The good, the bad, and the pee-er

So... our little bunny who has the potential to be all so cute, fluffy and lovely also has a bad side to him as well. We, lacking first the ability to sit down and think about our decision to purchase a rabbit and the responsibilities it would entail, also lacked the judgement about how to best raise and care for this little bunny.

We had read that rabbits can be house-trained. All one needs to do apparently is to use some newspaper that has been dipped in his pee and that will attract him to the same place to pee again. However, we did not have a "beeny proof cage." The cage that you can see above was in laughable condition to Benny. In just a few days, he could easily jump out of the cage in one clear jump. When we escalated to a much larger box. However, he would jump and claw himself up to the corner of it and hop out. Or, he would repeatedly try and hit the roof of the box until it caved in and would then allow him an escape.

Therefore, Benny won the first battle and was given free reign around the house. This proved to be disastrous and confusing for both Benny and us. We think that because he had so much territory to roam and constantly explore for food (as this rabbit never stops eating/looking) he just peed whenever and wherever. This includes as you can see... lisa's slippers, my nice leather briefcase that I bought, both of my jackets here, me twice, poop on my shoulder, and constant other places around the house.

This is why Lisa and I were ready to give this little sucker up for a new adoption! Haha. Yet, there are other days where he is great and a lot of fun to watch and play with, as when Lisa and I took him outside near our house to play and eat some wild food instead of eating us out of house and home.

(We also figured out that though he loves celery, he is definitely a CHINESE BUNNY, and if you read the last post, likes to share what he has with us. So therefore, celery makes him pee constantly. We had friends over last night and were playing Settlers (I came back from last place and won. Yay!) and he peed 3x's in like a span of 8 minutes. It's amazing to see how quickly and how much comes out of this little guy.

Also, he can poop a lot too. We have finally gotten him pretty much litter trained. Of course, we don't have a container. Just a cardboard box and newspaper, which we have to keep buying new supplies of. Lisa was laughing that some democrats may like the use of newspaper, as it had GW Bush on it, and was being used for his pee catcher.

He is a great fellow, but who would have known that a dog may have been easier than a bunny. I still like to pick him up and play with him, but it can be under constant fear of the next pee attack! Ha-ha!