The modern house rabbit is much more likely to spend the day investigating everything within hopping range, lying around in ridiculously cute poses, thinking up new bits of mischief to get into, streaking around the room like a mad March hare, and maybe then munching on a carrot or two if no tasty furniture or electrical cords are handy.
Esther, my first bunny, lost no time in informing me that cages with shut doors were not her idea of appropriate rabbit accommodations. They might be fine for her layabout guinea pig companion, Buffy, but the young rabbit on the go needed full run of the house to stretch her legs and find good things to gnaw on.
Esther was a rabbit who believed in plenty of daily exercise - the wired variety of bunny who didn't go in for sitting quietly on someone's lap. If she wanted a petting or grooming session I had to get down on the floor with her. In that respect she was like my current companions, Eve and Lilith. But in other ways the three couldn't be more different.
Esther liked to follow me around like a little puppy. Endearing as this was, it sometimes resulted in me nearly tripping over her on the stairs several times and her being sent flying across the floor a few times when I changed course unexpectedly.
Lilith and Eve are friendly but reserved. They keep each other company most of the day - grooming and snuggling together one minute and chasing each other like lunatics the next. Though they often pretend to be independent, they always seem to save their wackiest behavior for times when I'm around to watch. And nothing annoys Eve (the dominant bunny) more than seeing me greet and pet Lilith first before she's had HER greeting! Everybunny needs a little love and attention, no matter how independent.
Esther firmly believed that everything has its place and it should stay there. In her daily rounds of inspection, she would freeze in her tracks if she discovered her favorite play carton had been carelessly knocked out of place an inch or two, and an unexpected new piece of office equipment or furniture was enough to send her into a state of panic for most of the morning.
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