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Oh Andi, I’ve Pmed you, now I understand you haven’t been able to open my messages!!!
Thank you SO MUCH for the beautiful postcard! It arrived last week (we’ve been having ridiculous postal problems here lately). I’d love to send you a postcard from Sweden =)
Roxy and Nibbles: You first choose a sub-forum where you think your post fits. House Rabbit Q&A, Diet &Care and so on. Then you get a page that looks like this screenshot I just made. I circled the Add Topic-button in red:
If it still won’t work, PM me and I’ll help.
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Posted By Roxy & Nibbles on 11/01/2016 5:47 AM
Rocket…A little off topic… I Am new to the forum, could anyone assist me on how to post a new thread, I can’t seem to find a “New Topic” or “New Thread” button anywhere.
My apologies for the inconvenience.
Welcome! No inconvenience. Always best to ask.
Just go to the appropriate sub-forum (ie. Q&A, Diet, Behaviour etc)
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Sorry, I didn’t see this had already been addressed.
By the way, your question (Roxy & Nibbles) wasn’t here when I visited this thread before. Then it appeared in the middle of posts that were already there.
I think once a new members post is approved, it appears in sequence of how the thread was when you submitted it. I’m probably not making sense. I’m just pointing this out as things can look out of context when a post appears in the middle of others that wasn’t there before. Strange occurrence! -
Ohhh FRANKIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Roxy – Sorry. It seems as if my post of 2 smiles
(which was aimed at bam’s previous post) is meant for you – it wasn’t at all 
But we wrote at the same time and your post slipped in before mine…. oops.I think others have answered your question for a new topic
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Hi! *waves*
Just want to say thank you for reaching out. I still feel awful about what happened; it coincided with midterm exams and the 48 hours I have to mark 47×20 pages AND enter report card grades. When I finally emerged and looked at my phone… let’s just say Chewie’s neck fur got a bit wet after reading my email. We love you guys. xoxo
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LBJ: The death penalty is a big one. Hopefully it will get a few extra people to go out and vote!
I do enjoy politics, as long as it’s about the actual issues rather than the politicians.
Andi: Good to see you posting again! All the critters are fine, thanks. We do have a second cat now, I know you’ll be happy to hear that!
He’s a pain in the butt. And don’t get me started on Bubbles… We keep trying to give him away, but nobody wants him. Probably because of the smell. How are your fur babies doing? Is Henry behaving himself? 
We didn’t see any trick or treaters, it was actually eerily quiet outside, like nobody was even out there. So that was kind of creepy…
Halloween is great for kids, of course they enjoy it. But on the other hand I think it’s kind of odd how we teach them about “stranger danger” and not to take any candy from people they don’t know, but then one day of the year, it’s totally fine to knock on strangers doors and take whatever they hand out… Conflicting messages?
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Halloween is great for kids, of course they enjoy it. But on the other hand I think it’s kind of odd how we teach them about “stranger danger” and not to take any candy from people they don’t know, but then one day of the year, it’s totally fine to knock on strangers doors and take whatever they hand out… Conflicting messages?
@Hazel: Good point!
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Posted By Q8bunny on 11/01/2016 8:44 AM
Hi! *waves* Just want to say thank you for reaching out. I still feel awful about what happened; it coincided with midterm exams and the 48 hours I have to mark 47×20 pages AND enter report card grades. When I finally emerged and looked at my phone… let’s just say Chewie’s neck fur got a bit wet after reading my email. We love you guys. xoxo
Yay wb
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@Andi – there’s obviously some connection with the name ‘Henry’…
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Posted By AndHenry on 11/01/2016 10:38 AM
You have a second cat Hazel???? How is Lily and Oscar feelign about that? I’m not happy! LOL!
I thought I was moving in??? I’m not good at sharing…….Ha ha ha ha!
This is how Lily felt about it when we brought him home:
They’re pretty good friends now though.
Him and Oscar have some weird bromance going on…
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I’ve booked Apollo and Luna in to be microchipped
When I had Bandit I got him done under anaesthetic when he was neutered, but there’s an event/promotion going on to get lots of pets chipped and it’s only $10, so I figure it’s worth getting them done. I’ve no idea how I would ever manage to lose an indoor bunny, but you never know what may happen. They’re not going to like me very much, but they’ll live 
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Most vets would. When we first took Dory in to the vet because of a respiratory infection the vet asked if we’d had her checked for a chip, which we had, but he checked her again anyway. Bandit actually had a tattoo in his right ear to indicate that he was chipped (de-sexing tattoo goes in the left ear). Apollo and Luna won’t get that, but at least I know they can be traced back to me
Just had a horrible moment where dinner was almost ruined. I’m cooking chicken, I opened the oven to turn the chicken and discovered I’d somehow left that absorbent packet in with the chicken when I’d put it in the dish…
Google to the rescue however, turns out it’s perfectly safe if the packet hasn’t melted or burst, and thankfully it hadn’t done either. -
Got Sampras his vaccine -only 6 days and I can resume my normal carefree life of throwing my shoes and clothes wherever I feel like in the room!
( I’ll have to find a new excuse to not go outside and exercise now)
Hopefully his immune system is up to the task of dealing with it after so much trauma from before and there is no reaction
– the vets seemed confident enough to give it to him though. He was also the clinics first rabbit to have his teeth(well tooth) burred while fully conscious.The vets had their minds blown by how calm he was.
He’ll them do that, but he sees me with the brush and he high tails it to the nearest bolt hole. Brat. -
I really need to learn to say no to people lol! On top of obligations to pets/family members, church, Dance, My cleaning jobs, My babysitting/nanny jobs, schoolwork, and trying (failing
) to have a social life, I tend to run around “like a chicken with it’s head cut off”, (I’m usually up at 6am and am so busy until 10pm).
I have now agreed to join a chorus for a Christmas play next month (*gasp*, next month?) and am now choreographing a dance, and performing a dance for our church, that needs to be DONE before next month… I don’t know how I’m going to get all this done and stay sane lol! -
Hopper— SAME! I have been listening to Christmas music all day today and yesterday, and today I even broke out the Christmas sweaters.
Like, I legit wore a blue snowflake sweater in public the entire day.
My family and friends keep yelling at me to stop since it’s only the beginning of November, but I always have a hard time getting into the spirit (until like Dec. 26th, it’s so sad), so if it wants to come now, why stop it? 
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Posted By Azerane on 11/02/2016 8:35 PM
Yes! A border collie has been mydream dog since I was about 12 years old
Don’t hate me but… my sister and her family are getting a border collie next month. I pick up her kids from school twice a week, so I’m gonna get to see this little bundle of fur often. Can’t wait! They had a 16yr old border collie/ kelpie cross. It’s been strange with him not there now that he’s over the bridge.
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I am very jealous about that
Ugh, Apollo isn’t eating.
I didn’t notice until now because I fed them their salad later than usual. They’ve been lounging upstairs for the last 2 hours 45 minutes which is really normal for this time of day. Then when I put the salad down, he came downstairs, didn’t show interest in eating it, then went back in the cage and laid down. I didn’t notice he wasn’t eating any until I realised Luna was 3/4 of the way through the salad by herself. So I stole variety of tasty bits and shoved it right in Apollo’s face. He still wouldn’t eat, so I offered him hay from the hay box (glorious fresh hay that he always climbs in the box for) nothing, then he ran away to the upstairs level. I offered a pellet, nothing, a piece of dried apple, still nothing. Trouble is, since it was their loungey time of day, and I was at work before then, I’ve no idea how long it’s been since he’s eaten let alone pooped. The vet’s still open for 2 hours so I’m going to try and make an appointment for just before they close and just try to get him to eat until then.ETA: Luna has just singlehandedly finished the plate of salad, she’s just discovered the small pile of veggies I took aside for Apollo. She’s eating that too. Little piggy.
ETA again: We have a vet appointment in 45 minutes. I tried giving some simethicone, I’m honestly not sure if it went in his mouth or on his chin, lol. But he definitely hates me now
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Thanks everyone.
Not to my surprise, the vet couldn’t find anything wrong with him She said his cecum felt full, but because I don’t know how long he hasn’t been eating, it could have been because he’d eaten a lot today, or because he hadn’t gone to the toilet. She gave him a metomide injection just to try and get things moving. We’ve been home about half an hour and while he’s still not eating, he did head over to (but not in) the litter tray and did a pile of 5 or 6 poops. They looked pretty good. I feel like I may have been a bit early taking him in, but if I’d left it longer, they would be closed and then I’d have to rely on possibly dodgy 24 hour vets if he got worse. She said if he’s not eating by 8:30 (another hour and 20 minutes) then I could start force feeding some critical care. It’s just strange, because apart from lying down a little more than normal, he’s still exploring the tunnel etc every now and then. He’s not lying like he’s in pain, he just refuses to eat =/ I really hope he starts eating, otherwise I’ll be sleeping on the couch to keep watch.
