Catthump Day

Smitty and Bertie

This was taken 3 years ago when the rabbits' room was being painted and the rabbits had to move to the living room. Smitty (the feral cat) enjoyed sitting next to the ex pen as did Waldo--either they liked the rabbits' company or they liked the quilt better than the hardwood floor in the winter. Smitty is seen here in her annual "shaved" look-- she is a long-hair, but since she won't let herself be groomed by us, she gets shaved about once a year to get rid of the mats. The coming renovations to the rabbits' room won't be so drastic that they have to move, more a matter of making it a more interesting place for them to live.

Buns who have seen too many DIY shows

Both Bertie and Mercedes love to chew. They chew up the vinyl floor in their room. They particularly love the texture of cardboard on their teeth. Anything cardboard does not have a long life if they can access it. One bun tunnel's floor didn't last a week until it was so "renovated" that the sides caved in. In these pictures you can see what is left of the top of a maze haven--it was a single story construction--in order to satisfy the need to chew the buns had to get on top of the structure and chew it out from under their feet. The same with the remnants of the bun fort which used to have connecting tunnels with floors, once the floors were gone, the tunnels collapsed, so the buns moved on to the rooftops. They are about due for cardboard replacements, or maybe I'll find them some phone books like Silver's person does. Personally I think their ears have been picking up tv signals from DIY shows, and the renovation phases are what they're channeling, they certainly haven't built anything.

Bertie in the ruins of his fort, waiting for privacy so he can resume working on the roof





















What is left of a Maze Haven