Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. I’ve discovered with fostering in the past (albeit cats) that it isn’t always clear who is helping whom. I’m sure that will be true this time as well.

I’ve posted a message (and picture) on the general q&a forum since I had some questions. I am, Jerseygirl, trying to work out a way to give him a bit of vertical space without the risk of falling. I find all the pictures of NIC creations on this site pretty inspiring! I’m thinking that perhaps I could make a sort of ‘second floor’ that is entirely enclosed, and make a ramp up to it that would be protected as well. If I succeed I’ll let everyone know. In the meanwhile, I’m ordering a mini haven (at BB’s suggestion) so that he can stretch his brain a bit wandering through, and not get hurt if he climbs on top.

Beka27, thanks so much for the link. His eyes don’t respond to anything at all. They are, as I guess might be expected with glaucoma, rather bulgy. The vet mentioned that part of his cute look was these abnormally large eyes. She assured me that they weren’t causing him any pain, so I’ll just enjoy the cute.

I look forward to learning more in the company of bunny fanatics!

 Mimzmum, for whatever it is worth there is a whole series of Tashi stories.  They’re for younger kids (lots of illustrations), and are, I believe, from Australia.  The authors are Anna and Barbara Fienberg.  

Our shelter doesn’t have many rabbits come through the door.  Of the ones I’ve seen, Tashi was just about the cutest.  The staff all agreed that he has a really lovely personality despite being stuck in a crate in the main hallway with lots of dogs passing by and cat smells (to say nothing of the people).  Given his particular needs, though, he can’t go to just any family (and perhaps particularly not one who is attracted to him because he is so cute).  So, we’ll see.  I’m already arming myself with “Make Mine Chocolate” materials.

I look forward to ‘meeting’ Kokanee&Kahlua; I’m grateful for any and all insights.

I’m not very good at taking pictures, and especially of moving targets like energetic bunnies…  I have figured out how to get rid of the inevitable red eye that comes from Tashi’s eyes not responding to the red eye setting on the camera.  However, my store of reasonable photos is quite limited.  I put one on the Q&A forum.  Here’s another:

Kokaneeandlahlua, your post got me thinking. So, I sat and watched Tashi when it was time for evening zoomies around the perimeter. He doesn’t seem to be bothered about jumping up and down, so long as he knows where the obstacles are. He actually uses his litter box a little like second base, jumping in and then launching himself out again. It has been in exactly the same place all along (though I did have to switch to slightly higher sides early on). On the other hand, the grass basket in the picture has been moved, by him, I guess because it was in his way when he was running. It wasn’t a good thing to jump in because it is light weight and irregularly shaped, and tended to tip if he hit it wrong. So, he hauled it out of the way by pulling and shoving it until he could run around behind it. There is fleece that he likes to dig in and rearrange, and the basket was in the way of that so I guess it really had to go!

Thanks again.