Introducing the Terrible Two! These two lovies are a huge pile of cuteness, but young and mischievous! They’re being fostered in New Jersey, and foster mom Astrid has been giving me regular updates since she took them under her wing a few months ago. Since she’s had them, she’s had Samantha spayed (Chris was already neutered), and the pair are back together and ready for a new home. Astrid has been working hard with these two, getting to know them and their habits, learning how to work around their naughtiness, and spoiling them rotten! She’s been an awesome foster mom and has learned a lot about their individual personalities, and knows exactly what kind of home will be best for them… here is what Astrid has to say about the pair:
“Our names are Samantha (gray) and Chris (white). We are a very cute bonded brother-sister pair and will need to be adopted together. We are about 2 years old, which means we still have a long life ahead of us. We were born in foster care and think it’s about time we found our own furever home. Believe it or not, our dad was a lop-eared rabbit, and we have the prettiest Siamese markings you’ll ever find on a rabbit.
We are both very playful and just love to run around and do “binkies”, i.e. what most people would call crazy bunny dances. We would love to find a home where we can live in an indoor pen rather than cage, so we can stretch our legs even while you are at work. We are a little on the shy side and get easily spooked by sudden movements or noises. Therefore a home without small children, or dogs would be the ideal place. We absolutely love people, especially the ones who sit on the floor and let us come to them, which we will frequently do. Promise! Like most bunnies, we get really scared when you try to pick us up. Once we get used to our new environment we can be pretty feisty and will let those big humans know, when they are in our way.
Our favorite pastime, besides running and binkies, is chewing, chewing and more chewing. We absolutely love to shred and chew cardboard boxes, grass balls and grass mats, sticks etc. So we will need lots of toys to keep our teeth busy and an extra amount of supervision and bunny-proofing when we are out of our pen exploring, because we also like to check out all those exciting new human “toys.”
If you’re interested in giving Samantha and Chris a forever home, please fill out the bunny adoption questionnaire, and we’ll talk!
Chris & Sam Chillin’
Bunnies make the best pillows
Represent!
And now, some multimedia that will delight and amaze …
* music by “Roy” (found on opsound.com, the most awesome source for open source music!)
UPDATE FROM ASTRID - 1/30/09
Chris, the bun who didn’t want to be touched when I first met him, has turned into quite a cuddle-bun. He just loves attention and being petted (if he’s not in hyper-mode). As he runs around the room he constantly stops by to say hello or jumps through my lap. So every time he passes by I give him a little pat, and for a while now he’ll often stop and actually sit there to get more. Sam is still somewhat aloof, she still doesn’t like being touched all that much. Whenever I have managed to make her sit down for a minute and endure my pets, Chris usually comes running over and squeezes his head under my hand to get his share of attention. Last night I was herding them back into their pen by gently pushing their behinds in the right direction. Sam went straight back to the pen. Chris who happened to be sitting on my bed, just snuggled into my comforter and there he sat waiting for the “petting” to continue. So I gave in and petted him, sort of lying next to him, since he made no motion to move any time soon. Occasionally I’d stop to see whether he was still liking it or had had enough. Every time I did this, he’d turn his head around, poke me and then shove his head under my hand. One time I ignored his nudging twice, so he pushed his little head with even more force against my hand. It’s pretty cute.
Another cute thing, Chris knows now when he’s supposed to get a treat. Chris has been reliably treat-trained for a while, i.e. I rattle the magic box and he comes running. I used it a lot, becomes they had their own opinions when it came to going back to their pen. Sam only recently decided to respond to the call of food. At the same time as I rattling the box, I usually call their names and make a little clicking sound with my tongue. Well, yesterday I called Chris and made the clickick sound in order for him to go back to his pen. He came running right away (without box-rattling), went to the entrance of the pen and then started looking at me as if to say “so where is it, I came didn’t I?”. He did the same thing today. Now that I have been teaching him to come by rattling food, he expects a treat and won’t move any further unless he gets it. Very cute!
