We've had a couple very warm days and some snow melting to the point we could take them out of the run on a supervised walk yesterday and today - their first outing in a month, and they only had one outing then (which was one month after snows stopped their daily "free-range" foraging).
But today stayed cold and we knew a fair amount of snow was coming. We penned them back in the run and they seemed worked up; more than just excited from spending time outside the run. It seemed like they were actually upset... but at what? Everything was "normal" except the coming snowstorm.
Once the snow started they quietly retreated to their little hangout hut in the run. Now they are just hunkered down, calm as can be, twiddling their thumbs as the snow falls.
If I had to live outside, I'd be cranky at late winter snowstorms, too!
But today stayed cold and we knew a fair amount of snow was coming. We penned them back in the run and they seemed worked up; more than just excited from spending time outside the run. It seemed like they were actually upset... but at what? Everything was "normal" except the coming snowstorm.
Once the snow started they quietly retreated to their little hangout hut in the run. Now they are just hunkered down, calm as can be, twiddling their thumbs as the snow falls.
If I had to live outside, I'd be cranky at late winter snowstorms, too!
I've often said though they are quite smart they lack common sense. I wonder if what we think of as common sense is a mammalian thing?
