SillyAnneh
Member
Hello all from Arizona 
I'm a first time rabbit mom. I was really wanting a fuzzy for the last couple months since I lost my cat of 17 years in May, and started thinking about rabbits.
Let's see, how do I even begin about Bun. I volunteer at the local Humane Society, and had had bunnies on my mind for a few weeks (but none of the local shelters seemed to rescue many rabbits. In fact, the rescue nearest to me is about two hours away :nerves1), when one day I see in a small cage in the receiving area this itty bitty pink rabbit.
Yes, she was pink. :bunny18
They called her Rosie, supposedly a year old, and had been brought in by someone who had found her out and about. :yuck
I wasn't ready to adopt at the time, Christmas was coming up and I was traveling to California for a week, but I thought "if she's still there when I come back, I'll adopt her that minute." I thought about her the whole way home, and sure enough that Friday, there she was, the little pink bunny everyone called "a real sweetheart."
And boy, is she
When I took her for her first check-up, my vet said she is actually closer to 4-6 months old. So, best as anyone can figure, she was somebody's Easter present (hence the pink dye) and when she hit puberty, they couldn't handle her behavior and set her loose.
I'm so happy I adopted her. She's only been here a week, and already has warmed up to me, like sleeping on my feet while I'm on the computer and watching movies in bed with me. I was surprised, considering her experiences with people.
But now I'm a little lost on her behavior, having trouble discerning between age related behavior, pure personality, and bad manners
Any advice on acclimating a bunny to a new home would be appreciated! For starters, I've got a 5x5 pen set up, fleece blanket floor, plenty of toys, a cardboard box house (which she prefers to eat/sleep on top of instead of inside), a litter box, grass mat, two crocks for pellets and water, a dish for veggies, and plenty of timothy hay.
I'm a first time rabbit mom. I was really wanting a fuzzy for the last couple months since I lost my cat of 17 years in May, and started thinking about rabbits.Let's see, how do I even begin about Bun. I volunteer at the local Humane Society, and had had bunnies on my mind for a few weeks (but none of the local shelters seemed to rescue many rabbits. In fact, the rescue nearest to me is about two hours away :nerves1), when one day I see in a small cage in the receiving area this itty bitty pink rabbit.
Yes, she was pink. :bunny18
They called her Rosie, supposedly a year old, and had been brought in by someone who had found her out and about. :yuck
I wasn't ready to adopt at the time, Christmas was coming up and I was traveling to California for a week, but I thought "if she's still there when I come back, I'll adopt her that minute." I thought about her the whole way home, and sure enough that Friday, there she was, the little pink bunny everyone called "a real sweetheart."
And boy, is she
When I took her for her first check-up, my vet said she is actually closer to 4-6 months old. So, best as anyone can figure, she was somebody's Easter present (hence the pink dye) and when she hit puberty, they couldn't handle her behavior and set her loose.
I'm so happy I adopted her. She's only been here a week, and already has warmed up to me, like sleeping on my feet while I'm on the computer and watching movies in bed with me. I was surprised, considering her experiences with people.
But now I'm a little lost on her behavior, having trouble discerning between age related behavior, pure personality, and bad manners
Any advice on acclimating a bunny to a new home would be appreciated! For starters, I've got a 5x5 pen set up, fleece blanket floor, plenty of toys, a cardboard box house (which she prefers to eat/sleep on top of instead of inside), a litter box, grass mat, two crocks for pellets and water, a dish for veggies, and plenty of timothy hay.
