After spending the night in his cage, Clovis is EXTREMELY anxious to get out in the morning. He chews on his door frantically and can I tell you how much this annoys me? What is the point?
I fix his breakfast then set it down on the rug outside his cage and open the door. He bursts out like a jack-in-the-box and nose dives into his blueberries. As if he hasn't eaten in days...
The other morning while I was fixing his morning salad, I heard a little commotion from his room and went to check it out. There was Clovis chewing away at his door and Minnow, knowing she had the upper hand, batting at his little nose with her (yes, declawed) paws from the outside. I think under normal circumstances Clovis would have backed away but he was so focused on getting out that a little cat boxing wasn't going to deter him.
Later, while eating his carrot, Clovis lectured me on the benefits of nocturnal roaming privileges for lagomorphs. I remain, however, unconvinced...
I fix his breakfast then set it down on the rug outside his cage and open the door. He bursts out like a jack-in-the-box and nose dives into his blueberries. As if he hasn't eaten in days...
The other morning while I was fixing his morning salad, I heard a little commotion from his room and went to check it out. There was Clovis chewing away at his door and Minnow, knowing she had the upper hand, batting at his little nose with her (yes, declawed) paws from the outside. I think under normal circumstances Clovis would have backed away but he was so focused on getting out that a little cat boxing wasn't going to deter him.
Later, while eating his carrot, Clovis lectured me on the benefits of nocturnal roaming privileges for lagomorphs. I remain, however, unconvinced...
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Mickey starts gnawing on the cage bars when he thinks that I'm getting ready to bring him food and/or treats. I try to convince him that is not acceptable by gently pushing on his nose with a finger, and it takes a number of pushes before he realizes it's not getting him fed any faster.
You mean that works? If I did that I'm pretty sure I'd get growled at!
Well, this is Mickey we're talking about, and he's more a lover than a growler, although he will bat at my finger with a paw on occasion to express his disapproval of my impertinence. It works for the moment, but it hasn't stopped him from chewing on the bars altogether; rabbits are such persistent critters, I don't think there's much short of extreme violence that would stop them when they want to do something.
How true! I tried a gentle nose bump yesterday morning and I got growled at AND he boxed me with his paws. I have to admit I was easily intimidated by this...I'm such a chicken!
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