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I love jokes that are in good nature. For instance last year I decorated all my husband’s work lunch with googly eyes.
. I am not a fan of the “oh we are pregnant or breaking up” pranks that seem so popular among people my age. I have no plans for him this year but I may post a fake news story or something. side note : watching the bunny sleep right now… He keeps lifting one of his hind legs up and putting it back down.. wonder what he’s dreaming about!
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Pretty productive day for the first weekend of April. We moved house last August and there’s still boxes in the spare room I haven’t unpacked. So I went through three of them today
I found my Lion King soundtrack CDs so I’m currently relaxing to the legacy collection CD which is pretty much a complete score and so gorgeous to listen to. -
Good on you, Azerane! Chewie and I had a really intense week, but the book is proofed/approved now and back to the publishers, so we are doing precisely what we had planned this weekend: impersonating the sloths in Zootopia.
Movie scores are my favourite thing to listen to when I’m driving.
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Okay, I just need to complain a little ha ha.
I am just feeling SOO burned out right now. I’ve been sick the last several days(bad cough, congestion, eyes watering to the point I can’t see for minutes at a time, feeling overall weak/dizzy, migraines). On top of that I have school, animals to take care of, dishes to wash and dry (we don’t have a dish washer) dinner to cook and serve, chickens to feed and let out/put away and cleaning the house, fish tanks to maintain and Moxie’s area to maintain, everyday. On top of that I babysit several kids for 3 hours, at least one day a week. It can be pretty overwhelming! Especially when I haven’t slept the last few nights because I’ve been up all night coughing (and cough drops and cough medicine hasn’t been working).
I feel like I could use a nice long vacation! Cleo has Another vet appointment on Monday. Hopefully we’ll be able to find out what’s wrong with her. She doesn’t really like this new food, and she especially won’t touch it if it’s been sitting in her bowl for more than 30 minutes. T.T She’ll also be getting her Rabies shot she’s due for, even though she never goes out.
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Somebody found a bunny on the side of the road and brought it into our local shelter. It’s the cutest black Lionhead mix! Somebody posted on their facebook page that somebody had a rabbit that they just let run loose and they’d returned it to them several times but they just kept releasing it because the rabbit “liked it better that way” and that that rabbit might be it. I honestly don’t know how somebody could let a rabbit run free around town and not be worried? Cats are kinda different than rabbits, I think. Hopefully they either find the owner (if it’s a good owner) or a good home for him/her.
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 4/02/2016 1:05 PM
Guess who has just got back from seeing ZOOTOPIA ??!! Me !!!
That Shakira song got my bum wiggling and my toes a tapping !!
They have SO set it up for a sequel Zootopia 2…. brill !! (The “best” Disney? I’m not convinced, but very good !!)Awesome
I loved it, no not the best. But the best in many years I think. 
I also get very excited to see all of the rabbit things out for Easter, although unfortunately (and probably fortunately) I didn’t have the money to indulge. Next year
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Bwhahahahaha! Vienna, you’re killing me! Yes, I think I would have ran out pretty quick if the breeder was that, uh, friendly.
Fiona – I wouldn’t worry terribly just yet. He’s in a new environment and is likely nervous. Just make him comfortable and avoid any unnecessary stress. Let him alone in his surroundings and he will start to settle after awhile.
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OMG, I woke up this morning to find a swarm of ants in the kitchen!
My husband had sealed stuff off last year so we were hoping they would stay away. They seemed to have found another way. *sigh* I washed a bunch of them down the sink and put ant baits out. I resisted the urge the drown them in Raid. I want them to eat the bait and take it back to the colony so we can get them all. -
Hello guys, and LOL I did not know that’s not the norm. She basically explained to me that she’s showing me all his parts, because some people sell to pet homes due to undisclosed health issues- not inform the buyer about it. Makes sense right? So there we are. Now I know what a bunny’s genitals look like!
BahahaMoony settled in extremely well… His personality has already shown through since yesterday… He is so so so sweet, gentle, trusting, cuddly and snuggly! He actually loves being held and carried around. ;__; It’s pretty much exactly what I was hoping for, and the breeder did not lead me astray… I’m very very glad I got a bunny from her. She actually came across me purely by luck too.
Moony’s favorite position of being carried seems to be leaning against your chest with his paws on your chest… Even when I have him carried sideways, he will scoot his little butt around to sit facing forward so that he is facing me. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. ;_; He is also not fearful at all of my dogs, not fearful of anything really… He is so trusting of people, social, loving, and loves being pampered in people’s arms. My parents love him too.
Almost 4 months old now! I think I might have gotten a perfect bunny for me. Honestly, I totally lucked out with this bunny and this breeder. Guys, it’s worth it to get a bun from this kind of breeder, despite the genitals. LOL
To top it off, he’s very auto well-litterbox trained. He has not pooped once when hanging outside with me, and all his poops are in his litterbox in the pen!
This is my mom holding him…
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Sounds like you got your first dose of bunnytude!
He has had a little time to settle in and is starting to feel more comfortable and confident. Perfect time to start teaching his bunny slave what’s what. First lesson: Do not lock bunny up if bunny isn’t ready. 
You may try to get back on his good side by making a craisin offering.I guess he would appreciate more play time, if that’s an option.
He’s super cute by the way!
