Guess what?

After over a year of research on Hannah’s part, she got a new bunny yesterday.  And Michael got one, too.  Because bunnies do better when they have another bunny to play with.  They’re two girls.  Heh heh.  We’d like to stick to having ONLY two bunnies for a while.  Theyr’e about 8 weeks old.  They’re really cute. 

Before they arrived, we (and I use the term we somewhat loosely here) built them a cage.  Michael pretty much built the cage.  Hannah and Naomi assisted.  I come into the picture as the one who did the research and found that you can use wire shelving cubes and zip ties to make rabbit cages. 

Really, though, it’s important to try out the cage first.

Preferably with a WHOLE BUNCH of people.  Just to be sure. 

 

It was deemed worthy of its soon-to-be inhabitants.

Here’s Naomi, helping Michael in his efforts to secure the support bars for the shelves in the cage.  She’s in charge of holding the screws and passing them to him when he needs them.  If you look closer…

You can see where she decided to hold them.  Ingenious!

Why, yes, the bunnies are in the cage.  How could you tell?

Here’s a view of the cage in its almost-finished state.

Since they’re pretty young, they’re not yet really jumping too high.  Or maybe that’s because they’re still getting used to their enclosure.  In any case, the higher shelves will be covered (eventually) with something absorbent and soft.  Bunnies pee, you know.

This is Hannah, holding Gypsy, her very own bunny.  Gypsy is a Dominican bunny.  Well, her breed is Dutch, but she’s sporting the black and white of the Dominicans.

Here’s Mimi, holding Hildegard von Bunny, Michael’s bunny, which he obligingly shares with everyone.  He chose the name.  We call this bunny Hildy, for short. 

Naomi likes to kiss the bunnies.

Gypsy.  This is while we were cleaning the cage this morning.

They spent some time slipping on the floor.  Turns out that newly-refinished floors + fur-covered feet = slipping. 

Hildy is adventurous.  She’s trying to check out whether she can get into the guest room.  

Ah!  A towel!  Respite from the slipping!

Gypsy decides that the corner looks like a likely spot for a rest.

Hannah and Naomi really like the new bunnies.  Hannah has already been hard at work, cleaning out the cage.  Bunnies poop, you know.  And pee. 

But they’re darn cute, so that makes up for all the hard work.  Right, Hannah?

Hannah agrees. 

I mean, really, who can resist?  Oh, yep, that’s poop in picture, too.  Hannah and Naomi cleaned it up later. 

We’re pleased with the new bunnies.  In fact, excitement is running very high.  In fact, so high that it’s difficult to be calm enough to actually interact with the bunnies without freaking them out.  But the rewards of getting to hold and pet them (they’re really, really soft) seem to be a good incentive to calming down.