I love snow too! It’s been so long since I’ve seen it. I love making snowballs (and throwing them) and going skiing and just snow in general
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Well, I don’t know what was wrong with him, but Apollo seems fine now. 40 minutes ago I tried getting him to eat again and he was refusing and running away, so I opened up the packet of critical care, measured out a dose, mixed it up and was just about to open a new syringe when he started eating hay. Cheeky little thing. He seems fine now, he’s had some more hay and I offered pellets yet again and he eagerly ate them. Kinda feels like I wasted money at the vet, but better than him getting worse. Silly bunny. At least I don’t have to stay up all night
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Yay, so happy Apollo’s eating again. I swear, sometime I think the bunnies do this only to scare us
Has anyone had a recent delivery/purchase of oxbow hay, or more specifically orchard grass hay? The last batch I ordered about a month ago wasn’t great, all chopped up into small bits. But this new bag, I mean Theo actually can’t get enough of it. I’ve refilled his (rather large) haybox and litter tray like 5 times in a day! So unusual for him who’s normally not the best with hay. I wonder if this is just a particularly tasty batch.
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Posted By LBJ10 on 11/01/2016 10:51 AM
Hazel – of course! But sadly, it has turned into a reality tv show where drama is created just to get ratings.
I think the issues on our ballot will definitely get more people out the vote. The ballot is confusing though (talked to early voters). You’re voting to either repeal the repeal or retain the repeal.Yeah, it’s pretty sad, and pathetic.
That does sound confusing. They just did a segment on our local news about one amendment on the ballot, they read it out loud and I thought “I should vote yes”, then they had some lawyer explain it and turns out a “yes” vote meant pretty much the opposite of what I thought it meant. Seems like they purposely write those things in a way that nobody can understand them.
Vienna: No, we bought it at a pet store. It’s just an outdoor hutch with a run attached. We got it before we knew about the wonderful world of NIC grids.
I wouldn’t really recommend it, it’s hard to clean in there because you have to take the whole run off to be able to vacuum, it’s also pretty chewed up at this point so it doesn’t look all that nice upon closer inspection. Moxie:
The wallpaper was already there when we bought the house, so I can’t be blamed for it. Although I guess I could have replaced it at some point… We just don’t care enough to bother. 
I kind of got used to it by now, believe it or not, it’s the prettiest wallpaper we have!Did any of you watch the baseball game? The hubby and I got some beer and watched it. Baseball can get kind of boring, so we made a game out of it, we had a drink every time someone spit, which happens constantly. One guy spit four times in two seconds…
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Posted By Azerane on 11/02/2016 3:08 AM
Just had a horrible moment where dinner was almost ruined. I’m cooking chicken, I opened the oven to turn the chicken and discovered I’d somehow left that absorbent packet in with the chicken when I’d put it in the dish…
Google to the rescue however, turns out it’s perfectly safe if the packet hasn’t melted or burst, and thankfully it hadn’t done either.
This is the exact reason I don’t cook haha!
I’m glad Apollo is ok now
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Finny
I’m really not sure what it was, but I’m glad it went away and I didn’t have to stay up the whole night watching over him. He’s super active this morning and there’s definitely some of his poops in the litter tray this morning, small, miss-shapen, very hay coloured because he didn’t have any veggies yesterday. Since I’ve let them out this morning he’s eating every little scrap of hay/food he’s come across, lol. Now he’ll never get sick again…
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Re cage versus nic grids: but even those, how do you get in them to clean? I have 4ft high heavy duty xpen grids and once the teeth are in them to yank and push and pull again, i’m sure i cldnt make a sturdy enough ‘big door’ opening that my monster monkeys couldn’t get out of…
I’m away for 4 days next week. My poor friend will come round and bunnysit every day. I say “poor” because what a juggling act it is at the moment!!!! Henry in cage, out of cage, Zou on patio but when she has her ‘in’ time Henry back in cage. Be careful opening the separating patio doors because sneaky buns sneak….! And the mess !!!!! Hay and willow branches and poops and wees in kitchen, both camps marking the territory after the other one has been free…. Omg… I shall have to being her something nice back from the trade fair
…. Unlikely….!! LOL BUT ! When I return it will be 5 and a half weeks post neuter, I have a 3 day weekend (nov 11th) and so bonding shall commence !!
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@Vienna, the front door on my NIC cage is 2ft 4 inches square, so big enough for me to comfortably be on my hands and knees to sweep it out. It’s fairly easy to reach into all the corners. I think the door would be sturdy enough, cable ties don’t just come free, and if you have metal dog leash clips on the door they can’t come undone either. I use 4 clips so the door is well supported at all the weaker points. Apollo and Luna don’t chew bars or pull on the door at all, but when Bandit would do it, although the door would give a little just in the shaking of it and how much it was free to move, it never went anywhere
@Moxie, Spring was such a beautiful cat I certainly understand the situation, Spring is quite similar to my bridge cat Furry. He was a mackeral tabby and white as well. I remember probably 8 years after he passed, coming across a rescue cat at an adoption day that looked just like him. I asked to hold the cat but it made me too sad when the other cat wasn’t anything like Furry. Not that I really expected it to be, I just thought it might be like holding Furry again one more time. Silly animals, pull on our heart strings for so long after they are gone.Here’s my boy
He had a cute little triangle of 3 black dots in the corners of his nose. His sister, Kitty had an all pink nose though He would have been about 9 in this photo, give or take a year. Boy I miss him still, it’s been 12 years but he took such a huge chunk of my heart.
@Jersey, I’m very sorry to hear about your friend’s bunny. That’s so sad
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So sorry about Podge Jersey. You must have got close when you were nursing him..
Az – Thanks – I’m still thinking about the set up…. lets get bonding first, eh !? *gulp*
Good news – Both buns are grooming both interchangeable Ikea buns, which have got so dirty now (I’ve dared not cleaning each others scent off)… lol.
Bad news – Zou has completely unlitter-trained herself indoors n° 1s & n°2s
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So many more reports of myxomatosis around here lately, it’s making me paranoid so I’ve taken extra measures to ensure bunny safety. I bought a non-toxic indoor trap (a plug in light with sticky paper that attracts moths, mozzies and flies). I also bought an outdoor attractant trap to try and keep the flies away from the doors in the first place, in addition to buying one of those magnetic fly screen door curtains for the sliding door that joins onto the bunny pen.
In good news, I went to a different farmer’s market this morning as I was passing by, and I happened to find a big bunch of chicory. I was actually looking for endive at all the different stalls, I just happened to find chicory right next to the endive so bought that instead
I also need to get the bunnies a new bale of hay today, the hay box still has a lot of hay in it, but all the flakes are broken down and it’s really only the loose bitsy leftover bits remaining, which can be quite dusty. So I’m going to sort through that and get a new bale.
And that’s my exciting life
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@Dface
All bunny slaves get eyerolls for obeing our masters But yea, it really is annoying when people don’t bother to try to see it from your view. I am going to try to grow veggies for Hopps next year instead of buying them. I hope I just have time to weed…
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My bunny veggies are growing better this year than any other I have tried. The herbs have really taken off, plus the lettuce is doing surprisingly well. Usually it’s just bolted straight to seed because it’s been too warm or I’ve planted them too late. I keep the veggie bed free of weeds, but I’ve somewhat encouraged the rest of the weeds because they’re great bunny food. I only bought one thing for the bunnies this week because the rest of their daily greens will come from the garden
Ended up with a bale of wheaten hay this time, will find out soon enough if that was a mistake instead of oaten. Just the oaten bales they had were very gold on the outside, and I know my picky bunnies.
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I don’t recall having seen that report about the house rabbits that contracted it
I’d been living in denial about that until now. You’re right that it’s easy to read too much about it, which just fans my paranoia. It would be so heartbreaking to lose the bunnies. Poor little Podge, at least he had a good life and was very well looked after
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Just installed the fly screen curtain on the bunny door
I’m very pleased. Much less chance of flies and mozzies sneaking past when I’m going in and out, and if I remove it from the velcro I can still get Dory’s cage in and out the door. It doesn’t quite snap automatically together all the way down, I may have made it a little tight, but it still works. Apollo’s doing binkies because he approves.
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Well guys, I’ve done two days of Hal-Con and I’m loving it! I’ve worked tickets, backstage, running mikes in Q&A sessions and running auto/photo lines. I had the unexpected pleasure of helping with Jeremy Bullocks Q&A (Boba Fet from Star Wars) and he was adorable, and Natalia Tena (Tonks from Harry Potter) complimented me on my top! And to top it off, I sat on the Impala from Supernatural
Man it’s been a great weekend! 
Tomorrow is the last day and I’ll be sad to say goodbye for another year. My wallet will thanks me though
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Hello everybunny! Long time, no see
Poking my nose in to say that I’m bringing my Monkey girl home this week from my ex’s house. She’s going downhill, hasn’t been herself since her Smudgie passed. She’s getting old for such a little bun. Almost 8! So she’s coming home with me. She’s my baby girl, and I’m going to be there with her for her final days, however long that may be.
