Several people have asked me recently how our bunnies are doing. They are great! After the initial struggles getting them to bond, Brayden and Tulip have had a strong bond for over a year. They are living their best lives as happy house rabbits. They have a large territory (our living room and dining room) where they free-roam 24/7. The two have very different personalities and each has his or her favorite spots where they spend time separately, but they also spend plenty of time together.
I've written a lot about rabbits over the years... the the joys of having rabbits as pets, whether or not you might be ready to adopt a rabbit (or two- they need companionship), and even the best gifts for rabbits. I haven't written much about their feet. Rabbits have four feet, with five toes on each front foot and four toes on each back foot. Each toe has a nail. (18 toenails x 2 rabbits = 36 units of torture for us and the rabbits every time they need a trim. Rabbits HATE having their feet touched.) But there's something rabbit feet don't have, as Brayden is helpfully demonstrating in this picture.
Do you know what's missing? Compare Brayden's foot to this screen shot of Google images.
Rabbits don't have paw pads. Not a toe bean in sight. Instead, they have coarse (relatively speaking) compressed fur on the bottom of their feet. I've made a lot of rabbit crafts over the years and you won't find a single project with paw pads. The next time you see a craft project or a branded product featuring paw pads on a bunny, you'll know it was made by someone who hasn't spent time with rabbits!
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