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Forum THE LOUNGE Lessons you’ve learned

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    • LittleBunnyPaws
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          Earlier today, I let Midas out for his play time, and TOTALLY forgot I didn’t pick up my favorite shirt… Big mistake. One lesson I have learned is to always pick up your clothes unless you want them covered in hay and nearly eaten. 

         Have your bunnies ever taught you a lesson? One that you will never forget.. Darn buns.


      • Flabebe
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          My lesson is to never “expect” things. I caught lilac CLIMBING out of her xpen and she got out. Another time she got out she was able to sqeeze through a small opening between her cage, xpen, and a giant cardboard box. If there is a will she will get out it seems.


        • LoveMyMoMo
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            Your bunnies may look innocent, but they’re probably not…


          • Z3lda786
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              lol yesterday I way playing video games with my sister and brother, I let my rabbit roam around the room and he chewed the wires off and the TV shut off. I knew it was her the cable was on the floor I should’ve put her in her pen, I got a new wire for it. For sure I learned my lesson!


            • JackRabbit
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                Lesson: Never underestimate the bunny because of its size. Sharp teeth for chewing/shredding and strong legs for jumping can come in very small packages. Marlee can chew a hole in anything in a matter of seconds, and little Kieko is like a bionic jumping bunny.


              • Deleted User
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                  To never own a ‘naughty’ bunny ever again!

                  Lol!


                • Silverpaws
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                    lie ins no longer exist. you WILL be attacked by breakfast hungry buns.


                  • BrunosMama
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                      That “bunny-proofing” is really just an unproven theory. No matter how well you think things are covered, a bunny will get through.

                      That it’s true bunnies can mate in a matter of seconds.

                      Bunnies can be offended and are quite good at communicating their point. They are also sometimes hard to make up with.

                      That bunnies have distinct unique personalities.

                      That dinner time is indeed a time to celebrate.


                    • JackRabbit
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                        Adding to BM’s bunny proofing . . . That sometimes bunny-proofing is interpreted as a challenge to entertain the bunny!

                        You are sooo right about dinnertime! It’s like a mini bunny holiday!


                      • MoxieMeadows
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                          Wash your hands after touching pineapple unless you want to lose a finger! lol


                        • Travis
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                            A mature bunny will go to great lengths to eat alfalfa hay meant for his little sister.


                          • Flopsie
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                              this isn’t so much a lesson i’ve learned but a tip for my future self if I ever need it. If i’m ever in jail and i need to break through the bars or dig an underground tunnel i’ll be sure to smuggle my bun in. I’m convinced she has diamonds for teeth and can chew through anything.

                              if i’m locked up all I have to do is send bun out to the bars and i’ll be free in no time


                            • LittlePuffyTail
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                                If your face is cute enough, you can get away with whatever you want.


                              • JackRabbit
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                                  Oh LPT you are in for trouble! Baby faces are super cute!


                                • Bunny Daddy
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                                    The lesson I learned from my rabbits is to never leave any food (Especially a bag of craisins meant for the humans.) within reach of a bunny. I left the room for not even a minute and came back to a naughty little black bunny with her face in the bag of craisins.


                                  • Roberta
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                                      Never leave you work shoes next to Starsky the Starmans play pen in case he manages to toss a spare cecal in there and you don’t realise till you’re at work and it’s halfway up the side of your foot.


                                    • Bam
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                                        Oh Roberta, that’s just gross!!! =)

                                        My list:
                                        Never leave good shoes or good bags that you like on the floor, not even for a few minutes while you’re getting sth in another room. You’ll end up with bags with big holes in them or if you’re lucky, nibble-marks and shoes with severed strings, very impractical if it’s gym-shoes and you don’t notice until you’re already at the gym.

                                        Do not put a basket of apples on the floor unless you’re prepared to share the apples with a yellow bunny.

                                        Don’t keep bags of jellybeans where a bunny can get to them.

                                        Don’t bother to get nice bedsheets, blankies or comforters if you’ve a bunny in your bed, all things textile will get shredded. Never leave clothes that you like on the bed.

                                        Use cable-covers. A bunny needs a split second to bite through an electric cord. Mending cables with electric tape gets tiresome very quickly. Electric fires are a health-hazard.

                                        This list can be made very long.


                                      • Silverpaws
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                                          If its on the floor, it belongs to the rabbit.

                                          The food drop ‘five second’ rule has beocome the .5 second rule… as the bun will already have pounced on it!


                                        • JackRabbit
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                                            In bunnyland, leather is apparently a fruit/vegetable.

                                            Roberta — Starsky is one talented bunny! Do you realize the coordination and aim it took to phooomph a cecal into a shoe without missing?! I’m impressed. And you got to be reminded of this talent all day!


                                          • Roberta
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                                              I am trying to forget JR… I managed to discreetly flick the crusty flaky mess off my foot with the end of my pen, then the FC decided he needed to write something down and reached over and grabbed my pen.. XD That’s when I had to suggest he wash his hands before lunch.


