Furrybutts

Furrybutts is a blog dedicated to the furry-butted critters in my life

We started out with 1 house bunny, Buttons. She came home with us in April 2007. A couple of months later, we decided to get her a companion (Yohji), in case she got lonely at home while we were at work.

Well, silly us, we thought we could stop at just TWO house bunnies. Little did we know then how addictive bunnies can be! It’s a real joy having them around, I love watching them doing bunny-F1 laps around the living room, crashing into things and sending their toys flying all over! I love it when they perform happy binkies; its a hoot when they topple over in the midst of grooming themselves, and Li’l Miss Buttons has this habit of snatching letters/bills from my hands while I’m reading them and running around the room with that piece of paper in her mouth, looking for a safe place to destroy it! There’s never a dull moment with these bunners around!

And so, in July 2008, our little family expanded to include Hans. Are we going to stop at 3 bunnies? I don’t know, it’s really hard to resist their cute little faces!! But for now, 3’s the limit. We don’t have enough space in our apartment for more bunnies. Maybe when we move to a bigger place…

Alright, without further ado, here are the Furrybutts:

Furrybutt #1:

Buttons a.k.a. Boss Bunny

Buttons is the alpha bunny. She’s bonded to Yohji and she bosses him around, demanding lots of grooming from him. If she doesn’t get her way, she’ll head-butt him. Terrible little bunner! However, her relationship with Yohji is slowly improving as the days go by. I catch her grooming Yohji occasionally, which is something she never ever did when they were first bonded.

Buttons is also very territorial and doesn’t take kindly to new bunnies in our home. She greets them by lunging, growling and boxing them with her front paws! But, she’s the total opposite with humans. She’s not shy with humans, even those whom she has never met before.. and she gives us bunny kisses and licks!

Buttons is very sharp and alert. She must know all that is going on at home and she’s always there to investigate everything that we do. She knows her name, too! Sometimes she’s too lazy to come to us when we call her name, but she does turn her head to give us that ‘what do you want, now?!’ look, LOL! We all love her bratty butt to bits..

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Furrybutt #2:

Yohji

Yohji’s a real gentle bunny. Good thing he submits to Buttons, otherwise bonding these two would have been much more difficult!

For some reason, although we treat all our bunnies the same way, Yohji has never been too fond of humans. He would move away when we approach him (not so much out of fear, he doesn’t have that wide-eyed fearful look on him.. but more out of dislike of physical contact with us).

I’ve been working with him on his ‘issues’.. His weakness is his love for treats. He goes crazy for any sort of treat and would do anything to get a bite! So, I started out by sitting cross-legged on the ground while holding the treat close to my body. That way, he would have to stand on my legs to get his treat. He was very reluctant at first, but his cravings soon got the better of him.. now, he has no qualms about stepping all over me to get to the treat and he doesn’t move away if I go near him while he’s resting on the ground. He also allows me to pet him for long periods of time. But.. he still has issues with every other human at home. This is one tough bunny to win over!

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Furrybutt #3:

Hans

Hans is the littlest bun here, but he is full of bunnitude! If anyone gets in his way, he does not hesitate to nudge and push them away. With a lot of force! Sometimes, he even stands up on his hind legs and uses his front paws to kind of smack us and push us away. Cheeky, and oh-so-cute!

Hans is the first vocal bun here. Buttons and Yohji have never made any sounds (except for Buttons growling at new bunnies) but Hans baby-like sounds when I carry him. It’s as if he’s telling me off for having the nerve to pick a bun up! He also honks when I pet him.

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Furrybutt #4:

Bailey

We did it! We got a fourth bunny! So much for stopping at 3..

The initial plan was to bond Hans with Buttons & Yohji after Hans was neutered. That didn’t happen, because Buttons & Yohji continued to react aggressively towards Hans. So little Bailey joined the family as Hans’ companion. Hans had a role in picking Bailey.. read more about it in this post

Bailey is a sweet boy. He’s a very gentle bunny and never tires of grooming Hans. Bailey is also a rather vocal bun! He snorts a lot, although I haven’t quite figured out what triggers the happy snorts..

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Well, thank you very much for dropping by. We hope you enjoyed your visit, and do visit us again.. as often as you like!

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