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Don’t worry, so far he’s still treating you pretty well. It can get SO much worse…
Most bunnies like craisins, they’re called bunny crack after all. Since he’s still a baby you will have to take it slow with introducing new foods of course. I bet he’ll love them, though. Banana seems to be loved by most bunnies, too.I used to have my bunnies in my bedroom and ended up having to put them somewhere else, they wouldn’t let me sleep either.
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Moony sounds like a perfectly normal, young bunny to me.
Like the others said, he is settling in and feeling more comfortable now. Time for his bunnitude to show! You said he was 4 months, right? He can likely be neutered then, but wait a little bit so he can get used to his new home first. -
I can tell you that Chewie went from sweet, timid snugglebug, to “I love to sink my teeth into everything while spraying mommy with fragrant warm pee” literally overnight. I cuddled with him, went to work for the day, got home that evening, and the fun and games began. They lasted until a couple of weeks after his neutering – and it was the only time while living with me that he was penned up.
So yes. Neutering helps. A LOT. lol
P.S. He’s back to being my little prince again – all sweetness and light, even when he’s being naughty while playing.
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Amen, AndHenry! Do butt-crack-of-dawn trampoline sessions ON. MOMMY’S. TUMMY. bug me, considering that I work 12-hour days? Heck yes, but he won’t hear it from me. Will I ever give Chewie anything less than the most freedom, love, and true companionship as I safely (for him) can? Nope. I chose to link his life to mine, not the other way around. As such, he is entitled to at least one willing human slave and centre-of-universe status.
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My poor darling… He was doing his evening zoomies on my bed, when he binky turned to face me with his little bunny grin, and he landed half on and half off the bed. Plopped right down on his little butt on the sheepskin rug with the most confused look on his face. I just wanted to scoop him up and hug him, but he read my mind and ran for the potty in my dressing room.
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Sick for a week and a half straight…Uhg! Coughs always take a long time to clear up though. =/
So I’m trying to go vegetarian guys…Any tips from those of you who are veggie peeps?
Is it better to go “cold turkey” or slowly wean yourself off meat? Any tricks of the trade? Yummy recipes? We have our own chickens, and soon I’ll be looking around at our local farms to buy milk from them so I won’t have to support the big companies that torture their animals.
We have A LOT of Robins (birds) flying around this year. I love watching them!
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If the jewels are there, you can steal them.
Thank you Bam. Cash is still very anxious. She cries… loudly… all… the… time. I’ve been giving her baby aspirin and she has been getting around better. I’ll pick up something safer this week (can’t use aspirin for more than 5 days). I just wish there was something we could do about the crying. There are times when she is inconsolable. It makes me so sad because I don’t know why she does it. I think maybe she is anxious and sometimes confused about where she is. *sigh*
Oh gosh Moxie, that would be hard. I mean, I could probably be a vegetarian if I was by myself. My husband makes it difficult though. He wants meat and potatoes.
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It seems such a silly thing to be excited about, haha. Bam, you mentioning plantain reminds me that I saw some on the side of the driveway when I got home from work today
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Posted By Azerane on 4/06/2016 11:27 PM
Posted By Fiona on 4/06/2016 9:47 PM
Urg, turns out that I am careless and Moony is only 3 months old! :s He was born on 1-9-16, which makes him right at 3 months in a couple days. Too early to neuter? Both his testes are dropped though… Are there clear cut facts about are health issues later from neutering a bit early, or just speculation?I know that there is medical research for dogs that shows early neutering before the growth plates have closed is bad, but I’ve never heard of any research relating to rabbits. Rabbits mature earlier than dogs do though. My vet basically told me that whenever Bandit’s testes dropped he could be done. He was however almost 5 months at the time. I’ve never heard of negative side effects relating to earlier spay/neuter for rabbits.
Thanks, that is good… I dropped him off for the neuter this morning.
Goodbye, Moony’s balls. I went with the $180 one- she does neuters for all the local shelter’s rabbits, so it should be good. When I visited her with Moony yesterday though, she had no clue how to pick up a rabbit… She actually lifted him off just by his chest and did not support his bottom at all, so he kicked. I told her to support his bottom, and she just put him down on the table.
And then she goes and tells me that she owns holland lops for 10 years… I wonder if she picks all her bunnies up this way. -
I am sooo embarrassed and mortified right now…Like I literally want to crawl in a hole and live there the rest of my life.
So my ’employer’ (the person I work for) owed me some money. So she sent her son (my crush!) to bring me the money (without telling me) today. I was wearing Short-shorts, so I wanted to run and throw some pants on over. So I tell my dad to just go and collect the money. Could he do that? Of course not. He decided to declare “She needs to go put some pants on”, before closing the door in his face(not on purpose, the dogs were trying to run out). Well I end up just throwing some flip flops on and running out (In the rain) to awkwardly collect the money. Not to mention we were taking rounds to the dump so we had several trash bags on our porch… UHHHHGGGGGGG
I know it doesn’t sound THAT bad, but trust me, it was.
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ROTFL
Moxie, your dad sounds so much like my dad! Seriously, though – I realize it felt horrendous, but in retrospect, I agree with Bam that it was kind of cute, in a Bridget Jones kind of way. You’ll probably end up marrying the guy after you get arrested for drug trafficking in Thailand.
