~ILoveMyBunny~
Alpha Buck
... trying to give her a lovely, huge new cage... And she sulks with me.
Little Maple (not so little anymore!) needed a new cage. She and Jazzie have been living in a two tier cage that I originally bought for them both (before I knew they hated each other). After they started fighting I had to remove the ladder and cover the hole while I looked for a new cage. As it turned out, to two-tier one was a lot smaller than I thought it was and I knew they'd need another soon anyway. So I get together every penny I can and buy a huge new cage for Maple. It finally arrived yesterday and I made it lovely and welcoming for her with her bowls, litter tray, hay, toys ect...
And she hates me.
She has literally been sulking since last night. She gives me a glare every time I go past and spends 98% of her time sitting in her litter tray looking miserable. This morning while I was trying to sleep I got a single, very angry thump. A couple of minutes later, thump. This went on for at least half an hour. Not thumps of fear, thumps of one very sulky bunny.
She's normally such a happy bunny. I gave her a box in the end and she immediately changed (she loves boxes). She started binkying and head-flicking and getting all excited.
Then an hour or so later the novelty wore off and she went back to being grumpy.
Willow went through at least give different hutches/cages though her life, and I don't remember her being so grumpy about it. She was curious about where she was and had to settle in of couse, but I don't remember her sulking with me like this.
I am wondering if a part of it could be that she's now on the ground. She liked being up high looking over everything (she had the top tier).
*Sigh* :roll:
Little Maple (not so little anymore!) needed a new cage. She and Jazzie have been living in a two tier cage that I originally bought for them both (before I knew they hated each other). After they started fighting I had to remove the ladder and cover the hole while I looked for a new cage. As it turned out, to two-tier one was a lot smaller than I thought it was and I knew they'd need another soon anyway. So I get together every penny I can and buy a huge new cage for Maple. It finally arrived yesterday and I made it lovely and welcoming for her with her bowls, litter tray, hay, toys ect...
And she hates me.
She has literally been sulking since last night. She gives me a glare every time I go past and spends 98% of her time sitting in her litter tray looking miserable. This morning while I was trying to sleep I got a single, very angry thump. A couple of minutes later, thump. This went on for at least half an hour. Not thumps of fear, thumps of one very sulky bunny.
She's normally such a happy bunny. I gave her a box in the end and she immediately changed (she loves boxes). She started binkying and head-flicking and getting all excited.
Then an hour or so later the novelty wore off and she went back to being grumpy.
Willow went through at least give different hutches/cages though her life, and I don't remember her being so grumpy about it. She was curious about where she was and had to settle in of couse, but I don't remember her sulking with me like this.
I am wondering if a part of it could be that she's now on the ground. She liked being up high looking over everything (she had the top tier).
*Sigh* :roll: