{"id":5560,"date":"2016-11-13T12:47:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T12:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2019-10-15T21:29:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T20:29:31","slug":"house-rabbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/?p=5560","title":{"rendered":"Spanner in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"

It often comes as a surprise to those who, when they think of pet rabbits<\/a> at all, picture them outdoors in hutches or worse<\/a> [NSFB \u2013 Not Safe For Bunnies], that they can live quite happily inside with the humans. They practically litter train themselves and are odour-free: both big pluses. And they are incomparably adorable. Meet Oreo,<\/p>\n

\"allears\"<\/a><\/p>\n

aka spanner, because when we spotted him in a shop all the arguments against having a bunny ground to a stop.<\/p>\n

\"spanner\"<\/a>
\ngardeners love us<\/em><\/p>\n

He’s just over a year old now, and has the run of most of the house, the exceptions being the kitchen and the storage room where his hay is kept.<\/p>\n

\"ohay\"<\/a>
\nthank goodness I don’t have hay fever<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from hay\u2014we get ours by the bale from a local farmer; much of it ends up scattered on the floors, just like in medieval times\u2014rabbits also dig their greens.<\/p>\n

\"greens\"<\/a>
\nand reds, it looks like<\/em>
\n<\/span>
\nThe main order of business for anyone wishing to share heart and hearth with leporidae domesticus<\/span><\/p>\n

\"spot\"<\/a>
\nspot the lagomorph<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

is to bunny-proof your own hutch. This involves safeguarding wires, which rabbits appear to be more fond of than carrots, and restricting access to books or whatever your new housemate fancies.<\/p>\n

\"skinnybunny\"<\/a>
\nlooking for the fireplace to go with the screen<\/em>
\n<\/span>
\n\"grooming\"<\/a>
\npaper towel rolls: tr\u00e8s chic, non?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Still, you must prepare yourself for the inevitable small nibbles that start appearing in home furnishings.<\/p>\n

\"lampshade\"<\/a>
\nthanks for the assist<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

And they will. Go. Everywhere.<\/p>\n

\"ledge\"rabbit, read
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

\"obox\"
\nit was in the way<\/em><\/p>\n

Rabbits are crepuscular, which means they’re most active in the mornings and evenings<\/p>\n

\"sleepy\"<\/a>
\nbehind the couch is apparently much more comfy than on it<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

but really, once you\u2019ve let a rabbit in, he\u2019s liable to scamp about in your head 24\/7.<\/p>\n

\"phone\"<\/a>
\nam I on your contacts list?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Wonderful as it’s been having him in our lives, he’s a lot of work and worry. When rabbits are sick they can go downhill very fast, so you’ve got to keep a close eye on them. As a prey species, most don’t particularly like being held, so many people’s reason for wanting one in the first place (lots of hugs, of course!) goes right out the window. But he’s an appreciative magnet for pets, grinding his teeth in approval \u2013 a satisfying reward known as ‘tooth purring’. All in all, we’re glad he’s ours and we’re his.<\/p>\n

\"comfy\"<\/a>
\nworks for me<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It often comes as a surprise to those who, when they think of pet rabbits at all, picture them outdoors in hutches or worse [NSFB \u2013 Not Safe For Bunnies], that they can live quite happily inside with the humans. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5560"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9464,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5560\/revisions\/9464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prettygoodbritain.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}