Bun shui.

The tasty bunny version of feng shui.
What you see here is my answer to bunny hay wasting and OCD-style digging in the hay that they decide is now only suitable for bedding.
I've been doing this for a few weeks now and I have to say that both Simon and River are eating more hay, their cages are cleaner, and River doesn't get into a crazed digging frenzy that tosses hay chaff everywhere.  The trick is to get a very large handful of hay and fold it in half prior to placing it half-way into the butter box--I usually will do this to both ends of the box and refill as needed.

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you have a great weekend!  We'll be back on Sunday for a special holiday post.

Sleepy bunny hug.

It looks like Simon is thinking, "I could lay like this all day!"

An important question.

Hey, River...

Does this mirror make my butt look big?

Always look before you leap.

This is what happens when River jumped into a box without checking to see if the top was stable.  To our credit, we didn't intentionally set out to make a rather effective bunny trap...this was just a box we were going to put in the recycle bin when the bunnies were back in their cages for the evening.  Clearly, River had other plans.

A little help here, human?  It turns out that the box was just slippery and high-sided enough for her to not easily climb back out.  Don't worry, my husband "rescued" her once the photo-op was done.  She wasn't too bothered by her momentary captivity and binkied down our hallway afterward as if nothing had happened.

Pinocchio bun.

River was the one who ate your shoelaces!

The autobun.

Apparently, there is no speed limit on the couch.
Simon has unwittingly volunteered for the role of River's catcher and hugger.  I think this is the moment when River realized that she wasn't going to be able to stop in time.  Bunnies may be able to turn on a dime, but they certainly can't stop on one!

River has found a safer vantage point to watch Simon approach mach1.

It looks like Simon is warping space-time as he reaches maximum velocity (if the weird ripples along his body are anything to go by).  I half expected to see a ring of a sonic boom around his mid-section.
Well, on that note, thanks for visiting and we hope you have a great weekend.  We'll be back on Monday!

Bunny see, bunny do.

It amazes me how often I find Simon and River mirroring one another even in the most mundane of activities.
I also have two bunny tips for anyone interested:
1.  Chamomile tea (diluted half strength for a 4 lb bunny, cooled and unsweetened) can be used to calm down a bunny who is overly nervous.  Every bunny is different, but it may be worth a try especially if you have to travel with your bunny and you know they're stressed by it.

**If they don't seem to care for the taste, you can combine it with some unsweetened and cooled peppermint tea.  You can also use just the peppermint tea to trick a sick bun into drinking water.

MAKE SURE ANY TEA YOU GIVE YOUR BUNNIES IS AN HERBAL TEA THAT IS CAFFEINE FREE. 
In our case, Simon gets frightened of rain storms that cause howling wind to the point that he'll give himself a minor bout of GI stasis from not eating during the storm.  I put the tea in his water bottle that evening and made sure to give him plenty of hay and a scoop of oats to make him thirsty before the storm hit.  He was fine the next day.  Just don't leave the tea in the water bottle too long--overnight is the longest I'd go and make sure to thoroughly wash it out with soap and water afterwards.
2.  Use safety pins to hold a piece of cloth to the lower bars of the cage if you have a bunny that enjoys digging in their litter box and kicking litter all over your floor.  This saves having to vacuum in front of their cages every few days.