Dear Weatherman

Bunnies like it to be about 55 degrees, not 102. Unfortunately for me, this makes having a bunny very stressful. As a first-time bunny owner (we got Bruce a week ago), I freak out easily. I have looked online to find out how to cool off my bunny and let me tell you, Bruce is not having it. I gave him a frozen water bottle and he pushed it away; I put a wet washcloth on the floor of his cage..he laid on it for a few minutes then grabbed it in his teeth and moved it to the other side of his cage. Online they said I could give him a fan but not to put it directly facing him. I tried this, but when he's hopping around outside his cage, he stands in front of the fan...so I put it directly on his cage when I get scared about him overheating and he likes that.

So it's been hot all week and I've been on edge about Bruce. Then the other day, I got a text from my roommate that said that all of his water was gone when she got home. This is weird because he never drinks half his water and I didn't even think he could reach the bottom of his cup. I got this text about 20 minutes late because I was in class and trying not to check my phone (which failed, obviously). So I asked her if he was okay. She responded with, "I don't know, I had to leave for class but he was sitting there then randomly fell over." This is definitely a situation where I would not have left for class. I'd spent 15 minutes that morning trying to get him out from under her bed and was late to my internship. Luckily, my class ended then so I rushed home to find out if he was dead or in a coma. He was hanging out in his cage, perky as a bunny, with his whiskers blowing in the wind of the fan. Oy.



The other thing I found online is "how to train your dragon rabbit." I decided to wait a bit until Bruce stops being so scared of us, but since we've been scaring him out from under every bed and chasing him around to get him back into his cage, this isn't happening so quickly. So I tried a little of this training early on. Obviously, you train the bunny with food. Bruce likes apples, grapes, cucumbers (not the "treats" I bought at the pet store and not carrots) so I grabbed an apple and held it a few feet in front of him. Nothing. He only digs it if you bring it right up to his mouth or lay it in front of him.

Looks like we have a stubborn rabbit.
which means he takes after me


Luckily, the temperature's going down and Fall is on its way. The only thing I have to worry about now is clipping his nails...which terrifies me actually.
But for now, Bruce is running around my room (and under beds), hopping up to the computer and sniffing my shoes. All is well in the bunny world.