Cinnamon potpurri
In lieu of a post today, I present a series of miscellaneous Cinnamon pictures. The insects done wore me out.
Cinnamon is a Castor Rex, bred for their fur, which is very soft. Wild rabbits have a combination of long and short hair. Cinnamon's is all short.
She's a curious rabbit, and by that, I mean she likes to explore. Sometimes I worry she gets too bored, so we try to take her out to the park when it's not too hot, or into the hallway to let her stretch her legs. Most of the other rabbits we've had were content with the apartment, but Cinnamon likes to explore.
It took us forever to find a treat that she liked. I don't know what her life was like before we got her from the shelter (we were told the previous owners had a baby, which is why they gave her up), but we couldn't get Cinnamon to take any treats at all. It was weird.
Then one day some dried cranberries spilled on the floor and she snarfed them up like a vacuum cleaner. That was when the penny dropped and she realized that HUMANS COULD BE A SOURCE OF FOOD!
Which was all well and good until she also realized that the food came from the kitchen, the one area we don't want her to go into it, since that's where the trash is.
Combined with her naturally curious nature, it's becoming sort of a game for her to see how close she can go into the kitchen before we yell, and--more importantly--get up. When we shout, she'll pause for a moment and look back to see if we're getting up. If we don't, she just keeps on doing what she's doing. But if we get up, then she knows we mean business and she scampers off. Until she thinks we're not paying attention.
She's lost a lot of weight in the last year, which has made her even more active.
When Sharon wanted to put up a section of rabbit photos on her (then) new website, I thought it was a dumb idea. This was a site about wildlife after all; why put up pictures of domestic rabbits? Who'd wanna look at that?
"Disapproving rabbits" was the last thing I put up, and grudgingly. Joke's on me! Especially when the book comes out in October.
Okay, I'm off to read some Gene Wolfe and veg. We will hopefully have a more coherent post tomorrow.
Cinnamon is a Castor Rex, bred for their fur, which is very soft. Wild rabbits have a combination of long and short hair. Cinnamon's is all short.
She's a curious rabbit, and by that, I mean she likes to explore. Sometimes I worry she gets too bored, so we try to take her out to the park when it's not too hot, or into the hallway to let her stretch her legs. Most of the other rabbits we've had were content with the apartment, but Cinnamon likes to explore.
It took us forever to find a treat that she liked. I don't know what her life was like before we got her from the shelter (we were told the previous owners had a baby, which is why they gave her up), but we couldn't get Cinnamon to take any treats at all. It was weird.
Then one day some dried cranberries spilled on the floor and she snarfed them up like a vacuum cleaner. That was when the penny dropped and she realized that HUMANS COULD BE A SOURCE OF FOOD!
Which was all well and good until she also realized that the food came from the kitchen, the one area we don't want her to go into it, since that's where the trash is.
Combined with her naturally curious nature, it's becoming sort of a game for her to see how close she can go into the kitchen before we yell, and--more importantly--get up. When we shout, she'll pause for a moment and look back to see if we're getting up. If we don't, she just keeps on doing what she's doing. But if we get up, then she knows we mean business and she scampers off. Until she thinks we're not paying attention.
She's lost a lot of weight in the last year, which has made her even more active.
When Sharon wanted to put up a section of rabbit photos on her (then) new website, I thought it was a dumb idea. This was a site about wildlife after all; why put up pictures of domestic rabbits? Who'd wanna look at that?"Disapproving rabbits" was the last thing I put up, and grudgingly. Joke's on me! Especially when the book comes out in October.
Okay, I'm off to read some Gene Wolfe and veg. We will hopefully have a more coherent post tomorrow.
Labels: Cinnamon, Disapproving Rabbits, NBB
posted by birdchick at 6:04 PM
21 Comments:
Fiona and Orlando can hear me shake the dried cranberries from across the house and always come hopping.
Excellent Cinnamon pics, NBB. We found out that Cinnamon is not only cute, but very smart too!
