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This is Aslan, our house bunny:
Here he is being silly:
http://vid1239.photobucket.com/albums/f ... uxldbf.mp4
He came to us at 3 years of age about 9 months ago, having previously been kept in a hutch in a carport. We brought him inside, and bought a concrete mixing bin for him that we stock with pine pellets and shavings. When we're away or asleep, we put a bottomless cage over it and bungee it down. While the house is open to him, he stays in one room. Because the open expanse he would have to cross to get anywhere else is just too intimidating, I think. :roll: That's okay with me... I really don't want him dashing across my path and getting tangled in my feet as I carry a pot of pasta to the sink to drain. (I'm not sure if he's suicidal or homicidal... it's hard to tell.)
We've worked with him on the chewing of bookcases and tables and chairs, and with his leaving of small puddles here, there, and yon. He is very free with his bunny berries. At first, he put most of them in his bin, but not anymore. The puddle situation has recently taken a turn for the worse. He'll pee somewhere outside his bin once or twice a day now. When we find a puddle, we catch him, take him to it so he knows what the issue is, give a sharp "no", and confine him to his cage for a while.
His situation has not changed. Pinto (our wry-neck house rabbit who is not in the same room) was here before him. It does not matter whether his bedding is fresh or needs changing. When we come in from the rabbitry, we are subject to a thorough inspection -- and if we smell like doe, he'll usually try to find a part of one of us to breed. :?
It's all the same, but the bunny berries and puddles are becoming more frequent. When we deposit him in his cage, he'll sometimes give a flick or two of his heels or thump, as if to defy us. Then he'll sit there looking at us like, "Fine. I prefer it in here." Until he's been in there long enough to start begging to be let back out.
The other day, he made the mistake of nipping my husband's finger, when he reached down to pick him up. Now he's on probation, almost -- in danger of losing his cushy house rabbit gig and ending up in the rabbitry.
So... any ideas? He can be so sweet, but this is starting to drive us all buggy.
Here he is being silly:
http://vid1239.photobucket.com/albums/f ... uxldbf.mp4
He came to us at 3 years of age about 9 months ago, having previously been kept in a hutch in a carport. We brought him inside, and bought a concrete mixing bin for him that we stock with pine pellets and shavings. When we're away or asleep, we put a bottomless cage over it and bungee it down. While the house is open to him, he stays in one room. Because the open expanse he would have to cross to get anywhere else is just too intimidating, I think. :roll: That's okay with me... I really don't want him dashing across my path and getting tangled in my feet as I carry a pot of pasta to the sink to drain. (I'm not sure if he's suicidal or homicidal... it's hard to tell.)
We've worked with him on the chewing of bookcases and tables and chairs, and with his leaving of small puddles here, there, and yon. He is very free with his bunny berries. At first, he put most of them in his bin, but not anymore. The puddle situation has recently taken a turn for the worse. He'll pee somewhere outside his bin once or twice a day now. When we find a puddle, we catch him, take him to it so he knows what the issue is, give a sharp "no", and confine him to his cage for a while.
His situation has not changed. Pinto (our wry-neck house rabbit who is not in the same room) was here before him. It does not matter whether his bedding is fresh or needs changing. When we come in from the rabbitry, we are subject to a thorough inspection -- and if we smell like doe, he'll usually try to find a part of one of us to breed. :?
It's all the same, but the bunny berries and puddles are becoming more frequent. When we deposit him in his cage, he'll sometimes give a flick or two of his heels or thump, as if to defy us. Then he'll sit there looking at us like, "Fine. I prefer it in here." Until he's been in there long enough to start begging to be let back out.
The other day, he made the mistake of nipping my husband's finger, when he reached down to pick him up. Now he's on probation, almost -- in danger of losing his cushy house rabbit gig and ending up in the rabbitry.
So... any ideas? He can be so sweet, but this is starting to drive us all buggy.
