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Baby Eyes' rabbit test
She had her first closeup meeting with bun-bun today, and I am not really
happy with the outcome. She didn't try to harm the rabbit, but she growled repeatedly and hissed twice. None of the others have growled or hissed. She didn't swat or try to chase. At one point she walked up and touched noses. That was the high point of the meeting. I think she may be jealous. During the same out-of-cage session, we let Coco into the room *without a leash*. I watched her very carefully and stayed close, just in case. But she was so sweet, in an exceptionally gentle way she tried to play with the bunny, and bunny responded well. BTW bunny is now faithfully using its litterbox, which is a huge relief! |
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Baby Eyes' rabbit test
On May 14, 11:33*pm, "Pat" wrote:
She had her first closeup meeting with bun-bun today, and I am not really happy with the outcome. She didn't try to harm the rabbit, but she growled repeatedly and hissed twice. None of the others have growled or hissed. She didn't swat or try to chase. At one point she walked up and touched noses.. That was the high point of the meeting. I think she may be jealous. During the same out-of-cage session, we let Coco into the room *without a leash*. I watched her very carefully and stayed close, just in case. But she was so sweet, in an exceptionally gentle way she tried to play with the bunny, and bunny responded well. BTW bunny is now faithfully using its litterbox, which is a huge relief! Sounds promising! I had a friend whose rabbit was leash trained. I never knew (before I knew her Bugs Bunny) that rabbits could be so much like well....*pets*. He was litter trained too. Once Yoda brought a small rabbit into the house. (and it got loose, we about never caught the poor thing). No blood on it or obvious injury. I always wondered why he carried it so carefully. I also wonder how much you could actually trust a cat around a rabbit. Whether someday instinct might kick in and they'd try to hurt it. I know Bootsie would try to kill a rabbit even if it was bigger than her. Once she took out after a wild turkey. I don't know *what* she was thinking or how she thought her 7- pound self could take it down. Sherry |
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Baby Eyes' rabbit test
Sherry wrote
Pat wrote: snip bunny is now faithfully using its litterbox, which is a huge relief! ===================== Sounds promising! I had a friend whose rabbit was leash trained. I never knew (before I knew her Bugs Bunny) that rabbits could be so much like well....*pets*. He was litter trained too. Once Yoda brought a small rabbit into the house. (and it got loose, we about never caught the poor thing). No blood on it or obvious injury. I always wondered why he carried it so carefully. I also wonder how much you could actually trust a cat around a rabbit. Whether someday instinct might kick in and they'd try to hurt it. I know Bootsie would try to kill a rabbit even if it was bigger than her. Once she took out after a wild turkey. I don't know *what* she was thinking or how she thought her 7-pound self could take it down. ====================== Billy went after a wild turkey once, but he was quickly surrounded by a whole mess of miffed hens. So far, he's been very good with the rabbit. But I wonder - and fear - what you do. Otherwise I would probably let the bunny out with the cats right now. Bunny is ready - tries to come out every time I put food or water into the cage. Tommy used to bring wild rabbits inside. In fact I once raised an orphan by hand and later turned it loose in the wild. I plan on training this bunny to a harness/leash later on. I'm sure it will appreciate trips outside to eat fresh greens. Of course it's getting plenty of fresh greens now, but it's different out of a jar, ya know |
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Baby Eyes' rabbit test
On 5/15/2011 12:33 AM, Pat wrote:
She had her first closeup meeting with bun-bun today, and I am not really happy with the outcome. She didn't try to harm the rabbit, but she growled repeatedly and hissed twice. None of the others have growled or hissed. She didn't swat or try to chase. At one point she walked up and touched noses. That was the high point of the meeting. I think she may be jealous. During the same out-of-cage session, we let Coco into the room *without a leash*. I watched her very carefully and stayed close, just in case. But she was so sweet, in an exceptionally gentle way she tried to play with the bunny, and bunny responded well. BTW bunny is now faithfully using its litterbox, which is a huge relief! A few years ago, we found a full grown domestic rabbit (a black one) in our yard. We installed it on our enclosed back porch, and almost instantly has several curious kitties watching it trough the screen. After several hours, I let some of the more curious cats on the back porch with me and the rabbit. Rabbit did not seem to care. Cats followed rabbit around. When the rabbit decided to follow a cat around, however, THAT really freaked out the cats. It was hilarious! We found the rabbit a home, and as far as I know, he/she still lives there today, a cherished inside pet! -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) comcast (dot) net http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep |
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