Yes, thank you all.
I think an emergency fund is a good idea! Do you think putting 20 dollars in there a month would be good enough? I get an allowance monthly (I don’t have a cell phone so I get an allowance, yay, who needs a cell phone anyway?)
I think I will convince my mom to take me back there so I can see how Fern fares with him. I will bring a long sleeved t shirt and gloves just in case.

I am so excited I really have been looking at getting another bun for a while. IF i get him I will be sure to post pics (that’s a big IF).

Ok so I called the people and lolly pop does not allow bunny dating…. What do you think the chances of a spayed female and a neutered male getting along fine? They said they do not allow refunds if it does not work out and I really can’t keep him if it doesn’t. Soooo do you think I should give it a try?

Hmmm…. I am still not sure, I understand there is a risk, but I did hear somewhere that any bunny can get along with another it just may be hard in some situations. I am not disregarding your warning Sarita, I am just thinking of Maryann (is that her name) bonding. It was a nightmare but it worked didn’t it?
Fern and the other bunny do not seem so uppity and I am kinda really wanting to get that bunny. Fern would probably really appreciate a friend.
I might just might take that chance, the adoption fee is only 40 dollars its not like it would cost my life savings. And odds are I could make it work. Summer vacation is coming and I will have a lot of time to bond them. I kind of want to convince the people to let our bunnies meet but I don’t want to be rude or annoying.

Oh some more things that factor into the mush is do you think a shelter rabbit could carry any disease? Also how bad can wounds be from bonding? Can they be fatal? Ive heard that you should keep them away from each other for two weeks prior to bonding to ensure that one is not diseased.

To tell you the truth I am getting him, they did not allow meetings because they were afraid that your bunny might have a disease. I will have lots and lots of time over the summer to bond them, to be precise I have 2 months and a bit.

I went back to see him and he was so sweet and cute that I couldn’t resist, I booked him. I asked the lady and she said he had a clean bill of health when he was last checked up on. He was actually only neutered on Friday so I have to give him (2 weeks??) to recuperate even though he was looking fine. I have to get his stitches removed on Friday but it will be free (cause of the free check up thing you get with adopting a bunny).

Despite you guys warnings I am getting him (sorry, bad me *slap*) I am going to litter train him in Fern’s small commercial cage and eventually move him to a pen.
Wish me luck! But remember I am saving 2 bunnies!

No, no I have to keep him separate from Fern for two weeks because he was just neutered.

Yup he is home (my dad does not know yet hehe) I will post pics when he finds out because he is the only one that knows how to upload pics, also since he is a dwarf (or a dwarf mix) do you think if he had malocclusion the vets at the shelter would have discovered that he did? (I am just a worried mom thinking of all that could go wrong).

Yes he will be able to be separate from fern until they are bonded.

He is so cute and I can’t wait to show you him!

Now for a name…. any suggestions?
We thought of willow but then my mom started calling him willy and… willy is not really an appropriate name (I would probably start calling him that too in time)
Sooo what do you think?

Also what do you think of the name Tansy? or Cinder (he is grey)

Yea his name is officially Cinder now! I did the stunt double thing (put Fern’s hair on a stuffed toy) he was very interested in it and was sniffing it (I’m not sure what that means)

I have yet to introduce his smell to Fern, I wonder how that will go. So far he is doing well, is there anything special I have to look for after a neuter (since he just had his)

Hmm anything else I can do to introduce the idea of another bunny to each other?

Well at the moment they are in separate rooms so they can’t see each other. I have to wait till Mr. Cinder is litter trained to put him in a pen next to Fern (well actually I will have to split Fern’s pen because it takes up the whole room).

I also have a question is it normal for a rabbit to have small poop after a neuter?

He is doing great and inhaled the lettuce I gave him. I can’t wait till I can put him in a pen (The cage he is in now is way too small, but until he is litter trained then that’s all he gets)

I am not sure if he or Fern is bigger, I think they are about the same size but Fern looks bigger because of all her fluff.

Pictures will likely be up this evening, My dad found out and he just laughed. Now I just have to wait till he gets home for him to upload the pictures.
I can’t wait till the first introduction between him and Fern!

Hi guys I am back and now with Pictures!

I was wondering what type of bunny he is, do you think you could help me out with that?

Enjoy!

Gosh, he is a beautiful bunny if I might say so myself.

