I love spending nap time with the bunnies

We’re all big fans of Clint Eastwood here at Rabbit Kastle, but finding this over the Daily Bunny today was a pleasant surprise.
Head over to http://dailybunny.org/post/20588020307/clint-eastwood-shows-off-bunnies-spca-ads to see both commercials he did for the SPCA.

Oh yeah Easter is coming up, so:

1. Tell anyone you know that adopting a rabbit is a serious commitment. Don’t just get one because the kids want one and they are so cute.
2. Men, don’t let anyone tease you or say that rabbits aren’t a manly pet. =)

Happy New Year!   We’re looking forward to 2012. It was a pretty good year at Rabbit Kastle.

We also want to say Happy Anniversary.  Two days ago, on December 30th we celebrated our 3rd anniversary with our funny bunnies.

They were a little bit naughty, but in general quite delightful members of the warren.   Inter-species communication continues to improve as the bunnies generally are well-behaved and rarely do things they aren’t supposed to do – like chew up the foam padding on my guitar stands.   But cardboard chewing is up and wire and furniture chewing is on the decline.  So overall these are good trends.

Hunny Bunny has come a long way from being the aloof and constantly frightened rabbit we adopted 3 years ago.     Last year I feel we finally began to have real “dialogue” and she drastically reduced incidents of biting people – most importantly ME!  this year, however, she has continued to open up emotionally.  The first year with her she would rarely want to be pet or even sit near us.  Now she feels comfortable enough to demand cuddle time from me several times a day.  She loves to be pet now!  She’s actually becoming quite spoiled with all the  massages she gets.  She’s become a very very sweet girl.

Their appetites for snacks is out of control.  They feel so comfortable with us that they will hop up in our laps and beg for food.   Otherwise they will not sit in our laps.

They continue to explore everything.  They both make regular trips on top of their supply bin and try to get into it.

Rory occasionally follows me out the door in the morning.  I don’t think he really wants to go to my office. But it would be awesome if he did!

Most of all, they continue to be little furry bursts of energy and joy.  I look forward to what they will do this year!

Rory Hopped up on the dining table chair. I had left it pulled out maybe 6 inches at best.  Rabbits are very curious creatures and Rory didn’t hesitate to try and see what was on the table.

 Hunny is a very pretty bunny. She is also very messy.

Rory is a handsome rabbit. This has been established in the past. And although I already knew that fact it was still a pleasure to shoot these photos.

Hunny Bunny unleashes on her shoebox…

Rory and Hunny want to wish you a very Happy Chinese New Year.  This is now year of the rabbit!

As this year is ending and we’re celebrating our second anniversary with these silly rabbits, we wanted to post a few  interesting moments from  this year:

We learned how skinny a bunny’s paws are. Here is Hunny after a blood test at the vet.

Rory can jump straight up to our bed if he wants to.

The bunnies love chewing on these willow baskets. Here’s the new one they received on Christmas next to the old one.

Rory regards the vacuum cleaner as his enemy and often refuses to move out of its way. (He occasionally will attack it when it’s turned off and left unsupervised.)

They are fascinated by my guitars and spend a considerable amount of time checking them out while hanging out in the office.

We still haven’t unpacked all of our boxes from the move. The bunnies now completely control the parlor.

We want to wish you all a very happy New Year. Please enjoy more random pictures of Rory & Hunny!

Yes, that’s right. Today is the second anniversary of adopting Hunny & Rory! It’s impossible to state in words how much we love them.  The bunnies have really opened up to us in the last 24 months.  To watch their personalities come out and develop.  It’s also amazing to see how much they trust us now.  We’ve learned interesting things like:

• Both rabbits enjoy listening to: Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and any official prepared speeches by President Obama!
• Hunny loves blueberies.
• Rory likes Blues music.
• Hunny will tolerate Metallica and Death Angel but does not care for Mastadon.
• Hunny loves tangerines.
• Hunny actually loves to be pet and cuddled, but she won’t come up to us and sit down.  Instead she will sit across from us and stare at us in a creepy fashion until we get the hint.
• The vacuum cleaner is Rory’s enemy. He is so bold now that often he refuses to move out of it’s way and will even attack it when it’s just sitting there.  Hunny is terrified by it.
• paper towel and toilet paper cardboard tubes are some of their favorite toys.
• Hunny loves the smell of cocktails.
• Rory loves raspberries.
• Both bunnies like to sit and listen when I play guitar.
• Rory doesn’t care if we cook meat for dinner. Hunny becomes frightened and hides.
• Hunny wants to kick us all off of the sofa and claim it as her own.

Sure he’s not a bunny but he’s still awesome! His name is Bandit, and he’s a young Border Collie pup that found a home with our buddy Adal.

This is what happens when you have a rabbit who makes it a point to hop up onto your coffee table every evening.  Here you see him trying to get to Kristen’s mug.  Also, enjoy the photos of Hunny & Rory hanging out in our  parlor.

Hop hop hop.

Yep. We moved… again.  It’s ok though!  Back to our favorite neighborhood in San Francisco and the bunnies love the new place.

Here they are exploring and enjoying almost daily changes in the landscape with boxes moving, emptying and some furniture being rearranged.

Well back in late April we had a bit of a scare with Rory having a tummy ache .    Luckily, as a last ditch effort I picked him up and gently rubbed his tummy – and it worked!

Back to normal digestion and stuff.  Anyway, in July we moved back to our favorite neighborhood in San Francisco… so enjoy these last photos from the condo.