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Posted By bam on 4/15/2016 2:40 AM
YAAAYYYY!!! The Daily Podge!!!!!We had too – the vote was unanimous
I just rearranged the dining room again, and Podge was keen to check out whether the kitten tree house had changed inside too lol
He kept going in and out, but was so speedy the second shot nearly made it as a contender for the exploiting the booty thread instead!
Either that, or he is keen to show off his new stream line figure as often as possible
And hot of the press, caught just as the tail went down, showing that even though he is unaltered, he knows where to go
Clever Podge
Apparently his press manager has advised him being caught with the tail still up is just plain wrong, so filming had to be delayed to maintain dignity
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My youngest son chose it
Podge is a diminutive of Padrig, which as everybun knows, means ‘noble’ Podge was a stray and was adopted by us just over three weeks ago, as a boyfriend for another stray we adopted. He’d been stuck in a rescue’s hutch since last summer, and so is behaving more like a kit than an adult, always on the go, and everything is a great adventure! Podge and Gina are now in the process of being bonded with another pair, who includes our third adopted stray.
Can you tell we like adopting stray rabbits yet
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxjuenZVpCqPbHl2NURCTjVodW8/view?usp=sharing
Here’s a nice video of them enjoying the early morning grass. I think they like it still being wet from the dew. Its nice and tasty, and its so easy to wash with dew on your paws
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Do I look more handsome from the rear or from the front?
Now, watch me in action
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxjuenZVpCqPRTB1S25FNU5TLVE/view?usp=sharing
Of course, I save my best binkies for when mum hasn’t got the camera, its more fun that way
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Third day of totally blue skies in a row, and the buns are struggling to acclimatise, even with plenty of shade.
They’ve all spent the afternoon in the shade. Jenny went as far as scrapping the grass so she could lie on the cooler soil.
Later on…
After an 11 hour shift on grass quality control, you’d be exhausted too!
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Its five weeks since Podge arrived, so we celebrated with some carrot tops, with the top bit of carrot left on
Choco and Latte happily joined in the celebrations
Jenny took hers inside the big cardboard box, and Pippi’s was eaten by the time I grabbed the camera!
They followed their treat with their four weekly dose of spot on, not nearly so welcome. I think Podge finds it ticklish, judging by his reaction
And none of them like the smell, if all the thumping is anything to go by
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Posted By bam on 4/27/2016 4:16 PM
They are so lovely all of them! I’m really rather envious. To be surrounded by such loving cuteness! (Although in Choco’s and Latte’s case a little too much love perhaps.)What spot on is it you give them? Is it for ticks? I think you have said somewhere but I can’t find the post now (it’s late evening here, past bedtime really). I’m thinking I should get sth for mine too since they are now getting a bit of outside time (only Yohio so far, but I’ve plans for Bam too). Tick season has started here.
The one I use is
spot on, I’ve used it as a preventative measure for years, ever since some of our piggies came home from their neuters with mites, which was the last thing they needed right then. Dose is by weight, and one tube I think does a bun up to 5 kg, so I split 3 tubes between the six of them.I also rub tea tree oil around the door frames, the smell is said to discourage flies, and I’ve definitely had less in the house since I started doing that, though it does leave yellow smears on the white plastic. However, yellow smears are a lot easier to ignore than flies!
Specially developed to protect pet rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and other small rodents from flies, fleas, ticks, lice and mites. My Little Friend Spot On is convenient and easy to use to protect your small animal from these pets. This product is suitable for use on pet rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and other small rodents. Correct doses are detailed on the back of the pack
Q8, We are all excited for you
Piggies make great pets too. They usually love a cuddle, just watch if they start wriggling or you might end up a bit wet!
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Posted By bam on 4/28/2016 6:04 AM
I see, bummer, not sth I could get here for my buns, well Tee Tree Oil of course but no spot-on for buns =/Would it be worth seeing what the postage from Amazon UK would be, for say enough for the summer, as they are very light? Maybe be worth it if there were several light things could be ordered together, such as the Pro-C, even D & C if its cheaper here?
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A very confused Amazon driver has just delivered ‘Sir Podge and friends’ a parcel. Podge had been told to keep an eye out for something interesting arriving, and was asked if he could share the goodies out between the six of them, when they arrived. First of all, Podge claimed the box. Then he began his investigating…
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Podge and Pippi and Jenny having fun. Gina and the piggies were too busy snoozing.
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Lucky buns with a very kind friend! And they say who needs a PA when you have mum
Here is Pippi’s elephant impression and here are all four buns with their morning pellets in the treat balls. I reduced the size of the hole today, so the pellets fell out a bit slower!
Unfortunately the SD card was full, and the camera switched itself off too soon
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They are just too cute with all those toys.
