Binkies and Zoomies

 

I walked up stairs to give Kenji some hay  as I do  in the mornings before I go to work.  

Kenji sees me and hops quickly over to say "Hi"and give a cute look. I take out some hay. 

He is excited and does a circle and does a binky.

He can jump up quick, all four feet off the floor for a moment.  It's called a binky.  

Rabbits will do this move when they  are excited. 

Rabbits have powerful back legs.

He zooms around when he has a bit of energy.

One of my favorite moments:

We went up stairs to feed Kenji a banana.  He loves bananas.

He had been in his cardboard box tunnels.

He must of smelled the banana and was  excited He  zoomed out of the box with such speed his ruff of mane like hair was lifted up and out as he came out of the box opening. 

It reminded me of those salon commercial where the model's hair is blown back for emphasis. 

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Can't Touch This

Our rabbit Kenji is very fluffy and cute.  Almost like a stuffed animal, but very Alive.

Looking at him, you just want to reach out and hold him and hug him.  Yet Kenji has other ideas than being hugged.  He'll move away.  "nope,  Can't Touch this."

He does like to play and hop around a lot. Lots of energy.

When our bearded dragon, Hagrid, has energy she doesn't want to be held either.  Go, go, go.  

Yet because she's a reptile her body will cool down and she will slow down.     It is then that she likes to be very close to warmth.  She  is very happy when we share our warmth with her.  She'll lay on us for warmth and comfort for a time.  

It's sort of interesting: 

The fluffy cute rabbit wants private space to himself  

The scaly reptile wants to enjoy close time with us for warmth. 

All Kinds in this world.

Here's a pic of Hagrid resting on me. She relaxes and closes her eyes as she feels my warmth.

And here's our sassy sweet Kenji on his tunnel boxes.

How About Them Apples

When watching Kenji eat,  we'd notice that he takes little bites.

I cored an apple, peeled it and cut it up in small pieces

Then I brought it to him on a paper plate.

Not every piece was the same size.  Some were smaller than others.  

Well, Kenji looked it over.  Then he went and grabbed the biggest piece on the plate.

Since then I don't bother cutting apples up in small pieces.

Nail Clipping

 

Clipping our pets nails is an important part of pet care.

It can take practice to get it done.

When I first attempted to clip Kenji's nails, he zipped away.  My daughters would try to hold him. Yet it was still challenging.  Kenji seemed to find a way out.   

I asked the vet about how to hold and cut his nails.  She demonstrated that he tends to need to be held like a football.  

OK 

Yesterday I bought a new pair of nail clippers, because I couldn't find the one we had. 

Supplied with new nail clippers, a banana (his favorite treat) and towel, my daughter and I went to it. Kenji was held in a football hold, while I clipped each paws nails carefully.

He was happy with his reward treat.

Hagrid gets her nails clipped too.  

She, being the Queen of chill, wasn't initially hard to work with.  

Yet she would shake her hand after having her nails cut. Her way of letting us know she didn't care for it.  

Hagrid gets exercise

 

Hagrid warms up on her rock hill in her enclosure.  

When she's warmed she gets taken out for a time.  

When she's light colored her body is warmed up.  She now has a lot of energy to move.

She gets excited as we carry her out to the living room.  She sometimes gets impatient and wants to go down.  

She is placed on the floor.  And zoom...she's off running around.  "Beardie on the Loose"

She runs through the living room.  Then runs into the kitchen.  

She turns and heads to the bathroom.  Then out across the living room again.  

She also loves climbing.  She discovered she can climb up the heater cover near the front windows.  From there she can look outside the windows, which she enjoys doing.  Her skill of climbing has improved and she climbs up with ease.

She seems proud.  She stands in a proud stance and gazes out the window.  She's guarding her territory.  

                                                Here's a pic of him looking out the window.

Here's a video of Hagrid running in the living room.

Water, please. TY

Kenji enjoys his upstairs "pad" with Emily.  

He is a free roaming bunny.  

He has:

a place to go-to-the bathroom 

a food place and water dish

 towels, pillows, rugs

a tunnel to run through and boxes 

He's a happy bunny.    

He gets checked on throughout the day.   

As far as roles, I seemed to have taken on cleaning his water dish and refilling it. And he knows it.

I know he knows it because when he wants/needs more water, he looks at me and then the water dish.

"Water, please, TY"

I pick up bowl and go down to clean it.  

He sits in a spot and waits for me to come back.  

I come back and fill it.  

He gets excited and does his zoomies (hopping around in circles) and then nuzzle me (TY)

Kenji's Gotcha Anniversary

 Jan 9, 2021

That morning we put together the cage.  Later that afternoon my daughter and her friend placed the cage in the back seat of the car and drove to the house to pick up her new 6-7 week old rabbit.

They brought him home. They carried in the cage with this small fluff ball of a bunny.  He was so small and cute.

We open the cage door.  It took a while for him to get comfortable enough to come out, yet he did.

My daughter and her friend came up with his name, Kenji.

Jan 9, 2022

It's been a year now since that first day. We celebrated his "Gotcha Home Coming" day by treating him to his favorite treat, a Banana and sitting with him and praising him.  

It's been an experience having a rabbit to care for and there have been many joys.  Lots of learning and engaging.  

Love