out of his shell..er, cage

So I think Jake, our rabbit, has finally decided he likes us. He really truly likes us. A while back I put a small rug outside of his cage door so he could hop out without slipping on the vinyl flooring. He liked his rug a lot, and would hop in and out of his cage, but rarely leave the rug. So on Monday I bought him a LONGER rug (a 6' x 2' runner-type) and put it outside his cage. Thinking that if nothing else, he now had a bit more room that he felt comfortable hopping around on. Well, give him an inch and he takes a mile! He has now decided that he looooves hopping around the family room (adjacent to the kitchen and a few feet away from his cage. He hops around, up on the sofas, under the ottoman, on Daisy's bed, everywhere! And tonight he has, several times, turned into a rabbit blob due to ecstasy while we've been scritching his head.

We're pretty happy that he has decided to officially join the family now.

Happy Holidays, from the Family Pets!

"See how we are waiting so patiently for our food? Well, that patience will soon run out!"



"We like to play in this paper. Isn't it great to have a mom who leaves junk around the house for us to play with?"



"This is where I hang out while mom is running her errands. Do I look sufficiently bored?"



"This small hairless one likes to hang out with me. I allow it."



"There seems to be a fat intruder in my house. Huh."



"Look, there's a reason there are no holiday tales about cats. We hate holidays. And this is why."

meet Jake

Jake is/was my sister-in-law Tina's rabbit, but she went off to college so he needed a new home. We are happy to have him, and he fits in with the black & white theme we apparently have settled on for our larger pets. (The rat colony presently includes some brown, though it too was B&W for a time.) He's about 6 years old, and hopefully has another 2-4 years with us.