Bunnies, Critters, Village Life
Shh!!! We’wre Hunting Wabbits…
With our camewa, of course!
Be vewwy vewwy qwiet…
Wait! Is that another wascally wabbit?
It is! Two wabbits!
(and soon to be more…)
14 Jun 2007 JAS
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Oh my dear lord - bunnies are one of my most favorite animals. We’ve had house bunnies and they have the most wonderful personalities. After living in our house for nearly 20 years, for the first time this year we have a bunny in the yard. He’s so precious I can hardly stand it!
Kris - my sister had a house bunny too, and he would stay with us when she went out of town. They are remarkable pets - and as you said, have wonderful personalities. Scritch was even housebroken, and had the run of the house!
You’ve gone twenty years before having a bunny in the yard? Good heavens - we are inundated with them yearly! We think it’s because we don’t use any pesticides, and have plenty of clover in our yard, and lots of wildlife-friendly landscaping. It might be that we don’t have a dog or a cat.
Or… perhaps they just know we’re a soft touch…
JAS - our last house rabbit - Blossom - was also litter box trained and free-roamed the house 24/7. She was a 14 lb. New Zealand White and a total mush. I just loved her and miss her still (she went to the Rainbow Bridge in 2000).
As for the wild bunnies - we have a completely “wildlife friendly” backyard. Absolutely no pesticides - we’ve really created a sanctuary for all our fur and feathered friends. We have an enormous variety of birds, as well as furry animals. We do have fox, coyote and bobcat in the woods behind our house (and have seen the fox and bobcat in the yard), which could explain the absence of bunnies.
Kris - you’re doing everything we’re doing in the yard, so I’m thinking it’s what you thought - it must be the furry bunny hunters (fox, bobcat and coyote) that explain the dearth of bunnies. We have a chain-link fence running the property line, and while we see coyotes on the outside of the fence, we haven’t seen one inside… yet. No bobcat or fox inside the village that I’ve ever seen, although there are plenty in the area. We even have gray wolves, which have seriously cut into the coyote population (which is fine with me - I’ll take wolves over coyotes, as wolves respect human boundaries much better than coyotes do). Last Sunday while at a nearby park, we sat and listened to a coyote family group howl back and forth - an amazing thing to hear.
My sister’s house rabbit was a New Zealand White, too! Oh, he was such a snuggler! Nothing like waking up with a huge white bunny’s whiskers tickling your nose as said bunny stands on his hind paws to peer into your face and wish you ‘good morning!’
Let me just say you haven’t lived until a 14 pound white rabbit takes an aggressive posture because you did NOT pay homage to her as was expected. Grunting, barking and charging - by the easter bunny - laughter ensued and Blossom was most certainly NOT pleased.
She was vaguely mollified by her favorite treat - bananas. But only vaguely - we paid for our insubordination for several hours.