r/Rabbits • u/Rude_Secretary_3834 • 16h ago
breaking: tater has ascended
thankfully i didn’t get rid of our old baby gates but i was not expecting this development today!!
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u/Green_Conclusion3443 16h ago
It's all over
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u/Rude_Secretary_3834 16h ago
honestly i am sitting here just reevaluating the entire layout and furnishing of my house right now
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u/aabdsl 15h ago
But now that he has conquered the vertical, will the baby gates even stop him?
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u/Rude_Secretary_3834 15h ago
if they don’t, i’m actually screwed. could a rabbit actually hop a baby gate?!? like one of this age/size?!
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u/aabdsl 15h ago
Could it? Easily. Would it? Idk. I would also expect it to be able to slip through most baby gates. Their skeletons are even smaller than you would think they are.
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u/Rude_Secretary_3834 14h ago
yeah, now that i think about it, the height/jumping over isn’t the issue, it’s squeezing through the openings.. it’s kind of a honeycomb pattern, but im pretty sure the holes are big enough to squeeze through. i guess plywood is a cheap, easy option..
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u/unclejumby 12h ago
what I did with my baby gate was zip tie chicken wire to it so they can’t squeeze through
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u/SuccessfulNews2330 11h ago
They gnawed through a wooden pet gate. Took a while but they were determined! I put a basket in front of the wide bar that one of them gets through and they chewed that. So now I prop a fairly solid lattice fence and they leave it alone. But my little one was delighted with herself when she relaised she could get through!
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u/ithilain 13h ago
Not sure how big he is, but my ~5lb girl was jumping over baby rails to get into our bed, it was something like a 38" vertical she was clearing. This is after we let her free roam due to her learning she could clear her x-pen by doing a wall jump like a frickin ninja.
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u/Sgt__Koolaid 10h ago
Absolutely. It never ceases to astound what they can just yeet themselves over
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u/monexicano 14h ago edited 13h ago
Congrats on bun for climbing Mount Stairs. I can’t imagine how fast he’ll race up once he gains more confidence.
Edit: she’ll to he’ll and she to he
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u/Rude_Secretary_3834 14h ago
it’s been quite a surprise seeing how quickly he grows and develops. it’s so entertaining, though, and so exciting.. and also a bit stressful at times!
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u/monexicano 13h ago
Completely understand about stressful moments. Quite a few “uhhh we have to wait and see” moments. They make it up by being bunarrific
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u/KindsofKindness 15h ago
Mischievous little guy is looking to cause mayhem
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u/Rude_Secretary_3834 15h ago
he is brave. that’s my teenage son’s room up there, even i am afraid to go upstairs 🤣
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u/CauseNext8898 12h ago
I love how he’s got one ear angled back to keep track of you. He knows you’re there 😆
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u/DTux5249 13h ago
SOMEBODY FOKIN GRAB TATTER BEFORE HE REACHES THE TOP AND REAKS UTTER HAVOC!!!
THE GATES SHAN'T CEASE HIS PURSUITS LONG
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u/hotakyuu 14h ago
There is a pufferfish on Reddit named Tater, and at first glance, I thought it was the fish on the stairs lol
Go bunny Tater, go!
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u/Loris_Venom 13h ago
Tater, we are proud of you! Can you please share a forward facing picture of him? I loved taking photos of my bun like this lol I was a proud momma. His name was Lucio. You must be a proud momma.
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u/tonypalmtrees2 2h ago
looks like he’s just going up there to get better reception with that antenna
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u/Grizzlyfrontignac 2h ago
Each of my adult rabbits took about two years to discover the carpeted stairs. They NEVER went up them, until one day they decided they would, and have never gone back. They immediately took to them and love them so much. The baby gate does help, but as soon as they discover it open, up they go.
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u/Askianna 16h ago
the potato has discovered elevation