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Posted By Monkeybun on 11/05/2016 7:58 PM
Hello everybunny! Long time, no see Poking my nose in to say that I’m bringing my Monkey girl home this week from my ex’s house. She’s going downhill, hasn’t been herself since her Smudgie passed. She’s getting old for such a little bun. Almost 8! So she’s coming home with me. She’s my baby girl, and I’m going to be there with her for her final days, however long that may be.
Hey Monkeybun!
I always love when I see you post on BB. I was thinking of you literally 2 days ago.
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((( Monkey )))
For anyone interested, the “travel cubes” I was talking about are here….
Everybody, absolutely everybody seems converted….
You just have to pick the right sizes for you and be sure of quality (material, zips)…
I have smaller ones (biggest is A5 size) and it is true – soooo easy to find stuff in a messy bag. -
@bam…. LOL
I’ve checked prices in australia and it will be cheaper to get sent to uk and send to oz !!! Think i might get myself a set whilst im at it !!!!
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Posted By Monkeybun on 11/05/2016 9:29 PM
Yeah, thats what gave her the head tilt all that time ago.So chances are she passed it onto little Monkey. Monkey hasn’t had any head tilt issues, but with the same things happening now that Smudge had at the end… well.
Oh MB, I’m so sorry to hear that Monkey is ill.
Such a dear little bun, she is much loved and we still speak of her often in my family.Sending her all the best, please give her a raisin from me too, if that’s okay.
The kids and I are in Oregon now, down on the southwest coast. If you like I’ll PM you an address. If there’s anything I can do or that you need, give me a shout. (((((Hugs)))))
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All the (((vibes))) for Monkey.
Ellie, Chester did the same thing when I had panetonne the other day. The he jumped on the couch and tried to eat it. Cheeky bun!
Jersey, it’s my fourth year working the con, but it’s the first time I spent most of it in a public place. Most years I take care of the green rooms and don’t get to see much. This year I did stage and lineups, so I got to see all the cosplayers and all the guests
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I hope all you voters out there are getting ready to go vote….
The world’s future is in your hands and i cant believe they are talking about a 20% turn out.
TWENTY PERCENT!!!
That means if someone wins 51/49, only one in 10 Americans voted for the winner…. It’s outrageous !!! (And very frightening depending on which way it goes….)Now I’m not political in any way, but this one is slightly out of the norm…..
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Aww… little guy… but hey, at least his mommy’s willing to do anything to help as soon as she’s sleuthed out a potential problem
Re: the vote… if I were an American I’d be at a real loss. What’s the point of exercising your right to vote if your only real choices are a neo-Natzi and an undercover mob boss? I mean, I suppose you could always write in Sean Penn or someone, but that would be mostly a symbolic gesture of protest.
Tens of millions of Americans, and the only two deemed “fit” for the oval office are Clinton and Trump? It’s a sad day, dudes… a very sad day.
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Going to ignore the political talk because something exciting just happened!
I was minding my own business, watching a video on my laptop, Dory was chatting away making silly noises in her cage. Then all of a sudden, she made a noise which sounded just like she was trying to say “hello”. It wasn’t words, more a sing-song kind of sound, but it was the exact sounds and pitch etc that we sometimes say hello to her in. She did it a couple of times. Maybe I’m crazy and just hearing what I want to hear, but I swear she was practising talking
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It’s not compulsory to vote in Sweden, but you do get registered automatically when you turn 18, so you can vote if you want to if you have a valid ID. You don’t need an ID if you vote in your home-area where your name is on the list of voters. I vote. I think you should vote, although as Q8 says, the options are sometimes make you feel like you’re choosing between ebola and small-pox.
Azerane, that does sound perfectly a-dory-ble
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Is there like a window for learning to talk? I suppose there is. With singing birds I think I’ve read the window when they can learn “new” songs is very narrow. We used to have a Parus Major in our garden who sang like a mobile-phone signal.
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I’m not really sure with Eclectus. I know that with African Greys that they can progressively learn as they age, but some other parrots have a small window of learning (about a year or two). Because learning to talk is all about learning how to communicate with other members of the flock, they only technically need to be able to learn to mimic for a short time. I think if she was a true aviary bird which was afraid of us, I don’t think she would learn to talk, but because she is somewhat humanised I think she may be ok. I’m really hoping she does learn, it would be really cute
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I declared today nail trimming night. We got two nails done successfully with Licorice while he was eating. He’s very skittish and HATES being handled, so I do it while he’s eating. I held his paw and did it and there was no struggle at all.
Winter, on the other hand, objected… I had her picked up and ready but she decided she wasn’t having it. So while no nails were trimmed, I brought her to the floor and we had twenty minutes of me petting her on my lap which she enjoyed. Maybe tomorrow.
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Dface, it’s pretty easy to tell when it’s bunny pee isn’t it?
BunnyFriends – good luck for tomorrows attempt. Hope you don’t get scratched up too badly.
I thought I’d inroduce you guys to my latest house guest. Well actually, he will likely be a part time resident for the long term.
This is Hunter! He’s a 12 year old Tenterfield Terrier, who’s a bit chunky. :p
(Pic was from nearly 2 years ago after he had growth removed from his leg)
He is my sister and her SO’s dog. It’s sadly a case of a common situation….They had a baby (who is now almost 2) and she is taking up all their time. Ive been going to their place to walk him when I can but now he’ll be living with me part of the week and back to their place for weekends. We’ve talked of doing this for several months but Ive had a lot of rabbit guests this year. Now that has calmed down, I was able to focus on setting things up for him. It’s been his first week here. I will need to put in a doggy door at some point.
Anyway, he needs exercise and attention and I need exercise, so it’s good that we can benefit each other that way.
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Hello Hunter! I was just thinking the other day about when your doggy guest might be coming along
I hope he settles in well and isn’t too problematic for the bunnies.I keep having dreams that I find abandoned puppies. One day, one day
Stressful month this month. Of course it’s always the worst timing with unexpected expenses, bills, and having to take Apollo to the vet last week. At least I didn’t buy that $17 Halloween pumpkin, lol
I need to win the lottery. 
ETA: No personal offence to anyone on here who may have voted Trump, but watching the election results progress I’m finding it very hard to believe. It astounds me that Trump is leading, and I’m very worried about where it may lead. Stock market is already falling simply because Trump is in the lead, what happens if he wins?
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Stock markets will recover, everybody wants to make money. That is my prediction.
I’ve had to reassure Bam repeatedly that he’ll still be the President of this household whoever wins the election.We have snow this morning! Sadly it will melt away before noon, but it’s pretty right now =)
JG, that’s exciting! At first I read “Terrified Terrier” instead of Tenterfield Terrier and it puzzled me because I didn’t think he looked so terrified
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If there is one thing that Trump is good at it is making money, so maybe the US debt will go down and businesses will get better (more jobs bla bla) and as bam says the stock exc will recover.
His social skills, support for minorites, military experience and relationship with Putin are however worrying, but the deed is (almost) done and the world will have to sit back and watch the show…..
Hoping he doesnt carry out eveything he promised in his campaign (as every other president !!! LOL)
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If the baby is still quite small, the pouch isn’t always very obvious because the opening is quite contracted. With babies so young, such as pinkies, they’re always attached to the teat so you are actually supposed to cut off the teat to remove them because pulling them off can damage their mouths so badly that they can’t feed. They can survive from so young with the proper care, all they need is the correct regular formula and a warm fake pouch. Granted it’s a miracle they survive at all being born so early, it really is quite a crazy technique for raising young.
Hubby is quite upset about the result. Frustrated and worried about what comes next.
ETA: Last night and this morning Apollo keeps chasing Luna and trying to pull out her fur. He chases her around the side of the tunnel, she jumps over the tunnel. He runs around the tunnel to get to her, she jumps over the tunnel. He runs around again, she jumps over. At least they’re getting some exercise.
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Posted By Azerane on 11/09/2016 12:57 PM
Hubby is quite upset about the result. Frustrated and worried about what comes next.Mine is, too. I made his favorite dinner tonight, I think it helped a little bit… Certainly didn’t see this coming, I thought she would win for sure.
It’s not all bad though, eight out of nine states passed their legalization measures. With four years of Trump ahead, people will need something to take the edge off. Andi, you got a new laptop? Does that mean you’ll be on BB more often?
jersey: I’m sorry about the koala.
bam: Maybe you can try again after a while, if he spends some time without sofa privileges, he might stop being so possessive of it. Occasional bunny cuddles are better than none!
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Posted By bam on 11/09/2016 10:01 AM
Jersey, poor koala. I have no idea how to check for a marsupial’s pouch. They ought to teach you guys that in school. Wouldn’t a baby in a pouch have had to be rather fully developped to survive when mum had been killed? And if it were big, you’d have noticed the pouch? I don’t know how it works, but oh my goodness, you could perhaps have become a foster-mommy to a baby koala!Bam has started to pee in the sofa again, like before he was neutered, and it’s my fault because I’ve let him jump up and lie next to me and be pet every evening for a couple of weeks now. A couple of days ago he must’ve decided that the world must know that the sofa is his property. I’ve blocked him from accessing it now. With a heavy heart – we had the nicest, longest cuddle-sessions, and now that epoch of our lives is over.
