So, I took the little fuzzy one to meet potential mates on Saturday. I of course started with the buns that *I* liked, starting with the most unlikely, Luke. Luke is so sweet and friendly, and I wish I had a bigger home. I would love to have him by a part of my family. And he was hopping all around and even binkied….while Warren was safely locked in the carrier.  Now, when I took Warren out, all Luke wanted to do was mount him. So, the MSPCA lady grabbed Luke, and Warren hopped on my chest. (Apparently, this is uncommon rabbit behavior? Warren loves climbing all over me)

Then we brought out Cassy.  Warren hasn’t wanted to hump that much since before his neuter! He wouldn’t leave the poor girl alone.  When I did seperate them, he had a mouthful of fur.

So then we thought that maybe a big girl would intimidate him enough, so he wouldn’t feel the need to be constantly on her. So, Mrs, Cinnamon came out. And they both wanted to mount each other.  Mrs. Cinnamon was only out for about 3 minutes.

Finally, we brought out a new bunny, Ryleigh http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=10207277  And they sniffed each other, and then hopped away! Ryleigh hung out under the desk (she’s really shy and a little skittish, and my 8 & 12 y/o nieces were there) and Warren hopped all over the place, exploring, and then he groomed himself a bit, too.  When the kids were out of the room, Ryleigh would cautiously hop out to come over to me, too. She wouldn’t let me pet her, but she came to sniff my legs.

I did not get her on Saturday, because a few people had suggested that I do more than one visit. Also, I was getting conflicting information from the people at the MSPCA. I was actually hoping someone a little more knowledgable and caring about rabbits would be there when I adopted. The lady seemed to know what she was talking about, but acted like she couldn’t be bothered to help me. Indeed, when I had the 2 rabbits in the meeting room, none of the MSPCA people were with us. She suggested multiple visits. The gentleman told me I should just spend an extra 20 minutes with her, then bring her home that day. “Because she may not be here if you wait”. Which is a fair point, but I want to make sure Warren picks someone he can get a long with. All in all, I want someone who understands trabbits o be there when I actually sign the contract and hand over the adoption fee.

So, tomorrow night, I should get the new fur-baby.  I may change the spelling of her name to Riley – Ryleigh is too hard to remember how to spell correctly, heh.  And of course, I shall get pictures of her up ASAP.

So, Warren and I went back on Friday to meet Ms. Ryleigh again before I brought her home.  And everything seemed to be going well, other than he was a little hesitant to come out of his carrier. Ryleigh, on the other hand, flopped right out in the corner of the room, waiting for him. When they would actually go up to one another, they’d sniff, and he seemed to get spooked and run away from her.  Still, I wasn’t too concerned about them – Warren doesn’t spend too much time with other buns, so this could be weird for him.

About 20 minutes into their “date”, Ryleigh hopped right up to Warren and took out a good size mouthful of his fur! He didn’t know what to do – he wouldn’t let me pick him up, wanted to stay in between my feet, and had no problems at all hopping back into his carrier.  We’re going to try one more meeting, but I’m now having second thoughts about bringing her home. Any thoughts about what the next best course of action is?  The people at the MSPCA just kinda put us in a room together, but don’t observe behavior – I wish they did, so I could get some input from them =/

I just want what’s best for Warren – he’s been an only bunny since he came to live with me 4.5 years ago – maybe girls stress him out too much, and just wants to stay that way?

So, we went back one more time, and Warren apparently remembered and feared Ryleigh. He refused to come out of the carrier, when she came into the room, and then when I picked him up, and put him on the floor, he just jumped right up on my shoulder.  Every time I tried to put him down on the floor, he hopped right back up on me. (Which is adorable, but I could tell he was stressed).

So, we decided to meet with Cassy again. She was the dwarf that he wanted to mount constantly the day of our first dates. And they sniffed eah other, walked away, walked back, sniffed, walked away, and then each of them cleaned their feet and faces….and Cassy binkied. (And I liked her better than Ryleigh). So, we go back one more time on Thursday or Friday and meet with Cassy again.  If they’re still getting along, she’s coming home with us.  I think Warren likes her! He even seemed sad to get back in the carrier and leave her there =/ He wasn’t his usual “I hate being in the car” self.