Cute Pictures thread

[Sjofn]

Bunnies do still mark territory if fixed, it's just their main way of doing it is by rubbing their chin (which has scent glands) on everything and it is SO CUTE EEEEE. But yeah, you can litter box train them, it's really pretty easy, because they like to do their thing in a consistent spot. So you just find their spot, put a litter box there, and then once the rabbit is all THE LITTER BOX IS MY SPOT you can slowly move it to someplace more convenient (although all the rabbits I've known prefer corners naturally). My rabbit never ever went outside her cage at all (stray poops can happen, but another great thing about bunnies is their poop is dry and easy to vacuum). One of my sisters has a rabbit (he just turned 3!) and he is also litter trained.

If you rabbit proof (they do like chewing cables) you can even have them wander the house pretty much like a cat if you want, which is pretty much what my sister's rabbit does. He follows her everywhere in the house, it's really cute.

[rattran]

Yeah, rabbits, ferrets, rats, all fairly easy to litter train. I had a friend with a skunk that was reasonably litter-trained, but seemed to dislike shoes.

[Cyrrex]

I desperately want a cute widdle bunny for a pet, but I'm afraid of compromising my manliness and saying as much to my wife.  I think she already knows on some level.

[tgr]

Who cares about manliness when you have cuteness like this to behold:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdOJnpTWU_w

[Signe]

Get on of these kinds:


They could be considered manly, I guess.  You just say to your wife, "I want to have a big, hairy, manly bunny for a snuggle."  That should give her pause long enough for you pop out and find a giant bunny to adopt.  (there were several bunnies to adopt at the shelter we got Lister from, btw.  Evidently, bunnies are abandoned a lot.)

[01101010]

Get on of these kinds:


They could be considered manly, I guess.  You just say to your wife, "I want to have a big, hairy, manly bunny for a snuggle."  That should give her pause long enough for you pop out and find a giant bunny to adopt.  (there were several bunnies to adopt at the shelter we got Lister from, btw.  Evidently, bunnies are abandoned a lot.)

General Woundwort! 

[Cyrrex]

I'd need one of those really small, floppy eared ones though...for extra cuteness.  The one tgr posted in the youtube link would work, too.

[Sjofn]

You, sir, want a Holland Lop! That's the kind our bunny was. They stay an adorable size without seeming super fragile their whole lives. They also have the cutest head of any rabbit, in my opinion. I love Holland Lops.










Also, what could be manlier than saying, "I don't give a fuck if you think it's manly, I want a cute damn bunny?" Real men don't worry about manliness!

[Sjofn]

Also rabbits do get abandoned a lot, generally a few months after Easter, because people are morons and buy an EASTER BUNNY SQUEE and then the rabbit has the gall to be an actual animal instead of a cute decoration.


EDIT: Goddammit, I want a bunny again now. Damn cats and their desire to kill and eat things! 

Also, here is our dearly departed bunny, Usagi:

[Sir T]

Serious Question. how do Bunnies compare with cats on the intelligentbutcute petometer. I've been half thinking of getting a pet in the next year or two, and this thread has actually started me considering bunnies.

[tgr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CI0I0pF9yg

[Cyrrex]

You, sir, want a Holland Lop! That's the kind our bunny was. They stay an adorable size without seeming super fragile their whole lives. They also have the cutest head of any rabbit, in my opinion. I love Holland Lops.


Also, what could be manlier than saying, "I don't give a fuck if you think it's manly, I want a cute damn bunny?" Real men don't worry about manliness!

Not surprisingly, you're exactly right.  I want 5 of them.

[Signe]

As sweet and lovely as having a cute, little bunny would be, I think it would be awesome and even snugglier to have a giant bunny.

[rattran]

Lots more work than cats, and you really, really need to cover/secure every chewable wire in the house. They're not as good and getting stuck places as rats and ferrets, but much better than cats at it.

Also, only took a couple weeks to get my cats to stop trying to eat my rats, after about 6 weeks it was fine to leave them together unsupervised, though Oscar would freak out whenever one of the rats tried to groom him. He was fine grooming them. Rabbits shouldn't be more difficult to integrate into a cat household.

[Sjofn]

Serious Question. how do Bunnies compare with cats on the intelligentbutcute petometer. I've been half thinking of getting a pet in the next year or two, and this thread has actually started me considering bunnies.

They are dumber than cats, although I do not know where you place cats on the smart scale. It takes a lot more effort to rabbitproof the house if you want them to have the run of it (our rabbit had a specific Rabbit Zone rather than had the whole house for this reason) although once it IS proofed you're pretty much good to go. They have different personalities (so they're smart enough to have those, at least!), some are very snuggly and affectionate (we had a rabbit in my Youth who loved sitting in people's laps, etc), some like to have people AROUND but don't necessarily like to be held (Usagi was a good example of that, she only got snuggly once she was dying, but she clearly liked me even before that), etc.

