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And we can’t decide on a name for him! Originally called S’mores, but now that he’s home we’re considering a more apt name, like “Attila the Bun” and “El Chapo”, but we’re considering other options as well!
We found him around 3 weeks ago, and since whatever previous owner he had never contacted us (and my mom has a real weakness for bunnies)… He’s ours now!
One thing: he wasn’t in the best condition when we found him- in the pictures in the car, you can see he’s covered in what must be urine stains and is pretty thin. I’m hoping the stains will come out in the spring molt, and were working on fattening him up. If you have any advice, I’d love to hear it. Right now we are just free-feeding his food and giving him lots of fresh veggies. (And unlimited hay, of course, although he eats less when he has the food available.)
3 weeks later he’s MUCH more comfortable here! He loves greens, especially broccoli and dandelion! His fur looks better (not great, but better), and he’s already binkied and flopped all over his room! I say ‘his room’, because, although we had a pen in the beginning, he proved to be quite the escape artist, so we bunny proofed the downstairs middle room and gave it to him- and he’s constantly on the lookout for more places to conquer! He’s still on pet store rabbit food – (Wild Harvest- a mix- and no good.) but we’ve got Sherwood Forest on the way. He has GREAT litter habits and tolerates being picked up well enough. Adorable!
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Thanks everyone! I’ll look into those barley rings. I live in a fairly rural area so I’ll see if I can check around farm stores and the like.
He was almost scarily easy to catch, and the people that worked in the building next to where we found him said he’d been there for a couple days. Poor guy was probably dumped in that field. Right nest to a road!
It’s nice to hear that the weight gain happened slowly- that really puts my mind at ease.Also- we don’t plan on neutering him unless its really necessary. He doesn’t display any hormonal behavior (yet?) aside from occasional honking, and I don’t want to go through surgery if its not necessary.
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Slow steady weight gain is the best. Anywhere that sells horse food should sell them, I only needed 1kg for both girls, which cost £1.50 sterling, so not expensive at all. Any diet changes should also be slow and steady, so my girls only got one barley ring a day for the first week, then two for the second week, then three a day till the weight was nearly high enough, at which point I gradually reduced them, down to two and then one a day til they were all gone. I didn’t want to end up with overweight bunnies either!
You can see today’s pics of my girls in the bonding forum thread with their names, Gina is the rust coloured one, and Jenny the dark grey one.
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Thanks!! The new food finally came in the mail the other day! Transitioning to a new food is more difficult than I thought! Since he’s free fed (for now, at least) he’ll only eat the new pellets last.
What a diva. But he’s doing great otherwise! Steady weight gain, and generally having a fun time. He loves greens! We took him to my Dad’s for spring break, and he loved sharing a room with us! Though, I think he just liked all the attention he got!
I have a couple new pictures, too:
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@Q8bunny – LOL! No, I can’t get my whole family to agree on one! I’ll keep looking for the perfect one, though!
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So good that you decided to take in an animal in need.
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