I’ve actually got those trio of fun balls in my cart, waiting to be ordered next month along with a bunch of other mostly rabbit related things 
I’m really not sure whether they’ll actually be allowed into the country, but we have an amazon gift card so I figured I’d give it a shot 
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 4/29/2016 6:57 AM
Azerane – be careful with your illegal imports, you may have to do a ‘hostage scene’ publicity ad like Johnny and Amber !! LOL
They were reeeeally happy to do that – it shined through their acting skills !!Haha, I doubt I’ll be in quite that much trouble
Usually you just get a letter that your package is being held, and do you either want to pay for the item to be treated for pests so you can have it, or otherwise they destroy it. In which case, they can just destroy it. But sometimes it’s not an issue as I’ve seen some things people have managed to have shipped. I guess it depends on if they properly inspect a parcel or not. -
We have a reasonable size garden, 10 m x 10 m, but over half of it doesn’t get any sun for half the year, which is due to it having 6 foot fencing, and being surrounded by houses on all sides. When the boys were younger, we had a big trampoline over the least sunny area, which was dismantled a couple of years ago. The ground was then raked out and grass seeded.
Its taken this long for the grass to get a good hold, probably due to the lack of winter sunshine, but the sun is high enough in the sky now to warm the grass enough for it to grow, and be dry enough for bunnies to go on. Unfortunately, there are a lot of weeds too, so I will need to remove anything toxic before a bun can eat it. So today the buns are in their nearly finished double run, in nice long grass .
Can you see all those dandelions behind them
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I confirm the STRICT Aussie border controls even within Australia crossing over into another state.
I travelled there camping for a while on a budget so carried all our food with us, and we would sit at the border eating all our food which couldn’t go across the state border. Others just threw it in the provided bins…. such a waste !!
We also had to open our tent and show our walking boot soles when coming into Australia, to check no germs were brought in, in the dried mud.Oh no, indeedie, they do not joke around with their customs rules. and I’m VERY glad that J&A didn’t get special treatment !
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 5/01/2016 12:46 PM
I confirm the STRICT Aussie border controls even within Australia crossing over into another state.
I travelled there camping for a while on a budget so carried all our food with us, and we would sit at the border eating all our food which couldn’t go across the state border. Others just threw it in the provided bins…. such a waste !!
We also had to open our tent and show our walking boot soles when coming into Australia, to check no germs were brought in, in the dried mud.Oh no, indeedie, they do not joke around with their customs rules. and I’m VERY glad that J&A didn’t get special treatment !
I can’t even travel with some things within my own STATE! Fruit is the main culprit because of fruit fly, but that thing is really no joke and they’re just trying to protect the crops. $400 fine for most people if they catch you crossing into the restricted area with any.
And on bunny topic, I just saw all those dandelions behind the pen and my eyes popped! The feast that the bunnies will have
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making the dandelions last, and ensuring all six get a fair share is the tricky part
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 5/03/2016 2:36 PM
That really is the best toy of the lot IMHO
And also I may seem harsh GJ but that hole is still far too easy (or… are the treats too small??!!! LOL) – a billion come out each time (OK a tad exaggerating!)
The treats are just their normal pellets
Bunnies say several pellets need to come out at once, as if only one came out, the other bun might get the reward for their hard work, that’s their argument anyway!
Some sunny buns, and a piggy too (Choco is in a run the other side of Pippi and Jenny)
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And a very dozy Pippi, with a full tum of freshly chewed grass to digest
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Oh, that’s why he’s been sat firmly on it all morning
He’s still sat on it, and I swear he is sat where he is, waiting for Latte to come out!
Its been drizzling all morning, so that funny sky of mum’s is out! Better than a couple of days back, when mum said the grass was already too wet to get out. Huh!
Don’t you humans know fresh rain-washed grass is the best
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Pouting here too, I’ve done two loads of laundry while it was still night rate electricity, trusting the stupid forecast to be right, so I want it out and drying! Q8, I wish we could!
An hour later, Podge is still sat waiting for Latte
Latte is sat looking at his cage door, waiting to go out. You’d wonder does he sense Podge is waiting for him?
Choco is sulking under the hay, with a clear view of his rear, to indicate just how poorly his thinks of buns being out when pigs are not! Whoever said animals can’t talk!!
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Posted By bam on 5/20/2016 11:07 AM
The look on Podge’s face as he sits there waiting! Disapproval and determination! And it payed off!The fluffle is just so overwhelmingly lovely.
Podge’s face, when Latte went in…
Latte left plenty of calling cards, to show he stayed as close to Podge as he could, all day!
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Posted By bam on 5/21/2016 3:41 PM
I’m in love with all of Podge.
Just ordered that little friend anti-insect spot-on from the UK Methoprene seems bunny safe and shipping wasn’t pricey.
