nona

My bunnies are quick to understand that something is *supposed* to
happen on a daily basis, especially if it is something they like.

No way are they going to let me forget that they are due a raisin or two
and a small chunk of walnut each and every night.

Recently I also began letting Hubble out for a hop at a regular, late
evening time.

Before too many days had passed, Pinky--who gets held and petted while
Hubble and Orpheus frisk--began reminding me that it was time for her
cuddle and Hubble's hop.

If planting herself directly in front of me does not work, she'll get in
my path. If that doesn't work, she'll sit in front of Hubble's cage!

BTW, Mr. Smokey Stewart continues with his toy messages. He puts the
jingle bunny in his water dish when he wants fresh water. Yesterday he
put it in the litter box to tell me it was time to clean that!

I don't think I will ever catch him at it, but I will have pics of the
bunny where he has placed it.

Nona

Nona <ncleland@verizon.net> writes:

Mine too. Every morning when I bring their veggies in around 9:00,
they're sitting in the cage where I always put the veggies, looking at
me like "well, it's about time".

At night we generally let them out to run around in the living
room. At 10:00 pm though, they run back in their room to signal it's
time for pellets. When I come in to put some pellets in their bowl
they become frantic, running around, getting underfoot until they
realize I've got the pellets. At that point they both jump in the cage
again and stick their heads out of the cage, like a couple newly
hatched birds waiting for worms, until I put the pellet bowl down.

Joe
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Gort, klatu barada nikto

slykitten

hehe... When I go to give Jager, Precious and Todd their daily doses of
hay, Jager shoves his head into my hand, Precious investigates and Todd
all but knocks me over and takes my arm off with the loot!

spooky meggie

Aki lives in my studio and has free run of the place, so he decides his
own schedule...But when I show up, or make any motion towards the door
he nearly barrels me over trying to get past. If I'm, for some reason,
NOT opening the door for him, he sits about a foot away from it and
scrabbles at the floor (because I yell at him if he touches the wires
that are near it). He's in love with my housemates' siamese cat. -_-;

arlette & cocoa

That's too cute Nona...I'd like to see those photos!

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jerseybunny

i have 16 buns stalking me for treats etc all day.....

beth and her cute little fuzzbutts,

http://community.webtv.net/jerseybunny/bethsabsolutely
http://community.webtv.net/jerseybun...catsurehaslong

http://community.webtv.net/jerseybunny/MeetCalthebunny

professor

How cute!

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8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump

professor

Wow, Nona
Rituals! Jump and Merlin's lives are filled with rituals.

Brenda is up first. The boys are waiting for her as she comes down the
stairs. After she opens their cage door, before they come out, they
wait for her to put down the red carpet on top of the cage door . That
way they don't catch their feet. Then they go in the kitchen where they
spent most of the day. Before he eats, Merlin pushes the trash pail and
his cardboard box into the middle of the floor where they belong.
Brenda then feeds them their extra high fiber hay.

When I come down stairs, an hour or so later, Jump chases Merlin to the
center of the kitchen where they circle and playfully nip at each others
butts until I pick up the banana. Then they leap in and out of their
food box until they receive their quarter sized slice of the coveted
fruit. I check to see if I still have fingers! LOL. By this time the
extra high fiber hay is all gone. I give them either timothy hay, or
mountain grass.

At one o'clock they circle and sit in front of the fridge for their
veggies. At four the sit in front of the gate to be let into the living
room. Who needs a clock? They watch me take two baby carrots from the
vegetable drawer of the fridge. The drawer is clear and they look in
and can clearly see the supply of carrots. First Merlin checks their
spot behind the couch, he's in charge of homeland security. Now they
leap onto the sectional (couch), then onto the Lazy Boy fold down table
to receive their carrots. Merlin sits on the table, Jump sits on my
chest. We are eye to eye. Jump and I love to do this. Merlin just
loves his carrot!

At eight PM they sit in front of their cage to go home for the evening.
Pellet time! Brenda now puts them home. They get to stick their heads
into the Tupperware where the pellets are kept and take an extra free
bite before their bowls are filled, one quarter cup each. Merlin gets
the red bowl, Jump the blue. Now I think this is cool! They sit in
their cage, waiting in their spots. Jump in back, Merlin in front,
waiting for Brenda to place the bowls in their respective spots. If you
put Merlin's bowl in the wrong spot, he will pull the bowl with his
teeth, until it is in the correct spot.

I never have to pick them up or chase them. They always go where they
are suppose to at the appropriate time of day.. There are even more
routines and rituals, petting, napping, and night greens for instance.
But I have told enough for today.

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8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump

mickey

nona, you know it's a hare force members job to keep their hoomin on their
toes. how could you have forgotten that?

)

mickey, morgan & dipper

nona

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I can just se that, Joe!

I love the way mine bob their heads and actually appear to smile when
they are "in the right spot" and waiting for a treat!

Nona