I would need a permit to foster a koala.
Bummer about Bam starting up the peeing. Puppy pads on the sofa?
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Yes, we need to keep things light and upbeat. Broad discussions about politics is probably OK, but we run the risk of treading on thin ice. Serious political talk/debate is generally not allowed. So remember to keep the conversation light or we might have to have a “do over” (i.e. delete comments that are inappropriate forum discussion).
F. Debates & Controversial Subjects: Let’s keep this board light! Light discussions and differing opinions about rabbit welfare is fine, but please refrain from getting into serious discussions and/ or debates about God, Government, Animal Rights rights in general (eg. like anti-vivisection aka: for science/medicine, rabbits as food, and about controversial highly charged subjects and groups) or any serious ethical debate or discussion.
I do like that quote Jersey!
I will say that the results of my local ballot issues were surprising. Well, I guess not super surprising, since I should know what to expect from people by now. I can’t help but wonder though… do they really feel that way or were they confused by the weird wording on the ballot? We will likely never know.
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bam: do you have a lovely comfy rug you can stretch out on and cuddle? Sometimes Chewie can’t be bothered to hop up to wherever I am, but clearly wants lovin’, so I stretch out on one of our wooly rugs and he comes to me and we just cuddle and rub noses for ages – and since he’s always bouncing around on the rugs, there’s no temptation to mark them
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@BrunosMama, it’s great that you’re happy about the result
To be honest, I, nor anyone else really knows what sort of a President he will make. Who knows, maybe he’ll be amazing and Hillary would have made a terrible President, I know she seems very corrupt! I’m just a person on the opposite side of the world, bringing in a very outsider judgement Also I’m very glad that you could poke fun and say “neener, neener” at us. When I was at work today I suddenly realised I may have offended someone on the forum, since there was bound to be supporters for both parties on here. But like I said before, it’s not a personal judgement if I wouldn’t have voted the same way as people on here, voting for A vs B doesn’t make anyone a bad person
@jersey, I like that quote
At the farmers market I go to every week, there’s always a stand there for a local wildlife rescue group and they always have orphan kangaroo joeys in bag pouches with them, so cute
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Just saved a fledgling honeyeater from an almost certain death
I was driving home and saw it just sitting on the road. I tried to usher it off the road (didn’t work) before scooping it up and putting it in the bushes in someone’s garden with the parent birds watching. Here’s hoping it stays there and doesn’t come back to the road. It has fledged quite early perhaps still slim chances of survival with cats certainly about, but it would be wrong to take it away with it’s parents around and feeding it etc. -
Re politics, we bb-ers are a good bunch.
I personally feel the talk here has been fine. So BM, I hope you don’t feel I was shutting you down with my post after yours. I simply wanted to address the point you brought up about the forum. The election there has certainly been a major topic of interest lately do it’s only natural it would come up in conversation here.
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Posted By Azerane on 11/10/2016 12:04 AM
Just saved a fledgling honeyeater from an almost certain death I was driving home and saw it just sitting on the road. I tried to usher it off the road (didn’t work) before scooping it up and putting it in the bushes in someone’s garden with the parent birds watching. Here’s hoping it stays there and doesn’t come back to the road. It has fledged quite early perhaps still slim chances of survival with cats certainly about, but it would be wrong to take it away with it’s parents around and feeding it etc. Good for you.
I bet you wish you had your camera. Though I suppose easy enough to capture pics of those, especially this time of year. The koala is still where it was yesterday. I let the local council know but obviously they haven’t done anything about it. Probably will take them a week.
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Yes it would have been nice to have my camera, but better for the bird that I didn’t keep it.
Fledglings always have a hard time. The trouble is that so many well meaning people collect them for rescue for obvious reasons. Except they’re actually better off left on the ground (unless of course there is a cat hanging around etc) for the parents to raise, since they are meant to leave the nest at that age. Rescues here do take in common birds, I’ve heard of people putting at risk fledglings up in plant hanging baskets, away from cats but still protected. Here’s hoping the little guy makes it.
I’ve been wanting to get one of those IKEA beds for the bunnies, just because it would be adorable
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OMG LBJ – that is SO confusing!! I re-read your post and still don’t know what I’d vote for even if I knew what I wanted to vote….
Crazy language! Why can’t they simplify it?!
70% turnout that’s greatI am SO for voting being compulsory – even if you vote ‘blank’ (or whatever it’s called in English..! lol) meaning you don’t vote for anyone, at least it is counted and it should be compulsory everywhere. People would take more interest in ‘real’ politics and not be able to complain as much when the ‘other guy’ got voted in.
I didn’t vote back when I was a youngster (
) in the UK, nobody ‘made’ me and I didn’t think that politics affected me. Ooops. @bam – I’ve just looked re the fine in Australia and it seems that there is a fine of ‘just’ 20 AUD for not voting?! I thought it would be more. Is 20 AUD enough to make people go? Well maybe it is. Or maybe it’s education too that everyone knows they can and should vote.
Unfortunately a lot of people have forgotten that it is a recent privilege and a right to be able to vote.
Women have gone (and still are in some countries) to prison and even died to get the womens’ vote. And it is not used.Bunnies should be able to vote
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Well, that was a depressing innings of cricket for Australia. However, I now have huge admiration for the South African bowlers and fielding skills though. Not sure we can come back and win this
Still, it’s been exciting to watch while preparing a month’s worth of food for Dory. Dory has been so crazy today. At first she was grumpy and squawking all the time. Then once she ate some more food she seemed happier and she just went into crazy, loud, weird and create new noises mode.
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BunnyFriends – There was a lot of support in my county to retain the repeal. In fact, my county voted for just that. Unfortunately, the rest of the state voted to repeal the repeal. They won, obviously, since the state as a whole has more people. So our state will be having the death penalty back on the books here shortly.
Azerane – It was a holiday today. I guess he just forgot. o_O
OMG, just think of the things bunnies would pass if they could vote! I think the first thing they would vote for is universal naner benefits.
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Haha, and mandatory fresh hay top-ups every hour!
Just did some calculating. For those who aren’t going to care
I spent probably at most $8 at the market this morning on food for Dory’s chop mix. It made 31 serves so that’s 26 cents per meal. Can’t get much cheaper than that. Her evening meal is probably more expensive since I tend to just feed whole veg/fruit then like slices of capsicum or piece of corn cob etc as opposed to a mix. -
She has mostly veggies with a bit of fruit and sprouted seed. In the morning she gets 1/2 cup of finely chopped veggie mix. It usually includes at least six of the following: Sweet potato, pumpkin, zucchini, kale, silverbeet, broccoli, cucumber, carrot, capsicum, coriander, radishes, and sprouted mung beans. I make big batches and freeze it in little bags. When I feed it in the morning I add 1 heaped tablespoon of sprouted seeds. Seeds as a base diet are very bad for parrots and can lead to fatty liver disease. Sprouted seeds have much less fat and more beneficial nutrients. So I just buy a small parrot seed mix, sprout it and add it to her food.
Then for her evening meal I usually give two different foods such as half a kiwi fruit and a slice of corn on the cob, or some steamed and cooled green beans and a few blueberries. Eclectus parrots are actually quite prone to absorbing too many nutrients from food (longer digestive tract), so diets high in dried seed or formulated pellets can lead to behavioural and health issues. So with Eclectus, and any parrot really, fresh is best
I try not to give too much fruit because obviously it is high in sugar and apparently too much fruit can encourage breeding behaviour, and that’s something I want to avoid. During the day, sometimes I’ll put some treats in her foraging wheel, or stuff a pinecone with dried slices of fruit, an almond or two and some air popped corn.
TL;DR. Yes, mostly veggies with sprouted seeds, and a little bit of fruit.
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Haha, me too. I wish we ate as well as she and the bunnies do!
Also I agree, $20 is exceptionally low for a fine, I agree. I suppose it’s more of minor annoyance that people would want to avoid. Easy to do though by just getting your name ticked off at the polling place and then just not filling out the ballot paper. Saves you a fine too. The older I get, the more interested I get in voting, politics is boring to me, but I appreciate the value of it and the value of voting.
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I’ve really been trying to think about what I want to do for a career and whatnot once I graduate, but I’m a very indecisive person and I can’t choose what I want to do. I’m also a slightly impatient person so I don’t want to do something that requires a TON of college (No brain surgeon career for me
). I’ve thought about going into the Medical field, becoming a veterinarian, Going into the service, becoming a teacher, becoming a crime scene investigator, becoming a lawyer, I’ve even thought about going to cosmetology school to become a hair dresser or something IDK.
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But probably on that list, it is a vet which has to go through the most training…..
