And then there were Four

[JadeIcing]

Maybe take them for some drives and see how they feel.

Alicia

 

[naturestee]

I'm so sorry your mom isn't doing well. I hope she recovers quickly!ray:

You're under a lot of stress right now and I bet the girls can feelthat. Personally I'd recommend boarding them at thevet's. That way they don't have to deal with the car ride anda bunch of hectic, worried people and you don't have to worry abouttaking care of them while you should be dealing with yourfamily. Just my :twocents

I hope you can work everything out.:hug2:

 

[LuvaBun]

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, and I canunderstand how stressed your are. I think I agree with Naturestee, andmaybe board your girls at the vet. At least you know they will be insafe hands, and you won't be stressed even more, worrying about thejourney. I know you will miss each other, but with all you have goingon, it may be the best option.

I will be thinking of you all.

Jan

 

[Blyre]

Thanks for all your kind words but what makesthis situation the most stressful isn't the girls or the drive butrather the fact that I have responsibilities here that I'm expected tosimply drop at a moment's notice and forget the consequences.

I love my Mom dearly and would love to be at her side but I have billscoming up that need paying, people here that count on me, and I reallydon't want to leave the girls here while I'm down South.

I just got my life reasonably stable for the first time in about twoyears and I really like the way it's going at this moment in time.

Ugh, I'm venting again....

Wallace

 

[JadeIcing]

I repeat vent all you need. :hug:

 

[Blyre]

I spoke to my Mom today and although she's ingood spirits, she is going to need open heart surgery due to clogged orblocked arteries. We spent quite a few minutes discussing her situationand I had to tell her that I couldn't afford to go down there and bewith her. She understood and I made solid (hopefully) plans to comevisit in September and bring the babies down to see her.

The babies are doing well today, no problems to report. I took a napafter getting off the phone with my Mom and I took Smokey in with me tosnuggle with. She was a doll, playing under the blankets and floppingout beside me as I napped. She was such a good girl that I felt alittle guilty about having to take her back to her cage. Of course, sheleft a little spot in my bed, but that's to be expected so I wasn't toobothered by it.

I started wondering today if maybe Smokey's scent and hormones are whatmakes Speedy chase her around the living room on the few occaisionsthat they are out together. It's probably just a domination thing butthey are separated until after Smokey's spay.

Wallace

 

[JadeIcing]

*hugs*

Lots of prayers coming from this way.

 

[Blyre]

I found out today that my Mom's surgery has beenscheduled for next Monday. She told me that she had put it off longenough (19 years) and it was time to get it dealt with. What a lady,huh folks?

Anyway update on the bunnies:

Last night, I built a sort of attached playpen out of NIC cubes fromthe last time I tried building a rabbit home and set it up with Speedyand Smokey's cages. Speedy had no problem with it. Of course, as longas Speedy can get her craisins, she's a happy camper either way. Thepen space is small right now but over time I will enlarge it as theybecome more used to the freedom. I think having them run all over theliving room was having a negative effect in terms of them getting alongwith each other and with me. On the other hand, Smokey is not a happycamper because she hasn't realized that although Speedy is out, shecan't come over to harass her. She's been thumping on and off for thelast few minutes. I think once she realizes that she can come and go asshe pleases, she should be okay.

Wallace

P.S. Thanks Alicia

 

[JadeIcing]

Anytime!

Your mom sounds like one tough cookie. The world needs more women like her.

Craisins are a bribe here. Works every time.

 

[Blyre]

Yeah, Mama's the best.

My morning at work started off quite unexpectedly. Yesterday I madearrangements with a colleague to take a look at two bunnies,awhite dwarf with red eyes and specks of brown on his earsand ajet black lop female (BIG BUNNY) with soft brown eyes,that he needed to rehome because his kids weren't taking careof them anymore and his only other alternative was to take them toauction. I felt bad about this and told him that I would look at themand if I liked them that I would take them into my home.

Overnight, I started thinking about how my hands are full with Speedy and Smokey so I had considered saying no thanks.

And then I went to work.....

My colleague had left the two bunnies in their cage and had depositedthem on the front steps of my warehouse in the early morning bittercold. Thankfully, my coworkers found them and brought them inside sothey would be warm. They had no food or water with them and their cageenvironment was absolutely filthy. I mean grosser than gross. We gotthem through the day by giving them water in small paper cups and smallbits of carrots and safe vegetables.

Then I got on the phone....

And I gave this gentleman, who is a friend of mine by the way, a pieceof my mind for leaving the two for me in such a irresponsible way. Hekept assuring me that they would be fine, that they had been eating allthe night before, and that any water he would have left with them wouldhave frozen and not been drinkable. Pretty darned convenient excuses ifyou ask me. Suffice it to say that I couldn't possibly give them backunder those circumstances.

And then I got them home...

The first thing I had to do was to separate them for obvious reasonsseeing as neither one had been spayed or neutered. I had a smaller cagealready for the boy so I fixed it up the best I could with newspapersand hay on the bottom, gave him a bowl of food and a full water bottleand left him to settle in. The size of the girl is problematic so Iscrubbed and scrubbed (ICK!) the old cage down the best I could and didthe newspaper and hay on the bottom treatment before feeding andwatering her as well.

Now there are four....

I named the boy Sunrise and the girl Sunset because they sounded likecool names and that they are so different from each other, like nightand day. The birth information on them is sketchy but indicates theywere born sometime in May of last year. I have them set up for surgerythis coming Monday so that will eliminate any unplanned additions to myhousehold and allow me to move them back in together in one cage.

May I get a Moderator to please change the name of this blog to "And then there were Four" Please?

Thanks,

Wallace

 

[jordiwes]

Goodness!

Great for you for rescueing those babies! Yikes, I hope nobunny is pregnant!

I can't wait for pics!

And I'll change the title for you.

 

[Blyre]

Thanks, Jordi, I really appreciate and I'mcrossing my fingers that Sunrise and Sunset didn't go into "solareclipse" before they got to me. I would be highly perturbed and have tosee out my friend to pay the costs of that surprise.

You know, I've seen some disgusting things in my 39 years on thisplanet but none of it disturbs me more than the actions (or inactions)of people who just don't give a darn. People like that are the worstbecause nothing you do or say can touch them enough to make adifference.

I am so glad that I have a huge living room...hehe.

Wallace

 

[JadeIcing]

So when do we get pictures?

 

[Blyre]

JadeIcing wrote:

So when do we get pictures?

I need to buy a new camera because my old one isn't working right so itmay be a while. I assure you and everyone else reading that there WILLbe pictures of ALL the babies soon...hehe

Wallace

 

[JadeIcing]

Ok I guess I can wait. onder:

 

[Blyre]

JadeIcing wrote:

Ok I guess I can wait. onder:

I'll tell you this: Sunset looks very much like your black bun

Wallace

 

[JadeIcing]

Blyre wrote:

JadeIcing wrote:

Ok I guessI can wait. onder:

I'll tell you this: Sunset looks very much like your black bun

Wallace

Oh really. I might just have to take a drive....

 

[Blyre]

JadeIcing wrote:

Blyre wrote:

JadeIcing wrote:

Ok I guessI can wait. onder:

I'll tell you this: Sunset looks very much like your black bun

Wallace

Oh really. I might just have to take a drive....

She is SUCH a big girl but she's so babyish that it's hard for me to put her down at times and I just got her...hehe.

Wallace

 

[JadeIcing]

So I can't hold her? :devil

 

[Blyre]

Heh, you can sure try I've barelyhad her a day and she's only let me hold her a few times and only havesome serious convincing.


Wallace