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- From: "amy lynn young-leith" <alyoung@kiwi.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Subject: Re: Featherstonehaugh: the ballistic bunny
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.203021.3572@news.cs.indiana.edu>
- Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
- References: <1hst62INN21b@shelley.u.washington.edu> <1992Dec30.195603.29673@cas.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:30:16 -0500
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- In article <1992Dec30.195603.29673@cas.org> jac54@cas.org () writes:
- > Yet more bunny stories. Featherstonehaugh is our house
- > rabbit, he's just under 4 years old and has very high
- > petting requirements. Usually he avoids me, because I am
- > the one who does nasty things like medicate and trim
- > nails and hold him at the vets, and prefers to go to my wife
- > to have his forehead rubbed.
-
- I thought we had the perfect pet when we got him... although a bit
- non-socialble. Well, now we've had him 7 months, and god, he's a
- baby. I can't *believe* it. The last few weeks have been the "best."
- He's rotten. He DEMANDS attention, he begs like a dog for food, I
- never imagined a bunny could BEG as well as he does. It's cute.
- He's warmed really well to Scot, and lately he's been a help because
- he knows when to be cute. We were quite stressed and worried at some
- point today, and Scot's on the couch, and Dink climbs all over him,
- doing the smell the face greeting, and all that, and then settles over
- a hand and grooms him. He also flops down on my feet when I'm either
- in the bathroom getting ready to go somewhere, on the phone and
- standing, or in the kitchen if he's in the tired mood.
-
- > Recently, he has taken a liking to feet. When I am going
- > through the morning paper and coffee routine, he will
- > start nuzzling up to my unshod feet, which is quite pleasnt,
- > but he will not let me rub his forehead. If I ignore him,
- > he nips the offending foot, if I try to pet him, he scoots off.
- > Does anyone have an explanation for this, or is it just the
- > old "I'm a bunny, you can't win" ?
-
- I think it's "Pay attention to me, pay attention to me! (you try to
- pet) Ok, you paid attention to me, now leave me alone."
-
- amy
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