Saturday, January 06, 2007

Hard-core Bunny Naughtiness

Some time ago Cinnamon had started working on a hole on the toddler gate to the rabbit room. This is where we keep Cinnamon at night or when we are not home to make sure she stays out of the kitchen and doesn't chew on chords. It's a large closet with two doors, that we ventilate. She has plenty of room to hop around and there's even a second Cottontail Cottage for her to hide out in.

But that is never enough.

We placed a wooden board in front of the hole along with a storage tin to block her efforts. The other day I heard a shuffling sound and some scratching as if she were trying to dig her way out of the room. I realized she was scratching on the wooden board, something she does when she wants out or attention. I was busy working on a deadline and didn't have time to keep a close eye on her, so I left her in the rabbit room until I was finished. The shuffling became more insistent and I peered around the couch to find this scene:

Yes, she had pushed away the board and the tin just enough to squeeze through. As I grabbed my camera to catch this craftiness (I shouldn't be proud, but I just can't help it) she defiantly bit a power chord as if to say, "Nanny nanny boo boo, look what I can do."

As soon as I took three photos she was off hopping around the apartment exploring it as if for the first time. Guess it's time to invest in a new toddler gate.

Butthead.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

I admire Cinnamon's persistence in making a break for it! What a wonderful and intelligent rabbit. Sorry she got the power cord, but at least you got the jail break on film! Is this a sign of things to come in the New Year?

1/06/2007 4:34 PM  
Blogger Maureen said...

Robin ate an escape hole in his puppy gate, so by the time we got Jack we had a metal one.

Aren't pets great!?! :-D

1/06/2007 7:43 PM  
Blogger bilbo said...

thank you - i feel way better now... i've been toying with the idea of finding a new home for bilbo - she's only 6 months old, the last of 4 rabbits i have, and definitely the most incorrigible of the lot - in fact right now she's in her house eating hay and the dogs' movement has so annoyed her she is thumping which scares the ever living outta them!

around the house she's little miss destructo bunny, the litter box is a suggestion, not a requirement in her little life and SHE'S SPAYED... i thought that might help... sigh...

i can totally relate to your last line: "butthead"

animals... we love em, but sometimes i find myself quoting the line from the usual suspects, "You're making me tired all over" -dean keaton

-carri ann
bilbo's mum

1/06/2007 8:58 PM  
Blogger Susan Gets Native said...

I have left comments, and then they disappear...what the hey?
I will try this again:
From a mom of two: Evenflo makes some very nice metal gates. You can attach them with the hardware provided and no bunny can chew through them.
And to be sure, Cinnamon will disapprove.

1/06/2007 11:16 PM  
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1/06/2007 11:35 PM  
Anonymous katdoc said...

What do you expect after the Incident of the Boingy-boingy Santa Hat? I think Cinnamon has shown remarkable restraint in exacting her revenge.

~Kathi

PS: It isn't just rabbits that make you sigh and say "Butthead." Dogs and cats are equally capable of ticking you off. Why is it that their primary goal in life is to do the one thing that you really don't want them to do? (For cats, walking on the kitchen counter where I prepare my food. Yuck! For dogs, eating the "Tootsie Rolls" they find in the cat box. Double yuck!!)

~K

1/07/2007 4:48 AM  
Blogger Peggy said...

I had visions of Cinnamon hitting a "power chord" like in School of Rock. Hard core heavy metal bunny!

1/07/2007 5:23 AM  
Blogger Liza Lee Miller said...

Chortle!

1/07/2007 10:32 AM  
Blogger Jenni said...

I found a link to your blog on Simone's Parslet Patch. I have house bunny named Gretchen.

I love you blog.

1/07/2007 11:04 AM  
Blogger Jenni said...

"your" blog

Sorry...I can't type today.

1/07/2007 11:05 AM  
Blogger Alice said...

Holy crap - I thought we were the only ones with that problem! Pippin's run through our baby gate too, and my husband went so far as to attach wooden boards to it.

pippin

It might be time to invest in metal baby gates! And WOAH about the power cord; Pippin's eaten two of mine!

1/07/2007 11:28 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rabbits are Sippo compared to what a Siberian Husky can do!!!!!

My wife bought me a GMC Yukon XL for Christmas this year. I was so suprised and greatful for such a wonderful gift. Last Saturday (yesterday) my wife, Monica brought over to Ashland our dog so Monica could watch our daughter play B-ball in a tournament. She left "Bear" in her Grandprix for 5 minutes and she came out and Bear reipped apart the driver and passenger side seat belts in half! BUT were not done yet! So I came out and consoled my wife who was very upset, so I ranned Bear for nearly a mile to get all his energy out of him because I was going to put him in the very back of our new Yukon. I installed a dog gate to keep in the back. We were gone for 15 minutes, when Monica came back to the gym almost crying. I ranned to her to see what was wrong and she said our dog destroyed the back of the Yukon! I go back there and he pooped all over, peed all over, tore the back molding off and chewed out the wires that control the electronic back door entry and the rear wipers!

I sat there and looked at my dog who was smiling and looking like he wanted to play. IF I had a hand gun ( I do not own firearms) I would of shot him. Again that is just a expression how shicked and angry I was. Hindsight I should of kept him in our kennel in our basement! So all in all in 20 minutes our dog cost us basically $1500 in damage.

Anyone want a dog? LOL Our kids were so sad that said " you can take all our savings to pay for the damage because we do not you guys to sell Bear. We are not going to sell Bear off but learned a costly lesson.

Rabbits would be fine with me!

Mike H.

1/07/2007 2:35 PM  
Anonymous Audrey said...

I second (or third, I've lost track) the suggestion of metal gates. As the devoted slave/chew toy of 6 rabbits (kill me now), I'm a big fan of adjustable metal dog gates.

The only drawback to them is that once the disapproval starts (and start it will), the rabbit involved will grab a metal bar between their teeth and begin attempting to pull or shake the gate down, making a lovely noise in the process. This usually takes place from 3-5am. However, to the credit of the gates, we have had no escapees.

1/07/2007 3:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I don't mind Rudy chewing on his plastic gate, it keeps him busy when I'm on my 12 hour shifts. It's much cheeper to replace the gate (he's on his second), than the carpet or the oak molding that's in his room.

Susy

1/07/2007 8:35 PM  
Anonymous DKM said...

Fiona never went for the baby gate - she went right for the baseboard, door jams and carpeting. But, ah, we love them so...

1/07/2007 8:55 PM  
Blogger IslandGirl said...

My Indy has eaten her way through four of those plastic baby gates! We finally switched to a different gate type -- still plastic, but a clear flat sheet instead of grating, so she can't grab on anything to chew. Instead, she bangs on it to register displeasure.

Oh, and she just tore the stuffing out of a brand new pet bed last night. $30 straight down the tubes, sigh. "Butthead" is right!

1/08/2007 6:52 AM  
Blogger dguzman said...

While Niblet has chewed the cords of my keyboard and mouse (ruined both) and the occasional lamp (found him one time with fur in disarray--must've just happened!), he is really good about staying in his area. We have wood floors and he's terrified of them--we keep him in the living room on two area rugs and he never goes off them. Of course, he's chewed holes in/nibbled on all the throw pillows, the couch upholstery, and the coffee table....

1/08/2007 8:20 AM  

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