad Let Us Out

I’m free!

Well, sort of. Dad keeps a watchful eye on me now, but he did let me out today – so Gus and I went straight into his office to relax and stretch our legs.

Of course, what I find relaxing, dad finds… odd.

*sigh* I’m just glad to be out at last.

So glad, I don’t even mind dad snapping photos of me.

It’s good to be out again!

-Betsy

July 21, 2009
Betsy’s Been Bad

Betsy got into some BIG trouble this weekend.

While mum and dad were out doing the grocery shopping (for us, of course) she got up on the couch (again).

But that’s not the worst of it… she got up there and she CHEWED a BIG HOLE in the couch cushion. (Well, kind of big… anyway, big enough to be noticed.)

Mum and dad were SO mad when they got back and found out.

Dad was especially disappointed. So as punishment he picked Betsy up (she hates that) and… well, these pictures kind of tell the rest of the story.

Dad said that this is what happens to bad bunnies.

Dad apparently has a dark side when it comes to major bunny damage.

Betsy was not enjoying this. But I think that was the point.

I could hear her say “get me out of here!”

I tried to tell Betsy it was her own fault, but she wouldn’t listen to me.

After that, dad kept us in lockdown for 3 days. (I was given extra treats to make up for having to be locked up too – one litterbox and all that.)

I can only hope Betsy learned her lesson and will stay away from the couch, and stick with things left on the floor – those kinds of things mum and dad can’t get mad at us for chewing (after all, they are the ones who leave them on the floor, right?)

-Gus

July 20, 2009
Messy Eaters?

Dad says we’re messy eaters.

I don’t know what he’s talking about. Looks perfectly fine to me. After all, how else are we supposed to pick the good bits of hay out without scattering a bit of the other stuff around?

In response to dad’s comment, we gave him a double-dose of disapproval.

After that, he had to go lie down. Disapproval accomplished!

-Gus

July 18, 2009
Big Lettuce

The other day dad came home with this HUGE head of lettuce. It was enormous – it was as big as I am!

Just look at the size of that thing!

You’d think it was some sort of mutant lettuce thing, but dad only buys organic lettuce, so I guess it was just… really, really big!

It is easily as big as I am.

Of course, Betsy and I could devour it in a single day if left to our own devices, as dad well knows.

That’s why I asked dad, “is this for me?”

Of course, he said “no” and that he was just taking pictures for comparison since it was such a big head of lettuce.

But it’s OK – I chinned the lettuce to mark it as mine so dad wouldn’t forget.

What a big head of lettuce!

-Gus

July 15, 2009
Bunny Turbos

At night, before dinner, sometimes I like to get up into the dining room and do little “turbos” around the dining room table.

Dad thinks these are incredibly cute (and mum does as well) so he took a little video of me doing one. It’s just a little turbo, though, so it’s nothing much.

-Betsy

July 13, 2009
Settling Down

The other day dad caught a video of me “settling down.” He thinks it’s cute or something, but it’s just me sitting down.

What’s worse is that the video is mostly out of focus, so it’s terrible to watch. But here it is anyway.

-Gus

July 11, 2009
Dad’s Fan

Yesterday and today I decided to check out dad’s little floor fan he has near his office door. It’s kind of fun to sit in front of it – the wind blows on your face and it’s cool and refreshing!

But even more fun is to nose-bump the fan and tip it over. Dad always looks so flustered when I do that!!

Of course after I tip it over, dad comes and picks it up again… at which point I have to run to stay out of his reach. But I tipped over his fan, and he knows it!

I win!

-Betsy

July 9, 2009