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Ok, so I went out to get her right after work. I got there and found out that she had been given NO hay and was being fed junk pellets. I got her in my car and she was on my lap on my way to the vets (it’s only a few minutes from where I picked her up). I was petting her and I seriously started to cry when I felt her ribs. . . she is incredibly skinny, like to the point that underneath her ribs, there is a dent where I guess fat should be?
So I got her to the vet and found out that beyond that, she is pretty healthy. She weighs less then five pounds right now and she should weigh between 6 and 7 pounds according to my vet.
Beyond that, she is terribly matted because I don’t think anyone who has owned her has really known how to take care of her. She doesn’t have as much stuff in her fur as I expected, but she does have several very large mattes that I will need to work out over the course of the next week or so. I think
That being said, she is absolutely the sweetest, most calm bunny I have ever met! I ended up keeping her on my lap for the entire half hour ride back here and she barely moved. I can pet under her chin and she doesn’t even care! Sorry but I find that amazing since both of my boys will bite me if I dare try to rub their chins.
Ok, I will give you guys some more information about her in a little bit and I will probably have a few questions but I just got her pictures uploaded (you can’t really tell she’s matted because she has so much fur) so I’m going to end this one here and add some pics to make up for my long post. . .
A headshot. . . . She definately is gorgeous!
She has been eating since I put some hay and pellets out so here are a few of her enjoying some of her new yummy food.
In that last one you can see a bald spot from where she was matted and they pulled out the fur to get rid of the matte, luckily they didn’t tear her skin, but you can tell it is pretty irritated.
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Posted By MimzMum on 03/25/2008 5:53 PM
Aaahhh! It’s a TRIBBLE! ^^ Aw she’s SO CUTE! *faints from adorableness*
How lucky that she came to you! She is probably thanking her stars every time that tongue runs over your skin! ^^ Congratulations!
More piccies when you can….PLEASE!
I will definately post more pics, however before I do I have to warn you, I just spent an hour cutting and combing out mattes and I still haven’t got even half of them, so bascically, she might look kind of funny for the nest few weeks. . . . I’m thinking I will probably end up needing to trim all of her hair but I didn’t want to stress her out more so I stopped for tonight.
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I’m sitting here watching my poor 16 yo daughter fight with her wiry poof of hair in her head as we have to go to town tomorrow (and probably cut the whole mid-back length mess down to maybe a half inch off her scalp) and I can TOTALLY relate! ^^ QWell, more piccies when she gets her lovely locks back then. We wouldn’t want to embarrass her.
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Posted By bunnytowne on 03/25/2008 6:04 PM
Oh wow I just love her too. I want one not for a couple of nearly 10 yrs tho. enuf with my 2. awe she does have a sore spot there I see. she is probably grooming you thinking thank you for some hay thank you for some hay over n over. yeah I hate that when I took mine home it appeared she hadn’t been given any hay either and she eats n eats n eats the hay and hardly touched her pellets at first. oh a happy bun good to see a happy bun good for her and for you how is Henri?
Thanks, she certainly is precious!
Henri is doing good, he’s up to no trouble as always though. . . I told him I was bringing a new girl home for him and Acorn and he decided the best way to get ready to meet her would be to go play in the dirt downstairs!. . . lol, I guess he thought a little bit of color on his face made him look handsome or something. . . .
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Posted By babybunsmum on 03/25/2008 6:15 PM
oh how sweet! she must know she’s in a good home, the cutie pie. she’s beautiful
I sure hope she knows she is safe here. . . . I know it is too soon for that really though, isn’t it? She does love my kiities though!! And they love her which is really exciting because atleast I know she will have some good company until her and the boys can really meet. . . Both Bentley and Mercury have already taken turns grooming her, and she returned the favor too, which is really good to see considering she has never met them before tonight.
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Posted By MimzMum on 03/25/2008 6:50 PM
I’m sitting here watching my poor 16 yo daughter fight with her wiry poof of hair in her head as we have to go to town tomorrow (and probably cut the whole mid-back length mess down to maybe a half inch off her scalp) and I can TOTALLY relate! ^^ QWell, more piccies when she gets her lovely locks back then. We wouldn’t want to embarrass her.LOL!!! I really needed that laugh, thankyou!. . . . please tell your daughter I am sorry for me. . . didn’t mean to laugh at her plight, but it sure puts my bunny’s into perspective. . . besides, I really needed that laugh after the very emotional few hours I’ve just been through.
