So I’m a new member here. I came because my bunny, who we called Bun-Bun, passed away yesterday morning. She was so close to being 10 years old, and had been with our family for over 9 years. Obviously my family is heartbroken, and I wanted to post to this forum because most people I know don’t understand the capacity of a rabbit to make such a significant impact on a family. But I loved Bun-Bun through and through, so I wanted to just talk about some of my memories of her. Apologies that this is a long post, it’s fairly cathartic.

We adopted Bun-Bun, a 9 month old Mini Rex girl, when I was 10 years old (I’m now 20). Over the years she showed to us that dogs and cats aren’t the only animals capable of having enormous personalities. Bun-Bun had many idiosyncrasies. She hated closed doors; even though the room would be open and she could leave anytime, she would poke and prod at any closed door until we opened it up again. She was very sly as well, often waiting behind my mother while she chopped vegetables. Whenever my mother dropped anything, BunBun would dash in, grab whatever was dropped, and take it away to eat. Bun-Bun refused to eat peppers; But if she stole the pepper from my mother, she would eat it proudly. Once my mother dropped a cinnamon stick, which our bunny promptly stole and soon dropped, disappointed. Bun-Bun managed to locate our fruit baskets a couple of times over the years as well. One time, she found the apples, and took a single bite out of every individual apple before actually eating. Another time, she found the bananas, and being as picky as she was, bit a single banana off from the bushel and somehow peeled off the skin, eating only the inside. I managed to snag a photo of this BunBun was also so particular, that she would only eat chilled blueberries, and would prefer to lay on concrete over grass.

BunBun hated car rides to the vet. She would often sit in between my thighs or climb up on my shoulders while the car was moving. She once shimmied her way in between my body and the seat-belt, so she was a bunny that truly understood vehicular safety haha. Much like a dog, BunBun would trot over whenever she heard the refrigerator. She would run around under the dinner table while we were eating and nudge our feet. She would lick the kitchen floor. There was also a period of time where she would eat dinner with us. We put her on a folding chair next to the dinner table and put vegetables on her spot of the dinner table. She would stand on her hind feet and grab the greens from the table while we ate our dinner. She once managed to steal a tiny piece of chicken; imagine how surprised we were. 

BunBun has had numerous health problems throughout the years, dealing with abscesses, cataracts, ulcers. She always managed to bounce through them and she was always so happy and affectionate regardless. My mother noticed a couple days ago that she hadn’t eaten or drunken for almost a day, so she scheduled an appointment with the vet and I drove back home. BunBun seemed normal as ever when I came home, and after I pet her for a while, she drank some water, pooped, and ate some greens. She even peed a little. I really thought she would come back from this little hiccup too. I truly did not think that it would be the last night I would spend with her. The only peculiar thing she did was lie down in her litterbox a couple of times, which she only did when she wanted to be returned to her cage. I really wish I could have kept her company when she died. I would have pet her longer if I had known. I’m not sure if I feel closure about it; I know she was happy when I had come home. And I know she didn’t die a drawn out and painful death; still I really miss her. She was truly a member of the family, and there’s a big hole in the family now that she’s gone. My mother is looking around for bunnies to adopt because she can’t stand the sense of loneliness at home. I just feel that no bunny could ever be as perfect as BunBun. Okay, this concludes my schpeal. If you read through this all, God bless. Rest easy BunBun, thank you for being a part of our lives <3