Holey Moley!

Oh dear. The spring-like weather has set Dijon off. He’s not in the mood for love, but in the mood for destruction; he’s being a very naughty boy today! And Mabel is also displaying some undesirable behaviour, too.

Let’s start with Mabel. She is determined to gnaw her way into the innards of our one remaining armchair. She has managed to find her way beneath the skirt – so she cannot be seen – and now she is scrapping at the upholstered parts doing her level best to make inroads to the interior. Shooing her away results in an angry flicking of her back feet and a defiant return to the chair moments later.

Dijon has aided her a little, but he is more intent on ripping the cover to shreds. Now, originally this was a three piece suite that was bought to furnish out home when we moved in 15 years ago, so it has (had) lasted well.

One armchair succumbed to Neroli, our previous Dutch houserabbit, who succeeded in tearing in to it unbeknownst to us. Ideally, we would like a few more years use out of the remaining chair and sofa as we are reluctant to splash out on a new one when there are destructive bunnies on the loose.

Anyway, Dijon has been making the most of he teeth by gnawing sizeable chunks from the outer cover. And he simply refuses to be shooed away; he doggedly remains attached, determined to finish the job of embellishing the cover with a fine selection random holes. Not only that, but he is adamant that the decorative piping around the cushion and backrest would look better if it were removed, an improvement that he had made a start on.

They weren’t like this when the weather was cold.