Neko Portraits

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Neko was our bunny. He was a Netherlands dwarf rabbit. We bought him from a PetSmart in Chicago in summer of 1998. He was our first mammalian pet, and was our first and only lagomorph. He was a friendly but naughty house rabbit who lived in a fine two-story rabbit house from Leith Petwerks.

His favorite food was Pepperidge Farm Bourdeaux cookies. He would chase you down if you had one. He also liked sweet biscuits and fruits of pretty much all kinds. As with most rabbits, he enjoyed ripe bananas and fresh greens. Neko was a very sweet rabbit, who loved nothing more than getting pet on the head and body, and would lick your nose as a reward.

Neko got along with Zeus pretty well, and Zeus would often hang out sitting on Neko's box which we made from a Moët & Chandon champagne crate. Moy and Neko had a more tenuous relationship. Sometimes they sniffed noses, but other times they would chase each other.

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Neko nosing around in a sneaky fashion	Neko surprised that I am taking his picture	What's in these bags?	The answer is food, food which makes bunnies plump

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A silly head-on view of Mr. Bunsers	Pretty much the cutest thing in the entire world is a bunny cleaning its head.	Another view of head-cleaning	Neko chillin' next to his trusty food store

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Sniffing sandals in the bedroom	Sniffing a laptop bag	Sniffing a duffel bag	Neko staring out the balcony screen door

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This is Neko's two-story Bunny Abode condo	Zeus likes to hang out on top of Neko's Moët & Chandon box	Uh oh, here comes a rogue Moy-Chan!	Moy-Chan investigates while bunny runs downstairs

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Zeus and Moy hanging out in the rabbit house	Moy investigates the box	Naughty cats loose in the bunser house. Details at 11

Neko means "cat" in Japanese. This is not meant to be confusing. Neko was so named because there is a Neko computer program where a little animated cat runs around chasing your cursor. In the original windowed versions, if your cursor left the boundaries of the window, the cat would scratch at the sides of the window. Like most bunnies, Neko would dig at obstacles in his way (like magazines, or books, or cat toys, or bags, or sofas). He looked like the little computer Neko when he did this.

We usually didn't call him Neko anyway. We generally referred to him as "bunsers" (pronounced bun'serz) or just plain "bunny."

Neko passed away in 2006. We still miss him!

Andrew Ho (andrew@zeuscat.com)