Thula...

... is now using a litterbox reliably. It started life as a plastic serving tray, and therefore has minimal lip, but still keeps it off the floor of her cage. We tried shredded paper from my office, and it is working great. Nothing like peeing on shredded Social Security numbers, I guess.

I wonder if anyone will notice the recycling needs of our office dropping.

I don't get it.

For the first few days, Thula thought we were really super.

Now she actively seems to dislike me. For the last three days, every time I let her out, she has gone immediately into a dark corner and avoided me at all costs.

I am hoping it is the time of day. I feel horrible.

I don't think she can be overly scared because she's stretching out in her dark corner, not just huddling there. But it's awfully dismaying.

And this, of course, means that I am the bringer of only bad things (crate cleaning, being picked up) and mediocre things (food) rather than being the bringer of good things (toys, play).

I'm hoping that what's going on is that we're disrupting her sleep schedule inadvertently -- it seems as though dawn and dusk are her sleep time, and as though she's most active around noon and midnight. If so, we need to adjust a bit, and she needs to adjust a bit, and then things will be better.

But it's harsh to come home after a long day at work to your brand new, totally beloved pet, and have her want absolutely nothing to do with you and express her utter disgust with you (foot flicking, etc.)

Meh.

I can't deliberately get up at midnight just to hang out with my rabbit.