Thursday, December 15, 2005

clearly you are divided.

about half of you think my watch affectation is adorable.
a quarter think it's just old.
another quarter thinks i should be ashamed of myself.

right now, my sweatshirt sleeve is covering the sleeve of my turtleneck, so no one can see exactly HOW i'm wearing my watch. perhaps for the good of the blog, we'll leave it that way.

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Rabbit update, day 3

People, we have reached detente. We are pleased about this.

In our home, detente means one bunny out at a time, and two bunnies never in the same enclosed space at once.

So one is in the cage [that'd be Squeeze, since she can escape the corral -- we haven't yet figured out HOW, though], and one is running around the house. Or one is in the corral and the other one is hiding under the dining room hutch.

Squeeze has gone from being terrified all the time to giving kisses again and being more herself. We, as bunny caretakers, feel good about this, because it's all we've got.

We've also noted that, at night, when Squeeze is tucked in the cage and Boeing is tucked into the corral, they spend a lot of time nose to nose through the cage bars, calmly and peacefully. They *want* to be together, but their hormones won't let them. Again, this is something we take as a good sign.

Also, I have no idea how I'm going to clip Boeing's back toenails. She is at least 5 pounds of solid bunny muscle and she will not tolerate it in any position. In this case, Squeeze can be hypMOtized but Boeing will have none of it. You should see the state of my wrists from the attempts. Owie.

Two weeks, 5 days till spayday.

Comments:
The bunny hypnosis is really interesting. I don't have bunnies, but my three young children could use that when I cut their nails! :-)
 
Wow. I wish the hypnosis would work with trimming cat nails!!

Can you have hub hold the bunny while you clip? Or vice versa?
 
Have you tried turning your bunnies on their backs (one at a time of course!) on your lap between your knees? I don't know if this works with regular rabbits but my angoras went totally relaxed that way. I could trim their nails and groom their tummies. If they squiggle at all you just clamp your knees a bit tighter so they don't flip upright. It doesn't hurt them at all. And best of all, it doesn't hurt you!
 
I guess mutt wisdom won't help here. Ours won't let us go near her with nail clippers, so we make sure to run her around on pavement every now and then to file 'em down. I'm glad you've found some peace at home!
 
Try wrapping your bunny up in a towel, except for one little paw sticking out (and their head, of course), and try trimming that way. It's how I trimmed my cat's claws until she quit fighting it.
 
maybe with pictures we can better decide how 'out of date' you are, amy dear.
 
wow, that whole bunny trance thing is pretty amazing!

if you want to find out how they're escaping the corral maybe it's time to look into a webcam :)
 
Clipping bun nails is tough. One of my buns was the same way. I had someone hold him with his back feet hanging off her arm. Picture holding your arms like your holding a baby but the belly of the bun is pointing down, so those back nails are near the one elbow of the holder. I then squatted down and clipped the nails from underneath. The holding person kept the bun calm and it worked until I could train the bun to be on it's back.
 
Boeing and Squeeze sound like a lot of fun!

Peaches the rabbit won't allow me to hypnotize her either. She hates me touching her paws and she's very likely to nip me.

What we do with this 13 lb bunny tyrant is to use her daily treats to distract her. One holds the treats and the other person clips the claws. Not terribly efficient but better than nothing I guess.
 
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