• New Bunny Condo

    This weekend, dad cleaned up our area and moved some things around – and apparently decided we needed a new bunny condo. So he came up with this multi-level thing:

    clean area with new bunny fort

    new bunny fort

    I’m not sure how I feel about it. The bun-shui just isn’t quite right. I think maybe later I’ll chew a few new holes in it, and maybe push it into the middle of our area, at some angle that dad will no doubt think is totally awkward and inappropriate.

    betsy (sitting in the breeze from the fan)

    Yeah.

    -Betsy

    Betsy's New Portrait

  • I’m Not Lazy!!

    Dad says I’m a lazy bun – that all I do is lay around the house and sleep.

    I don’t know what he’s talking about!

    gus relaxes after chowing down on dinner

    Ummm…

    smooshed gus

    Well…

    gus enjoys relaxing in a clean litter box

    Errr…

    napping in the sun

    That is to say…

    gus has post-brushing depression

    I mean…

    gus and his destruction

    Well…

    gus realizes he's on camera

    Look…

    groggy gus

    I can explain…

    gus sleepy eye

    That’s not fair…

    one sleepy bunny

    Those were extenuating circumstances!

    sleepy gus

    Ok Dad, I think we get the point…

    gus chillin

    Aww, c’mon!

    gus loaf

    Geez…

    gus relaxing

    Seriously?

    you dissapoint me

    OK, ok, ok…

    the sleepiest bun

    Yeah, yeah…

    bunny flop gus

    Whatever.

    gussy on the couch

    OK, so maybe I do sleep a bit… but it’s only natural. After all, I lead a very busy life! I need to rest often!

    Right?

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait

  • Tired

    I’ve been so busy lately, chewing things, playing with Gus, trying to sneak into the bedroom… sometimes I just need to lay down and have a nap.

    flopped betsy

    Too bad that whenever I try to relax, I hear that little “beep-beep” of dad and his stupid camera!

    Harumph!

    -Betsy

    Betsy's New Portrait

  • Shedding Season

    I guess it should come as no surprise to anyone that since it’s getting on towards summertime now, Betsy and I have been shedding a bit.

    The downside to this (and the reason why Betsy and I try to hide our shedding for as long as we can) is that dad notices us looking a little “scruffy” and … picks us up and brushes us!

    gus after being brushed

    Oh the HORROR!

    gus and his pile of brushed fur

    Oh the INDIGNITY! Oh, wait, it’s all over for me now. I guess I wasn’t shedding too bad, but then again dad DID brush me last week as well.

    Betsy, on the other hand, did not get off so lucky.

    betsy after being brushed

    Betsy is really good at hiding her shedding, so when it starts to show, you know it’s going to be pretty bad. But honestly even I was amazed at how much fur dad brushed off of her!

    betsy and her pile of fur

    Dad’s cruel instruments of torture grooming can be seen clearly in these pictures.

    betsy and her pile of fur from above

    Dad said you could almost make a whole other bunny with the fur he brushed off of Betsy. I’m not so sure though; we bunnies have LOTS of fur!!

    betsy would like to go back inside now

    Betsy hates brushing time as much as anyone, but then again, Betsy tends to hate everything. Dad sometimes calls her an “emo bunny” because of the dark marks around her eyes (and the way she disapproves of everything – she’s a disaproval MASTER).

    But in this picture, I think Betsy just wants to go back inside. All that brushing is rough going for such pampered bunnies as us!!

    In the end of course, I got a papaya tablet from dad (which I didn’t eat until he was out of sight, of course – can’t let him think I appreciate the treat after such treatment) and Betsy got a cracker from mum (mum never picks us up, she’s so good). So it wasn’t a total loss… I guess.

    I wonder how other buns are doing with this weather – is it making you shed, too? And if so, how do you hide it?

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait

  • Bad Table Manners?

    Dad says I don’t seem to have very good  table manners.

    gus in the hay bowl again

    I don’t know what he’s talking about. Besides, table manners don’t apply when you’re not at a table, obviously.

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait

  • Over-Affectionate

    Despite rumors to the contrary, we have NOT actually done anything to our mum or dad as a result of that disgraceful photo shoot (the one with the costumes).

    Just so we clear that up.

    Anyway, speaking of indignity: sometimes Betsy gets a little… over-affectionate with me. Dad was able to capture one of these almost-incidents recently:

    bunny fighting

    Somehow this just doesn’t seem right to me – after all, I am the boss around here.

    Do any otherbuns have this sort of problem?

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait

  • Fun with a paper bag

    Dad tried to “entertain” us the other day by putting out a paper bag. To make sure we went into it, he put some fresh timothy hay in the bag.

    This was the result:

    gus in bag (flash) - captioned

    “And there’s nothing you can do about it!”

    (You can see an alternate version here.)

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait

  • Oh, The Indignity

    Today dad picked me up and carried me to mummy, who was smiling in a way I didn’t like.

    Turns out, I had good reason to be suspicious of her motives – just look!

    betsy devil above

    Turns out she’d bought some little costumes at the store.

    betsy devil

    I don’t like this.

    betsy does not like this

    I will make you suffer for this indignity.

    gus joins the party

    Eventually dad brought Gus into the party. Misery loves company, after all.

    gus the king

    Gus didn’t understand it any more than I did.

    gus does not like his crown

    I don’t think the crown fit him very well, either.

    buns not happy being in costume

    Bunnies should not be dressed up!

    buns in costumes - betsy devil and gus king

    This is just silly mummy, take it off!

    roles reversed

    No, wait, that’s not what I meant!!

    princess betsy and devil gus

    I wonder if it’d be OK if I took a flying leap off this table…

    betsy looks good in a crown

    I don’t need no stinkin’ crown to know I’m the boss around here!

    gus does not like the implications of this costume

    Gus did not like the implications made by this costume.

    the buns in costume from above

    This is just not right.

    After that, mum took the clothes off of us and dad helped her put us back down on the ground. Fortunately, the whole ordeal didn’t take more than a few minutes… but it was still degrading in a way that bunnies should not be subjected to.

    I’ll have to think of something particularly valuable to chew on tonight to make up for this injustice.

    -Betsy

    Betsy's New Portrait

  • Watching TV

    Dad didn’t understand what we were doing:

    buns in front of the tv

    buns pretending to watch TV maybe

    Personally I think it’s pretty obvious. We were driving him crazy.

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait

  • Oh No, Not Brushing

    Dad says I need to be brushed again – he says I’m getting a little “frizzy.”

    smooshed gus

    Well, ok, I guess he’s right about the “getting frizzy” part, but do I really, really need to be brushed? Isn’t there another way?

    No?

    smooshed gus closeup

    Oh bother.

    -Gus

    Gus's Newer Portrait