OHMIGOODNESS, I haven't posted in 21 days?!?!?!?!?! Holy crap. Time does have a way of escaping you, doesn't it?
So Kashi was our final name choice. I decided he needed a full name too, so Prince Kashi now has a full title.
I'm a HUUUUGE Led Zeppelin fan, you know that 'if you had to pick one band to listen to for the rest of your life' question? Well, I never have to think about that one before answering. So Kashi's new name is Kashmir (off of Physical Graffiti) Underfoot (after Trampled Underfoot, also off of Physical Graffiti). Underfoot was also very loosely based on Frodo's travel name Mr. Underhill from LotR. How much more perfect could you get than a name that's based on both Led Zeppelin AND LotR?? XD
Also, Kashi has completely healed from his surgery! We still have quite a few bald spots going on his little thighs, but his fur that's growing in is GORGEOUS. He's been molting since April at this point. I might actually lose my mind if the fur doesn't stop for a bit soon. >.< So we've started a new get-the-fur-off regime of intensive grooming every other day (so he doesn't try to kill me in his sleep), a pinch of sunflower seeds once a day, and a full bowl of pellets. The bowl of pellets only works out to be about a quarter of a cup more than usual, and Kashi's pretty svelte, so I'm sure this won't cause him to bulk up much at all. Plus he gets his daily salad of his new favorite, kale and escarole.
And now that I've updated....I think a good pic post is in order. In fact, it's time for Kashi's photo debut as a real honest to goodness boy!
So handsome.
Kashi chillaxin. He actually has his chin resting on the side of his bed here.
This is NOT KASHI. XD me and Matt went to the Museum of Natural History a couple of weeks ago. We were walking through the Mammalian Hall, and what did we find...
but a rabbit exhibit!!!
the really scary part? I saw the skeleton before the sign and RECOGNIZED IT AS A RABBIT.
Also, recognized the fact that this particular bunny, if alive, would probably have needed vet work done on his incisors.
I then went off on a spiel explaining to Matt exactly how bunnies use their back legs, running on their toes and resting on their heals so that no one part of their feet would be overused.
And then I turned around, and realized that the reason Matt had been watching me with a slight smirk on his face was because, unbeknownst to me, a group of ten or twelve school kids at the museum on a school trip had gathered behind me and listened to my whole lecture attentively. One of them then raised their hand and asked me a question. LMAO.
In terms of bonding, Kashi should be hormone free in a week. Really, I'm pretty sure he's hormone free right now. I think the fact that his testicles never descended actually limited how many hormones he had flowing through him anyway, but we're waiting the full month and change anyway, to be safe.
I want to bring Kashi in for a bonding session more than anything right now, but I just don't know. I think I'm getting cold feet. I don't know if I have enough space to build a little addition onto Kashi's cage to house another bun during bonding. His cage is 3 panels across, 3 panels high, and 2 deep. I'm thinking I could build some more on so that it's 4 across, so the cage could be separated into two 3 by 3 by 2 spaces. I would be worried in the beginning of bonding that there wouldn't be enough of a separation between them. If somebun poked a nose through and somebun else didn't appreciate the visit, they might get chomped. I wouldn't want anything to happen to either Kashi or the new bunny, especially after seeing poor Raoul's injuries.
So I was thinking, if I built the addition, I could just build TWO walls in the middle of the cage, a few inches apart, so that they could both sniff noses, but no one would get so far through as to be able to bite. Of course, I might get lucky and have Kashi pick out a nice calm bun that will bond to him in a matter of days and remain a perfect gentleman or lady....but I'm not that naive. XD
The buns I'd REALLY like to have Kashi meet in a session right now are as follows: Definitely Ms. Gracie, beautiful GIANT ANGORA LOP girl that she is.
I'm fairly certain she has her fluff back now, this picture was taken at the shelter post-shave.
Lalo, a handsome little helicopter lop boy. He is a rambunctious, happy little boy who loves playing, and is always SUPER interested in the other bunnies when they're in the pen. As you might imagine, the lenient bunny-volunteer who found Lalo shredding the paper towel roll through the bars of the pen and let him carry on as Jane snapped a picture was, of course...me. XD Jane thought it was great that Lalo was so interested in playing, and even promised not to tell the other volunteers who the pushover was that let him play with the paper towels. LOL
Tucker! Tucker is my buddy. He runs around his cage with strands of hay or paper in his mouth like a little puppy, insists on getting nose rubs. Hopped into my lap several times to say hi. He has a great little personality. Although I must admit, I seem to have a soft spot for the destructo-buns. I do worry that he'd be a little on the small side to be bonded with Kashi, since Kashi's a pretty big boy.
Ferdinand. I think he's in foster care right now and I'm not even sure he's available for adoption right now, but good lord, is he a handsome boy! Plus, he's a good size-match for Kash.0
Skipper, a NZW boy, has been at the shelter since I started volunteering. I would LOVE to get him out of there and loved up. He actually reminds me of Toby sometimes, with his facial expressions and his perfect little white feet. XD He has AMAZING litterbox skills. He gets a little cage aggressive, but that's in a shelter cage with a hidey box. I'm pretty sure if he had a nice big cage and a couple of hours to run around every day, the boxing would stop. Anyway, if he lived with me he wouldn't ever get picked up out of his cage. Kashi has me trained to just open his door and let him come out on his own terms and I see no problem with that.
ALSO, when Skipper first came to the shelter, his name was Pia and we all thought he was a little girl. So him and Kashi could commiserate.
I actually had a dream a couple of weeks ago that I brought Skipper home and introduced him to Kashi, and they circled eachother sniffing intently for a few seconds...then they both stood up on their hind legs, jogging around eachother until they were standing side by side, and started doing a Salt n Peppa dance routine.