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Posted By Q8bunny on 4/07/2016 9:43 PM
ROTFL
Seriously, though – I realize it felt horrendous, but in retrospect, I agree with Bam that it was kind of cute, in a Bridget Jones kind of way. You’ll probably end up marrying the guy after you get arrested for drug trafficking in Thailand.Q8, that is hilarious! Moxie, I think it is very cute, in a very Brit kinda way, also
LBJ10, so the cabinet fell to the bottom of the stairs?! Oh dear. I hope it won’t be too expensive to replace or fix
My apologies if there are still a bajillion quotation boxes here. It’s never happened before!
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Posted By Fiona on 4/08/2016 9:06 PM
Guys, I’m wondering what this means? He has been doing this almost every time I want to pet him when he’s sitting up now. I took a video… http://sadbarks.tumblr.com/post/142490241206Does he want to bite me? o__o I’m afraid to let him sniff my hand because of what happened last time haha.
It looks to me like he’s just curious, and wants to sniff your hand like already mentioned, or wants to lick you hand
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I am feeling kinda discouraged right now. Now that people are finding out I am going Vegetarian, people are being kinda judgmental. I was trying to do some meal planning for the week with my mother, and my siblings started laughing at me, and saying stuff like “It’s just a phase, give it a few days and she’ll be back to eating meat”
And my “friends” think I’m being weird. *Sigh*It’s hard to accomplish something without a lot of support!
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Bam— Well now I feel like I need to succeed just to prove them wrong.
I’m still going to try though. I think I might be a pesco-vegetarian (somebody who doesn’t eat land animals, but still eats fish and shell fish) to start with, and then go completely vegetarian… When I was little (about 8 years old) I stopped eating all meat that came from pigs (because pigs are my favorite animal) for a while, but I ended up giving in because of “peer pressure”. But I have faith in myself. We RARELY eat any seafood (it’s $$$ and my sister hates it and is mildly allergic) so it would only be a very special occasion type of thing..
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Posted By MoxieMeadows on 4/10/2016 12:29 PM
I am feeling kinda discouraged right now. Now that people are finding out I am going Vegetarian, people are being kinda judgmental. I was trying to do some meal planning for the week with my mother, and my siblings started laughing at me, and saying stuff like “It’s just a phase, give it a few days and she’ll be back to eating meat”
And my “friends” think I’m being weird. *Sigh*It’s hard to accomplish something without a lot of support!
I’m veering towards being vegetarian right now, eating less and less meat. I know if I do, I won’t get any support from my teen sons, so I have some sympathy.
Maybe you can comment something along the lines of ‘Yep, a phase, a few days, a few months, or a few decades, who knows?’ ?
And know you’ll get some support here too
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I absolutely LOOOVE dairy products (cottage cheese is like my fave food) so I doubt I’ll ever be able to go vegan.
We have our own chickens, so I don’t need to worry about how the chickens I get my eggs from are being treated. =] And BB is filled with some people who are plain awesome, we’re so full of support and compassion for each other-it’s great!
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Posted By MoxieMeadows on 4/10/2016 2:37 PM
Good luck Gina.Jenny! You could discuss it with them, tell them your reasons ect., and who knows? Maybe they would agree with you. But if they don’t agree, maybe keep a few meat options around for them.
I can’t see either of the boys going vegetarian, and given my eldest’s medical conditions, it would not be wise for him anyway. They will both be leaving home for university at the end of September, and I can see our fridge going meat-free til they come home at Christmas.
My buns and piggies say they will gladly support you, me or any other non-furry going vegetarian, BUT only on the condition of promises not to eat any extra veg, as its bad enough having to share with the other buns n piggies as it is
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Posted By Azerane on 4/11/2016 12:29 AM
I’m unfortunately one of those people who as much as I understand the poor conditions that many animals are kept in and how much it affects them, I don’t see myself being able to stop eating meat. However I do only ever by free range eggs. I mentioned that to a friend once who knows I’m trying to save money and not spend much and they asked why I didn’t just buy the cage eggs…. I didn’t even try to explain why. But that is one thing I absolutely refuse to do is buy cage eggs. I only ever buy free range, I always check out the brands I buy, and I try to always buy the ones with the certified lower stocking densities too (they’re not always in stock).I’m the same- checking the brands and buying free range is important, but I don’t think I can ever stop eating meat. Even my dogs like vegetables more than I do (their favorites are cabbage, lettuce, and carrots).
Random happening… Moony seems to be trusting me more now after some bribing with craisins and carrots (orrrr his hormones went down a bit again). I pet him often again and he lets me. This morning he turned around to sniff my hand as I was petting him, and I let him sniff… just to take a chance… Thank goodness he actually just licked me a couple times and turned back around. No more teeth sinking into skin. I got lucky. LOL
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Posted By MoxieMeadows on 4/10/2016 12:29 PM
I am feeling kinda discouraged right now. Now that people are finding out I am going Vegetarian, people are being kinda judgmental. I was trying to do some meal planning for the week with my mother, and my siblings started laughing at me, and saying stuff like “It’s just a phase, give it a few days and she’ll be back to eating meat”
And my “friends” think I’m being weird. *Sigh*It’s hard to accomplish something without a lot of support!
