Drawf Rabbits raise Hell...

【Pets】Finally a normal reaction

2007-09-21T18:28:00.001+08:00

A couple of weeks ago, on my way home with my kids (bunnies), I happened to pass by a pet shop where a girl's grooming a kitten.... As I was hugging ballball (Gugugu's in my bag), the girl glazed up and we started chatting about the subjects in our hands...

Suddenly, I wondered aloud if ballball knows what a kitten is 'coz by right rabbits should be afraid of cats... (You can't blame me for wondering 'coz Gugugu had never been normal in his sense of danger. If you would like to know more, read Curly_Whiskers...._Huh). Thus by holding him tightly, I brought him closer to the kitten and to my delight, he tried to escape even though the kitten ignored him... Hahaha... At least, ballball's sense of danger seems to be normal...

【Pets】Rabbit in Toilet?

2007-08-11T03:28:00.002+08:00

Left: Hi... I'm Gugugu... The "star" in this story... Shy la... Please don't look at me....

Imagine my surprise when I open my washroom door and saw a head popping out of the toilet bowl, looking at me very pathetically, crying "HELP" with his eyes... I really didn't know to laugh or to cry...

A little background history...

I've never believed in keeping my rabbits caged... I feel that if I wanna keep them caged then, I might as well not have them... Another thing is that after having to clean the cages of my chinchillas in the past (they have all gone to heaven now), I find then mopping and vacuuming the floor is a lot easier and less tedious than cleaning the cage... Of 'coz have to keep chinchillas in cages 'coz they can jump very high but as for rabbits, well not so high... Thus, I've been keeping my babies in the kitchen... My kitchen is long in shape but with no obvious pet hazards like cables, sharp edges, tiny spaces for them to be able to squeeze through but probably not out... but as the summer in HK had been very hot this year, I've decided to relocate them to the washroom... The washroom's a lot smaller than the kitchen, but compared to lots of caged pets, they are still getting more than their share of space...

So this's the reason why he's or they're in the washroom... But before this incident, I've never seen them hopped to the top of anything... Thus it never did occurred to me that they are capable to do so just yet... And guess who's the star this time... Yap... It's Gugugu (shown in pic attached above) again... I guess alot of you who have read both my last post and this, must be thinking now "she's such an irresponsible pet owner".... Sigh...

Anyway, for the first time in his life, he relaxed when I rescued him out of his predicament and for the first time, he let me bathe and blow-dry him with too much fuss... And what really amazed me when I rescued him was that I then realized that the upper part of his body was perfectly dry while the lower part being in the toilet bowl's of 'coz wet... but this means that he fell leg first... ??? How did he manage that???

Now, I learn my lesson... Remember to keep toilet cover down after use.. so that even if they had a party, they would be one less accident to worry about....

【Pets】Curly Whiskers.... Huh?

2007-08-08T03:38:00.002+08:00

Gugugu:
I've got curly whiskers.... Sob! Sob! Pain! Pain!

Mimi:

Who ask you stupid? Candle. Fire. See fire still go, smell... Smell nice nice right... lavender ma... Relaxing... Til don't know to avoid fire right...

Gugugu:
Don't laugh at me la... Mimi, kiss kiss....

Story (about 1 month after BB's death/ 6 weeks after adopting Gugugu)....

Mimi:

I've always loved to relax in the mist and scent of lavender candles... my current favorites are the tea lights... I'll usually surround one big candle with eight tea lights, switch off the lights (at night) and hug BB (blue-ish-grey drawf rabbit) to lay with me while I watch TV/DVDs... Wow... Heaven...

That day, after waking up, suddenly felt like relaxing in the mist and scent of lavender candles... Thus set up and light the candles...

Oh ya... Let Gugugu (never try before) relax with me also la... (Went to kitchen and picked up Gugugu. Gugugu struggled. Put Gugugu down on the table (away from the candles), turned around to get something (can't remember what), turned back and......)

Gugugu:

Mmmmmm... Nice nice... Smell nice nice.... What's this? (Nose very close to the top of the candle lights)

Mimi:

Oh my god! Why are you so near to the lighted candles? (Picked Gugugu up) Aiyo... Fire. Hot. You not scare. Burn. Burn. Pain. Pain la... Stupid... You OK? Luckily stop you, else roasted rabbit already la... Why you so stupid? Silly! Don't you know fire? Danger la...

(Smell burnt smell, looked around) Nothing burning lei... (To Gugugu) You got burnt hah? Where? (Took a good look at Gugugu) Huh? I don't see anything on fire or burning... Oh my god... How come your whiskers short and so curly? (Smell Gugugu) Aiya, burnt smell from whiskers la... You OK?

Gugugu:

Huh? Mimi, why you smelling me? (looking calm and innocent) Don't scold me la... What did I do???

DG (a visiting friend):

(Waking up) what happened? (To Gugugu) Why Mimi scolding you? What did you do?

Mimi:

(Hugging Gugugu and walking to kitchen) He silly la... Burnt whiskers... See. Short and curly now...

DG:

Aiyo... (To Gugugu) You Ok? (To Mimi) why not put some water on his whiskers? Else he go into shock, how?

Gugugu:

Nono... No water... I hate water... I hate water...

Mimi:

(To DG) Cannot la... He hates water... He'll scream one la... I know la... Put him here lo... (putting Gugugu in freezer with doors open)

DG:

Aiyo... Freezer? Can or not?

Gugugu:

Good.... So cool... I like freezer (sniffing everywhere and exploring, then relax and lay down)

Mimi:

(To DG) Can la... I always put them in freezer (with the doors open) when the weather gets too hot... See he's relaxing already...

Story end...

I know... All of you who's reading this right now would probably be cursing and scolding me for being so careless... I'm really sorry... It never did occur to me that there's an animal who didn't understand the danger of fire... All my other pets would immediately shy away from candles and fire, no matter how curious they are, but Gugugu... Sigh... So learn from my lesson ok... Never take things for granted...

For your information, I did a test a few days after this incident... I set and light the candles again as before, but this time, after I placed Gugugu on the table, I watched him... Once again, he got attracted by the candles and started towards them... Sigh... I picked him up and learnt my lesson... Never ever again put him near anything that might be a danger...