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Bundor and Serena Pie, rabbit-proofing
Every time I sit down to journal it's late, I am tired, and so much has happened that it's overwhelming so I don't write. Then all the stuff weighs on my mind.
Serena has accepted Bundor as part of the family. The other night B saw her lick him on the head! But that also means he's now a part of her feline psychodrama. on NYE he got in her space and she decided to discipline him the way she would a kitten: she smacked him with her paw and then stood on his neck. this was terrifying (for us, not him) because rabbit necks are much more fragile than kitten necks.
Last night B made a large cardboard box into a playhouse. It had one large door in and one small door. As an aside, Serena is AMAZINGLY perceptive and intelligent; she often does exactly what we tell her to do. She was sitting on the couch looking at the box and B gestured toward it with his hand, saying "Go on, check it out," and she instantly did. But she went to the small door, which was too small for her. She walked away in a huff. B told her that there was another door and tried to show it to her but by then she had walked away and was upset, which was really cute.
A bit later we let Bundor out for playtime. He was playing in the box and she saw him peek out of the small door. He stuck his face out and was looking around and she ran over and bopped him on the head in a fit of jealousy! She is a very jealous soul and head-bopping is her typical reaction when she is jealous. Of course we told her "no" and stopped her and monitored her very closely for the rest of the night, and there were no more problems. But it did make me anxious.
Then poor Bundor went to hop up onto the couch later, and he hopped up right where Opal was sleeping and landed right on her! Poor Opal was scared awake and swatted and bit him. We separated them right away and Bundor was unhurt, Opal was scared and upset. For a second I was worried we wouldn't be able to let him run around while she was not shut in the bedroom, because in the evening she often sleeps at the end of the chaise, which is also where he prefers to enter the sofa. But then I had a genius idea: on the same day (yesterday) we had received these panels I bought for rabbit-proofing. I had some set up to block him from accessing my orchids, and some set up to block him from accessing our stereo and media server and all the cables and etc attached to it. I took 3 remaining panels and set them up to block off the end of the chaise, and it worked perfectly.
I bought these panels because last week Bundor got REALLY into eating my orchids. I left him alone in my room and he even managed to get on top of my chest of drawers and eat some aerial roots :( So, more rabbit-proofing is necessary. The panels are great, though: they are very lightweight, and he can't see through them (they are frosted rather than transparent) which seems to stop him from trying to get to whatever is behind it. Instead of the connectors, I used zip ties to put it together, so when not in use it is easy to pick up, fold up, and put away. I want our house to be pretty and enjoyable all the time, for US, not only when guests are here, so I really didn't want anything hard to put away.
It turns out that the translucence of the plastic film doesn't block the signal from our remote keyboard or stereo remote, so we're probably going to leave the panels by the stereo and PC in place all the time, as they look better than the stereo and PC do.
Serena has accepted Bundor as part of the family. The other night B saw her lick him on the head! But that also means he's now a part of her feline psychodrama. on NYE he got in her space and she decided to discipline him the way she would a kitten: she smacked him with her paw and then stood on his neck. this was terrifying (for us, not him) because rabbit necks are much more fragile than kitten necks.
Last night B made a large cardboard box into a playhouse. It had one large door in and one small door. As an aside, Serena is AMAZINGLY perceptive and intelligent; she often does exactly what we tell her to do. She was sitting on the couch looking at the box and B gestured toward it with his hand, saying "Go on, check it out," and she instantly did. But she went to the small door, which was too small for her. She walked away in a huff. B told her that there was another door and tried to show it to her but by then she had walked away and was upset, which was really cute.
A bit later we let Bundor out for playtime. He was playing in the box and she saw him peek out of the small door. He stuck his face out and was looking around and she ran over and bopped him on the head in a fit of jealousy! She is a very jealous soul and head-bopping is her typical reaction when she is jealous. Of course we told her "no" and stopped her and monitored her very closely for the rest of the night, and there were no more problems. But it did make me anxious.
Then poor Bundor went to hop up onto the couch later, and he hopped up right where Opal was sleeping and landed right on her! Poor Opal was scared awake and swatted and bit him. We separated them right away and Bundor was unhurt, Opal was scared and upset. For a second I was worried we wouldn't be able to let him run around while she was not shut in the bedroom, because in the evening she often sleeps at the end of the chaise, which is also where he prefers to enter the sofa. But then I had a genius idea: on the same day (yesterday) we had received these panels I bought for rabbit-proofing. I had some set up to block him from accessing my orchids, and some set up to block him from accessing our stereo and media server and all the cables and etc attached to it. I took 3 remaining panels and set them up to block off the end of the chaise, and it worked perfectly.
I bought these panels because last week Bundor got REALLY into eating my orchids. I left him alone in my room and he even managed to get on top of my chest of drawers and eat some aerial roots :( So, more rabbit-proofing is necessary. The panels are great, though: they are very lightweight, and he can't see through them (they are frosted rather than transparent) which seems to stop him from trying to get to whatever is behind it. Instead of the connectors, I used zip ties to put it together, so when not in use it is easy to pick up, fold up, and put away. I want our house to be pretty and enjoyable all the time, for US, not only when guests are here, so I really didn't want anything hard to put away.
It turns out that the translucence of the plastic film doesn't block the signal from our remote keyboard or stereo remote, so we're probably going to leave the panels by the stereo and PC in place all the time, as they look better than the stereo and PC do.