Hoppy New Year! 🎉🥳✨

 Hoppy New Year!

Dansk version

Så træder vi ind i det nye år, og nytårs raketter flyver om ørerne på os alle sammen. Heldigvis er vi så heldige at Sandy og Molly slet ikke fare sammen, når de høre et brag. De må være så vant til det, men os mennesker derimod farer sammen ved hvert brag, og ja, det er faktisk lidt pinligt, at vi bliver mere bange end kaninerne.

 

Når det er nytår så er der en særlig stemning og det kan være nogle larmende dage både op til og lidt efter nytår men heldigvis så tager kaninerne sig ikke så meget af de støjende raketter og andet fyrværkeri men det er dog stadig utrolig forstyrrende, hvilket påvirker kaninerne søvn og indre ro. 

Men lidt festligt kunne det dog godt være, og hvad er bedre at fejre nytår med end godbidder og lækkerier og MASSER af snacks? Det startede ud med at snuderne fik nogle runde "cookies", der havde gulerod og pastinaksmag. Molly løb rastløst rundt med sin cookie i munden, for hun vidste ikke, hvor hun ville sætte sig til rette for at spise sin nytårssnack.

Lidt senere fik de også en slags nytårsbuffet, men selvfølgelig eget til kaniner. Udvalget bestod af deres daglige salatskål, som er gulerødder i små tern og hjertesalat, som var skåret i små stykker, men i dagens anledning var der tilføjet lidt ekstra lækkert. I dagens anledning var der også vindruer skåret på langs, to små bananskiver (én til hver) samt æblestykker skåret i baner. De spiste denne buffet med velbehag.

Bagefter blev der serveret en ret bestående af tørret græs fra haven som er både tørt og grønt, og som egentlig er hø men bare meget grønt og fyldt med diverse små planter såsom kløver og bellis blomster. I dette grønne hø var der balndet tørrede æblesnackchips, tørrede peberfrugtstykker, som var blevet lidt bløde med tiden samt knasende gulerodschips. Begge snuder stak straks snuden ned i bunken og ledte efter snacks men det kunne godt fornemmes, at der lige blev tygget på lidt grønt dejligt velduftende hø indimellem.

Men det var næsten blevet tid til at lukke kaninerne ind i deres base, som er buret. Her er der sikkert fra fyrværkeriet, der eventuelt måtte flyve i deres retning. Det er vigtigt at kaninerne er i sikkerhed, for man ved aldrig, hvor alle de raketter kan fare hen. Men inden de blev lukket ind skulle der indrettes og gøres hyggeligt i basen, for kaninerne skulle jo trods alt opholde sig der en del timer. Der blev indrettet med lidt hyggelige ting, som Molly og Sandy kunne lege med i løbet af aftenen og natten. Grankogler blev lagt ind til dem, frisk halm blev givet adskillige steder, som både er aktiverende og bare hyggeligt at sidde og gumle på. Særligt Molly gør meget ud af at finde de helt rigtige strå. Diverse grene herunder æble- og pilegrene i små størrelser blev lagt ind. De skulle jo nødig fylde hele buret. De fik selvfølgelig også frisk vand samt en masse lækkert nyt hø, som både blev lagt i høhækkene og lidt her og der. Der blev også lagt lidt af det ældre halm op omkring buret, for at det skulle virke lydisolerende og generelt afskærme for larmen og de mange lysende blink, der lyste himlen op den aften. 

Ved indlukning kiggede Sandy ud gennem den lille låge og satte begge sine poter op på lågen og kiggede spørgende på mig. Hun mente at der var sket en fejltagelse og hendes blik sagde det hele. Molly satte sig helt hen ved tremmerne, og så stak hun forsigtigt sin snude ud gennem dem og kiggede undersøgende på mig. Hun satte så begge sine poter op på tremmerne og kiggede trist eller sørgmodigt op på mig for at tjekke, om det nu også var sandt, men det var det. Hun var blevet lukket inde. Men lidt efter havde de accepteret, at lågerne var blevet lukket, og de begyndte så at udforske de forskellige genstande, der lå hos dem i basen. Kaninerne bliver dog kun lukket ind sjældne gange ved fx nytår og få andre ting, men det bliver udelukkende gjort, for det er et spørgsmål om sikkerhed og tryghed for alle, når det nye år står for døren og det samme gør alt fyrværkeriet og nytåret.