I’ve used it for many years, and never had any problems, I believe it damages a hormone only insects produce, meaning its effective and safe for all mammals, including a son who doesn’t like being unable to give ear rubs to a pet who has been recently treated!
Here’s a fluffle staying cool in the shade.
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Nobunny is panting, so the grass must be helping them stay cool enough? It briefly reached 30 C here in the sun, though its back down to 22 C now, according to the thermometer, so I am very glad everybun got a good groom last night!
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LOL
Now, I tried drying Zou’s favourite – dandelion leaves – last week whilst on hols
I picked a whole bunch (carreid around a bucket doing it!!) – spread them out carefully so each one got dried all sides….. it actually took about 3 days of full sunshine to completely dry… and presented them to Madame almost on a silver platter !!
Quite frankly if a rabbit could turn her nose up, then she did !! NOT impressed with the dried variety !! Gee thanks Zou !
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Rabbits are helpful. It’s amazing how involved they like to be in the day-to-day stuff like making the bed, folding the laundry, clearing scraps off of plates, gardening, redecorating, and of course, marking student papers (or in Gina and Podge’s cases, checking homework and revising for big exams
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On your marks, get set, chew
There are so many dandelion stalks in the garden, that Podge is happy to share with his little fashionista friend
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We’re forecast heavy rain all day, so if the bunnies n piggies can’t go to the garden, the garden must come to them. Dashed out and cut a bowlful of the long grasses from around the fence, and as many empty dandelion stalks as I could, leaving the ones still with seeds, as we want the seeds to scatter and grow.
News seems to have spread fast, and Podge had to accept a six way split of the stalks
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The Daily Podge bank holiday special
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While Podge was taking his time tucking into this particular stalk, Gina came and took it from him…
You’ve seen Revenge of the Sith, now watch Revenge of the Gina
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With me sitting my exam 10 am til 2:30 pm, the buns and pigs will have to stay in, as I can’t risk the girls digging either out, or through to each other (which they nearly managed last week!)
Jenny and Pippi refused to come out for any indoor floor time, insisting its garden time. Podge was more sensible and hopped into the nearest sunbeam to enjoy the sun that way. I popped out earlier, and cut a load of grass and dandelions. Pippi and Jenny turned their little bunny noses up at the idea of eating grass indoors on a sunny day, but then it mysteriously vanished when my back was turned
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Podge and Gina have both lost a bit of weight this month, maybe from the stress of two trips to the vet and the myxi/vhd jabs, and neither want to lose any more, and ideally want to regain back what they’ve dropped. They only need a small weight boost, so instead of buying a full bag of the high calorie barley rings, I decided to try a few oats. Podge’s nose was straight in, before the plate hit the ground, and with Podge’s tum issues, its always going to be good to have something in that is easy to eat that he likes, so its good to know oats are something he will tuck into so well.
Gina ignored them, being too busy trying to beat up the pet carrier that is blocking off the door of the run. Every morning, she tries to park her little bunny butt to stop me shutting them in the run, and I guess doesn’t approve of the carrier being used as a door blocker!
I took the plate away before Podge ate the lot, til I see how his tum is with oats, which he thought was a silly precaution!
I then gave Pippi and Jenny a try of the oats, thinking it would be good if they find them tasty too, in case they end up needing them at some point, and you never saw two bunny noses move so fast and in perfect synchronisation!
Gina finished her fight with the carrier, and settled for a morning snooze under the hammock
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rofl !! I have a mozzie net over my bed (I’ve SO given up on plug-ins, geranium essence by bedside and every other way – atleast with a mozzie net IF one gets trapped in there with me, they really don’t last long as I don’t have to go chasing around the whole room with my electric zap-racquet)…. but I hadn’t thought of one for Zou !!
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Buns only got about four hours out today, before the rain started. Given its forecast to stay wet the rest of the day, I cut some grass and clover ready, and bought them in.
Podge is a bit sleepy to want his yummies right now…
Pippi and Jenny wolfed theirs down straight away, then Jenny gave her paw a photogenic wash, to show black buns can be photogenic too
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Posted By bam on 6/29/2016 4:09 PM
GJ, that fluffle is just awesome! But what are they eating?Vienna, Bunny and Little Snoring! If Bunny were a county people could live in Little Snoring, Bunny. My goodness how charming and silly!
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Vienna: Chewie and I may just pop by during our relocation since I’m widening my house search and also looking into finding a chill part-time job somewhere to help give my days some structure (since I’m single now, I don’t think I could sit around the house all day – even writers need to get out). I should be able to offer SOMEthing to SOMEbunny with my various languages and random collection of skills and knowledge and experience.
