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Hi Everyone! I’m Jessica, and my married name means “rabbit” – apparently, it’s become literal …
I currently have two buns here…First came Harvey, our holland lop. He’s been here since mid-June. DH is a rental property manager and found a rabbit in a cage hidden under a blanket in the basement of one of his properties. He went to talk to his tenants about not leaving smart and social critters locked up in the dark all day – turns out his tenant’s granddaughter had to move in with family for financial reasons. He didn’t want a rabbit in the house, told her she had to ‘get rid of it’ – so she was hiding him until she could find him a place to be. DH called me, and talked me into it. I can’t beleive I was ever reluctant!
Here he is eating lettuce, acting like he’s all innocent.
(one of the rare occasions you’ll find him sitting still….). He is FEARLESS. We have a queen bee cat, Lyra, who I expected to have to keep away from Harvey at all times.
Turns out, he chases HER around. Because of his fearlessness, he jumped right into a corneal ulcer about a week after he got here! He’s healing up nicely though, and soon the vet should clear him to be neutered! Yay! He’s a very, very amorous little bun, and he’s not exactly selective. I’m hoping that calming down the hormones wil help him to develop a wider range of interests. <3
On Tuesday, I met this little guy:
He was in a terrible situation that made me cry. He was bought to replace a rabbit that died of neglect. When I met him, he had catfood in his dish! and nothing else, just an empty wire cage with a water bottle in it. He didn’t even have a name! Well. He did at one point, but they ‘forgot’. Ugh. He was huddled in a corner and terrified. I came back over to his house with some pellets and hay and veggies. The photo illustrates his opinion of carrots.
I tried to talk to his owners about rabbit care. I asked if he was ever allowed *out* of his cage. They informed me that the kids lost interest, so they don’t bother with him. UGH.
I couldn’t just walk away from him. I went home and BEGGED DH to let me take him in, at least temporarily. He agreed to ‘for now’. Wednesday night we went down to pick him up and set him up upstairs in the computer room.
He spent his first night rearranging his new cage. I opened the door the next morning, expecting he might pop his head out later in the day, not having ever been outside of a cage. WRONG! I sat down at my desk and proceeded to ignore him, and in five minutes he came out, sniffed around the outside of his cage, and then proceeded to run laps around the room, doing binkies every few feet! He enjoyed his first day of being a bunny very much and has been busy exploring ever since he got here. – In fact, the only picture I have so far is this original one, because he hasn’t sat still! Still no name, just a series of nicknames. He started out his life with SO much less than he deserves, and I want to give him everything a bunny should have while I work on finding him a permanent home.Thank you guys so much for existing! I’ve been lurking around here pretty much since the second day Harvey moved in, and all of the advice and information I’ve gotten has been invaluable to understanding these awesome little herbivores.
~Jessica
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Welcome! And I agree with ChaCha, who would do that?!? Cat food? And forgetting the name of a LIVING thing in your home. I have “named” houseplants….Thank goodness for you! Such awesome pics.
I too, have recently adopted, and thought my bun would be shy and need seperation from my Siamese, Mojo. NOPE! He chases Mojo around and rules this place. He was binky dancing the second day he was here! Just proves that whatever we think we are in for, the buns will show us how wrong we are
Good luck, and may your greens be ever fresh and plentiful
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Welcome Jessica. Thank you and thank your guy for taking an interest in this bunny’s well being.
Sadly, I hear way too many rescue stories of people feeding dog/cat food to rabbits… yeah I guess they’ll eat it, but honestly you can’t figure out an herbivore shouldn’t be eating that stuff?
My Stickers was a neglected childs pet-gone-boring as well, wish parents would understand a bit more that a pet is the family’s responsibility not the child’s. -
Welcome : )
I want to ditto the above comments – thank you for taking both these rabbits in. It will be tricky now you know the 2nd one is a girl so them being separate is paramount. I can’t believe how good rabbits are at escaping their enclosures! I have 2 males housed in the same room and have found them out on various occasions. *shakes head* Thank goodness they are same sex and there was no bad fighting.
After Harvey has been neutered, continue to keep them separate for 1 month post neuter.
It would be great if you could keep Jackie. We can help you brainstorm ways to make a case to your husband if you like.
If you are going to find her a home, you can always contact your local house rabbit society for their tiips on screening potential owners. -
Jackie’s personality is making a VERY strong case for staying here…. crap. I AM a whipped bunny slave!
Right now they each get around 5 or six hours a day out of cage to roam as they choose, and they are housed two floors apart – Harvey is in the dining room, and Jackie is in the (finished) attic. I alternate their time out, but Harvey rarely comes up and Jackie hasn’t made her way down yet. The staircase to the attic is through our spare bedroom, and I can close off the door to that room when either is out… each will have a full floor, a staircase and a bedroom when they are having free time, but accidents can’t happen!
I’d LOVE to get them both fixed right now, but it’s money. Especially as chance threw these two at me, and I didn’t get a choice in genders or reproductive status
So, it’ll have to be one or the other at first and then the other later…. I know I’ll have to wait a month, but can I try to bond them after Harvey’s neuter? -
Alright, I think Jackie’s convinced DH she’s gonna be here for a while, and by a while I mean ‘forever’. YAY! She’s making tentative friends with Lyra, which is fantastic. Lyra and Harvey aren’t especially friends – he invariably tries to mount her, which she does not appreciate. DH has admitted it’s kinda neat living in ‘teletubby land’ haha
So, now getting them both altered is on the table. I was REALLY lucky when Harvey got his injury – my Nana had a pet rabbit for many years (Samantha, a gorgeous albino), whom she had given to me as MY easter bunny as a kid. My mom didn’t want her there, so my Nana, thank goodness, stepped up and kept this wonderful bun. YAY for positive role models! She was able to give me the name of her vet, whom she still takes her dog to. We’ve talked to him about neutering Harvey already, and we feel really comfortable with everything. Also, I found out that Jackie was an Easter Bunny from this year, which hopefully makes her around six months old. Beka, thank you for pointing that out- Harvey’s probably still going to want to love everything and everyone at least for a while after his neuter, so I think we’re going to take your suggestion and have her done first…. cuz once those bits are gone, theyre GONE!
Now just to find a pot of gold to finance it
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