Flemish Fever

[ayglnu13]

Carolyn wrote:

Ohhh, Nimue.

Poor little mon. What a babe. If you have any NutriCal, you might want to give him a bit. Pain can cause stress, so it couldn't hurt to have it to give his immune system a boost.

Give him a hug and kiss from me. I'm sure you felt it rightalong with him, Anglnu.

Thanks for the tip I'll be sure to do that!

~Amy+Nimue~

 

[Carolyn]

Dear Friends,

Cali is Frrrreakin Out tonight. She is not a thumper, but in the middle of the night last night she was, and tonight she was so unsettled and thumping, I was concerned about her heart rate.

Nothing is different from her normal routine.

I'm pretty sure that it's the weather that's changing and it's really upsetting her. Just as in the Tsunami tragedy, no animals were found dead. They knew to run to the high ground.

The weatherman has been advising us of a storm that they're not sure of...either snow, sleet, or ice. Cali has been upset all night. It occurred to me that the storm might be her way of telling us that we're in danger. Sat her down, told her that the worst that could happen is to lose electricity and that we'd still be okay, and now, she is as calm as can be.

I know it sounds bizarre, but that's me!

Whatever the reason, she's Cali again since I had my chat with her.

-Carolyn

 

[dajeti2]

I don't find it bizare at all.

I had very similar experiences with Apollo. He knew a hawk moved into the area last summer days before anyone ever saw or heard it.

There have been alot of times actually that a storm that was only supposed to get a light dusting of snow, dumped 3-5'' on us. I always knew something was wonky because Apollo wouls look right at me thump and run to the back corner of his cage. I do the same thing you did Carolyn, I talk to him, let him know we'll be ok no matter what.

I have to come to almost rely on Apollo giving me the heads up. Where I live so much as three inches and we're stuck. No school road sare closed and our onlystore doesn't open. So if Apollo gets upset, my hubby runs to town and stocks up on necessities.

Tina

 

[Bramble Briar86]

Carolyn wrote:

It was around 10:30 at night the other night, and Cali had hopped into her cage. I was watching t.v. and all of the sudden I heard this,*crash...psssssshhhh*. I look over, and my baby girl had accidentally tipped her ceramic bowl and food was all over the floor of her cage.

I wasn't mad, but I sure didn't feel like dealing with it at that time of night, but of course, I had to. I whined out her name as I rolled my eyes and got up. "Tsk. Callllliiii!" She immediately started eating the pellets off of the floor of the cage as quickly as she could, with her eyes on me the whole time. My poor girl! She was so sorry. I went over to the cage, and I said, "It's okay, Girl. *petting her, of course,until she calmed down* It's alright."

As I started sweeping up the food, she chased my hand with kisses.



-Carolyn
What a sweet heart, i had no idea that rabbits were that sensitive! I knew they were extremely intelligent. But, i never saw heard of such devotion, she must really love you, Carolyn!

ELlie

 

[Jenniblu]

Bumping for Tiny's Mom.

 

[TinysMom]

Jenniblu wrote:

Bumping for Tiny's Mom.

Thanks so much! I appreciate it.

While I was reading all these pages and learning so much - Tiny was busy on his own. I think he heard my gasp about "unlimited feeding until 18 months??" because here is what I found him doing



That's a brand new bag of greens he's eating - I'd put them ON TOP of the couch so I could work on them after I checked out the board....

 

[TinysMom]

dajeti2 wrote:

Apollo is only 14 months old. The breeder we got Apollo from said to feed unlimited until he was 18 months old. I haven't seen any weight gain in over a month, so I figured he was done. I'm also going by his papers and his parents and grand parents weren't that big. All I can do is wait and see.



Tina

Um...unlimited what? Everything? Even greens? Or do you feed him greens? I'd love to hear how much he was eating as I feel like Tiny is trying to eat us out of house and home. I'm considering just dropping him off at the Walmart produce section in the morning and picking him up again at nighttime.

Tiny gets unlimited pellets (if he doesn't dump them) and unlimited hay...and lots of greens.

Tinys Mom

 

[Jenniblu]

Unlimited pellets and hay.

ETA - If you want you can just drop Tiny off at my house...forever. He's a handsome one.

 

[Carolyn]

Jenniblu wrote:

Unlimited pellets and hay.

ETA - If you want you can just drop Tiny off at my house...forever. He's a handsome one.

Think before you take her up on that offer, Tiny's Mom. Did you see how she dressed Vash??

Disgraceful!

-Carolyn

 

[TinysMom]

Jenniblu wrote:

Unlimited pellets and hay.

