Going vertical

[Moonshadow]

Does anyone else’s bunny like “going vertical” (what my dad dubbed jumping up onto higher and higher places)? Our free-roam bunny learned from our cat and figures out ways to get to the high places she goes.

During the night, my dad heard munching and went to take a look. Our bunny found a way onto his desk. Looks like we may have to move the things around…

 

[FuzzyBunny ph]

omg yes My current oldest and my youngest likes to jump on stuff and feel like they're on top of the world

 

[SirLawrence]

Oh yes. My boys are veritable mountain goats!!



This was when Lawrence was brand new. In fact, he was still "Florence" at the time! I knew nothing of what rabbits were capable of.

 

[dogwoodblossoms]

The joys of owning rabbits, I had kits escape once and found them on my desk eating my paper

 

[CrazyChickenGirl]

My newest bun will not be contained in any pen without a top. He will jump it or climb it.

 

[ArtistChibi]

My newest bun will not be contained in any pen without a top. He will jump it or climb it.

Persistent, smart, and mischievous. As Lennon the bunny said, rabbits will out smart you.

 

[SirLawrence]

The joys of owning rabbits...

I wonder who owns who sometimes.

 

[dogwoodblossoms]

I wonder who owns who sometimes.

Yeah…. Their kind of like cats. HUMAN SLAVE

 

[James + Ted]

Ted jumps onto my roommate’s bed sometimes. It is sorta high off the floor, 32 inches.

Last Sunday we slept in. Roommate was half awake around 10:30 when Ted jumped up, then used a digging motion to get her sheet down to her waist. Then he repositioned, and got the sheet below her knees. Then he went near her head and stared at her, until she got up to give him breakfast. He’s a funny bunny.

 

[James + Ted]

Oh yes. My boys are veritable mountain goats!!

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This was when Lawrence was brand new. In fact, he was still "Florence" at the time! I knew nothing of what rabbits were capable of.

I wonder if he was able to jump down? Or was he trapped up there until you put him on the floor?

When I saw Ted jumping off roomies bed, got concerned that he could hurt himself. So I created a kind of stairway that he could access to get off her bed more easily.

 

[ArtistChibi]

Wanna talk about going vertical? Shen just did. He's king of the box tower.

 

[SirLawrence]

I wonder if he was able to jump down? Or was he trapped up there until you put him on the floor?

When I saw Ted jumping off roomies bed, got concerned that he could hurt himself. So I created a kind of stairway that he could access to get off her bed more easily.

If I remember correctly, he jumped down by himself! He's always been fearless, which hasn't helped calm daddy's fears at all.

I tried (but failed) to get a picture yesterday of Sir Lawrence trying to climb the record player.

 

[Diane R]

I hate to be a party pooper but please be careful. Bunnies as prey animals have very light and fragile skeletons, very different from cats. Make sure any surface they jump on is big and non-slip and that the floor where they land is non-slip and soft.

 

[SirLawrence]

I hate to be a party pooper but please be careful. Bunnies as prey animals have very light and fragile skeletons, very different from cats. Make sure any surface they jump on is big and non-slip and that the floor where they land is non-slip and soft.

Oh, I know. And I've learned a lot since then. I'm completely bunny-proofed now, and nowhere he can jump or get to would be unsafe for him! And, all the areas of the house where he can still climb (even up on a chair) is fully carpeted.

 

[FuzzyBunny ph]

I hate to be a party pooper but please be careful. Bunnies as prey animals have very light and fragile skeletons, very different from cats. Make sure any surface they jump on is big and non-slip and that the floor where they land is non-slip and soft.

luckily for us, the highest place they've jumped on was on the bed

 

[CrazyChickenGirl]

I hate to be a party pooper but please be careful. Bunnies as prey animals have very light and fragile skeletons, very different from cats. Make sure any surface they jump on is big and non-slip and that the floor where they land is non-slip and soft.

My haven’t actually MANAGED to get high because I’m always there to poop THIER party!

 

[ArtistChibi]

I hate to be a party pooper but please be careful. Bunnies as prey animals have very light and fragile skeletons, very different from cats. Make sure any surface they jump on is big and non-slip and that the floor where they land is non-slip and soft.

No worries. The box tower we slapped together for them has stages to go up and down. Plus Shen loves pushing the box with the blanket on it to the floor. We have pillows on the floor near our bed for them. Carpeting for footing, and gradual levels for ascending and descending areas of my bedroom. They absolutely love it.

 

[Space Monkey]

My bunny, Freya, has learned how to detach the pen from her main cage. She's a Mini Satin, 4 1/2 months old, and can't be more than 3~ pounds; and yet, she's has freakish strength. She can lift the side of the pen up and out of the hinges to hop right on out like the baddest little thing to ever exist.

 

[odyssey~]

Odyssey tried jumping over her 30" high pen once- half her body went over, half stayed behind so then she fell back. She tried again a couple of times with no success so now she's too chicken to jump over.
Oddly she'll jump on furtniture that's taller than 30" but still can't jump over the pen. Don't have any pics of her jumping but this will suffice

 

[dogwoodblossoms]

Speaking of rabbits trying to jump fences; when I first got my buck Forrest it was only him and Prim, and they had pens right next to each other, stupid I know Forrest found out be could get on top of his cage and then could jump into Prim’s pen. So, my 3 month buck got in with my 5 month doe. Oops. Thankfully, she didn’t get pregnant and I started rotating their times in their pens