Scots Taffer on 20/3/2006 at 06:36
One time I was at home for a spell during the period of my sister's ownership of a bunny, things went south for a while. Basically the bunny was on its own, outside, in Scottish weather, and was starved of attention. It turned into a Viet Cong Rabbit. I shit you not. It would dig trenches. Hide in them. Wait until you were inside its enclosure then rush you, bite your feet or ankles with an accompanying hell growl, then disappear before you had a chance to realise why you'd just shit yourself.
Now imagine this at night and I have a torch. :o
SD on 20/3/2006 at 11:26
Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep
Really? From what I remember of my rabbits and seeing my nephew's one, they just hide or maybe jump around their hutch if they're not being fed.
Would you be in the mood to show much personality if you were banged up in a hutch for 23 hours a day :p? They're very social animals and it's terribly sad to see so many of them stuck in a little box at the bottom of the garden.
Yeah, with rabbits you get out what you put in, really. Ours that we had for 10 years lived in the house and was given free run of the living room during the daytime. I was actually surprised by how intelligent an animal he was and how downright moody he could get (these creatures become VERY jealous if you show attention to anything which isn't them).
JACKofTrades on 20/3/2006 at 11:36
Quote Posted by Scots_Taffer
It turned into a Viet Cong Rabbit. I shit you not. It would dig trenches. Hide in them. Wait until you were inside its enclosure then rush you, bite your feet or ankles with an accompanying hell growl, then disappear before you had a chance to realise why you'd just shit yourself.
Haha, thanks Scots. Reminds me of the bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Damn, wish I could remember some of the dialog from that but it escapes me atm.
D'Juhn Keep on 20/3/2006 at 12:12
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
They're very social animals... with rabbits you get out what you put in, really. Ours that we had for 10 years lived in the house and was given free run of the living room during the daytime.
I didn't know this! Thanks.
ilweran on 20/3/2006 at 13:13
Quote Posted by JACKofTrades
Haha, thanks Scots. Reminds me of the bit in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Damn, wish I could remember some of the dialog from that but it escapes me atm.
I had a rabbit exactly like the Monty Python one. Well, everyone else said that, I thought she was sweet & adorable- except for when she jumped at me, embedded her teeth in my hand & wouldn't let go. Apart from that she was sweet natured & a wonderful mother. She was just very territorial and didn't like anyone approaching her hutch.
They do have personalities & if you've had more than one rabbit and spent any time with them it's obvious. All our rabbits lived outside in a hutch, but the hutches were usually open for 7-12 hours a day & they were usually free to come into the house during that time. The rabbit mentioned above, Poppie, was quite often out all night because you could not make her go back in the hutch if she decided against it. Her daughter Jasmine was very quiet and introverted, and after some 'teenage' rebellion where they didn't get on, they ended up very close- Jasmine died not long after Poppie.
Hamsters also have very distinct personalities and likes & dislikes.
PigLick on 20/3/2006 at 13:42
its called hamster style.
