Rabbit Meat

Binkies in the Drawing Room is a weekly journal, filled with rabbits, binkies and the challenges that is the learning curve of raising a new pet.


WEEK FIVE

DAY ONE

Phew! Long week! So long I went straight into the other one without writing a word! Busy, busy with Christmas coming and trying to get everything done at work before the holidays start. Put Ra Ra's pics into my family desktop slideshow, got a little 'tabanca' every time I saw her little white face grace the screen. Tweeted how much I missed my 'binky' baby and went on with my work. Got home to realise, Ra Ra was just fine and probably wasn't missing me at all. Sigh. At least she's a happy rabbit!

DAY TWO

The one thing Ra Ra has yet to learn. Who's really in charge. She found out today after curiously jumping onto the one-seater to sniff the cushions and was promptly spotted by....THE QUEEN. Yes, I rushed to save her, and lightly dusted her off the cushions before she could feel the wrath but she had a scolding to get. Cornered by her majesty she was warned not to venture into such territory EVER again or, you guessed it, OFF WITH HER HEAD! The Queen brandished a warning finger on her little nose which Ra Ra took to be a rub on the head and closed her eyes to take it in. Poor soul, she doesn't know what she's getting herself into.

DAY THREE

A trip outside had Ra Ra sniffing all areas of the yard, nibbling bits of grass, that were to her liking anyway, and me following closely behind her. Our little adventure was cut short though as the neighbours dogs were out and about and I wasn't about to have any battle for my 'rabbit meat' because bet your bottom dollar I would WIN!

DAY FOUR

Ra Ra seems to be acting out. All three of my nieces and nephews were at home which meant she had to stay inside her cub most of the weekend. I thought the run outside would have helped despite how short it turned out to be, but to no avail. And how is she acting out, with poop. In the places she had long stopped doing her do in.

DAY FIVE

Ra Ra keeps ignoring her old newspapers meant for 'pooping' in the back hall and keeps loading off in the kitchen. As soon as I let her out! And there's only so long she can get away with that when the 'Queen' is the main inhabitant of such dwellings! And talk bout poop!! Eventually my mother says no more! Which means I have to start from scratch and re-train the rabbit, which in the end adds up to the same thing for Ra Ra, back in the cub!

DAY SIX

So I let out the rabbit IN MY ROOM to stretch her legs as my mother starts talking about putting the cub outside! And you know what the little monster...I mean sweetheart does!!
Specimen A. Evidence according to the little rabbit hairs on the bag next to the bites. And if you still can't believe it!
Exhibit B!
Caught in the ACT!!

DAY SEVEN

By now Ra Ra was in confinement! And she didn't like it but too bad! I wasn't starving her and at least I was providing her with little items to let off her frustration on. A small cover for a wicket basket, courtesy the Queen. Ra Ra's lucky the only threat she got was to be expelled from the inner kingdom. It's Christmas soon and the last thing she wants is for anyone to get any ideas to change the menu!


In case you were wondering:
Urban Dictionary: 'tabanca' - an extreme sadness and/or a depression following one's breakup or seperation from one's significant other.

Settled and Happy

Binkies in the Drawing Room is a weekly journal, filled with rabbits, binkies and the challenges that is the learning curve of raising a new pet.

WEEK FOUR

DAY ONE

I came home a bit late from work and the two of us sat outside her cub munching apples. She climbed up on me when hers was finished. Know how to beg already! House rabbit.

DAY TWO

Well, well. Ra Ra is becoming quite the settled little rabbit. After running around the drawing room and into the kitchen and out and behind the space-saver and back out into the drawing room again she 'binkied' her way back to the outer room and took a nibble of her goodies to re-energise herself for another dash around the rooms. I even took a nap and forget her out accidentally (in case my mother's reading this) and when I woke up, she was in her spot lounging behind the sofa, giving me her 'bored kitty' face. All the doors were closed so she didn't go out anywhere but I was more surprised at the fact that she didn't fill the whole house with poop!

DAY THREE

Ra Ra was not going to be bored today. While Saturdays are slow in my house, Sundays are full of pace, washing, cooking, cleaning, and the little rabbit took full advantage of me not having both of my eyes on her. So, outside she went! Twice! I found her flopping around in the mud!!! Bad Ra Ra! She did stay still long enough to let me clean her feet after I got her away from nibbling the grass though. She sniffed at the closed door several times during the day and finally decided it was a waste of her bunny time.

DAY FOUR

Given our little routine Ra Ra and I seem to be getting used to each others movements. I get up on mornings, let her out, and she lounges around the outer room until her suite is cleaned and ready for her, WITH room service! Once she's back in she munches away and goes to her second level for a mid-morning nap. She used to dash around her cub at the slightest movement near her cage but she understands now, 'I ain coming out again, until evening so I might as well relax!' She spends the day nibbling, sleeping, scratching her nails on the wood flooring underneath the paper, underneath the vinyl, that is UNDERNEATH the plastic in her cub. Yes, she rips it all up and I replace it again on evenings. She doesn't even budge if I happen to open the cub again before I leave on mornings to put in anything. By evening she's ready to run, and if I come on time, she's still lounging, if I'm late, she's shifting impatiently behind the wires waiting for me. And once she's out, it's Speed Racer around the house (or hide from my niece, it depends). I usually give her two hours then put her back in but once she's in, it's back to RelaxNation, see you in the morning!

DAY FIVE

My sister calls it the Hyatt spaces. The spots that Ra Ra loves to lounge in, her head flat to the side, mouth open, one eye vigilantly scoping out the area for any lurking babies. Behind the single seater couch, underneath the space-saver behind the full Lexicon Encyclopaedia series. Ahhhh. Nice and cool.

DAY SIX

I gave Ra Ra a piece of Bhaji today. A dark green veg. She nibbled some of it, and left the rest. Not too sure how she feels about that. We'll try again next week. Still not drinking any water. I hope her lounging is more about being utterly relaxed and happy and nothing to do with being lethargic from lack of water. Then again, when she starts to race, she races! No lethargy there at all.

DAY SEVEN

Ah, babies. Ra Ra seems as if she wants to play with my niece sometimes or at least sniff her feet but it's just down-right dangerous! They have a.. 'kinda' game they play. It's akin to 'hide and seek'. Ra Ra seems to not mind being chased quietly, once she isn't caught and almost strangled after ward. Apparently the only thing that my niece can do quietly and gently with the rabbit is feed her but it's only so long the rabbit will want to eat. Ah well, they do keep each other company during the day, so I hear. We'll see, if by next week (or next year) a quieter, less grabby relationship may arise, for all our sake.

Till next week. Enjoy this journey with your pet!