Can Bunny's Climb Stairs???
jb...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Hello All:
I have a question, has anybody ever taught their rabbit to climb stairs or
go down them? My husband and I fell in love with this house we would like
to buy, but it is a 4 level split and has stairs through out the house.
Ivan and Anna bunny have always had full reign of the apartment, but now
having a home full of stairs would they be able to learn to climb, or
would then end up being stuck in one end of the home?
If anybody has learned to teach their rabbit to climb stairs, how did you
do it?
Kathy
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Boyana Norris
There are stairs from the door of Peter's cage to the ground.
They are made of big cement blocks. He not only has no trouble
going up and down, but he sometimes does it just for the fun of it.
Even his house-mate, the guinea pig Bella, has no trouble with
the stairs. I didn't have to teach Peter to do this, but
putting a treat on top of the stairs (or at the bottom if you
want them to go down) may help.
Boyama
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Hi Kathy.
My rabbit does climb stairs, actually he does it quite fast; descending the
stairs he does also, although at a much slower pace <s>. He taught it
himself, I did not have to do anything. But I have to tell you that the
stairs he is climbing are carpeted. I don't know if a rabbit will climb
bare wooden stairs, probably that depends on the rabbit himself. You might
want think about carpeting the stairs partly or complete.
jb...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote in article
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> Hello All:
>
> I have a question, has anybody ever taught their rabbit to climb stairs
or
> go down them? My husband and I fell in love with this house we would
like
> to buy, but it is a 4 level split and has stairs through out the house.
>
> <snip>
>
> Kathy
>
Sharon Hes
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997 11:06:24 -0800, <ralfandg...@msn.com> wrote:
My Softie has been going up and down our stairs since just about all
of the two months we have had her. She runs up and down the stairs
with ease. When she runs down the stairs after me, I fear she may
slip, but she has good control. BTW, our steps are bare wood, as are
virtually all of our floors.
BTW, we seem to have created a very comfy habitat for Softie by
putting several boxes on the floor under the dining room table and
leaving the dining room chairs pushed in, with a tablecloth hanging
down. She loves to sleep on the the chairs during the day, and hangs
out somewhere in the boxes at night. I now try to treat the space
under the dining room table like her cage -- it is her habitat, and I
stay out of it. (She is never put in the cage, but it is there for
her to retire to if she wants privacy.)
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Joel Borden
Oh, yeah. My girlfriend's Mini Rex, Fricassee, was adopted when she (the
bunny, not my girlfriend) was about 4 months old. It took Fricassee
about 6 weeks, but by the end of that time, she was racing up the
carpeted staircase like she had been doing it all of her life. We didn't
try to train her, she just one day noticed that the room had an "up"
exit and gave it a try. Now, she likes to hang out "splatted" at the
very top of the stairs, mistress of all she surveys.
Joel
Michael Hui
I recommend carpeting the stairs if you have a really
fast running rabbit who is also the playful type.
An old bun of mine was _so_ playful and fast, he just
scrambled down the stairs, stumbling at times, simply
because he was so single-mindedly having such maximum
fun running up and down those stairs.
Dennis Quon
jb...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
>
> Hello All:
>
> I have a question, has anybody ever taught their rabbit to climb stairs or
> go down them? My husband and I fell in love with this house we would like
> to buy, but it is a 4 level split and has stairs through out the house.
> having a home full of stairs would they be able to learn to climb, or
> would then end up being stuck in one end of the home?
>
> If anybody has learned to teach their rabbit to climb stairs, how did you
> do it?
>
> Kathy
>
> --
> James / Kathleen Brock --- jb...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
> Opinions dictated to us by Sasha da'Bird and Ivan & Anna Bunny!!
Hi Kathy,
Our bun Mona, a two and a half year old mini holland lop, has been
climbing our stairs ever since she joined us as a young four month old.
Mona has trained herself to climb and acts more like a cat climbing
anything she can.