Moxie, just invite them to watch Food, Inc. with you. They are unlikely to give you a hard time after that, and if they do, they will just make themselves look ignorant.
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Okay guys a little question: I want to know if I’m being paranoid, or I am right be weary/cautious. I am going to be babysitting 2 young kids tomorrow at somebody elses house. They are likely going to be having a man (in his 60’s) working on their kitchen. I’m kinda uncomfortable being alone in this house with 2 young kids with a man I do not know, even if they completely trust him. I plan on voicing my concerns to the woman I babysit for when she comes to pick me up. I will have my cellphone and a large pocket knife, and my parents live only a couple minutes away. What else should I do/say without sounding rude?
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Moxie: We did, thanks for asking! I had updated his thread with pictures, but he has gotten a lot bigger since then! I’ll post some in the picture thread.
About that guy, try not to worry too much, he’s probably harmless, but it doesn’t hurt to stay aware. You could check which rooms lock from the inside, just in case. And make sure to keep your phone on you, don’t put it down somewhere. I agree that pepper spray would be a good choice, you want something that will work from a distance, you don’t want to have to get into hand to hand combat with someone who’s bigger and stronger than you. But keep the knife, anyway.
Try to have a nice time, chances are nothing will happen.
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I’ll definitely be looking at those pics Hazel!
I think you’re all right, he probably is harmless, but in today’s world you never really know who’s the good guy and who’s not. What worries me the most is the fact that I’ll be alone in the house with a (sleeping) baby, for an hour and 45 minutes while I wait for (the still young) other child to get dropped off by the school bus. I think I’ll talk on my phone for a lot of this time so the person knows I do have a phone to call for help. Once the other kid comes home, I think I’ll be less on edge, because I think another capable person to call for help or run to the neighbors would deter anything if he did turn out to be a creep.
I believe pepper spray is legal here, but I’m still trying to talk my mom into letting me buy some. I believe she thinks I’d get freaked out and pepper spray a bunch of innocent people lol
But in all seriousness, I will voice my concerns today and be very careful, mentally figuring out an escape route/tactic to defend me and the children during that spare time. I know this might sound a little crazy/paranoid though, haha. I’ve also been taught a few simple stuff like never pull out a weapon in defense unless you really have to, because they could turn it on you, ect. -
The only other possibility would be IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease), which would be causing her intestines to get inflamed and cause the bloody feces. So hopefully this new meds will clear it up (and we’ll most likely have our answer). On better news, Cleo LOVES the “treats” (medication) the vets have supplied us with.
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Y’all know how I told you all about how mortified I was when my Dad called out the door and told that boy I needed to get pants on? Well I was working (I’m her regular babysitter, the same person I was babysitting for yesterday) for her again tonight and she couldn’t find her money so Ii told her we could just catch up. I casually mentioned what had happened and how I was slightly embarrassed, and she said “Yeah, ——- said something weird like you weren’t wearing any pants when he went to drop that off”.
*Sigh* lol
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LBJ: That’s a good deal. The best I can find right now is around $350. And I really don’t like any of the bundles, either. Maybe I will find a good deal like you did, sometime. Christmas is only eight months away… The game should be pretty cheap by then.
I’m sorry things aren’t going smoothly for you at work. I know it’s gotta be frustrating trying to organize something when others don’t hold up their end. I hope they’ll still come around!
Moxie:
That’s funny! Don’t worry about it, she obviously didn’t care, she still lets you babysit. I know it was embarrassing for you, but it sure is a funny story! -
I’m amused how comfortable Moony is already, anywhere in the house. I put him on a new couch to pet that he hasn’t been on before- he sniffed around for a minute, then just flopped right away and totally chilled out. This guy sure is comfy.
Still weirds me out that he binkies across the room when I can’t catch him though. I guess he thinks the fact that I am being so slow with him and he’s so fast is a ton of fun. Frustrating and adorable.
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Vienna, I’m sure your garden will be lovely! As an Englishwoman you have the right genetic predisposition
I took a course in the Kon-Tiki method for production of biochar for gardens last weekend. Really interesting! I always have big plans for my veggie-garden, last year the slugs ate everything except the zucchinis, but I’m hoping for better luck (=less slugs) this year!
Here’s a pic of the biochar we made. I went to a plant nursery today and saw they sold planting earth that was a mix of biochar and earth. At a very steep price I must say.
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Well bam – the “right predisposition” maybe not, but the expectations yes !
My family has always had nice English garden lawns… I am letting the side down somewhat! (Hence why I had to move out of the country !! LOL !!)I went to a nursery yet and there was a (pet) bunny hopping around quite contentedly – I could get within in metre and then he hopped away calmly.
Apparently he has been hopping around eating the plants and rose bushes for a few months now !! LOL… I asked had they tried to catch it and they say he’s become one of the staff… -
Vienna LOL So THAT’S why you went into exile! But the French are not so casual when it comes to gardening, surely. I mean Versailles and all. Not a lot of bumps and holes there.
Moxie, that is such a funny story! The four kids you’ll get with this boy when you’re grown up and married to each other will love to hear it over and over…
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Vienna, English gardens!!! *envious sigh*. I was only joking about Versailles. It’s not a style of gardening I’d choose if I were a king, I think (I’ve kind of a hard time imagining being a king though). Plus I don’t appreciate the smell of box hegdes, they smell like cat urine. But back in the 1700-hundreds everything else probably smelled even worse
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Hey this forum hits internationally – I need your ‘unbunny’ help !! (LOL)
I have 2 duvets (continental quilts) for my double bed. One winter, one summer.
