I don’t know if this thread fits here or not. I know Easter is around the corner and that is when kids get bunnies. I have seen recently first hand how that wouldn’t be a good idea.
About a week or two after Zachary was born, my 3 year old neice from Tampa came up to see us. She was very sweet and polite, but very high matience where Holly was concerned.
She came in Oh Bunny! Holly was in her enclosure. I said sure, but to be sure not to pick her up or pull her ears. Okay. Is what I got. I also told her that if Holly goes into a certain box that we have for her do not try to go in there or get her out. I didn’t tell Hallie why, but this is Holly’s get away from the world area. She gets very upset if even I try to pet her in there. Well where is Hallie? She is in the “get away from the world area. I then asked her mom if I could give Hallie a cookie. She said yes. Then I asked Hallie if she wanted one. I did this to give Holl a break.
She also brought in one of her toys for holly to play with. Needless to say the toy will never be the same.
After the cookie, Hallie askes if I wanted to pet the bunny. I had a huge laugh inside about this. I said “Honey, I get to pet Holly anytime I want. I don’t want to right now.” I knew this was the polite way to say I want to pet Holly. I asked everyone if they minded if I let Holly out. No one did. I left Holly’s enclosure open so she could make a quick get away if needed to and let her out. She walked around and took in the sites of my nephew laying on the floor and the people on the couch with the baby.
She stayed away from Hallie though and Hallie didn’t like this. I haven’t given Holly any treats at that time for several days, so I decided to let Hallie feed her. She did ok with a little piece of banana. It was just non stop. Then she did the same with the baby. I laughed again when she asked my husband “Do you want to hold the baby?” It cracked me up because like Holly we do it all the time.
If I had Zach before I had gotten Holly, I do not think I’d have gotten her. Right now, she’s non existant. It is hard to pet a bunny and hold a baby at the same time though. LOL
I guess my point to all of this is, I got to see first hand how much supervision you need with kids and bunnies. She could of easily been scratched herself or Holly could of been hurt if we weren’t on the ball.
Try saying Holly and Hallie together. It can be fun! Just like my two nieces Cindy and Sidney.
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Thank you so much for sharing this with us Holly!