I schedule an appointment to play with bunnies hoping it takes the ease off existing during a pandemic. Marley, a black lop-eared bunny at Cuddle Bunny, hops around and evades my pets to nuzzle his playmate Moo. Marley licks his head as Moo burrows into his chest. I nudge my girlfriend and say, “That one’s you.”
“Enclosures were not our initial plan, but they help keep people socially distant and rabbits contained,” says Burdick about the three fenced play pens that separate the bunnies for customers to play with. “It serves a dual purpose. It provides a therapeutic, private, holistic experience for people because you’re separated and in your own space.”
“It was ten o’ clock in the morning, pilates ends, and the phone starts ringing,” says Burdick. “We didn’t have our online booking system set up yet, but we figured it out. Suddenly, the whole month of August was completely busy.”
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“The Anti-Cruelty Society said they’d like to do adoption events, so I’d like to do adoption/education events to let people know what bunnies eat and how they behave,” says Burdick.
