Sunday, October 19, 2008
Everyone thinks that their pets are smart
And no doubt, some animals are smarter than others, I've owned pets at each range of animal intelligence but these experiences did not prepare me for being the owner of the world's two smartest rabbits. How smart you ask? Honey, shown in pictures in previous posts is learning to spell. You think I'm...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Let animals be themselves
I have always maintained that if people must have pets, be certain that you can provide for them an environment they will adapt very easily to. In other words; think of the common traits of the animal and make the determination if you can accommodate those traits in your home. In the case of...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Facilitating the bonding process for rabbits
I'm writing an article for the local humane society about my experience with introducing two young rabbits in the hope they would become a bonded pair. As you can see in the picture below, the effort was a resounding success. They have been living together in the same pen now for almost three weeks,...
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
Success - but who's the bitch - you or me?
The bonding process between our neutered male German mini lop "Binky" and the new arrival, a spayed female Holland lop named "Honey" has finally come to a successful end. It took exactly 31 days for us to be able to claim success. A full month of a long and sometimes tedious process that had a...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
I'm a sap - I admit it freely
We've been keeping our eyes out for a suitable companion for our neutered male German (Mini) Lop as seen in pictures in the last post. As rabbits are creatures that instinctively live in a social hierarchy, they are much happier animals with others of their kind around, but you can't just get any...
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Monday, June 25, 2007
The world's smartest rabbit
If you are a cat or dog owner, you come to expect a certain amount of responsive behaviour from your pets. If on the other hand you are an owner of small animals such as guinea pigs or rabbits any responsive behaviour at all seems quite remarkable. We've had the little guy you see below since the...
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Sunday, February 4, 2007
A better picture of the new little guy
What male rabbit does not think of himself as a gift to the women of his species? This little knucklehead is turning out to be quite a character. A young adult, not fully grown and spry enough to get into things and places that we haven't even thought of, his training will be a breeze. He is far...
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Saturday, February 3, 2007
A new little guy to rampage around the house
Yep, we did it, we went out and found a replacement for our recently deceased pet. It was the only way to bring normalcy back into our lives. This time we looked for a pet as selfish pet owners, feeling we had done our time with old and sick animals. Watching an animal die of old age has minor...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Making tough decision concerning your pets
Last week, the little furry buggers managed to break my heart again but I am over it now and feel certain I made the right decision. A few weeks after losing Pippin, the world's smartest guinea pig to old age, our lop eared rabbit, Alfred (redubbed "knucklehead") begin hobbling around and becoming...
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Thursday, December 28, 2006
This is a sad Christmas pet story
I literally had to wait a few days before posting this as the little furry nibblers managed to upset me this Christmas. We began the season with 2 little furry friends but ended with one. The little guy on the left lived out his days and died of old age. In a bed of timothy hay no less. I laid the...
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