Here's Drizzle

[lalena2148]

My bunny boy Drizzle is about 1.5 years old. He's a very good boy. He's not feeling too good today, but he's going to the vet tomorrow night. See this link for hisissues if you have some ideas: http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=15176&forum_id=16. Here are some pics of him. Stories about my boy to come...he's a character.

That's Drizzle tearing up my alumni pamphlet from school!

The first couple of pics are from when he was much younger. He's a big guy now.

 

[Snuggys Mom]

Aw, what a cute boy!

I hope he feels better soon.

 

[jordiwes]

ohhh what a lovely chinchilla color! He looks like maherwoman's Maisie!

I hope he gets better soon!

 

[maomaochiu]

he is sooooo cute! hope he gets better.

 

[Haley]

What a beautiful bunny! How did he get his name? I hope he gets to feeling better..poor little guy.

He looks like one very happy bunny! Cant wait to see more!:inlove:

-Haley

 

[katt]

OMG! i love. . .LOVE. . .this photo! he is so cute!

the chinchilla color is so neat. . .

 

[lalena2148]

hh2420 wrote:

What a beautiful bunny! How did he get his name? I hope he gets to feeling better..poor little guy.

He looks like one very happy bunny! Cant wait to see more!:inlove:

-Haley

His name? Well it's funny because when I first got him they told me he was a she. LOL...then puberty hit, so I was glad I choose a versatile name. I got it from a show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim called "Aqua Teen Hunger Force." There's an episode where a character Shake (who is a giant milkshake...it's a weird show) has an alter ego superhero named The Drizzle. He keeps asking his friends "Who is the Drizzle?" and they say "it's obviously you" and he keeps denying it. It's funny. Anyway, I was watching the episode when he was a baby and I held him up and said "Who is the Drizzle?" and he made a cute little noise, so I named him Drizzle!

And thanks all for the wonderful comments about my baby.

Here's some more photos:

This was taken on Halloween last year. I lowered the camera into his cage and just snapped the picture, and here's the result!

I had an extra piece of carpet that I put his cage on and he found a comfy spot under it!

 

[Haley]

He is just too adorable! How is he feeling today?

Give him kisses from me and my boys.

-Haley, Basil:rabbithop, Max :dutchand Mr. Tumnus:bunny19

 

[lalena2148]

hh2420 wrote:

He is just too adorable! How is he feeling today?

Give him kisses from me and my boys.

-Haley, Basil:rabbithop, Max :dutchand Mr. Tumnus:bunny19

Thanks. He's doing ok. He's hopping around, making a mess of the toys in his cage...all the usual bunny stuff. However, I can't tell if he has gone to the bathroom which bothers me. He probably has, and I need to clean his litter box anyway, so it's hard to tell. We'll see how the vet visit goes today. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but it's better to check things out when he starts acting weird (he was noticeablylethargic yesterday). And I'll definitely give him kisses, even though he attacked me with kisses this morning. He grunted everytime I wanted to move...like he was saying "Lady, I'm not done grooming you yet! Stay still!" :bunnydance:

And your buns are SO cute! I love their names!

 

[HoneyPot]

Drizzle is VERY cute! I can totally see his personality coming through in his little mischevious photos. The one of him in the tube is my favorite.

___________
Nadia

 

[lalena2148]

Update on Drizzle: Went to the vet today. Vet checked out my bunny's 'nether regions' and said that it looks a little inflamed, but so far, not infected. And it's not a bladder issue (thank goodness!) Apparently, my bun must have cut himself in a sensitive area on accident. How, I'm not sure. Drizzle is on an anti-inflammatory for the next four days (once a day) and then if it doesn't look any better by Monday, the doc's going to put him on an antibiotic just in case. I'm just glad that he likes taking medicine. When he got home, I let him run around for a good while and gave him a treat for being so good today.Right now, he's resting from his long day at the vet.

:sickbunny:

 

[lalena2148]

Well, I was really sad the other daywhen I went to go adopt a new girl bunny for my Drizzle and she wasalready adopted. But it's ok; better to wait till after my honeymoonanyway. So, to keep myself busy, I built Drizzle a new NIC Condo! Heused to have a playpen thing like this, and I just made it long andthin for him to run.

However, he kept moving it all over my kitchen. I had to use my kitchenchairs to block off the pen and keep in from moving from the kitchen tothe living room (he did that once). And he kept moving it, rearrangingit, and throwing his litter box around day and night. So I kept him inhis original cage (normal bunny cage I got with him) at night. It's nota small cage (28"Wx16"Lx16"H), but he doesn't like to be in that oneall day. Although, I think I will keep that one either for him to sleepin, or make it the new bunny's cage until they can both be in the condotogether. So here's his new home!

