Geisha (on the right) is mostly indifferent to Kosh, unless Kosh tries to get too, um... friendly. But all she does is hop up somewhere he can't reach if she wants to get away.
Widget (middle) is afraid of the rabbit, although he does occasionally make a timid, limp-wristed swat at him in a "St...st...stay away from me, whatever you are!" sort of way.
Neither cat is predatory enough, or willing enough to face an opponent of roughly equal size, to look at Kosh like warm meat on the hoof.
They all manage to eat together without any casualties:
That's amazing. I've been seeing more and more people keeping rabbits as housepets.
My only question is this: how do you keep it from leaving little rabbit pellets all over the place? Can you train them to use a litter box or something?
Are you supposed to have Rabbits in pairs instead of just one?
It's not absolutely necessary, but most rabbits do like having other rabbits as companions. We're looking into getting another one now, maybe even from a litter we just looked at last week, once they're weaned. The first rabbit was an adoption from an animal shelter.
We were very lucky that Kosh must have already been litter trained, and also that he wasn't much of a chewer. With some rabbits (and maybe this will be the case with the new one) you'd never get away with the cords you see hanging against the wall under the bed in the first picture.
How'd you choose the name Kosh for your rabbit? Are we talking about the "There's a hole in your mind" Kosh?
Yep.
For someone who doesn't know Babylon 5, "Kosh" makes for a fairly simple, pet-sounding sort of name.
Also, since you never see exactly what's inside those encounter suits (the various angelic apparitions can't be the "real" thing, since they look different to different races)... who's to say that Vorlons don't look a bit more lagomorphic than you might expect?
My only question is this: how do you keep it from leaving little rabbit pellets all over the place? Can you train them to use a litter box or something?
Our rabbit is litter trained, and although he was already trained when we got him, apparently it's not hard to do with a new rabbit.
His litter training isn't absolutely perfect, but the "mistakes" aren't major. He has never, ever urinated anywhere but his litter box, and the occasional stray droppings are hard, dry, leave no stains, and are easy to pick up.
An ugly fact about rabbit digestion: it's a two-pass process. Eat. Excrete. Re-eat
So, for places the rabbit spends a lot of time, like under the bed, we've found it's good to put down a washable throw rug because he sometimes smears his recycled "food" around a bit. \
Kosh is soooo cute! How friendly is he? Is he a lap rabbit, does he like being petted, will he come find you for company?
He loves to be petted, but isn't crazy about being picked up or sitting on your lap, so you have to pet him on his terms: down on the floor in a location of his choosing. He sometimes goes as far as relocating a few feet so we get the hint. There are rabbits that love to sit in your lap, but this rabbit isn't one of them.
He'd probably let you pet him for hours at a time if you could keep it up, because he gets into a bit of a daze while you're petting him, but when you stop, the daze wears off in about 15-30 seconds, and then he picks his head up and looks at you with this "Well? Why'd you stop?" expression.
He'll come looking for us now and again, but I think that's usually driven by hunger rather than a desire for companionship. He eagerly runs across the room to you when he knows food is on the way.
He sometimes hops up on my bed at night, but again, I don't think it's for companionship -- but rather because he has this really weird thing about licking the pillows and the blanket. (Sublimated desire to groom another rabbit? He'll also lick my terry cloth bathrobe, with or without me wearing it. Thankfully, it's fairly dry licking, not slobbering!)
He likes to run around me, under me, or climb on my back when I'm down on the floor with him. He also chases the cats now and then -- none of them have figured out that it's supposed to be the other way around yet.
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gnam, sweet and cute little rabbit...
Geisha (on the right) is mostly indifferent to Kosh, unless Kosh tries to get too, um... friendly. But all she does is hop up somewhere he can't reach if she wants to get away.
Widget (middle) is afraid of the rabbit, although he does occasionally make a timid, limp-wristed swat at him in a "St...st...stay away from me, whatever you are!" sort of way.
Neither cat is predatory enough, or willing enough to face an opponent of roughly equal size, to look at Kosh like warm meat on the hoof.
