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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 04/16/2014 at 4:34 PM
  AutoDaFe
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  Recently, as some folks on the forum already know, I adopted a bunny named Kitty and set about attempting to box-train her. Well, three nights later my then-fiance and I were shipped off to SLC’s cancer hospital. We got married, started him on radiation, finished that, and then came home. We had to move pretty quickly to another apartment closer to the hospital as soon as we got back. Kitty had been staying with my now-father-in-law, and she was fine. Healthy, somewhat lonely, but definitely alright. Now that we’ve got all our stuff back from the old apartment she had just moved into, Kitty has been moved back in with us to yet another home.
  
  Basically I’m afraid that all the stress of moving so much might make her sick or something, but she’s been a very, very pleasant little bun since we got home. She was out for two hours today with no wees or poops on the carpet for a while. She had an accident right at the very end of her play-time where she scooted up against our front door and wee’d on the hardwood beside the carpet. I corralled her back into her cage and cleaned up, but other than a few territorial nibbles and digs, she’s been an outright joy. It feels like she’s bonded with me even after I had to leave her for all that time, and so soon after we’d gotten her. I felt so guilty leaving her with another family before she’d even begun to trust us, but she’s apparently a very, very gracious bun. I’m very pleased, but also somewhat concerned. I expected her to be unhappy and angry, but with no other options available, I had to let her stay where she was headed. Even her litter behavior has improved. Since, as I mentioned before in other posts, I don’t have any litterboxes, I’ve gated off a portion of our living room where her cage is and started letting her roam around there, letting her use her cage as a box. I’m just shocked, I guess. She is incredibly well-behaved.
  
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  I forgot to mention, she doesn’t spray us anymore, at least not yet. She hasn’t done that at all. She’s also begun to trust me much more with picking her up, and I’ve been letting her take more responsibility when it comes to going in and out of the cage. She doesn’t kick at all anymore.
- 04/16/2014 at 4:41 PM
  Sarita
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  I’m sorry about your husband – I hope he’s doing well.
  
  I think you are lucky that you have a very sweet bunny who doesn’t hold grudges :~) Rabbits pretty much live in the moment and unless the trauma is very bad (painful and scary) then they don’t usually get affected (at least long term).
- 04/16/2014 at 4:48 PM
  AutoDaFe
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  Thank you, we’re trying to find out about the costs of alternative treatments. He starts chemo Monday. I love him very much.
  
  I really appreciate that. I was so scared when I got her that she’d just end up hating me and that I’d make so many mistakes and we just wouldn’t click at all, but the exact opposite seems to be true. She’s kind of bossy, but she’s also very sweet and trusting.
  
  This is really good to know. I was afraid she might settle in and then start being angry after she’d gotten comfortable, but she was in her little area doing binkies and running around, so I guess we’re a-okay over here.
- 04/16/2014 at 5:56 PM
  Beka27
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  I’m glad she’s doing well… One of the good things about bunnies is that they are usually pretty content with doing their own thing… So during times that you’re really busy or at the hospital, she’ll be fine…
  
  I’m keeping you and your husband in my thoughts… This must be a very difficult time.
- 04/16/2014 at 6:20 PM
  Sarita
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  My husband was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer last April so I know what you are going through. It’s scary, overwhelming and emotional.
- 04/16/2014 at 11:56 PM
  AutoDaFe
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  @Beka; Yeah, I was really happily surprised! I’m just glad she and I are getting along. She’s being pretty patient with me, and I’m trying to do the same for her. Thank you. If you pray, please do. I adore him.
  
  @Sarita; I’m so sorry. If you want, we can talk about things. I mean, I’ve never really done it before, you know, really sat down and talked about it. If you want, I would be more than willing to just *be* there for you, too. If not, thats okay, too. Sometimes just knowing that someone else knows is enough. He has germ-cell cancer that has been spreading and popping up everywhere. If I had to chance a guess, I’d say stage 3. He’s already lost a kidney and parts of other organs, including his lung. I love him so much.
- 04/17/2014 at 1:13 AM
  LongEaredLions
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  I am sure I know nothing about what you guys are going though, but I just want to offer lots of hugs and (((comforting vibes to you and your bunnies))) to you both.
- 04/17/2014 at 9:57 AM
  Elrohwen
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  I’m sorry to hear about your husband. I hope he’s getting better.
  
  Some bunnies can be nervous in new places, but others do fine. You’re lucky to have an easy going girl!
- 04/17/2014 at 10:07 PM
  AutoDaFe
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  @LongEaredLions; Thank you, I definitely appreciate the support. Its astoundingly hard to come by.
  
  @Elrohwen; We’re going to do everything we can for him.
  
  I agree, she’s been a very good lady. She has started spraying today, but I think its because she needs to be spayed and she smells our dog about. She’s started understanding “No”, too, which is glorious.
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