Ask your family by all means, but don’t take any notice if they say you can’t do something that you think you want to..
I wanted to be so many things (still do!) and some of them were headed off at the pass by my parents. I dont blame them, and i am not someone to regret, but I do sometimes wonder, what if?
But now im a big girl and can do anything i wish to without parental validation, I still dont know what to do with my life!!!
You could do zoology…. See where that leads….
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I went to university, graduated, and still don’t have a career in my field or know what I want to do otherwise
Most importantly at the moment I have a very stable job that I happen to enjoy, and it pays well that I can pay my rent, and feed myself etc In my free time, I can still do all the things that I’m interested in and enjoy. I’m lucky that my field of study relates to my hobbies and some of my volunteering so I still feel like I’m getting something out of it. While it would be amazing to have a job in my desired field, ultimately, I don’t think it matters as much providing you enjoy the job the you do have and are still able to do what you enjoy outside of work as well. My whole childhood I wanted to be a vet. My grades in highschool weren’t high enough to get me into vet courses, but I’d also done a week of work experience at a vet clinic, which I enjoyed, but you very quickly realise that much of being a vet is dealing with people, not animals. You need to know how to diagnose animals, but you need amazing people skills. Plus after a week it was a lot of the same thing. Dog, dog, dog, cat, dog, cat, cat, dog, dog, cat, and so on.
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Dont worry Vienna, most people look at me like I’ve started speaking in tongues when I say it!
Watching my mam try to tell people what it is that I do is really amusing It’s the area that studies genomes and disorders associated with them..so things like cancer mutations and how to try and stop/ prevent them, or reverse them.
It can also look at ancient relationships(like where a species may have diverged in evolution)because sequencing whole genomes is really only emerging as a big area relatively recently, it’s a newish kind of field.
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Dface, so what you do is like bioinformatics? My bf works with similar stuff, and he does evolutionary lineages of a group of protists. Are you doing an MSc?
Moxie, zoology/biology is great to do but if you want to do research after it means a masters, a phd and probably a couple of post-docs. You can do other stuff with a bio degree though, like work in a lab, in an aquarium, as a science educator… but it’s a hard field to crack into. I say look at the things that make you happy. Do you have a favourite subject in school, or is there something that you’re always excited to do? Figure out what makes you like it, and you’ll get much closer to what would be good professions for you
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BubblesJo- yeah the course I’m in is a masters in both, but I think they are just being considered the same thing. Interesting but headwreckingly complicated to learn when your previously computer experience is using google to look up rabbit pictures
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Not for long… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq9ghmgqoyc
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@ Ellie, congratulations. It sounds promising!
@Moxie, some GREAT advice already given. I agree about getting work experience in fields that interest you. That insight would be invaluable.
Did the personality test you posted about give any insight to the type of work that would suit you? And did you agree with the suggestions?
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Hehe, I love Weird Al. My favourite has to be “White and Nerdy”, because the nerds look just like all my friends. There’s a room on campus here which houses the games club, the library club and the LARP club. It’s nerd Walhalla
Thanks everyone, I’m super excited and trying very hard to keep a level head. It’s only a bit of sniffing at eachother, seeing if we can make it work at all, but at least someone is interested. It’s been 1,5 years since an employer wanted to invite me to any kind of interview. Now I have to sound like I’m not absolutely desperate.
The problem is that there’s a new law here in the Netherlands which favours some people with a disability but excludes the majority of us. Companies have a quotum now, they have to hire a certain percentage of people with a disability. It’s called the Participation Law, and in theory it integrates people with disabilities into society. Great, you’d think. But…There are 3 groups: people who were born disabled or got a disability before their 18th or before finishing their studies. This group is called the Wajong. There’s also a group of people who are mentally or intellectually disabled, this group is called WSW. And then there are all the people who became ill or disabled during adulthood, the WIA. Well, the Participation Law only counts for the Wajong and the WSW, and the people in the WIA are now officially screwed twice.
If companies were thinking of hiring someone with a disability at all, they’re now only looking for Wajong and WSW people to fill their quotum. There have also been reports of companies firing WIA people only to replace them with people who DO fit the quotum. I know it’s discrimination, hugely unfair and extremely angering, but what do you do? Keep on applying endlessly, hope someone will bite and hope that someone is willing to see me as a person instead of a “disabled-person-who-doesn’t-fit-the-quotum”.
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Posted By jerseygirl on 11/13/2016 9:21 PM
I’m embarrassed to say I don’t even know how long ago he was eating it. It could have been more than a week ago. And yes, he’s acting perfectly normal. I’m having to shoo him off my laptop even as I type this. It’s very difficult to type one-handed, you know
I think I would be more concerned if he at the half of that rubber ball WHOLE!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY REESEBUN !!!!!
Dface – 10 months will go quickly – but you could always tell your landlord/lady, that should calm things down
Or wait to see if it was a one off. You don’t want to start an in-house war (you don’t know what they may be capable of when you’re not there) – are you the only one effected by this…? Or are there other innocent bystanders in the house?Are you going to be in the area for longer than 10 months – you could still keep looking around for a better place that takes animals, no?
Put an ad somewhere, someone might love bunnies…
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Yeah I’ll be here longer than the 10 months, but they wont be. The rabbits love the place, my room is huge, big enough for them to binky and zoom around to their hearts content(It’s the only time Yumi will bunny 500 around )
One of the other girls is the same as me, although they are all at an advantage that when they feel the house is too horrible to stay in, they go home(they all live within 30 minutes to an hour away) I on the other hand get to stay and play the roll of Cinderella!I have been looking but in general pets just are not tolerated. I found one or two, but they had big boisterous dogs, Sampras hasnt the sense to be afraid(having been raised around my dog from a young age) which could be a disaster and Yumi is the opposite, she’s terrified of dogs(her last home gave her up after the dog tried to make a meal out of her.)
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@LBJ: Possibly out snorkelling on the barrier reef somewhere, I expect.
I don’t spend much time on FB but just saw this “gem” and wanted to share…
A page that post cute stories/photos/vids of animals for general enjoyment posted video of 2 lop rabbits.
It’s had only one commenter and he writes “There’s thousands of them eating the countryside in new Zealand. If you love them so much do us a favour and get a few hundred and take them home with you. Even better start eating them.”Yeah yeah, typical.
Nothing I haven’t seen or heard before.A woman replied to him:
“They are wild bunnies not domesticated bunnies like this cute beauty”To which he replied: “Keeping rabbits is like keeping pet sheep or pet rats. It desensitizes you from the reality that they are food or pests. They serve no useful purpose other than that. If you are lonely get a man.”
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Posted By Q8bunny on 11/14/2016 11:59 PM
Dface: Invest in a really pungent fart spray. Then sneak downstairs, and let it rip from around the corner. It should clear out your livingroom in no time at all. Totally serious.
Or just “get a man”, it’ll serve the same purpose.
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REALLY peed off btw.
Lunchtime, a guy comes into our office – when the only lady who stays during lunch went for a pee – walks around, helps himself to my work phone, her handbag, and a pressie in a package I had prepared to send to Oz today (sorry JG, Az, not for you… ) and walks out. A colleague saw him and his car, but didn’t know then what he had done – so spent the next 2 hours driving around town, carparks and wherever to find the car… but we didn’t..
Luckily for colleague, he took just the cash from her handbag and threw it out of his car along the roadIt makes me VERY angry when people take things from other people thinking it’s the normal thing to do….. gggrrrrr
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Q8 – haven’t heard that for a while – I LOL !
LBJ – it was someone out of work…. he had no business benig in the office, though our front entrance door is never locked!!
Az – I was p’d off yesterday but realise nothing bad happened and nothing serious stolen, so all is OK. Made police report today anyhoo and someone else at work saw the car too and said the little front triangle window was smashed, so no doubt the car was stolen too !!
Re the pressie – I liked the gift so much that I bought 2 from Amazon. One to go to Sydney and the other for my bunnysitter friend – so the 2nd one has left today for Down Under (FINGERS crossed please it gets there before 31/11…. long story) and bunnysitter will have to wait…. LOL
JG – I did look a bit, but it’s gawn gawn gawn. Nope no Locator app… and they only work if the phone is left on, which of course the nasty man switched off immediately.
But, noone hurt, only a bit of cash gone and a pain in the butt…. nothing drastic.
” Always look on the bright side of life… da dum, da da da da da daaaaa ”
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I was just thinking about Star Wars day
Unfortunately it’s at the wrong time of year for what I was told of their approximate ages. If a bunny is a Christmas Bunny, do you think that means they were born around christmas, or that they were of the age for giving at Christmas (8 weeks)? If it’s 8 weeks, I missed Apollo’s birthday
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In terms of celebrating I’ll probably mainly be doing their gotcha day. But it’s nice to have a rough idea of when they were born to keep track of their age, otherwise I’ll forget how old they are.
