Silver: a runty dwarf rabbit. Didn't seem to realise that he was supposed to be scared of dogs, and this probably saved his life a couple of times (he doesn't run, so he's clearly not prey). He didn't like playing with my grandparents' poodle, because the poodle would drench him in spit very quickly (he was just saying "hello"). The rabbit did, once jump on the back of the poodle while the poodle was lying on the floor. I don't think that the poodle would have minded, but he was startled, and jumped up to see what that was. So the rabbit got scared and never did it again.
He liked nibbling on hair (always right at the roots, of course), and got upset with yarn. He didn't normally chew on it, but he'd use his mouth to move it away. He didn't like it when the yarn moved back (since it was under tension).
He went crazy for bananas and his papaya pills. He used to get papaya pills whenever we sent him home at the end of the evening, and every now and then he'd try to run into his cage on his own and look expectantly at us to give us pills. My uncle (with whom the rabbit got along very well) was over once, and since he's a late-night person he was charged with putting the rabbit away. We forgot to tell him that the rabbit got these pills, and the next morning we were told that "Silver didn't seem to like going home, he jumped around and fussed a lot when I put him away". The poor rabbit was just looking for his treats. I didn't feel like sharing my banana once, and so I sat down without giving him any. After the rabbit went crazy for a while I gave in, and broke off a piece for him. By this time, however, the rabbit had jumped up on my lap, and by an amazing display of effort from the brain cell that hadn't died of loneliness yet, stuck his head next to my mouth, preventing me from eating my banana (I'm not eating something that an animal that eats its own faeces has nibbled on), and completely ignoring the piece I was holding out for him.
He also used to eat the rosemary (mom was growing it) when he could. He'd then come up with rosemary breath, and I always warned him that one day the pastor was going to come over, and then he'd be in trouble. Said pastor used to say that what the rabbit needed was a little bit of olive oil, a little bit of rosemary... His nickname for the rabbit was "dinner". Yes, even at the blessing of the animals.
He liked nibbling on hair (always right at the roots, of course), and got upset with yarn. He didn't normally chew on it, but he'd use his mouth to move it away. He didn't like it when the yarn moved back (since it was under tension).
He went crazy for bananas and his papaya pills. He used to get papaya pills whenever we sent him home at the end of the evening, and every now and then he'd try to run into his cage on his own and look expectantly at us to give us pills. My uncle (with whom the rabbit got along very well) was over once, and since he's a late-night person he was charged with putting the rabbit away. We forgot to tell him that the rabbit got these pills, and the next morning we were told that "Silver didn't seem to like going home, he jumped around and fussed a lot when I put him away". The poor rabbit was just looking for his treats. I didn't feel like sharing my banana once, and so I sat down without giving him any. After the rabbit went crazy for a while I gave in, and broke off a piece for him. By this time, however, the rabbit had jumped up on my lap, and by an amazing display of effort from the brain cell that hadn't died of loneliness yet, stuck his head next to my mouth, preventing me from eating my banana (I'm not eating something that an animal that eats its own faeces has nibbled on), and completely ignoring the piece I was holding out for him.
He also used to eat the rosemary (mom was growing it) when he could. He'd then come up with rosemary breath, and I always warned him that one day the pastor was going to come over, and then he'd be in trouble. Said pastor used to say that what the rabbit needed was a little bit of olive oil, a little bit of rosemary... His nickname for the rabbit was "dinner". Yes, even at the blessing of the animals.
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