Jess_8 wrote:
Haha yeah, Peter Rabbit has been dis allowed from my bedroom ever since he slept on my pillow and refused to share. In result a slept without one. He had the WHOLE bed.
I secretly think my brother is scared of him though he wont admit it. I can see it in his eyes when Peter comes up and says hello.
He always says in a joking tone 'I'm scared he's going to bite me' even after a explain that rabbits don't bite, especially for no reason. He just rolls his eyes.
Actually, rabbits can and will bite under certain conditions. And, wow, can they ever bite! Their teeth are sharp like little knives that cut through flesh with no trouble at all. My bunny, Zoom-zoom bit me by accident once, and it was nasty!
Normally a rabbit will only bite when feeling very threatened. Although some buns are just aggressive. In fact most rabbits will get somewhat aggressive as they get older if they are not spayed or neutered. So fixing a bunny will help it to keep its sweet, gentle personality (it also reduces the risk of many other health problems).
Now you're probably wondering how the Zoomer bit me by accident? Well... I was teaching him some tricks, like jumping through a hoop, and jumping over a stick I was holding. And then I thought I'd teach him to jump for treats, you know, like the dolphins do at Sea World (I can already hear the groans of experienced rabbit owners...).
That's a great trick for dolphins, because they are predators and have binocular vision. Their forward facing eyes give them great depth perception.
Bunnies, on the other hand, are prey animals. Their eyes are on the sides of their heads, so they have great peripheral vision. They can see to the sides very well, and above very well, and even behind themselves pretty well. But to the front, um... not so well. They have a little blind spot, right in front of their noses (which also happens to be where their mouth is located). You can see where this is going, right?
I was holding this treat up, urging him to jump for it. So he hunkered down and waved his little head back and forth a few times (trying to get a distance bearing with his side mounted eyes), then he launched, and the treat, and my fingers disappeared into his blind spot... and he missed.
Of course he immediately realized he missed and let go. And I was left with blood pouring out of 2 small but very deep gashes in my finger. Ouch!
So, a little advice about training your bun. Jumping through hoops, great trick!. Jumping over a stick, great trick. Jumping for treats... uh, not so much (in fact, it's quite a bad idea). LOL!
Zoom-zoom sleeps in bed with me at night. Although he's not much of a bed hog.
I have one bunny at the moment and I'm trying to convince Dad that it is a good idea to get him desexed so he can have a friend. So... I just thought I would introduce myself and since I have never joined a fourm before I'm not really sure where to go from here.... um, bye?
