{"id":4972,"date":"2017-02-22T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T20:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2017-02-22T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T20:28:53","slug":"living-with-bunnies-and-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4972","title":{"rendered":"Living With Bunnies and Birds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you share a home with bunnies and birds, you must make loads of compromises. Bunny proofing means protecting or removing anything that can be chewed that is up to approximately 3 feet high, unless the bunny likes to climb on furniture. One of our bunnies runs laps on the back of the sofa.<\/p>\n<p>It is incredibly difficult to bird proof a room. Removal of plants and anything that they might want to tear and shred is a given. But don\u2019t forget about the thin iPad\/iPhone power cables. They love to chew them. <\/p>\n<p>One of my <i>See a Penny<\/i> pieces has been hanging on the dining room wall since I completed it in March of 2013. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/AfterJuteIMG_8689.jpg\" alt=\"See A Penny\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Completed See a Penny piece prior to hanging in dining room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today I found one of the pieces of mirror on the floor. When I replaced the mirror, I noticed damage\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/PennyDamage_IMG_1647.jpg\" alt=\"See A Penny Damage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and certain the culprit is either The Bird or Bob.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/TheBird.jpg\" alt=\"The Bird\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">The Bird<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Bob.jpg\" alt=\"Bob\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>They both love landing and perching on the piece, but I didn\u2019t realize chewing was involved.<\/p>\n<p>I could attempt giving the birds a misting with water as a deterrent. Probably would not be a deterrent for Bob because he frequently takes a bath in Big Baby\u2019s water dish.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/BabyInChair1.jpg\" alt=\"Big Baby\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Big Baby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Haven\u2019t decided if I will be moving the wallpiece to a different location. Repair will be time consuming, but doable. The squares are constructed of roofing felt, tree wrap, mirror, hardware cloth, and cotton twine. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/BlocksOnBGIMG_7194.jpg\" alt=\"See A Penny\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">See a Penny, Squares Used for Code\u2013Spacer, Dot, Dash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Slipping in a new square of tree wrap won\u2019t work. They squares were perforated for ease of binding with the cotton twine.<\/p>\n<p>So, what is the solution to prevent Elliot from chewing my shoe laces while I am wearing the shoes?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Laces.jpg\" alt=\"Laces\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Repaired laces with embroidery floss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/BunnyStudioAssistant.jpg\" alt=\"Elliot\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Elliot in the studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you share a home with bunnies and birds, you must make loads of compromises. Bunny proofing means protecting or removing anything that can be chewed that is up to approximately 3 feet high, unless the bunny likes to climb on furniture. One of our bunnies runs laps on the back of the sofa. It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=4972\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Living With Bunnies and Birds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,37,24,15,27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-birds-and-bunnies","category-fiber","category-materials","category-needlework","category-processes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4972"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4994,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions\/4994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}