Pretty sure the rescue got them both after a February fire 2015. Apollo being a Christmas bunny would be mean that he was born in late October 2014, and from memory of what they told me, Luna was still a baby when they got her, so she may have been born mid-late December. 2014. Which makes Apollo just a month over 2, and Luna just a month shy of 2.
Also, apparently, October 19th is Hagfish Day, lol.
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BM, I do the same thing with Chester, but not so much with his tail. It’s his fluffy feet I have issues with! So fluffy
Then he just gets up and just stares at me like I’m insane. If anyone is interested in what kind of research I’ve been doing, I was interviewed by the New Scientist and it was published online yesterday
It’s the first time someone as found my research interesting enough to report on! Link: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113095-pilot-whales-babysit-each-others-young-while-swimming-in-groups/ -
A few weeks ago Chewie hopped on my lap for the first time – briefly.
Now I’m happy to report that he’s turning into a real lap bunny. Tonight he killed me with cuteness when he sat there smooshed against my tummy and would lift his head up to lick my chin a few times, and then loaf again.
I mean, we’ve always been super close, but he just didn’t trust laps or holding/picking up. Which means progress!
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GJ. Oh oops. I do recall saying something about how brave you are getting a new sofa. (Or was that LBJ ?)
Chewie…. You must be extremely loooong to smoosh against a tummy and lick the face at the same time…. Lol
I have just discovered the dictation service on the iPad and it’s brilliant!!!!!!!
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Its a very cheap n cheerful settee, the pair only cost £400, but I would still have liked them to stay hole free a little longer
I got new stuff to make the place feel like my space and not an empty nest made worse by being worn out and threadbare…
Q8, my eldest used to enjoy Inspector Gadget, he would approve the idea of a Gadget Bunny
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I feel bad for Dory, our online pet store order arrived today with some new toys for her (just in time because she just finished destroying all her previous ones) and she went straight for one toy, I think she thought the brightly coloured wooden beads were delicious food
I need to put a new seagrass mat in her cage too because she’s chewed a gaping hole in the current one, only trouble is when I change things over she gets very curoious and wants to come close and inspect, and sometimes wants to bite my hands, lol. Bunnies got their new pellets too. Taste test approved, but they are little pigs.
ETA: Also, I’m super proud of my hubby!
He was talking to a friend of his back in the states who mentioned that his girlfriend was thinking about getting a rabbit. Originally she wanted to get a cat, but her roommates weren’t sure they wanted a cat inside, so she thought about a rabbit because she’s seen pics of mine (and they’re cute) and she thinks it will be great to cuddle. My awesome bunny warrior husband gave him heaps of info in a polite way about how that wouldn’t work, why bunnies don’t love to cuddle, the mess that they make and how they’re more work than a cat etc etc. Very proud of him, fighting for bunny welfare -
Also JG, you make a good point about Apollo quite likely being less than 8 weeks at Christmas, however that would place him in early November and Bandit’s birthday was Nov 1st, so I think I’ll stick with late October, just to avoid that.
I’ve filled out microchip forms, so their official birthdays are now Oct 29th (Apollo) and Dec 14th (Luna)
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Oh, misery and regret.
I gave Bruno and Harley a cat tunnel to play with the other day. It’s the crinkly, paper bag sounding kind. They live in our bedroom.
Now every morning around 6am they start running through it. It sounds like 10 cats stuck in a bag lol. Bruno has also been grooming it, which is weird. It’s not even fuzzy. All I hear is “crinkle crinkle crink crink crinkle”. It’s awful cute though.
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Some of you may remember Snickers had a slight sideways curvature in the top of her spine. I’m really happy to say that she is now holding and moving her head in a much more relaxed looking way and a quick examination of her spine feels nice and normal. She is celebrating with two slices of carrot
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That is great news about Snickers
What wonders a proper environment can do for a bun’s health. I was having a great sleep last night, until two neighbourhood cats decided to have a yowling contest right outside my open window. It felt like they were at it forever. Another good reason to have indoor only cats
This morning we’ve already been and had microchips implanted in the bunnies. Of course they weren’t impressed, but they’re happy to be home. Not much fuss from them either when getting it done which is good. Now when I never lose them, people will know that they’re mine, lol.
Moxie, you don’t keep up because you do so much with your time, I’m surprised you even get time to sleep and eat
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That’s great GJ! So good to know these things are not permanent and the right care can turn it around.
Yay Moxie! Some R&R and last.
I spotted a spider on my bedroom curtain earlier and I went to find a container to catch it in. (I normally catch and release). By the time I came back, it had moved and now I can’t find it. I hope it’s not a kind that can hurt Timbu.
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Haha, what a funny little bun! I shall try stomping my feet whenever I feel tired at work and knock off time is too far away. It will keep me amused at least.
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Yay for stairs !!! You know, that’s why they call them “stair runners” !! Boom boom !!! (or is that just an English joke?….
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Mine are wood (light blue, don’t ask…) , so even if they had access they really wouldn’t like them….
Henry thumped a few times in the bath the other day – good gracious, it shook the house with no solidity underneath the porcelain!! LOLI think it’s a sort of a ‘not sure what to do now’ thump … going up thump, not too sure… going down thump… not too sure but I’ll try…. !!
Or it’s the equivalent of a good slap on the back “COME ON, you CAN do it ” …. Moxie – take time to appreciate your ‘down time’. No really. Take a step back when you’re not doing anything and think ‘ahhhh, that’s a nice feeling’….
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Podge maintains that the stairs played a big part in why he agreed to bond so easily with Gina, nothing and no-one was ever taking him away from his mountain, and if that meant bonding with a cute little girl bun, that was a small price to pay
This photo of Snickers yesterday morning shows how normal her spine looks now
This photo shows off what a beautiful little girl she is, as well as her nice flat spine (it used to curve up and sideways, towards her left shoulder, like an S-shape, not super obvious through fur, but clear to feel))
And this shows of how toned she is starting to get, now she is becoming more active, and hopefully shows how relaxed she feels too
When I started using the casserole dish that Mini is convinced is a bun-bed to stop Snickers scattering their dried grass everywhere, I hoped it would serve a second purpose, getting Snickers to stretch her neck to reach the dried grass, making sure it wasn’t too much of a stretch, and I think that has really helped too.
It certain looks now like the issue was with cramped, unused muscles, and not the bones themselves.
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Posted By Vienna Blue in France on 11/19/2016 4:09 AM
Yeah GJ, Mini’s neck looks like it’s getting a reeeal streeeetch in that last photo !!!!!!! LOL – Stoopid bun !!Hang on, I thought you were back with 3×2 not 3+2+1….?
We are back at 3×2? Pippi n Jenny, Podge n Gina, and Mini n Snickers. Where have you lost count?
Or is Mini that well camouflaged that you cant see him?? Mini says ‘not stoopid at all, its very comfy’
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Oh yeah, it looks good in that final pic, GJ. Clever thinking using the black crock also!]
Rumball is not interested in his pellets tonight.
He seemed fine a few hours ago when I gave them more hay. He seemed to start eating it right away, but I didn’t stay around long enough to be absolutely certain. I think I jinxed myself when I wrote in an email earlier today that he seemed in good health.
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jersey: Eww, I hate spiders! I hope you find it before it finds you…
Lots of vibes for Rumball! How is he now?Gina.Jenny: Snickers looks great! I’m glad her spine is better.
She’s such a pretty girl.I’m getting pretty excited! It’s almost time…
I don’t like how they rehashed the failed jump/tail safe, but I can forgive that. Come on, December 6th!
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I will definitely enjoy my free time.
I haven’t gotten my babysitting schedule for this week yet though, even though for the past week and a half I have specifically been telling them that I needed to know ASAP, so that I can make Thanksgiving plans. I told them they could just text me the days they needed me (they have my number, but I lost theirs)…Still haven’t heard from them. I think I’ll end up needing to babysit Monday/Tuesday, but I’m not sure about the rest of the week… =/ -
Moxie – this is where you need to say – “I”‘ am available such and such day…. so they can work around you too…. or else they’ll call you the morning they need you !! (Or you say I am available *except* for this date… then YOU can make plans too
) Hazel – ignorant as I am I was thinking that looks a great film, I’ll go and see it …..
Off to see Daniel Blake in an hour…. I’ve been told to take tissues….
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I just saw this on Facebook this morning, I lol’d
https://www.facebook.com/cosmoaustralia/videos/10153193000700917/Hazel, please tell me you get to play as the giant winged hyena thing!
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Vienna: Lol!
You could watch a play through on youtube and pretend it’s a movie. Azerane: No, unfortunately you have to play as the little boy. The giant winged hyena thing is your sidekick, you interact with it and give it commands and together you make your way through the environment. Much of the game will be puzzle solving/platforming. The creature is supposed to act a lot like a real animal, meaning it won’t always do what you tell it to, or at times it might get bored and wander off…
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Same.
I’m sooo thankful to have cooling!
I forgot to open the vents before switching it on so it was pretty noisy. Oops!Thanks for well wishes for Rumball guys. He was ticking into hay later last night so I went to bed feeling relieved.
