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It’s been 3 days now since we got the call from our vet…
A family visiting for the holidays found a wounded baby Netherland Dwarf in the backyard of the place they were staying. A cat had attacked the entire litter and she was the only survivor. After going around the neighborhood to verify the bunnies didn’t belong to anyone (that would confess anyway), the little girl was brought to the local VCA animal hospital where she was cared for by our vet. After our vet was sure she would recover fine she gave us a call asking if we would take her in because our house was the only one she truly new of that the bunny would get all the love and affection she deserves. Well, being that we are already a 3 bunny family, we had to discuss it a bit, but decided that she would be manageable since she will be such a small one. Our vet has offered to cover the cost of getting her spayed and her current needed care, which further helped our decision.
She is recovering fine as she only sustained a scratch to the eye area and a bite on her back leg. Seems like it was a miracle she survived with how cold it has been.
Well after just these few days, we have already fallen in love with her. She loves to cuddle and falls asleep right in our laps. She loves to groom our hands and seems to feel very secure with us there.
So now we introduce the new member of our family… Daisy May!
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jerseygirl –
A couple months after Flopsy died we went and picked up 2 mini lops at a shelter. We were supposed to get the 2 sisters, but ended up with one sister and the brother from a mix-up since the 2 looks almost exactly the same. My wife and I agreed that after 3 weeks if the other sister was still at the shelter we would take that as a sign and pick her up too. Well she was still there and that’s how we bacame a 3 bunny family.
So now the house is in favor of the bunnies 4 to 2. Marble, Thumper, Mopsy, and Daisy May all know who rules the household… they do. -
Beka – The two sisters are still not getting along. Each one is fine with the brother, but it’s going to be a lot of work to get the sisters to stop fighting. Right now we just give the initial 2 running time together to keep their bond strong and then the 3rd gets her own personal running time. They are all in the same room though and even when out running they can come up to each other’s fences. A lot of the times they can lay side by side with each other with the fence between them. We just need to give them more time to establish the pecking order and hopefully all 3 can be out together finally. I don’t think I have posted a pic of the 3rd, but I will.
So odd that the mini-lops seem huge now that we have the baby netherland dwarf lol
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