Fern is wondering what is going on

Yea as I said, his cage is kind of small….

Wait did I ever post Pictures of Fern’s box condo? I don’t recall… Oh well here they are while I am posting I might as well post pictures of it too.

I have some pics of my room modified (without fish tank).

And I have one of the grate over Fern’s litter box from a while ago (if anyone was wondering what it looked like).

Thanks guys, no his name was not Squirrel it was Purdo.
He is about a year old and the reason for him being in lollypop was because of allergies.

Don’t worry sibly, I was indecisive but I was so worried that someone would buy him that I zoomed back there the next day and got him. I kept thinking of all that could go wrong and making myself worried but I am very glad I pushed my worries away and got him.

The only thing I am worried about now is malocclusion because I heard that dwarf bunnies get it sometimes (although I am really not sure what he is). Do you think the shelter vet would have noted that he had malocclusion if he did?

His first vet appointment is on Saturday, he will get his stitches out and get a checkup, do you know if the free appointment slip you get when you adopt a bunny will cover the stitch removal?

By the way, the litter training isn’t going so hot, I might need a couple more tips on litter training.

Thanks!

P.S. Its too bad that his eyes always came out red in the pictures, he actually has beautiful eyes, they are kind of grey and black.

Ok Ok now I have just put the barrier across Fern’s room (she was not happy with the less space) and I am about to put Cinder’s cage in there so they can get used to each others presence (even if Cinder is not allowed in the pen at all times since he is not litter trained).

Do you think its a good or bad Idea that I put two litter boxes in Cinder’s cage, he sleeps/grooms/sits in one and he peed in the other once but he also peed in the rest of the cage so….

Yes I will ask that, and I have another question about having 2 bunnies, do people with two bunnies have a litter box big enough to fit both bunnies in or do you have 2 litter boxes or do you just have one normal sized one. I was wondering if I should buy a bigger litter box when they are bonded or if I should keep the litter box Fern has now.

I have another question, how long after a neuter does it take for a bunny’s hormones to die down. I have a feeling he might be marking because of hormones.

P.S. Right now my room smells of  pee and vinigar, eww.

Yea the litter box was a little small (it was what we had in the basement) now he has a bigger one.

He still keeps peeing out of it and in it. I think it is because I am trying to teach him that hay has nothing to do with pee and I put the hay box away from his litter box (I am doing this because Fern does not associate hay with the bathroom and she has a separate hay box she likes to jump in and munch on. She never pees or poos in it and I want to train him so he will not either, I hope its possible.)

Yesterday I let Mr. Bunny (I think his name is now changed to Thistle, But it might change again) out of his cage into his pen area and he was Crazy about Fern! Pacing back and forth (I think it is hormonal).

And then I went and said hi to Fern in her section and then went back to say hi to him. Well I apparently smelt like a Female bunny because he started humping my knees when I went back to his cage. He would sniff and rub my knee and then hump it!!

I tried to get him to stop by clapping and saying no but it only worked sometimes. It was actually really funny, he would circle me a couple times and then would try to hump one of my knees (I was sitting cross legged). When he humped my leg he would start licking it then nibble it and seeing as I have no fur to protect from the nibbling it hurt, not a lot but I would screech to let him know (my mom probably thought I was dying).

Also if he did not get off my knee when I clapped and if he managed to hump my leg for a while then my leg would end up a little wet *eww*. Now I don’t know if it was pee or sperm or what have you, my theory was that he still has a little sperm even after he was neutered (I am sure that he is neutered because I got papers saying he was).

After a while of trying to train him not to hump I shooed him back into his cage. He was not happy about this and I heard a couple bangs when I went downstairs. Well apparently while I was gone he either broke one of his nails or the quick somehow got cut open.

There was blood on his litter box and some on his cage floor and some on the bars of his cage that he always puts his paws up on to be let out. It was not a lot of blood but I almost had a heart attack because I thought it was from his neuter wound. Luckily it was only a bleeding nail.

Now my question is should I do something about it? It really was not that serious and I am going to the vet on Saturday anyway and I could have a vet look at it then. It does not seem to bother him at all, he just cleaned it a bit more than normal.

P.S. I would have tried to clean it but he does not like having his paws touched (I have to get him used to it bit by bit) but he seemed to have the cleaning part covered and it seemed to have stopped bleeding now.