Both were bought on sale years ago and neither are ‘standard’ sizes !!! Don’t ask why, I’ve no idea!! I now know why they were bargains !! LOL
I would like to finally buy covers which fit them, rather than wrestling each time like a halloween ghost on drugs, to make them fit! Where do they come from and where can I buy covers from?
Maybe they are ‘standard’ sizes from another country and I could buy on the net…Do you recognise these sizes ?
210 x 225 cm
185 x 185 cmYes, I could just buy new ‘standard size’ duvets, but I don’t do things the easy way ! (And they’re perfectly OK) ;p
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 4/17/2016 4:07 AM
Have I just gone bonkers or was there a thread with bunnies’ bums yesterday….?https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/145346/Default.aspx
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I knooooow !! (In a Kim and Kath accent!!)
Strange sizes! I’ve NO idea where they would have come from….. so i get floppy edges if I buy the cover too big and scrunched up duvet if too small..
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At the moment I fold back over about 15inches of the actual duvet at the bottom of the bed in the cover (hence my wrestling inside it! – it always wins!)185 comes up for a single size but only 80 across….. ggrrrr
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My poor baby. She has been warm lately so we decided it was time to give her a haircut. I started last night, just doing her torso. She’s an old dog so she will only tolerate so much at one time. Anyway, I looked at her after I was done and you can totally see how skinny she is now. I mean, her bones aren’t protruding or anything. But she definitely is tiny around the waist.
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I vote for a beach holiday – lots of nice places in France to walk on weekends (ok, so I’m assuming here, since I don’t actually know where precisely in France you are lol). But I’ve done little hikes in Languedoc Roussillon, etc. and Provence, and Normandie and they’ve been perfect for weekend type jaunts.
So yea. Get out the Hawaiian Tropic. teeheehee
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Well, Pinky, when I mentioned your thoughts on a walking hol (fitness) or a beach hol (sunning!) – for the latter I didn’t really envisage Blackpool in May…. LOL
No disrepect, but I was thinking more like Tenerife, Southern Spain or the Bahamas !!
Yes I could go walking in Normandie but the UK countryside is pulling me….. and southern France is just as far to travel as the Peak District….Think I’ll just turn up at Gatwick with passport, credit card and suncream, and get a no-show to the next (hot) destination….
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LBJ, couldn’t you give ranitidine or omeprazole with the aspirin? People on NSAIDs often get a prescription for a PPI at the same time to make it less hard on the tummy, aspirin and diklofenak etc are terribly hard on the tummy.
Vienna, walking without a dog seems rather pointless when you’re used to having a dog with you
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I’m really upset right now. It feels like all my friends (I only have 2 lol) are drifting away.
I’m homeschooled and my “bff” is public schooled. Apparently she’s decided these new Friendships (that are only like 4 months old) are worth more than our friendship which is nearly 10 years old. =/ She’s gotten distant and has even told me I’m not her “No. 1 friend” anymore. It hurts and is making me bitter towards her. But I don’t want to be because it will push us away further.
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Aw Moxie
it sucks, but sometimes friends do drift apart – you will meet more people though in your life! My buns just got a shipment from binkybunny store today. And… they are destroying some willow toys. Powder managed to come out of the pen for a few minutes today, but he’s still not coming out much.
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Moxie – It is natural for friends to drift apart. For teenage girls, experiencing high school and new friends can be very exciting. You might meet some really fun people and suddenly everyone thinks you’re cool or is interested in you. It happens. Don’t blame your friend. This is probably a very exciting time for her, especially if she didn’t have many friends before. You guys might drift apart and that is natural with any friendship. This even happens to the best of friends. But, if the friendship really is a true friendship where you both love and care for each other, you will eventually make your way back to each other. It might take some time. She might need to mature a little bit and realize there are more important things in life than being cool (like true, long-lasting friendships). You both might need to mature a little.
And when that happens, then you will find your way back to each other and your friendship will be stronger than ever. And if it doesn’t, then that’s okay too. It can happen sometimes. Friendships aren’t always as strong as we think they are and it is natural for them to come to an end. So try not to feel bitter. I know it can be hard sometimes, but you certainly don’t want to push her away. -
Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 4/22/2016 6:58 AM
I’ve just seen a webpage which says if you’re thinking of getting a rabbit, you should allow for ‘running’ costs of £1000 per year – !!!! (= +/-$1400)
Well I know they’re not cheap as canaries, but £1000 seems a bit steep (I’m exclusing emergency visits or illnesses of course…)
(Atleast I’m sure I don’t spend that on Zou !) That’s £20 per week – on food and hay ! Hmmm.I’m sure I never spent that much on Bandit. Maybe over the course of setting up all his stuff, cage, buying all supplies etc.