Oh and don’t worry, I have a few more pictures of her from before (and some from after) hte intense grooming session that I can post while still kepping her dignity intact. . . give me a little bit and I will add them to this thread as soon as I get them uploaded.
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Thats so sweet that she is doing so much grooming already
She can probably tell that she is in a nice safe place now, she was probably craving some fellow animal friend attention in addition to some nice human attention. Hopefully she’ll get along with Henri and Acorn just as well as she gets along with you and the cats! -
OMG, she is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
She is so very happy, with all her lap rides and grooming of everyone she meets.
It isn’t the hay, she loves you! you! you! She knows she’s a very lucky girl. I wouldn’t worry about stressing her too much from getting rid of the mattes. She hasn’t behaved stressed in any way so far, and remember that those mattes have bothered her more than anyone. She probably feels more light and clean and comfortable every time one is removed.
When have we ever complained after a poo and pampering at the hairdresser, hmm?
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Posted By rabbitpam on 03/26/2008 5:30 AM
OMG, she is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!She is so very happy, with all her lap rides and grooming of everyone she meets.
It isn’t the hay, she loves you! you! you! She knows she’s a very lucky girl. I wouldn’t worry about stressing her too much from getting rid of the mattes. She hasn’t behaved stressed in any way so far, and remember that those mattes have bothered her more than anyone. She probably feels more light and clean and comfortable every time one is removed.
When have we ever complained after a poo and pampering at the hairdresser, hmm?
Good point! I didn’t even think about it like that. The mattes were making it hard for her to move around even so I’m sure she is happy to get rid of them!
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Here are a few more pictures that I got tonight. You’ll probably be able to tell I gave her a haircut to get rid of a lot of that extra wool. . . . . A lot of her gorgeous fluff is gone, but it should grow back pretty quick.
This is her favorite spot/position to lay in
a side shot. . .
Oh and I was wondering, right now the boys are divided from her by two gates, I don’t even think that Acorn has noticed that she is here but Henri has been watching her off and on all night. . . he doesn’t seem to be irritated at all (no thumping or anything, just watching), but she is completely ignoring him. I guess maybe she hasn’t noticed him but I am thinking she probably has. Either way, she hasn’t tried to go over and say hi or anything. Is this a good or bad sign as far as bonding is concerned?
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Posted By rabbitpam on 03/27/2008 4:38 AM
I bet they HAVE noticed each other. I imagine it would be like, well, George Clooney (for women) or Marilyn Monroe (for men) moving in next door. You’d be peeking at them and wondering how to say Hi, neighbor. I bet we’re not the only ones that think they’re both cuties.Lol, thats great.
I do have one picture of them together, well sort of them together. The gate is between them. Here they are.
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She binkied! That’s great.
I hope you don’t mind but I have never seen bunnies like yours in person, and the pictures of Lilly and Henry are so cute that I copied them and emailed them to my two best pals in Massachusetts. They live with large dogs (labs, etc.) and loved Spockie but he was their only bunny experience.
My friend replied: “I thought bunnies like this only came in slippers or the toy store!” That was before I read Markusdark’s reply. Well, great minds…
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She is SUCH a cutie! *sigh* LOLZ to Markus…you always manage to say something that just slays me! ^^ Bunny slippers indeed!
Can anyone tell me if the angora is related at all to the Jersey Woolly? Not that I would ever take one on, since I think that may be just a tad TOO much fur for me to deal with…but the breeds seem so similar, I wonder if they were crossed somehow and that was how they got angoras to be more than just REW’s?
Just a thought. Honestly, I was watching the PBS special on dogs recently and I still can’t fathom how we got chihuahuas out of wolves in only a few centuries of cross breeding. 0.o; DNA will never cease to fascinate me. ^^
ANYWAY, adorable little bun! I just want to snatch her up and snuggle her!
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. . . . Hay, hay, hay, hay, hay, I love hay!
. . . a side shot
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