Tell me about the rabbits, George

[thistlechaser]

I have no real feelings on rabbits. They seem nice enough animals, but I'm indifferent towards them. However, for some odd reason, lately I keep dreaming about them.

One dream was my mother wanting to adopt one because they live 5-6 years and that's the amount of time she wanted to own a pet. (No idea if that's true or not about their lifespan.)

Last night I dreamed that *I* owned a rabbit, and some wild rabbit got in to breed with it. (How a wild rabbit would break into my apartment and get into a cage is something that never came up in the dream...)

I don't believe in symbolism in dreams exactly (like everyone who dreams about rabbits wants to get pregnant or something like that), but I figure something in waking life has to be triggering thoughts about rabbits. Or maybe at this point it's thinking about my dreams about rabbits that triggers more dreams about them, and I'm doomed to dream about nothing but rabbits for the rest of my life.

Comments

[bacchuslives.livejournal.com]

How beautifully random! On a side note, rabbits kept indoors can live 10 years or more, but I think your dream is on the money for outdoor pet rabbits.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Isn't it really random? Especially last night's dream. The wild rabbit that got in was a jackrabbit, which my brain classified as a different species than the pet I had (perhaps accurate? hare vs rabbit?) so the babies were going to be crossbreeds. (Checking google, they are indeed different species.)

[bacchuslives.livejournal.com]

We have eastern cottontails and snowshoe (also called varying) hare here in NY. They're both pretty tasty... The hare are much bigger and their coat turns white in the winter.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

First, that picture is horrifying and now I'm worried that I will start dreaming about rabbits watching me at night.

I wonder what prompted that first dream...what was your brain digging around in that it came up with rabbits? Brains are weird.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! Sorry, if it does!

And same, it's just such an oddly random thing to dream about!