Posting this in the Lounge as it isn’t exactly a recent loss, and I didn’t want to distract from others posting in Rainbow Bridge.
We lost our first bun, Zelda about seven months ago. “Goodbye little bun thread”
And lately, I’ve found myself thinking about him more and more. he was such a beautiful bun, more so than I can even begin to describe.
We got him from a rehoming centre, but, when we brought him home, he wasn’t your every day bun, somebody really loved him and raised him really well. He was so friendly, and confident right from the start.
He had a few behaviour quirks (As I’m sure you’ll all agree, your bun does too?! )
Such as stamping his feet when he was happy and excited. Or, whenever you happened to be eating an apple… Gah, he was such a beautiful nuisance!!! <3
He instantly befriended one of our cats, Bubblegum after a brief interaction with him…
Bubblegum playfully bit Zelda’s ear, Zelda wasn’t overly pleased by this and charged at Bubblegum, knocking Bubblegum off his feet, and from then on, they were almost inseparable. As though they both now knew exactly where they stood with each other. And it was definitely mutual. Even now, over half a year later, I think Bubblegum still looks for Zelda.
He did love the cold tiles around the fireplace.
And after his lunch, the plate would suffice, too.
He would spend so much of his time just flopped with Bubblegum, and, when not flopped…
They would wrestle and generally play.
We got Zelda a companion, Link, who he quickly taught to love Bubblegum, too.
It was not long after all that that everything started to go wrong for Zelda… :'(
Now, our little bun’s home is in a small, somewhat inconspicuous box. Inside is a small, biodegradable capsule with his ashes. of which we’re intending to plant in the garden when we finally buy a house.
But, having another three rabbits, three cats and three ferrets, two of which are very old, I get the feeling Zelda will be getting some company before we can plant him.
His awesomeness has shone through though, and he has very much passed the cat-loving torch onto his little pal, Link. Who happily spends most of his time in the company of cats, in relatively close proximity…
Bubblegum is such a beautiful soul, any stray we rehome, all Bubblegum wants to do is lie with them… He really is fantastic.
Even Aryll, another of our cats, is coming round to having bun company.
Bleagh, anyway… I guess I just wanted to share Zelda a little.
Rest well little bun.