Our little rabbit turns four today. And yes, we will be celebrating. People still find it fascinating that we have a rabbit for a pet. They are even more intrigued when they learn that we do not keep her caged up and she is litter trained. I guess it does sound a little peculiar...
At some point toward the end of college, we decided we wanted to purchase a pet rabbit. No rhyme or reason...we just wanted to do it. And do it we did... I remember calling every pet shop in town trying to locate a lop rabbit on the Friday before Easter 2007. That was no easy feat. The only lop left in Lex was a gray one--way across town.
The day we marched into the Eastland Pet Shop, all we knew about rabbit ownership could be attributed to what we had seen in the OC. Surely it couldn't be that much work. Were we ever wrong!
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| Enjoying a few blueberries on her last Birthday |
In those first few months, Hocus chewed through electrical wires and remote control buttons, dug the carpet bare in bedrooms and dug at sheets and pillow cases until they were filled with holes. And, before she was litter trained, she used to use Jacob's bed as her litterbox. Ick!
Things have certainly changed since the beginning--she is noticeably calmer and much more laid back. I wouldn't say she is any sweeter than the day we first brought her home--she has quite the mean streak in her. But instead of wreaking havoc on the house, her days are spent lounging and sleeping. Truly the life.
Happy 4th Birthday Hocus Pocus!