I've only ever had one rabbit at a time, but I am told that they can get along well in pairs and such (after being fixed, natch), which makes sense, as they live in groups in the wild. :P

[Ingmar]

Rabbits can potentially be harder to integrate into a cat household at least with an older cat and a younger bunny, partly because rabbits can have this delayed heart attack fear reaction to being attacked; it depends how aggressive the cat is and how skittish the rabbit is. It is worse with dogs. Doing it the other way around though, where a new kitten is introduced to an established rabbit, typically the rabbit will put the kitten in its place pretty quickly and then things are OK. I especially would not attempt to introduce a rabbit to a cat that has actual hunting experience outdoors, that is asking for trouble.

As far as intelligence goes, rabbits aren't as dumb as you might think but I'm not sure I'd go all the way to calling them smart. They do some cute things (its pretty awesome when they flip out and jump/run around the house in odd ways) but they're not necessarily likely to like sitting in your lap or demand attention the way a cat does. They also can't purr which is a big flaw imo.   They do enjoy having their noses scratched or their ears rubbed, and will show appreciation by grinding their teeth together but it isn't the same kind of awesome feedback as a purr really.

They can be a bit destructive, too - our rabbit destroyed the bottom edge of some window curtains we had, along the entire length of the window, and would also systematically destroy things like magazines if she could get her hands on them. I don't know if I'd say they're a lot more work than cats, though, changing the cage is really only slightly more of a pain than changing a litter box, and feeding them is less work.

Oh they usually shed a lot too, if that's a problem for you.

[Sjofn]

Another rabbit bonus: They cannot throw up, therefore they don't puke all over the goddamn house like cats can.

[Signe]

Sjongmar!

[squirrel]

Another rabbit bonus: They cannot throw up, therefore they don't puke all over the goddamn house like cats can.

Which is a bonus - as the owner of two large dogs and a small cat I can quanitifiably say that a certain percentage of pet joy is diminished by the size and frequency of vomit piles left to deal with by said pet.

[Bzalthek]

I had a rabbit that threw up all over the place, though this was shortly before he died, and it was a pet while we were in Riyadh, and these things are more than possibly strongly related.

[kaid]

Bunnies do still mark territory if fixed, it's just their main way of doing it is by rubbing their chin (which has scent glands) on everything and it is SO CUTE EEEEE. But yeah, you can litter box train them, it's really pretty easy, because they like to do their thing in a consistent spot. So you just find their spot, put a litter box there, and then once the rabbit is all THE LITTER BOX IS MY SPOT you can slowly move it to someplace more convenient (although all the rabbits I've known prefer corners naturally). My rabbit never ever went outside her cage at all (stray poops can happen, but another great thing about bunnies is their poop is dry and easy to vacuum). One of my sisters has a rabbit (he just turned 3!) and he is also litter trained.

If you rabbit proof (they do like chewing cables) you can even have them wander the house pretty much like a cat if you want, which is pretty much what my sister's rabbit does. He follows her everywhere in the house, it's really cute.

Yup this is one of the nicer things about bunnies even if the poop in the wrong place its not a big deal as their poop is pretty non stinky and easy to vacuum or sweep up and in general even wild ones will typically go in a few specific places so its pretty easy to get them litter trained.

[Draegan]

[sickrubik]

I find myself wanting to make that my desktop in case I'm having a bad day.

[Mattemeo]

I've just spent the last few minutes watching that cat for the join in the loop. And I can't find it. I think I might be mesmerised.

[Teleku]

Theres an instance when the cats right paw opens that the camera wobbles a bit.  I think that has to be it.

[LK]

Maybe it's seamless because instead of looping it reverses to the start before looping.

[Mattemeo]

Maybe it's seamless because instead of looping it reverses to the start before looping.

I'm pretty sure that has to be the answer. Either way, it's exceptionally well done. I like to see a .gif made with pride.

[Goreschach]

I prefer to think the cat just does that for hours at a time.

[tgr]

The power of the kittypaws are awesome. I'm hypnotized.

[Draegan]

If I actually still got mail, I'd love one of these.

[tgr]

If I actually still got mail, I'd love one of these.

That's just awesome. The worst part is, I keep hearing a "DING!" as the rabbit reaches the end of the envelope, just like you do on a typing machine.

[LK]

The rodent has to earn its keep somehow. 

[Ingmar]

Pet peeve time!

Rabbits aren't rodents.

[Bunk]

That's just awesome. The worst part is, I keep hearing a "DING!" as the rabbit reaches the end of the envelope, just like you do on a typing machine.

 

Way to make me feel old. Seriously? A typing machine?

[tgr]

Way to make me feel old. Seriously? A typing machine?

I'm not sure what's so about that. Is it the usage of "typing machine" instead of "typewriter"?