BlueCamasRabbitry
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Well, since I have a blog for my English Lop, Mississippi, I figured that I would start one for my heart-bunny, my pride, my love and my joy....
For those of you who don't know Magic, or those members who are new, here is Magic's (long) story:
In March of 2005, my mom agreed to let me and my sister each get a rabbit...we did our research, constructed a beautiful 2-story cage, got all the supplies and did everything we could to prepare.
Our neighbor down the road had about 7 rabbits inside a dog kennel...so me and my sister decided to adopt one of his rabbits, to give them a better home. I was immediatley drawn to my Magic-boy, because he was black, scared looking and just too adorable.
Of course, I thought Magic was the girl and it ended up that he wasn't, so within the first few weeks a dozen names came up and a few went down, when I finally decided upon Magic-Star....although most know him as just Magic, or Madgii, or Madge, or any of the other many nicknames granted upon him. The reason for this name? Magic reminds me of blackness...which is his solid colour (as well as his hidden brown) and I chose Star to add onto that, because he has those beautiful white markings that reminded me of stars lost in the black sky.
When I first got him, he was supposedly 10 months old, which would of made him 1 year that May 2005, but I didn't care. I picked his birthday to be June 6th, 2004. Either way, month-off, or month-on, he's still about 3 years old.
Magic & Autumn had 28 children together, 9 deaths, 4 litters. (This was before we realized breeding mixes wasn't a good idea). We loved all the babies we were blessed to raise, and we sorrowed at the loss of those who passed, as well.
In February of 2007, I heard of a sport called rabbit-hopping, and I knew that Dutch were good at it. After hearing that Magic looked like Dutch, I figured I would try him out in the sport. Let me tell you something, training a rabbit to jump obstacles is difficult, but you can create a better bond, a better relationship, and the rabbit gains your trust and all-in-all, you understand each other better. I never thought that Magic would ever jump higher than a 9-inch single-parallel, but now look at him...his Long Jump record is 18 inches and progressing; and his high jump is on the average of 17 inches!
Magic is one of the sweetest bunnies, to come out of his shell so softly, so unknown, and so afraid of what it would be like. He must of have the time of his life before being sold at a livestock show, because when I first accquired him, he was potty-trained, despite is lack of trust with humans; but eventually our bond grew.
One day last summer as we were preparing for an Agility compeition at the local county fair, Magic stood against me, he showed fear his eyes and I knew he was scared. The fact that he did that, made me love him so much more, because I knew he trusted me, and I knew he knew I loved him.
Magic has such a great personality, such a quiet, yet sweet disposition and he's such a smart little guy, so easy and fun to train (despite some ups & downs), but with all those bad things, the hardships and the fights, he shows deep down that he is a great bunny, and I couldn't ask for anything more for my first bunny, my :heartsheart-bunny:hearts.
Emily
I <3 You Magic!
For those of you who don't know Magic, or those members who are new, here is Magic's (long) story:
In March of 2005, my mom agreed to let me and my sister each get a rabbit...we did our research, constructed a beautiful 2-story cage, got all the supplies and did everything we could to prepare.
Our neighbor down the road had about 7 rabbits inside a dog kennel...so me and my sister decided to adopt one of his rabbits, to give them a better home. I was immediatley drawn to my Magic-boy, because he was black, scared looking and just too adorable.
Of course, I thought Magic was the girl and it ended up that he wasn't, so within the first few weeks a dozen names came up and a few went down, when I finally decided upon Magic-Star....although most know him as just Magic, or Madgii, or Madge, or any of the other many nicknames granted upon him. The reason for this name? Magic reminds me of blackness...which is his solid colour (as well as his hidden brown) and I chose Star to add onto that, because he has those beautiful white markings that reminded me of stars lost in the black sky.
When I first got him, he was supposedly 10 months old, which would of made him 1 year that May 2005, but I didn't care. I picked his birthday to be June 6th, 2004. Either way, month-off, or month-on, he's still about 3 years old.
Magic & Autumn had 28 children together, 9 deaths, 4 litters. (This was before we realized breeding mixes wasn't a good idea). We loved all the babies we were blessed to raise, and we sorrowed at the loss of those who passed, as well.
In February of 2007, I heard of a sport called rabbit-hopping, and I knew that Dutch were good at it. After hearing that Magic looked like Dutch, I figured I would try him out in the sport. Let me tell you something, training a rabbit to jump obstacles is difficult, but you can create a better bond, a better relationship, and the rabbit gains your trust and all-in-all, you understand each other better. I never thought that Magic would ever jump higher than a 9-inch single-parallel, but now look at him...his Long Jump record is 18 inches and progressing; and his high jump is on the average of 17 inches!
Magic is one of the sweetest bunnies, to come out of his shell so softly, so unknown, and so afraid of what it would be like. He must of have the time of his life before being sold at a livestock show, because when I first accquired him, he was potty-trained, despite is lack of trust with humans; but eventually our bond grew.
One day last summer as we were preparing for an Agility compeition at the local county fair, Magic stood against me, he showed fear his eyes and I knew he was scared. The fact that he did that, made me love him so much more, because I knew he trusted me, and I knew he knew I loved him.
Magic has such a great personality, such a quiet, yet sweet disposition and he's such a smart little guy, so easy and fun to train (despite some ups & downs), but with all those bad things, the hardships and the fights, he shows deep down that he is a great bunny, and I couldn't ask for anything more for my first bunny, my :heartsheart-bunny:hearts.
Emily
I <3 You Magic!
