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    • colleenbunny
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        We are having a big Superbowl party on Sunday, and there will be 4 children younger than 9 years old there, including my younger brother. What do you guys do when you are having guests over, especially when it will be REALLY loud (everyone there will be rooting for the Patriots, except for me, I’m actually a Seahawks fan). One option would be to keep the rabbit upstairs in my room, but I don’t have an xpen yet, so I wouldn’t be able to let him out, and my 8 year old cousin will have to be in our room. I could also just leave him in the sun room, where he can run around, but I can’t close the doors, or else the pipes will burst, so it will get really loud. I made a list of rule for the bunny for the kids:

        1. Gentle petting only

        2. Leave the rabbit alone if he hops away or goes in his cage

        3. No giving food to the bunny

        4. Don’t pick up the rabbit

        5. Leave the rabbit alone if he is in his cage

        Are there any rules I could add, and where should I keep him?


      • JackRabbit
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          Is there no other room he could be in where others won’t need to go? Unless he’s a super laid back bunny, I would guess the noise and strange people are really going to scare him. Is there another room your cousin could be in other than your room? I don’t know why your cousin must be in your room, but if your cousin can’t be around the other people, can you trust him in the room alone with your bunny?


        • Deleted User
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            As soon as Henry hears the word ‘party’, he’s outa here! He goes straight under our bed and won’t come out till the last guest leaves. Hey, if he thought we’d leave too, he’d wait for that as well – dam bunny! Lol!
            BUT we do make our bedroom out of bounds – no one is allowed! Just like a child or any other pet…. if they aren’t up for company/intruder’s, why would/should Henry be any different? We respect that, our bedroom is his while we entertain and our bedroom is a no guest zone.

            Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful, but I honestly have no other suggestion based on our experience and living arrangements with our bunny.

            PS – And do you trust kid’s??? When I was a kid I got bitten by a Cockatoo (I still have the scar, ha ha ha!), cause I kept poking my finger in – I couldn’t help myself! Lol! That Cockatoo taught me – not!
            Yep! Just looking at my finger, I can still see the scar! Ha ha ha ha! Luckily he was in a huge cage and I was only able to bother him.
            By the way, I hate that I did that – but that’s what some kid’s do……


          • colleenbunny
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              My cousin won’t have to be in my room during the day, but she needs to sleep there overnight. We have an extra room in the basement, but there are so many cords he could chew. My thought is to have him in my room during the day, and put him back in the sun room after everyone leaves but before my cousin needs to go to sleep.


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                Sounds perfect CB!


              • LBJ10
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                  I guess I’ve never really thought about it. We couldn’t have anyone over at our house anyway (the toilet is where?!). But even if we could, I don’t think the rabbits would be bothered. I mean, the Fourth of July is pretty uneventful around here. There are tons of loud fireworks going off everywhere, but Leopold doesn’t react because he can’t hear them. This keeps Wooly calm because he sees Leopold is calm. Neither one is afraid of strangers. They will approach anyone. o_O


                • LBJ10
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                    I do think what you have proposed is a good solution though.


                  • JackRabbit
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                      I think you’ve got your answer.

                      My bunnies, well the lops anyway, would be terrified with a party going on. Kieko would be intrigued! We don’t allow anyone in the bunny room without one of us there. Even with me in the xpen, Moshi will run and hide and Marlee will stand behind me and thump. They just get too scared with strangers around.

                      Kieko on the other hand will jump in her litterbox and observe for a few minutes. If the strangers don’t eat us then they must be investigated. She’ll lunge on their direction a couple of times to let them know she’s a big bad 3 lb bunny, and then expects ear rubs.


                    • JPetrucci84
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                        JR Kieko sounds too funny! I was on a date recently, and we both agreed that it seems like the smaller the animal, the more of a Napoleon complex they seem to have! I haven’t really had much company over with Cinder around, but she’s usually just fine hanging out in her cage.


                      • Little Lion Head
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                          I think your bedroom is a good idea too. That’s what we did over Thanksgiving (17 people in the house!). Plus you can give all the rules in the world to kids, but I personally wouldn’t trust them without my supervision. But I’m super paranoid! I told my 32 year brother not to pick up the bunny at least 10 times and he tried anyway! I think the quieter, less trafficky area would make your bunny the happiest!


                        • colleenbunny
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                            Thanks everybunny for the advice! Sunday went great! Nobody came though, because of all the snow up here!

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