Barney's First Christmas!

Barney came with Rachel and I when we went to visit her parents' for Christmas as they had prepared a holiday home for him (pictured above) in their conservatory.

It took him a couple of days to acclimatise to his new surroundings - the bumpy car journey certainly hadn't helped (especially as we had to turn back half-way as I'd forgot to pack the box containing Rachel's Christmas presents!). The poor thing didn't eat - or poop - anything for over 24 hours and was just getting back into the swing of things when it was time to come home.

Naturally, of course, Barney was very spoilt during his stay - even to the extent of having a larger sack of Christmas presents than anyone else (admittedly this was down to the large size of the hay bales, which provide his bedding).

Santa brought him enough food and bedding that I don't think Rachel and I will need to visit any per stores soon.

As you can see here, Barney's holiday home had it's own "Santa Stop Here" sign and pictured below are the "rabbit-sized" hat and scarf that were waiting for him when he arrived. We didn't dare try and get him to wear them though as that would have been pushing our luck.

The journey back home was much quicker and while he waited in the kitchen I cleaned out his hutch and put in new food and bedding so that he could snuggle down tonight in more familiar surroundings.

Hopefully, back on his home turf, with its "Barney" smells, he'll be back to his old routine tomorrow after his holiday adventures.