We had a vet appointment this morning! Or rather, we should have. When I first adopted Moe Moe about six weeks ago, a well-intentioned friend gave me one of those soft-sided pet carriers. It's mostly padded vinyl with a mesh top and sides, and it zips.
Turns out (duh) they may work great for cats and dogs, but they're no good for bunnies, who can chew a hole in fabric in .2 seconds when they realize they're trapped. He chewed a hole just big enough put his nose through, then SHOVED his head so hard against it that the zipper unzipped itself down the side. Boing!
Clever Moe! Then he wanted head-pets. He was all NEENEERNEENER I EXCAPED XD
My emergency back-up plan was to put him in a big basket with a comfy fleece and some raisins at the bottom, something he wouldn't mind just chillaxin' in. Maybe I'd throw a towel over the top. He got in it willingly enough but it was too shallow and as soon as I lifted it up he made jumping-out-from-a-great-height motions. Basket went quickly back to the ground. Boing! Once again, clever Moe, this time happily chewing a raisin!
(He's usually pretty mellow, and this latter course of action could maybe have worked if I had a friend to do the driving while I held the basket in my lap and gave head-pets. But it's pretty much just me n' Moe. So no go.)
Thus, I have been outwitted!
I'v rescheduled his vet appointment. It was just a nails-trim and check-up, so it can wait. Now to acquire (hopefully at not too much expense) a more bunny-appropriate carrier. A couple I know have offered their extra hard-sided top-loading carrier that they can't get their kitties into. This will be perfect I think. I THINK. But I've been wrong before!
Moe Moe has had a victory flop and is now crunching half a carrot left over from breakfast, unfazed.
Turns out (duh) they may work great for cats and dogs, but they're no good for bunnies, who can chew a hole in fabric in .2 seconds when they realize they're trapped. He chewed a hole just big enough put his nose through, then SHOVED his head so hard against it that the zipper unzipped itself down the side. Boing!
Clever Moe! Then he wanted head-pets. He was all NEENEERNEENER I EXCAPED XD
My emergency back-up plan was to put him in a big basket with a comfy fleece and some raisins at the bottom, something he wouldn't mind just chillaxin' in. Maybe I'd throw a towel over the top. He got in it willingly enough but it was too shallow and as soon as I lifted it up he made jumping-out-from-a-great-height motions. Basket went quickly back to the ground. Boing! Once again, clever Moe, this time happily chewing a raisin!
(He's usually pretty mellow, and this latter course of action could maybe have worked if I had a friend to do the driving while I held the basket in my lap and gave head-pets. But it's pretty much just me n' Moe. So no go.)
Thus, I have been outwitted!
I'v rescheduled his vet appointment. It was just a nails-trim and check-up, so it can wait. Now to acquire (hopefully at not too much expense) a more bunny-appropriate carrier. A couple I know have offered their extra hard-sided top-loading carrier that they can't get their kitties into. This will be perfect I think. I THINK. But I've been wrong before!
Moe Moe has had a victory flop and is now crunching half a carrot left over from breakfast, unfazed.