Nigel, Stella & Endicott (Australia)
If our bunnies were people..... Nigel would be a restaurant critic - quite the connesseur - or an architect - always a plan for those boxes (but had an unheathly fixation on water features). Stella - would be a private eye (if you saw her you would undertstand) very curious but prefers to hide in the shadows and watch - her cover is in a job as a court stenographer -furiously typing with total focus. Endicott is - Geraldo Rivera - unashamedly in the middle of whatever drama is going on and totally inappropriate!
Favourite toy?? Nigel - Stella was his favorite toy and toy boy. Apart from the occasional renovation, he was the love god! Nigel was also quite the music lover - for some reason the Bossa Nova really did it for him - hours on end spent on the fluffy rug, ears turned to the speakers. A bit of the crooning Chris Isaak also seemed to help him feel groovy! Stella's favourite toy was Nigel - loved being Nigel's toy boy/girl, also loved his slinky and a bit of box work! Endi would probably enjoy telly if he/she could sit still for long enough! Endi - loves boxes, sticks, fingers, feet, anything that can be moved with or without an associated ouch! Quite likes telly, but would rather get his choppers on the remote for other reasons than choice of channel.
Nigel reminds me of Greta Garbo - all red pepper lips and " I want to be alone" attitude. Stella reminds me of Anne Bancroft as Mrs Robinson - quite the seductress, yet a little sad and misunderstood. Endicott would be Tom Cruise - lots of teeth and really 'out there' but just a tad creepy really..... very very nice and polite on the surface, but something's not quite right...
Nigel was found under a car in a very busy street, and we didn't intend on keeping him. But the surrealism of him bouncing up the hallway or sitting and listening to music, his ears turned towards the speakers was too gorgeous. Then we realised we couldn't part with him, because we would always worry about him. So then we did a lot a research and it became clear no rabbit should be kept alone - they definitely need another of their kind - no matter how much love you give - rabbits give it in a very particular way. Then we saw a poor little bald rabbit in a horrid pet shop, being bullied by another rabbit and we knew she had to be saved. We had read so much about how rabbits don't get on and fight so we were very nervous, but the night they met, they took one look at each other, touched noses and then did a courtship under the dining table that was really a whirlwind relationship! And they slurped over each other every day since. And as it turned out, they were both fellas! Once Stella had been done, Nigel didn't have as many headaches (if you've had rabbits before you know what that means). Seeing them together and happy was the best gift - knowing we had done the right thing for both of them. We first thought that looking after two rabbits would be twice the work, but it actually halves it, because they get so much love and fun from each other! One little favourite memory I have of Nigel was the morning he completely forgot his manners when I was tucked up in bed with a hot cross bun. the smell of hot sultanas must have got the better of him. All I remember is being eye level with one singleminded white rabbit bounding across the bed, pushing my plate down with his front paws and making off with my bun!