Well Neville is growing up. Starting to feel his "bunny oats". And I don't mean sexually but pure attitude. Sort of like Kreacher. But I have secrets that Neville doesn't know. I dealt with this through Kreacher. Bring on the test little one. No problem at all.
He's now feeling so much more confident in his motions and movement around the room. You just have to see this bunny do his "bunny flop". All the motions are there, but it's like he lands on cotton. It's just funny. You don't hear the typical flop noise. You witness the motions, but there is no ending sounds.
He loves his crate. He really feels secure in it, which does my heart good. I was worried how he would take a bigger crate, but there has been no break in the stride. He loves his little house, which he loves to perch on and watch the room for hours. He does love to stretch out on the floor of his crate to snooze. He's working his way into the tribe. He loves to see the other bunnies. And they love to see him. With the xpen set up by my husband, none of the rabbits have direct, direct contact with him. They both sniff each other and observe but no contact. And have to say there is no aggression from any of them.
Neville is now completely on Oxbow and there was no problem. His poop has been the same consistancy since he came home. Same size, same texture, just a consistent sphere. And there's a lot of it. Boy can that boy poop and pee. Gosh could we make money if this was valuable. I'm really looking forward to starting him on veggies like the others. I feel bad I can't give him any treats yet. But he seems to be compliant with that.
Is showing his independence and does struggle to get down. We are teaching him that the struggle will now work. Thankfully with gloves, I'm able to control the squirms and say NO. He's definitely learning that word. But he is learning to calm down when I hold to my chest and tell him NO.
Grooming time has become a pleasure for Neville. I'm still a newbie and tentative. I don't want to injure him or pull his fur unnecessarily. But all in all, it is getting better each day. So much so, that half way through the grooming, Neville is purring away. And totally relaxed. The underbelly, that's still work in progress. He's getting better each time. The more and more you apply hands on, the more you see Neville relax.
He's getting it, and he's catching on. That makes me happy. After all a happy bunny is happy human. His attitude from the beginning has been so open because he was young when we got him. It hasn't changed. I'm proud of myself that I have not done anything to break or scare him to make him tentative. He's still open minded and taking it all in. In other words, he is becoming a pleasure. He does well with the litter box inside his crate, but outside, we are still seeing accidents. Not a lot, just little piddles. And we just have to keep reminding ourselves that he is still young and it will come in time. Still has the poop trails but again, reminding ourselves that he's still young. I am seeing less and less so it's all going in a positive direction.
K