Spider is still AWOL. I don’t really have a problem with them, but I do worry if a type that could bite my bunnehs.
Mmm, watched that short vid Azerane. I’ll echo Q8 in saying gorgeous muscles!
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Lol… nevermind
Yes I did fortunately remember to open the vents. We realised after Friday’s weather when we got a bit warm inside that we should have though about the air con, all ready for today though, which the bunnies are certainly appreciating.
I’m glad Rumball’s feeling better and eating hay well. In regards to the spider, I honestly struggle to sleep if there’s one in the bedroom that I know is there, but don’t know where it is. I remember staying at a friend’s place one night and they had an older house with huge ceilings, and right when I was preparing to sleep on the couch, I looked up and saw a big huntsman just hanging out in the top corner of the room. I had a terrible sleep
All I could think about was that darn spider, lol. I kept turning the lamp on through the night and having to check where it was. -
Im okay with Huntsmans to a degree. I mean, they alway give me a fright when I first spot them, but then I usually try shoo them outside. They do tend to sneak in in certain weather. When my younger sister was little and fossicking around in the garden, Mum asked what she was doing and she announced “looking for a Husband”.
Obviously, she meant Huntsman… It’s odd now I think about it because she’s scared of spiders. Maybe she developed that fear later in life. There are small spiders that have white bits on the legs and I always get to thinking they’re “white tails” which I know the bite is bad for. I usually squash them straight away. But someone told me the ones I keep finding are just baby wolf spiders.
Ugh, just looked up white tails though, and the one I saw yesterday had body shape like them.
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I meant to tell you guys what happened when I walked Hunter on Friday. Well, ended up carrying him for a good part of the way! Ended up bruised for my effort too.
Half way into the walk, we came across a big staffy on the loose. Luckily, she was friendly – but overly so. She ran right up and tried to engage him in play. Problem is, Hunter just barks his head off at other dogs. Maybe it’s a bit of small dog syndrome, but he’s never really known how to act around other dogs. So, I ended up having to carry him as he would just keep turning and snapping at her. I was afraid he’s break loose also. Anyway, at one point, she ran out onto a busy road.
So I ended up calling her back and getting her to follow us until I could figure out where she belonged. One house I asked at was able to point out where she lived and it became obvious she regularly gets out. I knocked on the door, and as soon as the woman opened it, she quickly realised why I was there and called her dog in. She said her daughters keep leaving the door open.. She honestly didn’t seem overly concerned which kinda bugged me. I made sure she was aware that her dog nearly got run over.
It was a good thing this dog was a friendly one. I realise I’m a bit naive when it comes to dogs on the loose though. I’m usually just concerned about their welfare when I should be more aware of my own safety and anyone else (dog or person) that Im with. On the most part, I’ll assume a dog is friendly. I just hope I can properly assess when I come across any that are not quite right and a risk.
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It wasn’t too bad. I put him back down several times in the hopes he’d be more calm and just let her suss him out, but nope! I forgot to mention, I also lost my keys during this whole fiasco. I realized once I had taken the staffy back to it’s home. Then I had to retrace my steps to look for my keys. Luckily I found them not too far away but I was hot and bothered and scratched up by the time I got home. Hunter thought it was a great outing.
I have had to pick up a larger dog before but only for a short time. I may have said about that before. It was my sisters border collie/kelpie cross. Another dog attacked him and got her teeth into his chest. The owner was just wrestling with her and hitting her, trying to get her off. It just aggravated her further. I’d seen a video once about picking dogs up when this happens. Thank goodness it worked! But just remembering that incident, you’re so right, you don’t really have time to assess things before a fight breaks out. Both dogs were on leashes that time too!
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Jersey. Picking dogs up? What? Picking up an attacking dog up makes him stop attacking. Ooooh didnt know that one.
That’s a good one (unless they whip around and chomp you too…)
I’m like you. A sucker for stray dogs and finding theit owners (generally not appreciated).
I think too that you would sense a nonfriendly stray dog and leave it alone. You’ve got the instinct….
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Lol, sounds like a bit of a nutter
Apollo seemed to like being brushed, I think it helped with his belly pressing. He’s still just hiding away and looking miserable though. On the plus side, I got him to bite hay, even if he didn’t eat it. He showed enough annoyance that he bit the hay in half from my hand, haha. Pretty sure it’s time for another simethicone dose too, he is really tough to dose so hopefully it goes better than last time. Meanwhile, Luna has been adorable playing with the plastic baby keys. Nothing cuter than a bunny throwing stuff around with their mouth
Gotta prep their salad too, so hopefully it may tempt Apollo to eat. He seems to hold his tummy cramped in when he’s not feeling well, as it withdraws his sides in right before his hind legs and makes him look super skinny. Like it juts in right after his ribs. My poor boy.
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Eating vibes worked!!!
After I shoved hay in his face for about the 30th time he gave in and nibbled some. Only a couple short strands, but better than nothing. Now 15 mins later he’s hopped around a bit with Luna, and accepted a dried papaya treat. Poops can’t be too far off, I’m expecting to see a big clump of fur in there.
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Apolllloooo. Listen to us…… Eat, poop and be happy !!!
Q8. is it true that the postal system is as dodgy as it gets in Kuwait ? My friends were told its not worth getting sent anything as it will disappear into a big black hole….. They tried it with a non expensive letter/package and true to word, it never arrived….
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I do remember Q8 saying one time that the postal system is almost non-existant there.
Vienna, re your earlier question about picking up dogs, it was a video from years ago I’d seen, so I don’t know the exact circumstances of when it would be appropriate to do it. It might not even have been something that was being taught to the general audience, just something mentioned following an incident on the show. Anyway, the theory behind it was they lose power (especially in the shoulders) once you take their feet off the ground, So they can no longer pull at the other dog. And maybe you get a bit of a “wtf” reaction from the dog.
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This method sound way easier! https://www.cesarsway.com/dog-behavior/aggression/breaking-up-dog-fights
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Awww, that’s so beautiful Jersey
We prescribe bunny hugs to any of our friends who are sad or stressed out. Breintje was just being messy and adorable at the same time. I fed him a wedge of tangerine, a particularly juicy one. While he was chewing it noisily, the juice dripped out of his mouth and onto the carpet. He sat there happy as could be with a small puddle under his fuzzy face. To make sure he got every little drop he licked it all off the carpet.
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Vienna: Too true. The sandpit doesn’t actually have a postal system. There are privately owned P.O. box centers, but they are not to be trusted. We do everything via courier.
Jersey: I love it! Sweetness – and so true
Ellie: I’m melting at the thought. So so sweet. Chewie does that when I give him watermelon.
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Aww, how sweet is that picture
Apollo was quite a bit better last night so I didn’t stay up to monitor him. He’s bouncing around this morning as per usual and eating hay and doing some poops. He didn’t eat pellets this morning, but he hasn’t eaten more than two or three of them for the past 3-4 meals. He doesn’t like the new pellets anymore.
At first he dived into them straight away and gobbled them up, now he’ll eat one and go looking for something else, haha. I’m going to have to switch back to Burgess sooner rather than later, fussy bunny. -
Glad to hear Finn is doing better.
I think of an aggressive dog wants to get another dog, they will jump up and/or knock the person down to get to them. It never stopped me from picking my dog up when a big dog came toward her. A dog never attacked her, but we did witness one at the park. A great dane that had gotten loose from his yard ran into the park and attacked a woman with a labradoodle. She was screaming for help. My husband went to pull the dog off, but he was no match for him. The dog was too strong. Now I wonder what would have happened if he had grabbed his back legs and lifted them up.
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Rabbits can after all live outside in the UK all year round, as they can here. As long as their can keep their undersides dry, they should be fine.
They have been kept dry, I added 2 extra fleece layers under them though, jjust to be sure, and I also gave them extra things to snuggle into and extra food-I do know they can live out, but seeing as they’ve gone from nice and toasty(probably a little too warm for poo Yumi) to extremely cold within a short time I figure I was just a bit stressed
Man came today to check it, will be back tomorrow and warm will resume!!
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I’ve just been looking at this site and she has very good videos of her bonding attempts, both successful and failed.
Re Cherry & Peter, I’m just surprised she didn’t continue another day…. or maybe they were speed dates so it didn’t ‘matter’ if the bonding didn’t work out (like Zou & Henry’s obliged arranged marriage absolutely must !! lol )
http://www.cottontails-rescue.org.uk/information/bonding-bunnies/
Any comments from seasoned bonders would be great – as I am not sure what I would have done in those situations (certainly Zou and Henry happily and non-aggressively circled on their speed date like Cherry and Peter did for the first 10 minns but I didn’t keep them together for 40 mins like the video does…)
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BM. The videos are really interesting (real time bonding displays rather than photos or just snippets of timid chasing well onto the bonding process) but in a way I wish I hadn’t seen them because I now have opinions on subjects I didn’t think I had them on (when really I know nothing about it) LOL.
