The Bunny Rabbits are Remodeling Their House, Just Like Us

April 18, 2016

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This weekend, while making breakfast, Liz and I heard a big *THUMP* that came from the bunny cottage.

On closer inspection, we found that Daisy had chewed through the first floor – causing enough damage that the ramp more or less collapsed.

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Here she is, wondering “How did I get down here so fast?”

We’d been hearing Daisy bite and rip at the cardboard inside the cottage, but didn’t realize things had gotten to this point. I wish I had some video to share, as there were moments she got so into ripping into the walls… the whole cottage would teeter back and forth like it was moving.

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Detail view of the damage.

The funny thing to keep in mind is: Daisy is essentially doing a ton of demo in the bunny rabbit cottage, which exists inside our house… where we are doing a ton of renovations.

She took out a floor? We took out a floor. She removed the ramp to the first floor? We removed the stairs to the basement. And so it goes.

My joke was that we needed to get the rabbits a pet hamster, and put that guy inside the bunny cottage. Once we provide the hamster with a tiny hamster house, the full home renovation meta-joke would be complete.

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Despite all the construction on the first floor, I saw Phineas sitting proudly on the top floor – like, no big thing. But of course, he’s a fearless little guy.

For now the cottage is still stable, despite the damage Daisy’s inflicted. We’ll have to keep an eye on things though – if it gets too much worse, we’ll probably have to remove it entirely.