One For You, All For Me

Picture this: It’s a normal Tuesday evening; I’m watching a movie on Netflix and eating cookies.  I place the package of cookies on a bench in my living room and get up to go to my bedroom.

I haven’t even made it out of the living room before Jojo, who was previously lounging about by his doghouse, gets up and goes hopping over to the cookies.  As I’m about to shoo his little butt away, I see him stand up on his tiptoes, place his face in the package of cookies and see his little tongue dart out and lick a cookie.

It’s only when I’m taking away the package do I notice the tiniest bite mark, and see that part of the cookie is now missing.  In short, Jojo not only licked a cookie, but he took a bite out of it as well.

If you didn’t know, bunnies are notorious for having a sweet tooth.  If it were up to them, they would eat nothing but fruits and treats.  Jojo is no exception to this; in fact, he could be the poster bunny for rabbits with sweet teeth. 

Raisins, bananas, oranges, apples, mango, papaya, the list could go on.  It doesn’t matter what kind of fruit it is, Jojo will inhale his serving and still demand more.  Because of this, I have to be careful whenever I’m eating fruit around him.  One sniff of a banana and he’s standing by my feet, nudging and demanding I give him some.

Being the impressionable bunnies that they are, Rigby and Pilot have modeled after their big brother, and have also recently taken to demanding treats from me.  While their method of begging is a little different, they’ll just stick their noses out and stand up, they won’t stop until they have been given something sweet as well.

The point here is don’t eat fruit unless you’re prepared to share, and make sure everything is located three feet or higher from the floor.

One of their favorite treats, dried orange-flavored cranberries
One of my favorites too :)

Procrastination Does Achieve Something

Procrastination was at its finest the other night, as I avoided my responsibilities by doing everything but my homework.  In my attempt to hide from the world, Jojo learned a new game.

So, the bunnies have this pile of popsicles sticks that they like to play with.  Rigby likes to chew and bite them half, Pilot only nibbles them, and Jojo prefers arranging them into a nice little pile.

On this particular night, I was sitting on the floor with Jojo, completely ignoring my homework.  I started petting him and massaging his jaw, when I noticed his popsicle sticks were thrown nearby. 

I stopped petting him, picked up one of the sticks and held it out in front of his face.  As curious as he is, Jojo started sniffing the stick and even went on to grab it with his teeth.  He then pulled the stick out of my hand, turned his little head and placed the stick beside him. 

Time after time, Jojo took the sticks out of my hand and placed them in his little pile by his side.  Even when he placed one of the sticks a little too far away, Jojo stopped to pick it up again and rearranged it into his neat little pile.  

Our little game continued for a good ten minutes or so before Jojo became bored and hopped away, but not without licking my nose first.  Apparently I did a good job at playing, and Jojo was very impressed with my stick holding skills.

Rigby on the other hand was not as thrilled, and instead, settled for a game of human fetch.  I held out a stick to him, only to have him grab it and toss it off to the side.  I went and picked it up, and held it out to him again, but he just did the same thing.  Over and over, Rigby threw and I fetched, just like the obedient bunny slave I am.  

Pilot though, couldn’t be bothered, and opted to just sniff at the sticks as he stretched out lazily.  He did however manage to find the energy to thump his foot at me when I scolded him for eating paper later on.  Needless to say, the remainder of my night consisted of not doing my homework.

Bunny Approved!