flemishwhite
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Bunny, our 11 1/2 year old house rabbit died unexpectedly a month ago. My wife and I were very sad. She had lived with us for over 10 years completely uncaged in our house. Excellent litter box behavior. She slept in our bedroom with us and it was very comforting. If anything unusual was going on in the night she would start thumping...a regular little watch dog that didn't bark..just thumped. She was such a good little girl and she was very obedient. She loved to go outside. My wife or me always accompanied her outside. What she really loved to do was lay in a bush that was near the sidewalk. People would walk their dogs. I think she got a big thrill laying hidden while dogs walked by only a few feet away and the dogs didn't know she was there. When it was time to go inside, she would obediently hop into the house.
I really enjoyed sharing my house with a rabbit. Every morning, I would set in the dining room reading the Wall Street Journal drinking my coffee, and Bunny would typically be running her morning exercise laps around the house. Every few minutes, there'd be a thump, thump, thump as she ran by. Sort of a surrealistic thing.
It was only a few weeks after she died that we decided to buy another rabbit. Since Bunny liked to be outdoors so much, I decided to buy a rabbit that would be big enough to be in our back yard unaccompanied for a hour or so without being worried about a feral cat attack. We will leave the back door open for it to run back into the house if need be. A Flemish rabbit was what I wanted to buy. They range from 15 to over 22 pounds...enough to thwart a feral cat. When we went to buy our Flemish, there was a large pen with 8 weeks old babies. One white baby, with a dark grey nose and dark grey ears, hopped towards us as we entered the pen. Didn't really want a white, but was really impressed with the friendliness. After spending several minutes in the bunny pen, it was obvious that my friendly white rabbit was very bonded with another almost exactly similar appearance rabbit. So I bought them both. For the buns, this was an excellent decision. They just love being together. They sleep and eat side by side, and groom each other.
But now having TWO bouncing BABY bunnies in the house is an unexpected workload after having lived for so many years with an older calm rabbit. We cannot leave the two Flemish babies in the house alone..we have to be with them when they are out of their pen. During the day they tend to sleep, at morning and early evening, they become very active and we have to keep an eye on them to check out if they are chewing on something they shouldn't be. both of them can be very rambunctious...running and bouncing off the furniture. After so many years with our older calm house bunny, we sort of forgot that this is expected on young rabbits. It's amusing to watch them running and jumping. They are surprisingly very acrobatic.
They immediately were acceptably litter box trained, even at 8 weeks old. We have a litter box in their pen, which is in our living room, and during the day, the pen door is open for them to access the litter box. But have to initially put rabbit litter boxes where they want. We have two more litter boxes in places where they wanted to pee. We had to do this with our previous rabbit. Eventually, our previous rabbit only needed one litter box.
Our two baby Flemish..we don't know the sex yet. We have vet appointment next Friday. I think I could do it myself, but you have to roll them on their back, which they don't like. I'll just wait for the vet. One bun is very outgoing, curious, and very friendly. The other bun is reserved and shy and a little smaller.
I really enjoyed sharing my house with a rabbit. Every morning, I would set in the dining room reading the Wall Street Journal drinking my coffee, and Bunny would typically be running her morning exercise laps around the house. Every few minutes, there'd be a thump, thump, thump as she ran by. Sort of a surrealistic thing.
It was only a few weeks after she died that we decided to buy another rabbit. Since Bunny liked to be outdoors so much, I decided to buy a rabbit that would be big enough to be in our back yard unaccompanied for a hour or so without being worried about a feral cat attack. We will leave the back door open for it to run back into the house if need be. A Flemish rabbit was what I wanted to buy. They range from 15 to over 22 pounds...enough to thwart a feral cat. When we went to buy our Flemish, there was a large pen with 8 weeks old babies. One white baby, with a dark grey nose and dark grey ears, hopped towards us as we entered the pen. Didn't really want a white, but was really impressed with the friendliness. After spending several minutes in the bunny pen, it was obvious that my friendly white rabbit was very bonded with another almost exactly similar appearance rabbit. So I bought them both. For the buns, this was an excellent decision. They just love being together. They sleep and eat side by side, and groom each other.
But now having TWO bouncing BABY bunnies in the house is an unexpected workload after having lived for so many years with an older calm rabbit. We cannot leave the two Flemish babies in the house alone..we have to be with them when they are out of their pen. During the day they tend to sleep, at morning and early evening, they become very active and we have to keep an eye on them to check out if they are chewing on something they shouldn't be. both of them can be very rambunctious...running and bouncing off the furniture. After so many years with our older calm house bunny, we sort of forgot that this is expected on young rabbits. It's amusing to watch them running and jumping. They are surprisingly very acrobatic.
They immediately were acceptably litter box trained, even at 8 weeks old. We have a litter box in their pen, which is in our living room, and during the day, the pen door is open for them to access the litter box. But have to initially put rabbit litter boxes where they want. We have two more litter boxes in places where they wanted to pee. We had to do this with our previous rabbit. Eventually, our previous rabbit only needed one litter box.
Our two baby Flemish..we don't know the sex yet. We have vet appointment next Friday. I think I could do it myself, but you have to roll them on their back, which they don't like. I'll just wait for the vet. One bun is very outgoing, curious, and very friendly. The other bun is reserved and shy and a little smaller.
