mdith4him
Well-Known Member
It certainly has been an interesting day with the buns. At work, I got this email from my hubby:
[font="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"]"I let Nibbles out to hop around the living room which he enjoyed immensely. He now bravely and confidently hops up on the couch. The down side is that heâs now very curious about the arm rests and I think itâs only a matter of time before he tries to hop off the arm rests. After a while he wouldnât stop nibbling the magazine pile, so I lured him back into his bunny mansion with a raisin. I pushed the dowel rod][/font] back in place and latched the top part of the gate, but I didnât redo the zip tie at the bottom because I figured Iâd let him back out after Iâd showered and heâd had a chance to calm down. After all, the dowel rod was there (not tied at that end, but pushed into its usual position nonetheless).
Then, as I sat in the tub I heard a shuffling sound, and as I looked over Nibbles head popped âround the corner of the door. In a surprised voice I said, âNibbles!â He very surprizedly struggled for traction on the vinyl flooring and then scurried back out into the hallway. Then I got to chase him around the office before corralling him back into his pen. He had knocked the side wall of the pen out far enough to force open the bottom of the gate enough so that he could hop right on out. Needless to say, the dowel rod has been re-secured and his gate is now tied shut with two ties."
Hilarious, right? Well, this evening, I let Nibbles out to run in the hallway again. He did pretty well for awhile, but then he WOULD NOT stop chewing on the red apparently-tastes-like-honey floor protector we have under Junie's cage. After saying, "NO" several times, moving him away several times, and giving him multiple other things to chew on, I got fed up and finally put him inside his pen so he would stop. He was okay for awhile, but then he started chewing on the bars in an effort to get out again. By that point I had already let Junie out to run around, so I couldn't have him out, too (they're not bonded yet). Junie's having a ball running up and down the hall, binkying all over the place, and flopping over in her cage when she's tired. Nibbles is sulking on the second story of his bunny mansion. Never happy!
Anyway, here are some pictures and video from this afternoon and evening:
Nibbles sulking:
Junie, super relaxed:
Junie running around:
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/IwUIgg0RoqA&feature=mfu_channel&list=UL&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/4AErAkQaUjA&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
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[font="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"]"I let Nibbles out to hop around the living room which he enjoyed immensely. He now bravely and confidently hops up on the couch. The down side is that heâs now very curious about the arm rests and I think itâs only a matter of time before he tries to hop off the arm rests. After a while he wouldnât stop nibbling the magazine pile, so I lured him back into his bunny mansion with a raisin. I pushed the dowel rod][/font] back in place and latched the top part of the gate, but I didnât redo the zip tie at the bottom because I figured Iâd let him back out after Iâd showered and heâd had a chance to calm down. After all, the dowel rod was there (not tied at that end, but pushed into its usual position nonetheless).
Then, as I sat in the tub I heard a shuffling sound, and as I looked over Nibbles head popped âround the corner of the door. In a surprised voice I said, âNibbles!â He very surprizedly struggled for traction on the vinyl flooring and then scurried back out into the hallway. Then I got to chase him around the office before corralling him back into his pen. He had knocked the side wall of the pen out far enough to force open the bottom of the gate enough so that he could hop right on out. Needless to say, the dowel rod has been re-secured and his gate is now tied shut with two ties."
Hilarious, right? Well, this evening, I let Nibbles out to run in the hallway again. He did pretty well for awhile, but then he WOULD NOT stop chewing on the red apparently-tastes-like-honey floor protector we have under Junie's cage. After saying, "NO" several times, moving him away several times, and giving him multiple other things to chew on, I got fed up and finally put him inside his pen so he would stop. He was okay for awhile, but then he started chewing on the bars in an effort to get out again. By that point I had already let Junie out to run around, so I couldn't have him out, too (they're not bonded yet). Junie's having a ball running up and down the hall, binkying all over the place, and flopping over in her cage when she's tired. Nibbles is sulking on the second story of his bunny mansion. Never happy!
Anyway, here are some pictures and video from this afternoon and evening:
Nibbles sulking:
Junie, super relaxed:
Junie running around:
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/IwUIgg0RoqA&feature=mfu_channel&list=UL&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/4AErAkQaUjA&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]
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