I approve of all that disapproval. Miz Cinnamon looks quite lovely in all those pics.
Sweet merciful crap, that is an awful lot of disapproval to cram into one page.
Hey NBB, when Sharon comes home (she'll get tired of the mariachi music eventually), have her check out this cool bird and nature artsy site: http://www.zindelceramics.com
PS. Cinnamon does deserve another blog to disapprove of. Get started, man!
hmph. This is unacceptable. I am sloppy seconds to your bees. I would like to now be appeased with parsley, cashews, and face rubs
i took in a friend's mini broken rex some time ago and he mostly just got pellets and dandelions so when i added veggies and timothy hay he didn't touch it... it took a while before he started liking all the good stuff... maybe that was why cinnamon was unimpressed... or it's just her disapproving way!
archi's mum
Awwwwwwwwww!! What beautiful Rabbit photos. She looks so soft and fluffy and in charge.
Raises hand, I have a flame point siamese (cat) who is that way, he won't even try tuna or shrimp. Ask Mr. Neil how rare that is. Cinnamon sounds part cat.
How old is she ?
kitmarlowescot2
Is she house broken? I assume she must be but how do you train a rabbit?
Oh, and she is adorable.
I've been to two rodeos, a World's Fair and Duffy's Tavern in downtown Anjung-ri, and thought I'd seen everything there is to see, but I was wrong. I know that cuz now I've seen a rabbit on a leash.
I absolutely second what Jennifer said "How do you train a rabbit"?
Was it already trained up when you got it?
Love the Cinnamon post!
To answer several questions all in one go:
Rabbits can be litter box trained. Usually you juts put some hay in there, and they catch on pretty quickly.
Cinnamon's about six, we think.
We leash Cinnamon when we take her outside. It's not like walking a dog, she just hops wherever she pleases and we follow her. It's primarily to keep her from running off, and to keep her out of areas (like the street) where we don't want her to go.
Cinnamon disapproves of being bred for her fur!
Our rabbits know that it's time to get cranberries when I come into their room in the morning. They also know that when they hear the click of the tv being turned off, it's time for their papaya tablets.
Rabbits are easy to litter train. Actually, our rabbits trained themselves. With that said, humans are easily trained by rabbits.
She's a hit !
I like that she knows exactly how to tease you guys. Just like a kid (and just like my cats).
The birds, bees and cats are interesting, but I hope each day to catch a glimpse of disapproval from Cinnamon. And today I hit the jackpot! I am my own bunny's minion, a servant, really. Only there to feed, clean the litter pan and give the occasional temple rub. I stumbled upon this blog a little while ago looking for info on leash training a bunny. I'm so glad I did. I adopted what I thought was unusual, a bunny with an attitude from the shelter, only to find now that she is just one of many Disapproving Rabbits. I love them all.
Hurray! A whole post on Cinnamon! More...more!
Kathy
Cinnamon obviously has a complex personality. Thanks for identifying what type of rabbit she is. I wondered about that because she seemed a lot larger & plusher than most rabbits in the typical pet store. Feel free to share more rabbit photos & stories when you get a chance. The bees are amusing, the birds are glamorous, but the rabbit have charisma!
Wonderful pictures, there has been a drought in the "Cinnamon news" department recently. There is some hard-core disapproval in this post; you really should put in a warning to the unwary.
As for litter-training rabbits, it is more like training people where to put the litter box. Rabbits tend to pick one spot for their toilet. When you figure out that spot, put a litter box there. Voila! A litter-trained rabbit. Corn cob bedding is a good choice for substrate, also pelleted newsprint. Clay cat litter is no good; it gets their fur dusty and the clumping kind can cause an obstruction if they ingest it, since rabbits can't vomit.
~KatDoc, returning you to your regular rabbit correspondent
Yay for Cinnamon pics! Love em, Love em, Love em!
Andrew Bun & Mum
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