Spidey Cleansing
When rabbits are completely relaxed, they flop and sometimes it looks like they suddenly had a heart attack or were shot by a sniper. They will be standing and looking around and then Bam, in an instant they fling themselves to the floor. Non Birding Bill and I always announce, "Oh no! Somebody shot my bunny!" If you look at NBB's blogger profile photo, that's Cinnamon in mid flop. Kinda disturbing, isn't it?
Well, thanks to the wonders of Cute Overload, someone has captured a bunny flop on film. Be sure to check it out, especially if you need a good cleansing from all the spider madness.
Well, thanks to the wonders of Cute Overload, someone has captured a bunny flop on film. Be sure to check it out, especially if you need a good cleansing from all the spider madness.
posted by birdchick at 11:30 AM
9 Comments:
Perfect bunny flop. We had a funny experience recently. We were putting the house to bed and turning off the lights. I turned off the light next to the bunny cage and sat down to turn off the computer. I immediately heard this thunk sound. I turned around and Bella was in total dead bunny flop position. Two seconds before she had been hopping around the cage looking for leftover dinner. I guess she saw the lights go out and thought it was time to go to sleep. Anyhow, sleeping bunnies are adorable and they sleep so infrequently.
OMG!!!!!! Too cute for words!! When my bunny, Pepper, was alive, she never did this when I was looking. However I would sometimes see her flopped on her tummy, legs outstretched.
All this bunny talk is making me want one. I wonder how hard they are to care for, hmmmmm, have to check that out. NBB has a blog? Please do tell if it has Cinnamon disapproving entries! P.S. The bunny flop was fantastic.
My two don't like to be caught sleeping either. Bella is more likely to be caught because she seems to sleep a little more deeply and for a little longer (like a few minutes instead of 30 seconds). However, I've seen some of the MCRS' foster rabbits at Petco flop out and go to sleep in the exercise pen in the middle of the store. They must be very confident.
Rowe-
I would say bunnies are harder to keep than cats but easier than dogs or other small rodents because they can be litterbox trained so don't need to be walked or have their cages cleaned constantly (just the litterbox). Their dietary needs are a little more complex than most pets and they can be shy at first since they are prey animals. They also chew so you have to bunny-proof your house. Check out the House Rabbit Society's webpage for more info.
Thanks Meg! I'll do that! Since I finally just got my youngest out of pull-ups, I'm going to take a breath for a moment, but that could be my future potential companion :)!
If I may be so bold: If anyone wants a magazine about bunnies, I probably can snag one or two from my coworkers. Holler at Amy with "Rabbits USA" in the subject line.
I'm so glad to learn more about the bunny flop, especially that it's normal. Niblet's other mother and I thought that maybe he had a heart attack the first time we saw it, and we both ran over like EMTs to give him CPR. But he was fine, and when we pounced on him, he just got up, shook his little body in a huff, and then ran off, kicking his back feet at us as he hopped away. Now we love to watch the flop--that NBB photo of Cinnamon is priceless!
For some cute bunny pictures, check out Leo at
http://search.petfinder.com/
petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6929495
He's an english lop so has really long ears. I wonder if Cinnamon approves of extra long ears on bunnies.
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