The bunnies

It would be great for me to tell you about my bunnies right now. I have three. Two I have had for a long time--their names are Bandit and Cocoa. Bandit is a 6 lb. white russian netherland dwarf. He is white with bright red eyes and gray ears. He's beautiful. Cocoa is a 4 lb siamese sable netherland dwarf. She is light brown all over her entire body, and then her ears, feet, and face are darker brown. They are 'partners'--husband/wife, girlfriend/boyfriend, (adopted) sister/brother--the nature of their relationship is complicated. But they are both fixed, so despite living in a cage together, no baby bunnies. Cocoa was named by someone else--I saved her from a 4-H rabbit show that could have resulted in her becoming snake food. Bandit, he was rescued from a pet store that couldn't seem to successfully sell him. I named him Bandit because he stole my heart. Hehe. I am such a dork. My third bunny is a new addition to my family. Her name is Chloe, and she is my mom's bunny. My mom didn't really feel like having a bunny anymore, and Chloe didn't particularly like my mom's dogs, so, she came to live with me and Kevin. Chloe was purchased from a pet store, and she was supposed to be a holland lop. But she can't be. She's gigantic. She weighs a little over 7 pounds. I don't know what kind she is, but she has floppy gray ears, her fur is whitish/with gray, and she has huge brown eyes. I mean the rabbit has enormous brown eyes, and long black eyelashes. Think bugs bunny dressed up like a girl. She lives in a cage across from the other two. She seems much happier at our house than my mom's--she gets out and runs and plays. I think there might be something wrong with her eyes though--maybe too far back on the sides of her head or something, because she runs into stuff CONSTANTLY. Like table legs. Sliding glass doors. Entertainment centers. Her cage. It's really funny too though. But we try not to laugh too hard when she is listening--we don't want to hurt her feelings.

So now you have the idea what they beautiful sweethearts are like. I wonder though, all the time, what they think. What they do. When I am at work, I wonder if they miss me. I wonder if when we leave for work in the morning, if they get scared that we will never come back and won't feed them. Are they afraid all day long that they have been abandoned? I don't know. I think they all think different things all the time. I think Cocoa is probably afraid we will never come back. Chloe probably doesn't care. But I don't know what Bandit thinks. He confuses me. He seems angry when we go to work, like "how dare you go to work?" He also seems angry when we clean his cage. His body language and his occasional grunting seem to say "How dare you move all the things from my home? I like all that poop in there, and I like all that hay on the floor." But then, when you pet him on his head (his favorite place to be petted), he licks your fingers or your cheek (if you get down on the floor with him), and then it's like he's saying "I love you mom".

Or maybe he's just saying "Mmmmm you taste delicious. If I were bigger, I would eat you."

I don't know. The other bunnies don't do that. They kind of stay out of the way, run to you when you have food, and then thump their feet when you are trying to get them back in their cage, or out of their cage. Lots of thumping.

Bandit is truly fascinating. I love when he hops on the couch and sits by me, moving closer if I pretend not to see him, and stopping like a statue when I look at him. I also love to watch him play. Like when he jumps around like a crazy rabbit, and does all his twists and turns. Or when I keep putting a cardboard paper towel roll by him and he trys to attack it. Or when he cuddles up next to Cocoa and licks her all over her face. Awww. So cute.

I'm pretty sure they all think I am crazy though. Probably all three of them are much less attached to me than I am to them.

But that doesn't stop me from adoring the heck out of them.