They all manage to eat together without any casualties:
Originally posted by Outsider
That's a nice siamese. I like the coloring.
Tonkinese, actually, which I believe is part Siamese, part Burmese.
Originally posted by shetline
Our rabbit, Kosh, sleeping under the bed...
How'd you choose the name Kosh for your rabbit? Are we talking about the "There's a hole in your mind" Kosh?
My only question is this: how do you keep it from leaving little rabbit pellets all over the place? Can you train them to use a litter box or something?
Originally posted by Leonis
Are you supposed to have Rabbits in pairs instead of just one?
It's not absolutely necessary, but most rabbits do like having other rabbits as companions. We're looking into getting another one now, maybe even from a litter we just looked at last week, once they're weaned. The first rabbit was an adoption from an animal shelter.
We were very lucky that Kosh must have already been litter trained, and also that he wasn't much of a chewer. With some rabbits (and maybe this will be the case with the new one) you'd never get away with the cords you see hanging against the wall under the bed in the first picture.
Originally posted by Xool
How'd you choose the name Kosh for your rabbit? Are we talking about the "There's a hole in your mind" Kosh?
Yep.
For someone who doesn't know Babylon 5, "Kosh" makes for a fairly simple, pet-sounding sort of name.
Also, since you never see exactly what's inside those encounter suits (the various angelic apparitions can't be the "real" thing, since they look different to different races)... who's to say that Vorlons don't look a bit more lagomorphic than you might expect?
Originally posted by midwinter
My only question is this: how do you keep it from leaving little rabbit pellets all over the place? Can you train them to use a litter box or something?
Our rabbit is litter trained, and although he was already trained when we got him, apparently it's not hard to do with a new rabbit.
His litter training isn't absolutely perfect, but the "mistakes" aren't major. He has never, ever urinated anywhere but his litter box, and the occasional stray droppings are hard, dry, leave no stains, and are easy to pick up.
An ugly fact about rabbit digestion: it's a two-pass process. Eat. Excrete. Re-eat
So, for places the rabbit spends a lot of time, like under the bed, we've found it's good to put down a washable throw rug because he sometimes smears his recycled "food" around a bit. \
Originally posted by shetline
An ugly fact about rabbit digestion: it's a two-pass process. Eat. Excrete. Re-eat
EEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!
Originally posted by Towel
Kosh is soooo cute! How friendly is he? Is he a lap rabbit, does he like being petted, will he come find you for company?
He loves to be petted, but isn't crazy about being picked up or sitting on your lap, so you have to pet him on his terms: down on the floor in a location of his choosing. He sometimes goes as far as relocating a few feet so we get the hint. There are rabbits that love to sit in your lap, but this rabbit isn't one of them.
He'd probably let you pet him for hours at a time if you could keep it up, because he gets into a bit of a daze while you're petting him, but when you stop, the daze wears off in about 15-30 seconds, and then he picks his head up and looks at you with this "Well? Why'd you stop?" expression.
He'll come looking for us now and again, but I think that's usually driven by hunger rather than a desire for companionship. He eagerly runs across the room to you when he knows food is on the way.
He sometimes hops up on my bed at night, but again, I don't think it's for companionship -- but rather because he has this really weird thing about licking the pillows and the blanket. (Sublimated desire to groom another rabbit? He'll also lick my terry cloth bathrobe, with or without me wearing it. Thankfully, it's fairly dry licking, not slobbering!)
He likes to run around me, under me, or climb on my back when I'm down on the floor with him. He also chases the cats now and then -- none of them have figured out that it's supposed to be the other way around yet.
Originally posted by shetline
He also chases the cats now and then -- none of them have figured out that it's supposed to be the other way around yet.
"Hmm that cat surely looks juicy"
"Oh no. The killer rabbit is going to attack us again"
Anyone want to host pictures of a Chinchilla named Napoleon?
Purebred violet male, extremly cute
edit: my bad didn't see above message very tired today
can it be done with older rabbits?
just wondering...