backyard buns

 i think they came for the clover and stayed for the atmosphere. pretty sure they take shelter under the deck. one of us notices at least one of them nearly every day, either in the backyard or out front, sometimes accompanied by squirrels, chipmunks, the wild rats, or mourning doves on the ground, with other wild birds dropping them bits of food from the feeders hanging above. i'm glad they find our space amenable, even to the point of coming right up to our doors.

chillin'

this rabbit is living the life, obviously.

because you can never have too many bunny posts

as a house rabbit, little foot has a nice habitat. she has a large cage that opens out into an expansive exercise pen in the family room. she has so many creature comforts - besides her litter pan and water bottle and food bowls, she has blankets and towels and a cat cave and a box of timothy hay to jump into and a box of toilet paper and paper towel tubes to play with and a soft cat bed in the cage and a doll bed with a fluffy blanket and stuffed animals. she's got plenty of room to relax and hide and play and have zoomies. plus she has company with her for at least 12 hours a day.

   

ander has been home from school since march because of the pandemic, so he has even more time to bond with his bunny. they built an easy and comfortable relationship with each other, so we decided to take it to the next level - supervised roaming outside the pen. it's quite entertaining to observe the mischief she gets into. her very favorite new place to hand out is in a darkish corner, under a table, on top of a stack of computer paper which she joyfully shreds and tosses about.

you know what's good?

having a bunny, that's what's good. for us, at least.

i think she's happy to have us around a lot, too. especially ander. he can pretty much do anything to her through the bars of her enclosure - give her cheek rubs, hold her ears and give a gentle tug, pet her fur backwards. mostly she just stays there and soaks up the attention as he tells her what a good and wonderful bunny she is. she sometimes grooms him, which i have told him is a sign that she accepts him as a bunny. she grooms artemis on occasion, too, and tolerates him picking her up and snuggling with her on the loveseat. she pays attention to me when i come to her in the morning with a banana or a slice of apple and a yogurt drop and that's when i get to pet her.

her presence in the family room where much of our family activity takes place always gives us something to talk about. we make sure to take note and alert everyone in the house anything that the bunny is doing at any given moment - lying down, or stretching, or grooming, or sleeping, or eating, or drinking from her water bottle, or twitching her nose, or just generally existing. she is a constant furry friend, and we love her sooooo much.

and now for a bunny moment