That's Drizzle in his digging box on the second level of his home. He'stoo scared to jump out of the condo. Heck, he's too scared to jump downthe 14 inches to the first floor. He has a shelf that's in between tohe can make little jumps.

He got a treat for not making a peep ALL NIGHT! It was awesome! :bunnydance:

 

[Haley]

I love Drizzle's new cage. They never look asbig in the pics as they do in real life (his is the same size as Mr.Tumnus' cage). Isnt it awesome for them to have so much room!

How's the little man feeling this week? Sending good thoughts your way!ray:

Lots of Love:kiss:

Haley and the boys

 

[Snuggys Mom]

Drizzle is such a cutie!

I'll bet he loves his new condo.

You might want to secure the grids by using zip-ties to hold them together.

I used the connectors with my first one, but it wasn't strong enough,so I left the connectors in place and added zip-ties to make itsturdier.

 

[lalena2148]

Haley wrote:

Ilove Drizzle's new cage. They never look as big in the pics as they doin real life (his is the same size as Mr. Tumnus' cage). Isnt itawesome for them to have so much room!

How's the little man feeling this week? Sending good thoughts your way!ray:

Lots of Love:kiss:

Haley and the boys

Yeah, it's really nice! It's so much better than the playpen thing.Plus, I have a lot of my kitchen back! :colors:But he seemsto really be enjoying it so far. I think it's so much more dynamic forhim with the levels and the shelf to climb under. He definitely seemsentertained exploring it.

Well he's off of the anti-inflammatory and he didn't need to be put onantibiotics. The vet called last week (and the week before) to check upon him. I keep an eye on his bunny "area" and so far, it looks ok. But,I'll be sure to bring him back again if anything looks worse. He'sdefinitely acting normal though. Thanks for the good thoughts, and givemy love to your cute boys :rabbithop:dutch:bunny19. They make me smile whenever I lookat their pics!

And thanks Laura for the zip ties connection reminder. I did that withthe shorter shelf. The connectors that came with this kit from Wal-Martare really good. It took a lot of pushing to get them lockedinto place, and now they are locked. I couldn't even shake thestructure. But, yes, I am going to secure it some more, just to be onthe safe side. And Drizzle says thanks for the reminder too :bunny5

 

[Haley]

Glad to hear he's feeling better! And thanks for the compliments...they make me smile too

Its weird about the connectors, I use them only and no zip ties andmine is very sturdy. I know some people have said that they think thecable ties are better than the connectors, but in my case they werent.I originally was going to use just zip ties, but it seemed soflimsy..when I used the connectors it was awesome. I wonder if itdepends on where you bought them..hmm..

Anyway, another thing that works great for supporting second levels isan L-bracket for shelf support. Dawn gave me this idea and it worksgreat...

Cage looks great though

 

[becci]

awww hes a really cute rabbit

hope he gets better soon :heart:

 

[lalena2148]

Thanks Haley and becci!

And Haley, I think that some of the connectors are just crosses in thecenter (like the center is open). Mine has a circle in the center andcan be connected on the edges. And like yours (which I love yourcondos) they are pretty sturdy. I tested it pretty well last night. Theonly area where I might strengthen more with the ties would be his 2ndlevel. It's very secure (I put a 25lb. weight on it and it didn'tbudge), but I might secure it more in the middle w/ the ties. But, anL-bracket might be a better way to go. I'll look into it, and thanksfor the suggestion, Haley!

BTW, did your condo pieces come with the white connectors and whiteshelves, Haley? For some reason, the ones I got had the silver shelvesand black connectors. I was hoping they would be silver. I think itmight be because I bought them from the college section in Wal-mart.Maybe it's supposed to be 'trendy' or something. I think it looks kindaweird like that though. Would it be safe to spray paint them?

 

[Haley]

I wouldnt spray paint them, just in case Drizzletries to chew on them. I wonder if theres a way to purchase theconnectors only? I got mine at Target (they came in blue, white, blackand silver) and the white shelving came with white connectors.

I think your looks great though! Im not sure if theres any kind ofpaint thats safe to use around rabbits...probably not though :-(

 

[lalena2148]

Haley wrote:

Iwouldnt spray paint them, just in case Drizzle tries to chew on them. Iwonder if theres a way to purchase the connectors only? I got mine atTarget (they came in blue, white, black and silver) and the whiteshelving came with white connectors.

I think your looks great though! Im not sure if theres any kind ofpaint thats safe to use around rabbits...probably not though :-(

I'll look into the connectors. Drizzle doesn't normally chew on a lotbesides his toys, but I wouldn't want to take a chance of him gettingsick. I guess it doesn't look too bad with the black and silver. Lookskinda masculine...unlike his bright purple playpen . Thereweren't white ones at Target. The only colors they had at Wal-Mart werepurple, navy, dark brown and silver.