It has been a sweltering weekend. 30°C in the shade, and not much cooler in the house, but did the bunnies care?

Not a bit! The hot weather gave them the chance to show just how clever they are...

Somehow they managed to detach the bath towel that lines their rather well appointed cage from the rear bars. This allowed them to burrow beneath it, so they spent half of the morning and early afternoon dozing between the cool metal base and the towel. It wasn't easy to make our their forms, but we could just about discern that they were wrapped lovingly around each other in their make-do burrow.

Of course, as soon as the side of their bowel was tapped, they found their way out in no time at all. They are greedy little monsters.

The bunnies' cage is lined with a large beach towel. It has lasted a surprisingly long time considering how much it is scrabbled, gnawed, and tugged. Dijon tries hardest to destroy the towel, and although he is strong with supremely sharp teeth, the towel has always got the better of him. The best he can do is detach it from the side of the cage - it's held in place with bulldog clips - slide into the gap that appears, and then have lots of fun roaming between towel and cage bottom. Squeezing him back out is a task and a half.

Mabel disappeared today, giving everyone a bit of a shock... she had found her way between towel and cage bottom. But she is a very svelte bunny, and the shape of her form was barely visible beneath the thick towel. Only the occasional movement gave her away.

Once out (she emerge of her own volition) she took to thumping and scrabbling as an attempt was made to tidy her living quarters. She is a single minded bunny, and when she has her mind made up, nothing will sway her.