Hi everyone,

I figured I should get around to introducing myself lol, I’ve been lurking for a few months now but just haven’t gotten around to posting.  

We have a precious 6 (+/-) month old bunny named Rufus, I came across a big bin filled with him and about 5 other bunnies at a local feed store a few months ago, and fell in love at first sight. Which was weird, because I’ve seen many adorable bunnies over the past 10 years that I’ve been bunny-less, and have never been tempted to take them home before. This guy, though…there was just something about him. I tried talking hubby into it, but with little luck. I went back in the day after labor day, just to see him (lol), and when I arrived I noticed blood in their bin. I realized it was coming from the little guy I’d fallen for! I pointed it out to the workers, and all they said was that they’d move him to another bin that had more male bunnies in it. Grrrrrr. Then I did a big no-no and said I’d take him! They tried to talk me out of it, and into getting another one…um, no. I wanted him. And so he came home with us that day! 

I had to scramble to figure out where to house him, and ended up putting him in an extra parrot cage I had. It was 3’x2′  and had a plastic floor so I figured it would work for the time being. Hubby was in for quite the surprise when he got home, and wasn’t too happy about it…he has definitely softened over time lol.  Hubby’s the one who picked Rufus as his name, I hated it at first but have started grudgingly liking it lately. Anyway. Rufus had a hole torn through his ear, a bite on his face, two on his sides and one on his foot, poor dude. All but the ear were minor and already healing up, so those we just cleaned up. The ear one we had checked out, and they told us to just keep cleaning and putting neosporin on. It has healed up fine, but left his ear a bit flopped over at the top with extra cartilage sticking out. I think his floppy ear is adorable. 

He was neutered at about 4+ months of age, and has been an absolute delight to have in the house. We made him a bunny condo out of the NIC panels (found an amazing deal on Craigslist, yay!), and he’s been potty trained from day one amazingly enough! He gets free run of the house for at least half a day most days, and gets along just fine with the birds (we have two parrots, an African Grey and an Eclectus). We’re still closely supervising interactions with our cat, Jasmine, and two dogs, Jesse and Kita.  He also is fine with our 4 & 5 year old boys. Rufus isn’t really into being held or snuggled, but he’s coming up to us more and more and will occasionally even let us pick him up when he’s running around the house or pet him. I feel confident that we’ll get there. He’s around 2.5 lbs, and the cutest thing ever IMHO.  

Anyway, hi everyone, and thanks for all of the great advice and info I’ve already received just lurking…I look forward to many more years on the forum! 

~Carlie

One of my male bunnies was also beat up pretty good in a group, I think those ear punctures usually heal up pretty good. Glad Rufus is healing up and settling in. …. Now for some pictures  
 

 Haha. Well unfortunately my beloved DSLR decided to die on me recently, so I’m stuck with cruddy cell phone pics…but I’ll see what I can do! For now, here are a few that I have. 

OH MY GOODNESS I forgot my little princess LOL. She wouldn’t be happy with me…here’s Jasmine, too. 

 Hey, just noticed that we’re practically neighbors (well, relatively close lol). And thank you!!  The last two pics are from my old camera, and the others are the only decent ones I could find.  One of these days I’ll get around to finding a new camera if I can ever stop spending every dollar on the pets…sigh.

Kita’s such a doll, can you believe he doesn’t have any shepherd?? He’s an Alaskan Husky, his dad was white with a black saddleback and his mom was mostly tan. He’s a good boy, sweet as can be but super crazy (as many huskies are). I’m hoping to try harness training soon to help with some of his excess energy.  

ADORABLE!! looks just like my babies did when they were, well, babies 

  Twix

        Hershey

Your boy is siamese sable and will probably change colour and get darker as he gets older 

is Rufus a Nethie? 

And Welcome