There are few things in life Coco enjoys more than a nice snooze in a sunbeam.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Our big box of Timothy hay from Small Pet Select arrived today, and needless to say, the buns were very excited. They could smell the fragrant contents before I even opened the box. Cosette decided I was too slow opening it, so she started to help. She’s very good at unwrapping gifts.

She became a blur when I finally opened the box, swiping the first bite.

Coco decided he’d have better luck on the other side.

He happily munched away…

…until he realized that the lid had created a makeshift tunnel. He can never resist a good tunnel.

Cos started to wonder why I was taking photos. The clicking was ruining her dining experience.

“Still here, eh?”

I took the hint, and turned off the camera so they could eat in peace.

You can buy this hay online for your buns at Small Pet Select. Their boxes of Timothy hay come in various sizes all the way up to 60 pounds. (Click on the link for Timothy Hay on the left to see the larger size options.)

On the topic of hay, be sure to check out our article about the importance of hay in a rabbit’s diet.

Will you be my Valentine?

Happy Valentine’s Day from Coco, Cosette and MyHouseRabbit.com!

Here at My House Rabbit headquarters, we’re taking part in Apartment Therapy’s The January Cure. The idea is to spend a little time each day this month decluttering and organizing various rooms in our home. Of course, we had to include the bunny space on our list.

We started by recycling some of their overly-renovated cardboard castles and removing some of our underused items from the area. We then took the opportunity to tend to the flooring. After a thorough vacuuming, we shampooed the carpet with eco-friendly carpet detergent and a steam vac. What a difference!

Here is part of the rabbits’ space, decluttered with newly-shampooed carpets.

With the space now clean and decluttered, the fun began!  We rearranged the bunnies’ remaining cardboard castles and tunnels, which is always a delight for them. The change in scenery equates to a whole new playground for them.

Here they are enjoying their “new” space:

Cosette explores one of the tunnels.

Coco joins in the fun as Cosette investigates the tunnel from another angle.

Another tunnel?

Checking out the cardboard castle.

Doing some more renovations.

Thinking about going in the tube.

Taking a break after a tough evening of exploring and renovating.

Wishing everyone and their bun a happy 2013!

We selected a few standout photos from all the fantastic submissions in 2012. Enjoy!

Rabid Renovator: Stella

Submitted by Lauren S.

Snuggle Buddies: Angel

Submitted by Ashley H.

Cutest Peekaboo: Fidgit McGinty

Submitted by Rachel T.

Best Balance: Casper

Submitted by Lucy I.

Most Scenic: Karamel in Turkey

Submitted by Dilara G.

Who Me? Award: Thumbelino

Submitted by Vitaliy K.

Best Sharers: Clover and Hazel

Submitted by Leah S.

Softest Snoozer: Chewie

Submitted by Anne-Marie Z.

Bucket o’ Buns Award: Fuzzball and YoYo

Submitted by Brian and Cheryl B.

Furriest Pillow: Jacob (with Elliott)

Submitted by Cate K.

Tippiest Tip Toes: Angel

Submitted by Linda A.

Fuzziest Duo: Haku and Bell

Submitted by Hollie K.

Endearing Doe Eyes: Broccoli

Submitted by Wendy.

King of the Castle: Schatzi

Submitted by Ariana J.

Longest Tongue: Data

Submitted by N.

Stuffed Animal Lookalike: Dexter

Submitted by Catherine C.

Enthusiastic Explorer: Oreo

Submitted by Karyn S.

Most Ashamed: Petey

Submitted by Jessica M.

High and Mighty: Mikhail

Submitted by Jane S.

Best Behind: Mandeville

Submitted by Daisy.

Hope you enjoyed our roundup of great 2012 bunny photos!  Thanks to everyone who submitted pictures.

To see more adorable rabbit photos, check out our Photo Gallery and our Facebook page. If you would like to submit photos to the site, email them to info@myhouserabbit.com. Be sure to include your bunny’s name.

Via Reddit

Here’s the full video. For more cute videos of this bunny, see Ms. Lop Hophoperson’s YouTube video channel.

After Hurricane Sandy swept through My House Rabbit headquarters in New London, CT, some structural damage did occur.

Ok actually, that wasn’t caused by the storm. The bunnies happily continued on their normal business of renovating their cardboard castle as the hurricane raged outside. They don’t seem to pay attention to keeping the structural supports.

But in all seriousness, our area did sustain some pretty serious flooding and strong winds which caused a lot of destruction. We consider ourselves pretty lucky that we live pretty high up on a hill so we were safe from the coastal floods caused by the converging weather systems and the presence of a full moon.

We lost power yesterday afternoon (and continue to be powerless). We also had several big branches fall down, and we wondered if the tree was going to get uprooted and tip onto our house. The pavement by the roots looked cracked like the tree was trying to tilt.

But all in all, we made out pretty well considering. Hope everyone else on the east coast fared as well or better!

Here’s a special pumpkin we carved  for bunny lovers for this year!

A very elusive species of rabbit was caught on camera by a group of researchers who were in Sumatra studying wild cats.

According to Jennifer McCarthy, lead author and doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst:

As part of my dissertation research on the four felids, or cats, we also happened to get pictures of this very rare rabbit. There had been a few camera-trap photos seen of it before, but very, very rarely. We wanted to take these observations a step further, so we worked with colleagues from the University of Delaware and the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Indonesia Program to contact every researcher we knew throughout Sumatra who was doing camera-trap research, probably 20 or 30 people. This gave us good coverage of the island.

This unique striped rabbit was first photographed in 1998 and has been rarely seen since.

For more info, see Sci-News.