                                            • JackRabbit
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                                                Would love to have seen the look on the FC’s face when you explained that one!!!! LOL!


                                              • litheandgraphic
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                                                  These are so funny but also actually really helpful! xD

                                                  Here’s my own list:

                                                  • If the head can fit, the body will follow.
                                                  • Even if a bunny doesn’t like to climb or jump, he WILL jump on top of a 2.5′ fence and precariously balance on the top of it, if it means he can explore further down the hallway.
                                                  • Absolutely any offense can be mended by pellets.
                                                  • Rabbits are basically vegetarian, alien dogs.
                                                  • Bunnies are shockingly powerful.


                                                • MoJingly
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                                                    Don’t eat lucky charms around a Holland lop. Seriously. I don’t know what it is about the smell of those things, but he climbs all over me trying to get into the bowl.


                                                  • JackRabbit
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                                                      FLR – you are so right about “if the head will fit … “! I have a three inch space between a storage cabinet and the wall, and Marlee and Moshi, with their wide Holland Lop butts BOTH went in the space! Talk about collapsible, geez!


                                                    • LittleBunnyPaws
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                                                        XD you guys are too funny. And FLR, I once had just a little 4inch wide tube thing. I put it in his cage.. and I didn’t even think that he would be able to fit.. I was wrong.


                                                      • litheandgraphic
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                                                          Hahahaha, I swear. The things I’ve seen Theodore squeeze into…
                                                          Also, don’t drink beer around a bun? Theodore REALLY wants to drink my beer whenever I have some around him. Obviously, I don’t let him do that! xD


                                                        • Flabebe
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                                                            It’s true! I’m super paranoid now, but I have since learned that if she wants out she will get out!


                                                          • LittleBunnyPaws
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                                                              Thankfully, Midas has never tried to escape his cage.. Tomorrow will be my two week anniversary owning him :p


                                                            • Flabebe
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                                                                congrats!


                                                              • LittleBunnyPaws
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                                                                  Check out my snazzy new siggy :p, thank you to LEL for it. And thanks!


                                                                • BrunosMama
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                                                                    The buns told me to write this:

                                                                    Things we have learned:
                                                                    – raisins are really the only good reason to give mom the time of day.

                                                                    – we know that daddy’s true calling in life is to be an electrician. Therefore, we must constantly give him challenges to fix so he can hone his skills.

                                                                    – if we thump and thump and throw a tantrum at 4am, we will get all sorts of special treatment while mommy tries to figure out what’s wrong. Treats, pets, free time, food……

                                                                    – litterboxes are the perfect place to dig a burrow.

                                                                    – hay tastes better if it’s spread all over the floor.

                                                                    – the hardwood floors will be cold this winter, so we must cover it all with a warm layer of our fluff. It will be cheaper than carpet and rugs for mommy and daddy.

                                                                    -if you offer us something other than raisins at the raisin-giving spot, you will be shunned.


                                                                  • LittleBunnyPaws
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                                                                      XD I totally get what you mean BM, don’t mind me, just dying of laughter over here


                                                                    • Aveira
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                                                                        Never ever leave anything within paw’s or teeth reach. The wall, the paper towels I was trying to clean my room with, and a blanket taught me this lesson. Baby (the black/brown bun in my avatar) can and will pull it through the bars and shred it.

                                                                        Just because a rabbit is on the other side of the pen doesn’t mean it’s safe to open the door. They can and will shoot right past you and a chase will ensue. (Thankfully, my rabbits don’t understand that a big cloth is not, in fact, a wall. Easy to herd them with. XD)

                                                                        As soon as you try to remove a toy, or what’s left of a vegetable, a rabbit will want it.

                                                                        Do not shhh Baby. She will take offense and thump at you all night.

                                                                        Houdini might be antisocial, but if you pet Baby too long he becomes curious. Do not try to pet him unless he bumps your hand. He can and will bite. Hard.

                                                                        That’s all I can think of at the moment. XD My buns are idiots sometimes, but I love them.


                                                                      • Kyrkogrimr
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                                                                          1. There is genuinely nothing funnier than watching Puck zooming around playing with a toilet roll tube with some pellets inside. Seriously.

                                                                          2. He can climb/jump higher than he let on, and he’s very determined when there’s a box full of timothy hay left unguarded.

                                                                          3. Hay apparently tastes better once he’s smushed it around his litter box and possibly wee’d on it.

                                                                          4. Hoovering around the cage and trying to keep the hay relatively tidy is an exercise in futility.


                                                                        • Flabebe
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                                                                            I think trying to keep any part of the house clean or tidy is futile with a bunny around.

                                                                            Trying to impress guests with your knowledge of rabbits is futile when they dont understand rabbit poo.


                                                                          • LittleBunnyPaws
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                                                                              From Midas:

                                                                              “The best time to poop everywhere and spread my hay around is RIGHT after my mommy just vacuumed!”

                                                                              Haha, lucky me..


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                                                                                BM – “litterboxes are the perfect place to dig a burrow” — so you have one of those too, huh?!?!

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