Personality and attitude...
Worked on Roxanne's cage - but it is not secure so she did not get to go in it and without a lot of supervised turnout time, she was one angry rabbit.
So, I worked around the growling, the scratching and the lunges when I fed her and eventually got her to relax and I apologized to her that she does not have the big cage yet. It took some time but she finally let me pet her and stroke her.
This AM I was up early... had to get the laundry finished and I brought Roxanne inside. She was much happier - explored, hopped on top of the carry cage (I took a picture - will post when I get home later) I use to get her and the others in the house, then she ripped around my living room.
The sound of a Checkered Giant stomp in enclosed quarters is LOUD and the house shook... sounded like I actually let Mercy or Freedom in the house instead.
But, the end result was a much happier bunny. I got her cage cleaned out (she seemed very territorial about her space), and even held her. I had one growl as I picked her up but I started talking to her and she started sniffing my neck and I could feel her big body start to relax.
I had momentary visions of her turning into Bunnicula and taking a chomp out of my neck with those big chompers but luckily she just sniffed me and then she went back to the smaller cage without incident.
House chores are a heckuva lot more fun with a giant bunneh knocking about the house. Juliette is next in line for indoor turnout time.
Being show bunnies, they have to be intact... nothing like a hormonally charged giant rabbit but I am up to the task, growling and all.
Calliope and Grace are the love bunnies - they greet me at the cage and love to be petted. I hope they stay that way.
Remy and Jared are warming up to me - while I worked on Roxanne's cage, they were watching me closely and then they came up for noserubs. They are characters, for sure.
And now I have to go to work - I wish they allowed rabbits in school...
Denise
