Monday, November 24, 2008

Because puppies are not the only cute...

What with all my whining about wanting a puppy you may have found yourself under the impression that I am suffering a deficit of fluffy love in my life which isn't true, I'm just greedy.

While I have these boys I really have no business coveting owls, pygmy hippos or the cutest damn puppy in the whole bloggy world...


The Bunny

Although The Boy says that 'boys' really isn't accurate, seeing how we chopped their testicles off. (Not personally, we paid someone qualified to undertake the task. It cost a lot of money, £40 per testicle but at least now they don't spray pee on the walls and hardly ever hump each other's heads)


The Rabbit

The Rabbit doesn't give me much fluffy love, in fact I'm pretty sure he hates us. But it's ok, he's gorgeous and his indignation is really quite hilarious so we tolerate the silent 'fuck you' that emanates from him all day, every day.



The Bunny however is a darling and is more than willing to lie in your armpit for hours on end, licking your shoulder and shnuffling in your ear. Which makes up for the fact that he pees on himself and the floor and shoots poop like a popcorn machine.



Occasionally The Rabbit admits that he is not in fact the supreme being and does need sustenance beyond his disdain for the human population, giving in to showing the behaviour of mere mortals - drinking, digging and eating his own poop. Did you know that rabbits eat their own shit? Adorable.



Who would have thought it of that nose?


Photos by me and The Boy.

26 comments:

  1. Your boys are gorgeous. That nose, that tongue! I can imagine the invective-spewing, angry beautiful rabbit who grudgingly accepts your food dole-outs and offers to clean out his cage. ;-)

    I had just one rabbit of my own - a gift from a suitor. The rabbit died from a heart attack on New Year's from the stress of firecrackers shooting off all around him. Suitor promptly offered to replace him the very day next day. Most unromantic. The short-lived rabbit had been sweeter than his giver.

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  2. This reminds me. When ::do:: we get to hear your proposal story?

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  3. Oh how cute! I have been dreaming about a puppy but I know it will be impossible living in the city. Sigh. Maybe a bunny is the answer : ).

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  4. Haha, I have learned a lot of rabbit related facts from this post. They are adorable though, shit eating and all.

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  5. That tongue! I can hardly stand it.

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  6. These are guys are beautiful. I am completely in love with my friends 8 kilo cat called Willy. A bundle of joy. We babysit him and when he goes home the house feels empty. Carla

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  7. Aw, I used to have rabbits. They were not nice rabbits. They kicked my poor little kid arms until they bled.

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  8. Aw, cuties! I love house rabbits that you can cuddle up with in front of the tv. I don't imagine the rabbits and the owl would get on too well though x

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  9. I *love* the bunny tongue!

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  10. Oh, poor Vanessa - what an awful story!

    The bunny nose is adorable!

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  11. AAAAAH! Bun buns! These remind me of my mom's buns, the dearly departed Lancelot and Guinevere. Their little noses and floppy ears are the cutest...though they do have some strange habits, don't they?

    Of course they probably think we're weird because we DON'T eat our own poop...

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  12. Ah, yes. I also have two "male" bunnies. Their names are "Crazy" (the smaller black and grey netherland dwarf) and "Kooky" (the larger black shelter bunny). Neither of them want anything to do with me, although the big one will give kisses every now and then. But neither one will tolerate being picked up or snuggled. They are both litterbox trained, so that is nice - but when they get excited little poopies go flying everywhere! =:)

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  13. I so miss my bunny!! I am telling you, collect that fur and I will so spin it into yarn!

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  14. Oh god that is hilarious! They do look adorable and not at all dysfunctional.

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  15. Vanessa, that's awful. I don't like the sound of this suitor at all. Not one little bit.

    Stephanie, damn - I hoped you'd all forgotten! I'm getting there, one day. Promise.

    Globetrottingbride, a bunny is definitely the answer! In fact there are few problems for which a bunny is not the answer.

    Bridechka, I aim to educate!

    Darci, it's taken me three years to get a picture of his tongue, it's most elusive.

    Carla, a house without a fluffy is a very empty house. You should get yourself a cat. now!

    Blind, Irish Pirate, they can be mean little buggers!

    Eliandme, I thought of that but you see - the owl is the size of a guinea pig, the rabbit the size of a small dog. A match made in heaven, no?

    Kat, as bunny tongue can't fail but make you smile!

    Krista, isn't it awful?

    Citysage, The Rabbit most definitely thinks we're weird. I never realised quite how odd rabbits are, I love it!

    soon2Bmrsjaramillo, I think most bunnies are fairly disinterested in humans and oh to be litter trained! The Rabbit is but The Bunny is a disaster.

    Flutter, I have a little bag of it so far!

    Melissa, aren't they just!

    Downtomysoul, ha! They fit right in in our slightly dysfunctional house!

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  16. They eat their poo? Really? I never noticed my bunnies doing that when I had them... maybe they were just clever and made sure I never caught them redhanded or well, maybe they were well-mannered?

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  17. oh. I had a rabbit when I was a kid. I named him Peter, and then he had babies. And my parents ate them. It was very traumatic.

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  18. Misha, they do indeed, straight from the bum end. It's really quite lovely!

    East Side - Your parents ATE your pet's babies? ATE them? That's the kind of shit that will fuck you up for life.

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  19. I've been wondering what happened to me.

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  20. That last picture is amazing. What adorable eunuchs you have!

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  21. This my dear is maybe one of the funniest (and most informing) Bunny posts I've ever read!

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  22. Revisited this post and read through comments. Positively mortified by the story of pet rabbit's offsprings served at dinner. This is perverse and traumatizing. How does one recover, pray tell?

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  23. Perhaps it made me the badass I am today. (But my apologies for interjecting this darkness into such a sweet, fluffy post)

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  24. Toooo CUTE!!! I used to have a bunny. I miss having one. Indy says, "thank you!" for thinking she is cute. She already has a HUGE ego. haha!

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  25. I just found your blog. Love it. Love the bunnies. I used to have one, my baby, until 3/07 when he quietly passed on at the age of 13. I still miss him. Willow was his name, because at 12 I thought he looked like a pussywillow all curled up. I was smart enough to know that Pussywillow wouldn't be a good name, but I was dumb enough to not let it go so Willow he was. I still love his name.

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play nice.