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| Lucy & Ethel |
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| Ethel grooming Lucy. Ethel seems to do most of the grooming. |
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| Bunya joins in for some licks. We call this the Bunmuda Triangle. |
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| Hanging out in the sunbeam. Bunya indicates to Ethel that he wants her to groom him by sliding under her. A little too far. |
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| Some side-by-side snuggling at the pen gate (a favored bunny spot). Bunya is down low, a way of asking Ethel to groom him. |
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| Sometimes, when the bunnies are offered a treat BUT THINK they are going to be picked up for grooming or their at-home physical, they will line up for the treat inside their pen, behind the perceived safety of their fence. Understand: The gate to their pen is wide open - this was their "defensive" positioning choice. Just bonded bunnies, hanging together. |
If you have learned what's involved in having bunnies as pets (your masters, really) and want one, please adopt and consider adopting a fixed, bonded pair from a shelter. Rescue shelters will soon be flooded with abandoned "Easter" bunny impulse buys. House Rabbit Society (HRS) chapters teach a Bunny 101 class and fix the bunnies before adopting them out to new homes (at an adoption fee much less than the vet's fee to fix them, making it a bargain). Check out HRS here (chapters listed in the left hand column).
it would be nice to have a play mate for Speedy,but Can't afford it,plus I an not sure how well it would go now,xx Rachel
ReplyDeleteThe hubby & I have become Lola's 'bonded buddies'. When we found him, his bonded friend had just been taken away - by animal control. It's a long, weird story, & we often wonder about the missing bun, but we're both home all the time, & enjoy giving him all the loving he wants. Well - we could do without the near-constant threat of our hands & feet being humped, but it is funny, seeing how sneaky the lil booger can be, in the attempts!
ReplyDeleteEthel and Lucy have some fine bunny butts!
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