I have been remiss in not mentioning Nip and Tuck lately. They just turned eleven a few weeks ago and I’ve been meaning to comment on them ever since. They still don’t think much of me (they love my wife) but they’ve learned to tolerate me over the years. They’re still pretty active and feisty as the dickens. This picture was taken last night at dinner time.
Winter seems to be very, very hard on all of our animal companions. I note that Mover Mike has lost his golden retriever, Amber, and Marc Danziger (Armed Liberal) is bidding a slow, sad farewell to their 18-year old cat. Since 14 is the oldest recorded age for a rabbit (to my knowledge), we know that some day in the not-too-distant future either Nip or Tuck won’t be with us any more. They’ve never been separated since the day they were born so I suspect that will be quite hard on the survivor—I doubt that he’ll outlive his “brother” (they’re not actually brothers but were born to separate litters on the same day) by a great deal. But if they live through this shedding season I suspect they’ll make it through the summer. Melancholy stuff.
On a somewhat lighter note I notice that Silflay Hraka is also doing bunny-blogging (but in a more cheerful vein). And I’ve recently located a new blog, Lagomorphic Tendencies (contrary to common opinion rabbits are not rodents but lagomorphs). It’s worth a look if only for the very amusing blogroll.
Question: Have you rabbits ever turned into finicky eaters?
A few months ago, Marmalade stopped eating her hay. We took her to the vet, and the vet concluded she had dental problems. The dental problems have been addressed … and Marmalade still won’t eat hay. Only wants vegetables or pellets.
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I like the pair of names. We once had a pair of hamsters named Dunk and Fife.
Thanks, triticale. We considered lots of names. I was holding out for Leopold and Loeb but my wife wouldn’t hear of it.
We’ve got friends who’ve had cats with clever pair names: Abi and Stoli (Absolutnaya and Stolichnaya) and Mike and Ike.