Molly og Sandy blev lukket ud igen, da det igen blev stille på himlen og dette var ved 3-tiden om natten. Der blev først tjekket om løbegården var intakt, og om der var raketter eller andet fyrværkeri, der havde forvildet sig ind til kaninerne i løbegården, men det var der heldigvis ikke. De lå og sov, da vi kom for at lukke dem ud, så de hoppede søvnigt ud af buret, men de ville trods alt gerne ud og strække benene. Så de løb sig lige en runde rundt i løbegården, for at tjekke om alt var okay, og så satte de sig ellers til at sove igen.

English version

When it's New Year, there is a special atmosphere and it can be some noisy days both leading up to and a little after New Year, but luckily the rabbits don't care too much about the noisy fireworks, but it's still incredibly disturbing, which affects the rabbits sleep.

But it had to be a bit festive, and what better way to celebrate the New Year than treats and LOTS of snacks? It started with the bunnies getting some "cookies" that had a carrot and parsnip flavour. Molly was running around restlessly with her cookie in her mouth, because she didn't know where she wanted to sit and eat her New Year's snack.

A little later they also got a New Year's buffet, but it was of course made special for rabbits. It was their daily salad, which normally is carrots in small cubes and heart salad, which was cut into small pieces, but for today's occasion a little extra deliciousness was added. For today's occasion, there were also grapes cut lengthwise, two small banana slices (one for each) and apple pieces cut into slices. They ate this buffet with satisfaction.

Afterwards, a dish was served consisting dried grass from the garden, which was both dry and green, and which was actually hay but just very green and filled with various small plants such as clover and bellis flowers. In this green hay, there were put dried apple snack chips, dried pepper pieces that had become a little soft, and crunchy carrot chips. Both bunnies immediately stuck their snouts into the pile and looked for snacks, but it could be sensed that they were chewing on some green, nice-smelling hay every now and then. You buns can't fool me! 

But it was almost time to let the rabbits into their little cozy cage. Here it is safe from the fireworks that might fly in their direction. It is important that the rabbits are safe, because you never know where all those firework goes. The rabbits had to stay there for several hours so the cage was made quite comfortable. It was made comfortable with some nice things that Molly and Sandy could play with during the evening and night. Fir cones were put in the cage for them, fresh straw was given at several places, which is both activating and just nice to chew on. Molly in particular uses a lot of time to find just the right straws. Various branches including apple and willow branches in small sizes were put in. They didn't want to have a filled cage so we kept it at a minimum. Of course, they also got fresh water and a lot of delicious fresh hay. Some of the straw was laid against the wall of the cage to sound isolate and cover for the flashes of fireworks.

When the rabbits were guided to go inside the cage Sandy looked out through the small gate and put both paws on the gate and looked at me questioningly. She thought there had been a mistake and her look said it all. Molly sat right next to the bars and then she carefully poked her nose through them and looked at me inquisitively. She then put both her paws up on the bars and looked up at me sadly or mournfully to check if it was true but it was. She had been locked in the cage. But after a while they had accepted that the gates had been shut and they then began to explore the various items that were with them in the cage. However, the rabbits are only put in the cage on rare occasions at e.g. New Year and a few other things, but this is done exclusively because it is a matter of safety and security when the New Year fireworks fly around.

Molly and Sandy were let out again when the sky became quiet again and this was at 3 o'clock in the morning. We first checked whether the run was intact and whether there were peaces of the firework that had found its way into the rabbits in the run, but fortunately there were none. The rabbits were sleeping when we came to let them out, so they walked out of the cage sleepily, but they still wanted to go out and stretch their legs. So they just ran around in the run to check if everything was okay, and then they went back to sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

Molly and Sandy eating their buffet of varied food

 

 

 

New year buffet for the best bunnies ever!