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Q8 – no worries –
Not sure you’d choose the north of France to relocate to for retirement but you’re more than welcome of course – I would choose something more rural, more sunshine, more cheery people… lol (i’m in a tiny surburban town house not in a lovely rural farmhouse like most people think UK expats are…
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As bunny parents – our eyes are fixed on other things outside – my eyes go wide when I see a secret stash of dandelions somewhere… and friends are often obliged to stop and watch or join in whilst I pick away, frantically, like someone who has just had a pile of ($100) dollar notes thrown on the floor in front of them….
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Went back today to harvest some more, I said to my friend ‘its a shame we have to wash them as that leaves the leaves too wet to dry, I need a giant salad spinner’. (The field is in constant use for dog walking, so not washing is not an option
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I now have a full big bagful of freshly laundered dandelions drying in a bigger box in the garage, another cloth bagful in the fridge and eight very full tums
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Lucky buns indeed, there were more stalks than even Podge could eat and Snickers clearly agrees they are awesome fun to eat
its probably the first time she and Mini have eaten them, as the odd one still growing in my back garden always goes to Podge and the pet shop was told they had previously been fed muesli, when they were dropped off there. Both of them clearly see every food, even fresh hay in the boxes, as treats
It would be a long job with a hairdryer, maybe a washing machine spin cycle. Sadly, I don’t have a tumble dryer else I’d have followed the spin by a tumble
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Both. The hay boxes keep the hay contained and are lined with half puppy training pad. The pads get replaced once wet, saves a lot of hay, and bunnies self litter train pretty much straight away, even Podge. (Podge isn’t altered on the advice of two vets) Mini and Snickers got the knack of using the hay boxes within a day or two of moving in too, and they were totally un-litter-trained when they got here
And it means there’s not too much hay on the floor, though some invariably gets tossed out in the hunt for that best bit that everybun knows is hiding in every box!
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Podge is sending out an SOS to the Dr or anyone else with a working TARDIS…
Ooops. The need to claim my nice shiny velvet throne got too much. Need bun-napping by TARDIS, so bun-napper can get me away BEFORE mum finds out not after, as she is not impressed
Good supplies of dandelions also essential. Preferably fresh but will settle for dried, given the emergency.
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Some bun in the house has recently taken strong objection to my computer mouse being on his throne. Mouse was occupying throne at the time of the incident…
Mouse has been attacked several times for daring to sit on said throne. Try explaining to a bunny that just cos its called a mouse doesn’t mean its alive and challenging a bunny for his throne!
Boys doing fine so far
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Here is Podge showing off todays booty from the local market…
The two blue bags are filled with free nom-noms, the one on the right turned out to be a jackpot – its FULL of carrot tops, so plenty for all tonight for supper
Podge apologises for the poor quality of the following pics, the new camera was faulty and mum had to use the camera on the kindle 
And some live action of the bun himself
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Podge and co enjoyed a very welcome couple of hours outside in some lovely sunshine today, unfortunately the sun was too bright to take any decent photos. everybun made the most of the time, nom-nomming grass and basking in the sun
it was Snicker’s and Mini’s turn for floor time when they came in, Snickers ran a few bunny 500s at top speed, before crashing out contentedly, leaving Mini the fresh hay box in the living room all to his mini self
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 5/01/2017 4:00 AM
I don’t know if its the same over there. I don’t know where the leaves have gone, but there are LOADS of naked stalks around.
Snickers looks as if he is really sucking it up !!
Loads of stalks but few leaves here too, maybe the cold spell over the past week or so has something to do with it?
Stalks are always welcome, and every bun and Latte knows the sound of a dandelion stalk snapping
Here, Mini has merged into the shadows
You can just see Pippi has bitten his in the middle, to get the double stalk intake they all go for, so they can scoff theirs down twice as fast
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@ Shiver_Rose in May Pictures, https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/aft/158905/afpg/5/Default.aspx
here’s some BB cuteness for you
with some bonus cheek from Snickers thrown in for free 
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A few days ago, I was tucking into a post-gym snack of some breakfast biscuits, as a healthier option than a chocolate bar. I put one down in front of the TV, and Podge grabbed it an ran off with the end that snapped off as I tried to grab it back. Since then, its become impossible to eat one in peace if Podge is around. Offering him a tiny piece doesn’t work, apparently they taste better stolen
Just now, I left a tiny piece beside me, making sure he doesn’t get more than a tiny bit this time. He honked really loudly while eating his tiny stolen morsel
Pics are blurred as he was in pounce mode
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Every bun has decided that the giant daisies from the garden are scrummy after all – to the point where daisies can be used as an acceptable apology after spraying them with Fly Strike Protector
Some buns show the spikey hair look better than others, Mini takes first prize with the best spikes and a clear moult-line too
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