Pets Anyone?

[Patti]

Originally Posted by Sugar

We have 4 cats and two free-roaming house rabbits!

CATS:
Emmitt is mostly black, but if you pet back his fur he's all white underneath--very strange. He's the most skittish, he was born feral and my husband brought him in when he was about 7 months.

Sara is completly silky black and Emmitt's mom. She came in the same time Emmitt did, except she is TOTAL housecat now! MAYBE she will sit on the front step, but that's it. It's like, "I had enough of outside, THANK YOU!" She's also the most friendly--she will come up to total strangers to be pet.

Charlotte is a very fat calico and not terribly bright. She has been referred to as "pillow-esque." Also a rescue from outside, but when she was a kitten.

Emily is Charlotte's sister (another calico) and while not quite as fat, she is the loudest. When she wants kitty treats she lets out this insistent RRAAIIWW. My husband calls her "Emily Air-Raid" (as in Air-Raid Siren).

RABBITS:

Zoe came from a shelter and is agouti colored (which means he's that speckly brown cottontails are). I chose him because his tag said, "Likes to play with cats," and I thought that was cool since we had cats. However, their definition of "play" must have been "likes to growl at and chase cats out of his territory," because that's what he does! Everyone always askes me if I'm worried about what the cats will do to the rabbits, and I have to explain that it's the other way around.

Funny story: Emmitt was on the chest of drawers in Zoe's bedroom once, and he couldn't jump onto the floor because Zoe was directly beneath him on the floor giving him the death stare. There was no way for Emmitt to get to the bedroom door by jumping on furniture, so after about 5 minutes he finally leaps over Zoe to the floor. But Zoe was right on his heels 'till he was out of the room! Zoe grunts too. Grouchy little bunny!

Josephine is the love of Zoe's life, though she is about 10 lbs. to his 6lbs. She is a cinnamon, which means her body is brown while her ears, feet, belly and nose are black. Very pretty. She also came from a shelter. Josie is very bold and likes her treats too, which are apple chips. She will come up and nudge my ankle if she wants some. She also has the cutest, hugest ears! She used to hop up on the bed but she hasn't in a while.

Don't let anyone tell you rabbits are timid! Just ask my cats!

I love all your descriptions! Those rabbits sound cute as hell--no way could I have them, my dogs like to chase rabbits.