But with litter, pellets, hay, greens and toys, it comes out to about $650 Australian, which is about 350 pounds (not sure how I get that symbol
). And I feel like I’m not estimating low either, that’s including $15 a month on toys which I know I didn’t spend monthly. Then even if you add on $100 for a yearly checkup, it’s still nowhere near the AU$1800 they say. What are they buying for their rabbit I suppose if I had been buying a lot more fresh greens specifically for Bandit it would have cost more, but he just had bits and pieces of what I was buying for us and the rest was home grown. Hay costs me about $1.00 a week tops. -
Thanks so much VBIF
We weren’t actually there that long, an hour and 45 minutes maybe. It was a nice expo, just disappointing that it wasn’t as big as I thought it would be. There’s the potential for so much more to be there. Still, we go to meet some great dogs and cats, got to pet Bengal kittens, and an Abyssinian kitten (two of my favourite breeds). I also got to see some rabbit breeds that I’ve not seen in person before, they had a Thrianta there, and wow is that one gorgeous rabbit. One of the ladies at the display also let us pet a standard rex (since they weren’t letting people pet the rabbits at all). But she kindly opened the top of the cage to allow us to pet him to feel how soft the fur was. So it was a pretty nice morning, just not as amazing as I expected it to be. On the way home we stopped at a couple of pet stores just to look, I always like to check out potential toys and get ideas for things (and of course play with adoptable kittens etc). One of the pet stores had buy one get one free on all their Burgess stock, which I would have jumped at the opportunity did I currently have a rabbit. Because Burgess is super pricey here.
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Posted By Azerane on 4/22/2016 5:37 PM
Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 4/22/2016 6:58 AM
I’ve just seen a webpage which says if you’re thinking of getting a rabbit, you should allow for ‘running’ costs of £1000 per year – !!!! (= +/-$1400)
Well I know they’re not cheap as canaries, but £1000 seems a bit steep (I’m exclusing emergency visits or illnesses of course…)
(Atleast I’m sure I don’t spend that on Zou !) That’s £20 per week – on food and hay ! Hmmm.I’m sure I never spent that much on Bandit. Maybe over the course of setting up all his stuff, cage, buying all supplies etc.
But with litter, pellets, hay, greens and toys, it comes out to about $650 Australian, which is about 350 pounds (not sure how I get that symbol
). And I feel like I’m not estimating low either, that’s including $15 a month on toys which I know I didn’t spend monthly. Then even if you add on $100 for a yearly checkup, it’s still nowhere near the AU$1800 they say. What are they buying for their rabbit I suppose if I had been buying a lot more fresh greens specifically for Bandit it would have cost more, but he just had bits and pieces of what I was buying for us and the rest was home grown. Hay costs me about $1.00 a week tops.Well, depends where you live, really. When I was in KS, we couldn’t get fresh hay locally, so I had to order online – $60 per shipment of hay (50lbs at a time) but they go through hay so fast, it wouldn’t last all that long. Probably $5 a week in hay that way. A single head of lettuce was $2.49, which they could eat a head a day if I let them, but lets say I go through two heads a week, plus a few things of cilantro/parsley – $7 a week in veggies. Oxbow pellets, 25lbs lasts them around 3-4 months @ $26.99 a bag – $2.25 a week on pellets. Litter, they were going through around one bag every two weeks, $8 a bag. $4 a week on litter. Toys would never last them more than a week, so if I kept them something to chew, it was roughly $5 a week on toys.
So around $23-$24 a week for them up there.
Now, in Florida, they aren’t costing near as much. $5.99 bag of horse stall pellets for litter, has lasted so far two months and I still have plenty (a lot cheaper than having to buy cat litter). So, I’m guessing probably 4-5 months on one bag. So, maybe $0.35 a week on litter. A bale of hay is $7.99, vs $60 of having to order it online and it’s huge, so will last a while, so maybe $1 a week on hay. Veggies, I can grow some of my own and hit sales/seasonal on some other stuff, so it’s not too bad… but still, about $3-$5 a week on veggies. Toys I can’t afford to keep them in what they like, not on my salary (they like willow toys and they eat a $5 toy in an hour). But, maybe $3 a week.
So around $9-$10 a week on them here.
Plus, if you get a yearly checkup, it costs more. And as rabbits age, they can start to have teeth issues and stuff, which becomes costly with the trims.
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Really missing Bandit the last couple of days. I’ve never been one for diving right into a new pet, but for some reason in the case of Bandit, from about a month after I lost him, I felt that adopting another rabbit would really help. Unfortunately I’m having to wait until I have some more savings before doing so, which is smart, but it’s breaking my heart being without a pet, and it’s a constant reminder of Bandit being gone. I suppose because I feel responsible for what happened, being able to care for another rabbit will help heal that. Depending on how things go with my saving goals, I’ll potentially be able to adopt in June, so I’m looking forward to that at least
Sorry to get all depressing, there’s very few places I can really talk about it without being thought of as a bit crazy for missing a pet so much.
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Ok… I just ordered a bag of Sherwood Forest Professional.
Chewie loves his Oxbow BBT pebbles, but I’ve read so many good things about the ingredients used by SF, that I’m going to try feeding him that for a while and see how it goes (my only concern is that they’re higher in protein and calcium).
Kind of excited to receive them though. Anyone else have anything fun coming in the mail?
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Posted By Q8bunny on 4/25/2016 3:20 AM
Ok… I just ordered a bag of Sherwood Forest Professional.Chewie loves his Oxbow BBT pebbles, but I’ve read so many good things about the ingredients used by SF, that I’m going to try feeding him that for a while and see how it goes (my only concern is that they’re higher in protein and calcium).
