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Hi all!
Two years ago I adopted an ex-breeding French Lop buck. He was six at the time and showing his age – I didn’t think we’d have long together, but I set him up in my kitchen with a crate, a litter box, plenty of hay and some exciting new toys. Being a Marvel geek, I named him Bucky.
Within a few weeks he was a different bun; he’d slimmed down and gained bags of energy. He also got very particular about his setup, and would let me know when he was bored of a certain toy by flinging it out of his crate!
These days he has free range in the kitchen; the counters are too high for him to jump onto, and we don’t have anything plugged in at floor level, so he’d struggle to get into mischief. I chose not to neuter him because of his age (I didn’t want to risk the anaesthetic) so he’s still a bachelor, but he seems happy. He’s a bit aloof compared to other rabbits I’ve had, but I put that down to him not being a pet until relatively recently. He does like to hang out with me – I sit with him every day when I’m having a cup of tea, and he listens as I tell him about my day – but he doesn’t seek out cuddles and he’ll never be a “soppy” bun.
As for me, I’m Ally and I’m from Lancashire in the UK. I’ve had rabbits since I was a child so it was the first thing I wanted to do when I got my own house – and when I found out about Bucky, I couldn’t say no
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