Mona as free reign of our bunny-proofed basement during the day and
climbs our bare wood stairs to reach the first floor. Mona always wants
to join us upstairs, however she was initially very apprehensive about
our basement stairs as they were typical "basement" stairs with no
boards between the risers. After placing plywood to blank out the
"lofty" view, our rabbit frequently joins us upstairs. Once on carpet,
Mona becomes a speed demon climbing on carpetted stairs faster than my
wife and I can travel.
Dennis Quon
Christine Farinas-Krushensky
Kathy,
you can rest assured that your bunnies will love to run up and down the
stairs in your new home. As you know rabbits are inquisitive and once they
get the hang of going up a few steps, they'll be doing it all the time.
have fun.
Christine
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Susan L. Bane
Our Benjamin climbs staris all the time - and he's a very little guy.
We didn't teach him to do it - he just does. He can also open doors
that are slightly ajar.
Brad & Dona Bolton
Yes, indeed, bunnies do love running up and down stairs. Strwaberry,
our youngest, does it easily, on linoleum stairs. Marshmallow, the
elder, couldn't care less, however. Strawberry runs like the wind to
traverse the things, as if she is afraid of them. But it must be worth
the trip, because she loves to be downstairs when there, and upstairs
when she returns.
Brad Bolton
Sackley3
Yes rabbits are great climbers of stairs. Our rabbit goes up and down our
basement stairs whenever she wants. She is quite fast at it.
BStevedebo
When we moved into our townhouse last year we had the same concern about
our girl, Buddie. It took her a few days but she taught herself to climb
up and down the stairs....and they are quite steep. She is a real pro at
it now and when she is 4 steps from the top, she flies over them to
top....your bun will be able to do the same.
Good luck
Rose Fitzpatrick
Both our bunnies can climb stairs. Grover can run up and down the stairs
easily. Theo, who is less graceful, can climb the stairs with intense
concentration: but he has difficultly getting back down! He is a very
round mini-lop (not fat, just burly) and he tends to succumb to gravity
and roll down the stairs! Fortunately, he is only inspired to actually
attempt the downward journey if he sees Mommy or Daddy below.
Which brings me to the best way to get your friends to try the stairs:
put yourself on the level they are not and wait. Curiosity ("Where did
Mom go?") and simply wanting to be with the family are good motivators.
Rose
(Grover and Theodore's Mom)
Tezoo
hi, I had to teach my black 3 yr. old lop to jump off of my bed when he
was little, he could always hop up. And i have 12 stairs he now races up
and down, but in the beginning i had to put him on the last two stairs and
bodily show him what to do.
charlott...@gmail.com
> Hello All:
>
> I have a question, has anybody ever taught their rabbit to climb stairs or
> go down them? My husband and I fell in love with this house we would like
> to buy, but it is a 4 level split and has stairs through out the house.
> Ivan and Anna bunny have always had full reign of the apartment, but now
> having a home full of stairs would they be able to learn to climb, or
> would then end up being stuck in one end of the home?
>
> If anybody has learned to teach their rabbit to climb stairs, how did you
> do it?
>
> Kathy
>
>
> --
> James / Kathleen Brock --- jb...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
> Opinions dictated to us by Sasha da'Bird and Ivan & Anna Bunny!!
Sally Evans
> Hello All:
>
> I have a question, has anybody ever taught their rabbit to climb stairs or
> go down them? My husband and I fell in love with this house we would like
> to buy, but it is a 4 level split and has stairs through out the house.
> Ivan and Anna bunny have always had full reign of the apartment, but now
> having a home full of stairs would they be able to learn to climb, or
> would then end up being stuck in one end of the home?
>
> If anybody has learned to teach their rabbit to climb stairs, how did you
> do it?
>
> Kathy
>
>
> --
> James / Kathleen Brock --- jb...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
> Opinions dictated to us by Sasha da'Bird and Ivan & Anna Bunny!!