Kind of excited to receive them though. Anyone else have anything fun coming in the mail?
Yep, I’ve ordered a long roll of wire netting, so I can extend the buns outdoor extension run, and provide the pigs with one each. So tomorrow or Wed I will have fun with that, depending when it arrives.
I’ve spent this morning rearranging the dining room again, so that Choco could move into a separate cage. I felt a bit sorry for Choco, as lifted him over, but his first response was along the lines of ‘wow, so much hay, thanks mum!’. He had a great time, and is now out in the garden alongside the bunnies. It hadn’t occurred to me that he would welcome a break from feeling frustrated, just as much as Latte would welcome the break from being mounted. Latte will go out later, and Choco will have to come in, as I only have the one run for them til the netting arrives.
The cage he is now in was the one I had been using to bond the quartet, and so smells strongly of bunnies, and should’t have too much piggy smells left in it. It does meant I can’t use it for bunny bonding though, but on Friday I will be provided with some research to do for my science degree, which I will be examined on in June, and will need to focus on revision and research from Friday onwards. That’s one reason I decided to split the piggies, I won”t be able to keep going and lifting Choco off Latte. Bunny quartet bonding will have to wait now til I can throw the study books on the shelf for a long summer break, which is why I’m extending the extension, as its not as big as the main run.
I’m trying to clear everything of my ‘to do’ list before Friday, which includes an assignment to submit tonight. Most of it is done, just a really nasty, difficult essay left to tackle, which now the boys have left for college, I need to get on with…
Calming vibes for (((Cash)))
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L4B: I can’t seem to find fresh “tasty” twigs. The store ones don’t impress his lordship very much, and I confess to trying to gnaw on a few different kinds to see if I can perceive a difference in tastiness, but have had no luck.
GJ: Your piggies will be sooo impressed with the snazzy new facilities, I’m sure.
I was actually toying with the idea of getting a couple of warbling piggies, since Chewie’s post-neuter hutch is sitting around all sad and empty. They’re such cute little critters. -
Mine seem to like things from the pet store okay, but they prefer the toys from BB for some reason. Maybe they have a “fresher” taste?
Oh boy, that was a rough night. Cash was up several times whining and crying. My husband stayed up with her all night. I had to put her in the kitchen when I left for work this morning. Poor thing. I really don’t know what was wrong, but she was full-on crying like a puppy does. You know, when you first bring them home. It was at the top of her lungs, literally. =\ She seems better now, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see when it’s time to go to bed. *sigh*
This is so hard. I mean, how do you know when enough is enough? I always hate that about people saying that you just know. Well, you don’t always just know. Especially when said pet is still walking around, eating (more or less), etc. We took her to the park today. But then my heart breaks when she won’t go to sleep at night.
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Posted By LBJ10 on 4/25/2016 7:13 PM
This is so hard. I mean, how do you know when enough is enough? I always hate that about people saying that you just know. Well, you don’t always just know. Especially when said pet is still walking around, eating (more or less), etc. We took her to the park today. But then my heart breaks when she won’t go to sleep at night.
I understand that completely. For a long time I had the biggest regret about our family cat, Sparks. She was about 18 years old, living with my mum and her partner (I’d moved out of home about a year earlier) and one day when I visited I could tell how suddenly she’d become “old” and I knew that she would probably die soon and I should do something about it (my mum’s not really the sort to take an animal to a vet for old age). I fought with myself for a while about it, whether I needed to take her within those next few days and in the end, I waited too long and she passed away on her own. I felt awful that the one last thing I could have done for her, I never did. It seemed like she died somewhat peacefully (curled up like she was sleeping), but she still could have been in pain. That being said, my mum had suggested I give up on her 3 years earlier when she came down with a bad digestive infection. For a week I hand fed her microwaved chicken bits, and as a result of being so sick she also came down with two other infections, respiratory and an infected paw (from a small cut) that made her whole leg swell. It was a tough battle, but I knew I had to fight for that one. Deep down, when she did pass, I knew that it was her time, I delayed because it was hard to accept and I was trying to convince myself that I had more time when I didn’t. I have no idea if me writing any of this helps, because I know that all situations are very different. Fight for what you know can be fought for, everything else is a tough choice either way. Letting go hurts, but I also know that not letting go can hurt too when you could have done something but didn’t. *hugs*
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Azerane – I guess my experience is the opposite. I felt guilty for euthanizing “too soon”. It was awful.
I don’t really know what’s wrong. She will sleep some nights, but not others. We thought it was because she was in pain. The vet had her on Rimadyl and it seemed to do nothing. She would cry and cry at night while on it. We had to resort to giving her aspirin, which the vet is okay with. She was sleeping better and getting around better. It wasn’t until last night that she was having issues again. There was a thunderstorm though. I guess part of it could be pain, but part of it could be dementia. She has these episodes where she seems confused.
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Posted By LBJ10 on 4/25/2016 10:23 PM
Azerane – I guess my experience is the opposite. I felt guilty for euthanizing “too soon”. It was awful. I don’t really know what’s wrong. She will sleep some nights, but not others. We thought it was because she was in pain. The vet had her on Rimadyl and it seemed to do nothing. She would cry and cry at night while on it. We had to resort to giving her aspirin, which the vet is okay with. She was sleeping better and getting around better. It wasn’t until last night that she was having issues again. There was a thunderstorm though. I guess part of it could be pain, but part of it could be dementia. She has these episodes where she seems confused.
