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Hello everyone! Does anyone remember me??? It’s been forever since I checked in here and much has changed at my house. :0)
Tank and Ranger are doing well. They’re full grown boys and they turned out to be pretty calm, laid back guys. Ranger will let me hold him if it nets him some papaya but Tank is still way too manly to sit still for lap time. He’s a brat.
Digger turned into a huge butthole bunny. He was always tearing up his cage, pooping everywhere, being cage aggressive…no amount of out of cage time or extra attention would knock him out of his funk. I talked to Mary Ellen and Julie at Bunny Lu (where I volunteer) and they both said he probably wanted a friend. It just so happened that one my former fosters, Marshmallow, was in a similar predicament. She was very anxious at the shelter, food aggressive, and if you didn’t approach her just right she would lash out if you entered her cage. We decided to introduce Digger to Marshmallow. I thought for sure they would fight but shock of shocks…they got along extremely well. Digger was even grooming Marshmallow after about an hour in a pen together. We still have some humping issues so I’m keeping them separate when I’m not in the room with them but they’re doing really well so far. Marshmallow is a lap bunny right now. I hope she stays that way. Her face is way more relaxed already after just two days. I’m glad to have her back. When she first came to me I couldn’t believe how beautiful she was and I hated to hand her over to the rescue but I didn’t have a choice. I’m glad to know that her place in our house was meant to be.
I’m sad to report that I had the Petco Box Bunny put to sleep a couple months ago. If you remember…she had an old break in her leg that made it stick straight out to the side. She started crying a lot and when I investigated I found that her bone had broken through her skin and was starting to heal with the bone exposed. It wasn’t another injury, it was just from normal moving around. I looked into having her leg amputated but the cost was just not something I could cover. It used to be that no amount of money was too much to save my animals but unfortunately with the way people are losing their jobs around here I just couldn’t justify depleting what little cushion I have. I’ve pretty much got one mortgage payment stashed away for an emergency. If it would have been a $500 or even $1000 surgery I most likely would have done it but it was almost tripple that. So I held her in my arms and whispered in her ear while she crossed the bridge. I feel really guilty about it, probably because when circumstances were better I would have done whatever it took to save her.
Of course I don’t have any recent pictures of everyone, I’ve been so busy with work and volunteering at Bunny Lu. Marshmallow’s profile has already been removed from Petfinder so I can’t even cheat and let you see her. I’ll try to take pictures in the next day or two.
I’m now working on seeing what all of you have been up to!
EDIT~PICTURES!!!
First: The bunny boys. Not babies any more.
Digger and Marshmallow!
Marshmallow~I was trying to get a shot of her faint markings but I can’t get them to show up.
Periscope!
And the new cage I rebuilt last weekend.
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TARM! *squees and hugs* So good to see you! ^_^
Aw, I am so sad about the box bunny. I remember that story. How awful that her leg just didn’t want to heal properly, but be assured, she is at peace now and binkying with all good limbs at the Bridge. You did right for both her and yourself. *nods*
So good to hear that Digger has found a friend! ^_^ And yes, pix of ALL bunnies please, when you have the time!
A Blessed Easter to you, your family and your furbabies! -
I don’t really like lionheads either…lol! I didn’t know that’s what they were until after I brought them home. I’m glad they’re mixes.
The rescue has a couple of super fuzzy lionheads that are what I guess is more traditional (if a lionhead can be traditional?). I don’t want to say they’re pure bred because we don’t know…but they are the funniest looking little things. Ack, and messy. Do you SEE what the litter habits are? Ack!
I’m still getting used to seeing a loppy eared bunny in my house. I’ve always preferred uppy ears but since I’ve been working with lops so much lately they’ve started growing on me.I really, really want a big bunny. There was a Flemmy that I wanted in the worst way but I have too many animals. :0( I have to wait until my ferrets aren’t with me any more. I won’t be getting any more of those, I’ve had it with the poop! (It’s not easy to clean like bunny poops…lol)
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omg! Tank & Ranger! Look at their manes! They look awesome. Did they ever fight?
Digger and Marshmallow compliment each other very nicely too
Hey! Did you edit your own thread title? Can we do that now?! lolEdit: I went to send you an email but the address are still not up with the profiles yet. Just wanted to let you know that I put your name forward to a member who posted in the Rescue Forum a few months ago. I really hope that was okay. You were only person I could think of in VA that was affiliated with Rabbit Rescues. Here’s the thread link: https://www.binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/54/a…fault.aspx
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!! I disappeared for a couple months too! The VA people are back, lol!! Anyways glad they’re doing good and sorry about petco bunny 
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a memory refresher…
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