MLS
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Hello all. Long time no post Life's been really busy but both Seb and I are well. I've got a lot of cute pictures that I'll be uploading in the next few days. Seb and I spent a week at my parents' home for thanksgiving and I was quite afraid that he'd be freaked out by the experience. However, he really surprised me.
I set up his pen, litterbox, and carrier in the guestroom that is my room when I visit. Same setup as here but he was like a completely different rabbit. I was afraid he'd be stressed by the fact that he had to ride in the car and that he was in a totally new place and that the floors were all hardwood. On the contrary, as soon as I set up his pen and let him out, he immediately hopped into his litterbox to use the bathroom and was fine. More than fine in fact. He spent all week begging to come out and explore the room and would happily come up to you if you were sitting on the floor for a pet and a sniff, he'd even hop onto your legs. He wasn't bothered by the hardwood at all and showed off some rather spectacular binkies.
However, when we came back here, it's back to hiding a lot ( whereas at my parents he'd be out in his litterbox or exploring, only going into his carrier for sleeping at night ), not coming out of his pen if I leave the door open, and being much less friendly in general. :? He's a bit more friendly than before our trip, but not the same social butterfly he was at my parents' house. I'm trying to figure out why. Y'all will get to see the photos of where he was kept so you'll see that that room is much larger and more open. His pen was set up basically in the middle of the room versus here where it is against a wall on one side and a bed on another ( the other 2 sides of the crate are open to my room and my closet) I'm thinking maybe that gave him a better sense of his own space/security in that he could easily see everything around him, versus here where when I'm in bed/sleeping I'm slightly above him?
I feel bad that maybe he isn't as comfortable here but there's no where else I can keep his pen :/ I am moving in the spring to a larger house and at that point he can obviously be set up in a living room but for now, tiny apartment living dictates where he can be. I've expanded his pen so he has the same amount of room he had here as he had at my parents' home ( who needs to be able to walk into their closet directly from their room? Mine's got an extra entrance door in the hallway) Anyone else have a bunny come out of their shell much more in other locations?
I set up his pen, litterbox, and carrier in the guestroom that is my room when I visit. Same setup as here but he was like a completely different rabbit. I was afraid he'd be stressed by the fact that he had to ride in the car and that he was in a totally new place and that the floors were all hardwood. On the contrary, as soon as I set up his pen and let him out, he immediately hopped into his litterbox to use the bathroom and was fine. More than fine in fact. He spent all week begging to come out and explore the room and would happily come up to you if you were sitting on the floor for a pet and a sniff, he'd even hop onto your legs. He wasn't bothered by the hardwood at all and showed off some rather spectacular binkies.
However, when we came back here, it's back to hiding a lot ( whereas at my parents he'd be out in his litterbox or exploring, only going into his carrier for sleeping at night ), not coming out of his pen if I leave the door open, and being much less friendly in general. :? He's a bit more friendly than before our trip, but not the same social butterfly he was at my parents' house. I'm trying to figure out why. Y'all will get to see the photos of where he was kept so you'll see that that room is much larger and more open. His pen was set up basically in the middle of the room versus here where it is against a wall on one side and a bed on another ( the other 2 sides of the crate are open to my room and my closet) I'm thinking maybe that gave him a better sense of his own space/security in that he could easily see everything around him, versus here where when I'm in bed/sleeping I'm slightly above him?
I feel bad that maybe he isn't as comfortable here but there's no where else I can keep his pen :/ I am moving in the spring to a larger house and at that point he can obviously be set up in a living room but for now, tiny apartment living dictates where he can be. I've expanded his pen so he has the same amount of room he had here as he had at my parents' home ( who needs to be able to walk into their closet directly from their room? Mine's got an extra entrance door in the hallway) Anyone else have a bunny come out of their shell much more in other locations?