I understand, I’ve only ever had one of those experiences and it was because I was only 15 and it was completely out of my control (parents couldn’t afford the surgery). Though I must say that it was probably my hardest loss, possibly from being young and being the pet I grew up with but also knowing that there were options that we simply didn’t take. I suppose it’s easy to feel guilty either way, doing it too early, and leaving it too long. Never an easy decision, that’s for sure.
It’s tough to know what is causing the distress, but dementia is certainly an option. I think Sparks was starting to develop some in her last year or two. Suddenly at 2/3am in the morning she would start meowing really loudly from the lounge room, and she wouldn’t move from there or stop until you got up, said hello and pet her for a moment. Then she’d curl right back up and go to sleep again. It wasn’t frequent though, maybe only twice a month so not the same issue that you’re having by far. Really do wish you all the best though, it’s tough to know what to suggest.
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Posted By Q8bunny on 4/26/2016 2:55 AM
Yipee!! The shelter is dropping off their one and only piggy on Thursday afternoon. Can’t wait, can’t wait, can’t wait *hops up and down with glee*Great news
you need to practice ‘pop-corning’ that’s a piggy equivalent of a bunny binky! Will Hagrid be yr first piggy? Can’t wait for picsIt’s trying to snow here
Snow, glorious snow, my bunnies don’t think so! Snow, horrible snow, piggies tell you to go! It’s cold under piggy paws, keeping us all indoors, oh snow, unwanted snow, why don’t you go!
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Posted By Q8bunny on 4/26/2016 6:22 AM
GJ: Yep. First piggy.We got our first piggy, I think maybe 2005. My younger son was asking for a twin sister, but agreed to settle for a guinea pig
Of course his brother wanted one, so we got two. Sadly, the second one was a pet shop return, and seemed to be permanently shell shocked, but at least they were some sort of piggy company for each other. We’ve never been piggy free since!
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Posted By MoxieMeadows on 4/26/2016 10:52 AM
Uhg I am sick AGAIN! =/Hope you feel better soon x
Choco was very happy to have some lap time, He is missing Latte way more than Latte is missing him
He doesn’t sing all that often , but I’ll keep the camera handy and fully charged, just in case the singing mood takes him
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@Q8, I know it’s early days, but will you be getting him a little piggy friend? Maybe when the shelter gets another in
@MoxieMeadows I know the feeling, I’m sick too It all started with a sore throat on Saturday and for three days it was just that so I thought it would be alright. Then yesterday I had head pain and hot/cold feelings, and now since 1am my sinuses have just exploded, lol. No work for me today I don’t think.
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@Azerane @MoxieMeadows
Hope you both get well soon. I’ve had a scratchy throat since Friday, and I’m feeling yuck and exhausted.Congratulations Azerane, on the YouTube milestone
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Congrats, Azerane!
Actually, Hagrid used to have a brother who was adopted solo (the shelter really should’ve insisted on a package deal).
They’re the only two piggies they’ve ever had so I might just cave and get him a friend from Petzone when I go in for hay in two weeks – they’ve got a herd of Shelties, I think. Must make sure it’s a boy and must introduce them amidst a shower of yummy food. lolToying with the idea of using a small wading pool I have as a piggy pen or somehow connecting two hutches together to make a bigger habitat…
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In 24 hours, LBJ
Chewie just had his first taste of fresh grass today. I was in tears while filming – poor little boy… no back yard to graze in.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwXadtjC90TRTEhUc0RfYVMxQ2M
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Posted By Q8bunny on 4/27/2016 4:18 AM
In 24 hours, LBJ Chewie just had his first taste of fresh grass today. I was in tears while filming – poor little boy… no back yard to graze in.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwXadtjC90TRTEhUc0RfYVMxQ2M
He looks like he’s enjoying it
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GJ: I did. Only one of the little pots I planted even sprouted, and even that was really anemic grass. The problem is that my flat has only north facing windows, so no direct sunlight equals woeful greens.
LBJ: I’ve avoided saying anything about your dear Cash because it’s the kind of situation that plays out with time, not advice. But I want you to know that my heart aches for you and that poor old doggy. *hugs* ((((((painless days and nights, Cash))))))
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@Love4Bunny, yes it is a bunny YouTube channel I’ve only had it since about July last year. It’s called Bunny Basics if you want to look it up.
@Q8bunny, thanks so much
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Posted By Love4Bunny on 4/27/2016 1:07 PM
Azerane, good job on the channel! I just subscribed. And, it was cool to see Bandit. He looked like such a sweet bunny.Thanks so much
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Posted By MoxieMeadows on 4/30/2016 8:46 AM
Today’s the last day of April. Man, where is the year going? Nearly half over.
I’m so excited
Once it’s May, it’s almost June. Then when it’s June there’s a good chance I’ll be adopting a new bunny I cannot wait.In other news, I collected a whole lot of seed from my basil plants today. I have more than enough to last me a long time, now I just have to wait until Spring to plant them. We have no room inside that gets enough sunlight to plant in pots, and the cooler weather kills basil over winter outside.
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