My family has a lop ear/dwarf rabbit cross breed that we affectionately call Mr.Snuggles.

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I have renamed him several times, he’s been Sir Poops a lot, Mr.Poopy, and now, Mr. Stupid.

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Mr. Stupid may be unbelievably adorable, and unquestionably soft, but he is not the sharpest bunny in the burrow.

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Mr. Stupid has matured, officially reached sexual maturity, and as such, has become a tiny bit territorial.  He apparently does not like it when a small hand reaches into his cage to empty his stinky litter box, or to fill his food bowl.  He growls now, and on occasion bites, if he feels particularly pissy about spending the night without food because he ate all of it within five minutes of having his bowl filled at bedtime.

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Paulina is absolutely the best pet owner in the world.  Every single morning she gets dressed before the rest of us and goes outside to see her precious pet (in the garage), and take care of all of his ‘necessities’.  She loves this bunny more than anyone.

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But Mr. Stupid apparently never learned the meaning of the phrase ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you’, because not only did he bite her, but he leaped at her when she was bent down talking to him and bit her in the face!!!  She came running into the house with blood streaming from an inch long cut on her lower lip, crying hysterically.  Crying not really from pain, even though it did hurt, but more from shock and upset that Mr. Snuggles Stupid could be that mean, to HER!

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After I had taken the kids to school I had a visit with Mr. Stupid and told him that he was going to have to say goodbye to his big pink testicles if he was going to be miserable with our girl.  I even threatened to get the scissors and perform the surgery myself.  He looked at me, all cute and fluffy, big velvet nose and whiskers twitching. He had no idea what I was saying, but somehow, somehow I felt better….

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As it turns out, Paulina is healing, but it’s slow going, as cuts on lips usually take time, especially with the cold weather we’re having.  Luckily she seems fine, other than the odd craving she’s developed for timothy hay and carrots….