Like when she’s bonding the two rabbits in the hutch with the enclosed sleeping compartment (one entrance/exit) why didn’t she just shut the sleeping compartment off for the first couple of days rather than allow one bunny to be territorial in it straight away?But hey it’s all interesting and it’s all information and it’s all knowledge and it’s all good to know
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I’ve found a clever gift for the husband on Amazon. It’s a T-shirt that says “unbeknownst to most, the world is completely ruled by a single rabbit smoking a pipe” and it pictures a little brown bunny with a pipe sitting next to a globe. It’s perfect because he is an avid pipe smoker (tobacco) and he loves bunnies.
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@Jersey LOL – i had a flash like that yesterday in the car… on the way to a friends and went over a speed bump, and for whatever reason tried to think how I spelt the word in French : “DOUGH-DAN” ….
THEN… a bolt came from the sky and I remembered it as being “DOS d’ANE”…… literally “a donkey’s back” – I said it about 10 times laughing out loud….!! Donkey !
(In the UK we used to call them “Sleeping Policemen”) @BM – OH YES litterboxes…. when I bought Henry home the first time I let them out together (WHY? OH WHY?!!!) as they got on so well on neutral ground and they hopped around fine without interacting for 5 mins (“YES!” I’m thinking) and then one was in the litterbox and all hell broke loose…
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GJ, we always try to take our pairs together. We tell the vet “they’re here for moral support”
I get the feeling he thinks traveling in pairs is adorable and always has lots of pets for the healthy bunny. Bruno and Harley get stressed if separated for long. During one of Harley’s sick bouts, he had to live on the couch beside me. Bruno was a mess in their cage so we brought her out to the couch. She sat there for hours snuggling him. It calmed them both down. -
Thanks bam! Good to know 2 or more meals a day is reasonable.
I had heard years ago about dogs been able to go a day without and it being more like their wild predecessors.
I think thats only something I might have consider with certain breeds of dogs and do it from younger years onward.
I think it would be hard to do also. I’d feel like I was neglecting them or taking away an enjoyable part of the day.I’m so geared towards rabbits, I’m having to relearn when it comes to other animals. I’ve even been giving my sister poo reports, because we all know how important that is with rabbits.
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Rofl Q8…… (ps. Again ??!!
) Get well soon Ellie
Jersey. Go with what Hunter is used to. I tried once a day with Kyra but she then went days without eating because she got TOO hungry (bit like me, go over the hunger threshold and my tummy starts rumbling and I can’t eat!!), her hunger juices started going, I could hear her tum from the other side of the room and she wasn’t happy.
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I usually get some level of sickness every Thanksgiving, ha ha. Yesterday was one of the bad years though. I had a fever, cold sweats, and I physically couldn’t get off the couch the entire day.
I am feeling a bit better today, and hopefully I’ll shower soon and that will make me feel even better. BTW guys…IT’S SNOWING!!!
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Ellie: Love the concept… and your craftiness… egad!
Bam & Vienna: Old age. Something to look forward to.
Seriously, though, in Canada I’d go for a decade between flus. Here, besides a complete lack of… friggin EVERYthing that even remotely resembles consideration of others, the environment/weather makes us a hotspot for contagion. I gave myself a kick in the pants yesterday and popped out for an hour to attend the annual christmas bazaar, which I love and look forward to all year. After picking up this year’s tree ornament (handblown glass… my Kuwait holiday tradition) I came back home and literally dropped like a fly. This malaria SUCKS.
It looks like it might rain. I’m praying for flooding so we can get the day off tomorrow. Please send some flood prayers my way…
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Lovebellabun, it’s not really about forum rules. It’s just something you want to avoid for your own good. There are spambots that scour the Internet for valid e-mail addresses and then they just bombard you with idiocy like ads for impotence remedies and weight-loss concoctions etc. It’s perfectly ok to give out your personal email in PMs if you like. PMs are (obviously!) not publicly displayed.
Bunnies do like tunnels! It’s comforting to hear them play even when you’re trying to sleep – although when Bam once went into major home-improvement-mode with a giant cardboard box at 2 am, I did get up and (temporarily) deprived him of the box
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Ellie, I love the Sinterklaas surprise concept. Very much want to adopt it for my family. Maybe I’ll introduce it to my sisters kids this week and they can come up with ideas for each other and their parents. Love the one you made for Bas. You’re so clever!
We have a little tradition carried on from my Grandmother (Nanna) who passed away 3 years ago. She had made a Snowman which was a big tin, covered in wadding. Throughout the year when cleaning out her closets, she would put little things aside for the snowman. At Christmas, she’d wrap them all and made sure everyone that came to her home on Christmas night would receive a gift. They were normally silly, completely random items, things she no longer had a use for.
Unfortunately, the Snowman didn’t make an appearance last year, so I’ll have to revive him for this Christmas. The year I moved house was a good one because there was a lot of stuff (junk) I was able to wrap up for everyone.
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Posted By jerseygirl on 11/27/2016 11:08 PM
Ellie, I love the Sinterklaas surprise concept. Very much want to adopt it for my family. Maybe I’ll introduce it to my sisters kids this week and they can come up with ideas for each other and their parents. Love the one you made for Bas. You’re so clever!We have a little tradition carried on from my Grandmother (Nanna) who passed away 3 years ago. She had made a Snowman which was a big tin, covered in wadding. Throughout the year when cleaning out her closets, she would put little things aside for the snowman. At Christmas, she’d wrap them all and made sure everyone that came to her home on Christmas night would receive a gift. They were normally silly, completely random items, things she no longer had a use for.
Unfortunately, the Snowman didn’t make an appearance last year, so I’ll have to revive him for this Christmas. The year I moved house was a good one because there was a lot of stuff (junk) I was able to wrap up for everyone.
Another year, a couple of us just got silly stuff from a dollar store and put those in the “senile” Snowman.Awww, that’s such a sweet and cool tradition from your gran
Sounds like a whole lot of family fun! It’s really nice that you’re bringing back these traditions.Sinterklaas is always on the 5th of december here, it’s different from Christmas. Actually, the American Saint Nick was based on our Sinterklaas, in an attempt to make Christmas more of a children’s feast. Kids here usually get gifts both on Sinterklaas and on Christmas. Double yay!
I just finished my Sinterklaas poem for Bas. I’m going to give him a warm bathrobe out of sheer guilt, I steall all his clothing
It’s in the traditional rhyme scheme. A “Piet” is a helper of Sinterklaas, they all have a specific task such as listening-Piet, the Piet who reports everything he hears to Sinterklaas. Basic translation of the poem, sorry it only rhymes in Dutch:Dear Bas,
What a jolly time, Sinterklaas is in our country again. Listening-Piet has put his ear on everyone’s wall.
This was why he heard the news, this horrible thing that has happened to our poor Bas.
Listening-Piet hurried back to our good old saint, who has trouble coping with this news himself.
Sinterklaas asked him in shock: “Is it true now what you said? Are all his clothes being confisquated?”
Listening-Piet shook his head in sadness: “No, only Bas’ warm clothes are being robbed.”
He steps out of the shower, shivering in the cold, and look and behold: she stands there that horrible woman.
She’s dressed from head to toe in his warm hoodie and pyjama pants, and Bas has a hard time finding something warm.
Sometimes she even says without a trace of guilt: this has always been mine!
Our old saint has to confide in you: he doesn’t know how to deal with these pesky women too.
Sadly he can’t give you some advice, but he hopes to give you something nice, to compensate for all your loss.
Warm greetings from Sint and his Pieten
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Thank you
I love Sinterklaas, it’s my #1 holiday in the year. I hoped to have some good news for my in-laws this weekend, about the job interview that was planned for tomorrow. However, I just got a phonecall from the company that it’s postponed until tuesday. *Sigh* Oh well, it can’t be helped I suppose. Upside to the whole story is that I’m still having a cold, so it’ll give me more time to recover and lose the “Rudolph the red-nose reindeer look”.
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Just got through two bags of wood pellet litter. Counted back and turns out it’s taken me 10 and 1/2 weeks to use them. So that’s 15 kg of pellets lasting about 5 weeks. That’s daily spot cleans for the bunnies’ one litter tray, and also lining Dory’s catch tray with the soaked pellets. At first I used the pellets in her catch tray as they were, and only started soaking them part way through which uses way less.
I don’t know if 5 weeks is good or not in terms of litter use, but it seems good to me
About 0.42 cents a day I’m excited for tomorrow, first day of Advent and I have my advent calendar ready to go
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Woke up this morning and my bike was missing (again)
But this time it never arrived home. House mates broke the door lock while drunk last night, left leaving the door open and now my bike is nowhere to be seen Because they didnt steal it, I can’t legally make them reimburse me. And because the door wasn’t even closed, the insurance company doesn’t cover it.
Im looking for a loophole to get me out of my lease. Because even though my rabbits are happy there, I’m no longer sure we are all safe in the house, if strangers are just happy to wander in in the middle of the night to do as they please.
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