ETA - If you want you can just drop Tiny off at my house...forever. He's a handsome one.

Oh no.....Tiny has definitely won my heart and is my forever bunny.

However, I do have one little problem. You see, I was really"bonding" with Tiny - rubbing behind his ears and his forehead, etc -when Tio (my Netherland Dwarf) - came up and got jealous and started giving me bunny kisses and butting against me. I'd go to pet Tio w/ my other hand and he'd run off.

How can a gal love (well...pet) two bunnies at once?

Fortunately - no fights broke out - and it looked like I almost put Tiny to sleep - he had a smile on his face and his eyes were almost all closed.

Bunny love - it's such a great thing.

Tiny's Mom

 

[DaisyNBuster]

Bunny love - it's such a great thing.

Tiny's Mom

Tiny's Mom I have never heard a truer word said!

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You know all you Flemish Mummy's and Daddy's are making me very jealous. The amount of members that own one is rapidly growing. So I might just use that as an excuse to get one. I can just see it now,"but honey everyone else on the board has one, you wouldn't want me to be left out would you?"

Vickie

 

[Jenniblu]

DaisyNBuster wrote:

Bunny love - it's such a great thing.

Tiny's Mom

Tiny's Mom I have never heard a truer word said!

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You know all you Flemish Mummy's and Daddy's are making me very jealous. The amount of members that own one is rapidly growing. So I might just use that as an excuse to get one. I can just see it now,"but honey everyone else on the board has one, you wouldn't want me to be left out would you?"

Vickie

Best excuse yet.

 

[TinysMom]

Well, we just returned from Walmart quite a bit poorer. However, Tiny will have some more toys to play with and I'm hoping that makes him happy. I got him a toy in the baby department that sits on the floor and has toys hanging down...and I have additional links to hang the toys lower if need be. I also got him a rattle and some babychains (that they use to link the toys to a playpen or something?).

He is also now the owner of a harness - not sure I got him the right kind - I'm gonna go back and look at the pictures and see what y'all use.

He was just happy I got back so he can get out of the cage!

Well, I better go play with Tiny & the other two "tweebs" as my daughter calls them (Netherland Dwarfs). I hope to post pictures tonight of Tiny if he'll play with his new toys.

Tiny's Mom

 

[Jenniblu]

Isn't it fun to shop your your buns?I've been trying to find those baby chains everywhere. Let us know how Tiny likes them.

BTW - I liked the picture of him getting into the bag of greens. Vash tries to take the top off the container of oats all the time.

 

[TinysMom]

Jenniblu wrote:

Isn't it fun to shop your your buns? I've been trying to find those baby chains everywhere. Let us know how Tiny likes them.

BTW - I liked the picture of him getting into the bag of greens. Vash tries to take the top off the container of oat sall the time.

I found the baby chains in the baby section of Walmart. There were 8 in a package for .99 or I could buy a "quality" brand (forget the name) of 20 for something like $3.83. I bought 2 8 packs because I already had one at home.

I'm noticing that he sort of likes the toy - BUT - the toys are so heavy that they keep coming back and hitting him in the head.He's learning to duck....a little but then he gets mad if he gets hit. I'm going to take off the heavy toys and put on the keys I got him (also .99 at Walmart) so that he has better control over it. I'll take a picture as soon as I can - if I can stop laughing.

Of course, it doesn't help that he was running circles around his cage tonight and he ran right into the door and stopped dead in his tracks. I was laughing at the look on his face - so he ignored me for about 15 minutes. I tried to explain that I couldn't help laughing....but you would have thought I'd stepped on his tail or something to hurt him.

So now I have to learn to giggle quietly.

Tiny's Mom

 

[TinysMom]

Here are two pictures - one of his nap earlier with Kyo and one of his new toy...if I can figure out how to add them in one post.

 

[TinysMom]

Here's the nap picture. Kyo is one of the two "tweebs" (Netherland Dwarfs) we adopted at the same time as Tiny. All three are 3 1/2 months old.

 

[Jenniblu]

Aww....Kyo looks like his baby LOL! They are so sweet. Awesome toy!

 

[TinysMom]

Thanks. Here's a photo of the three boys together. They're either 14 or 15 weeks old...no fighting yet (they do have separate cages for nighttime).Tiny & Kyo were napping when Tio decided to come and see what was up. Kyo is the one closest to the front of Tiny.

 

[dajeti2]

They are all precious. Tiny is my dream bunny. I want a black buck more than anything. I am putting off getting him until I can go to the breeder I got Apollo from. He is beautiful. Kiss the sweetie for me.

Tina