Hope For Hares

[gentle giants]

Naturstee- I haven't adopted any out in quite a while, probably not in at least three months.

MyHeart- Sugar does get a little nervous about being picked up, but she will climb up my chest and snuffle all over my face when I open her hutch. And she likes digging towels! :biggrin2:

I think a dutch bunny could handle the larger circle toy just fine, it's about 4-41/2" across. The smaller one is about 3" or a little over. I need to get more pictures on my website, it doesn't list everything I have available. Can't remeber if I have them pictured on there or not, but I also have the alphabet blocks that I make holes in for hiding a treat. Charity loves those, she always chews the treat out first, she makes this neat little circle around the treat hole and just plucks it out, LOL.

 

[polly]

My buns love your alphabet blocks :nod though most have not much picture left on them now!! Can't wait for the new ones to come :brownbunny

 

[gentle giants]

An update on Buster. Physically, his eyes seem to be clearing up nicely, and he is discovering that he loves greens! Which is something that he likely had never had before. I am worried, though, that his three year tight confinement may have done permanent damage. He is, of course, in a muuuch larger cage now, with plenty of room to hop around. The only problem is.....he won't move.

I mean, when I walk around to the far side of the cage he will follow me to see what I am doing, and he comes to the front to get fed, etc. But he moves so slowly and carefully, it's like he is afraid he is going to hurt himself. He is only three, but to watch him move I would have guessed he is quite elderly. And he shows very little emotion. The only time he gets even a little excited about anything is whenI bring him his dandelions. He has very little appetite, probably because he never moves around at all. I am afraid to give him run time outside the cage, because I know he can't have any muscle tone, and I'm afraid if he did get excited he would hurt himself. I guess I will have to give him time and see if he will gradually start moving around more.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

i would say give him time, i think that maybe with eating a better quality food and moving a little at a time and more room to move he will build up his muscle tone. I think it is just something that will work out in time. As far as him getting excited i think he will come around with that too, think about what did he really have to be excited about before, from the looks of him when he came into you there was nothing that he was probably happy about. With a little time and the new foods and different enviroment i think he will come around. He has alot to live for now , he is living the high life now it is going to take time for him to know how to act like the KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



give him squishy kisses from me cause he is a real cutie pie. And hugs to you for what you are doing for him too

 

[gentle giants]

Thanks, LMZC. I am hoping the same thing.

Forgot to add earlier: Max the attitude bunny got the snip yesterday! He is doing great, came home and immedialty starting nibbling the dandelion leaves I had waiting for him.

 

[myheart]

I am so sorry to hear about Buster. I guess we never know how deep wounds really go until we see the day-to-day results. Poor little man...He never deserved a life like that, he seems so sweet. Please give him lot's of kind words, nose pets, and extra greens from me. Be sure to tell him how handsome he is as often as possible; Patrick and my boy cateat that up, strokes their egos a bit. It is amazing how much more their little chests puff out 'cause momma says so.

Peace and hugs to you and all of yours,

myheart

 

[Elf Mommy]

Heartwarming stories. How many buns in the rescue right now?

 

[gentle giants]

Elf Mommy wrote:

Heartwarming stories. How many buns in the rescue right now?

I have 25 rabbits total, 13 of which are rescues. There is a young lady who is interested in Dusty, though, and may come to meet him this week.

 

[Alexah]

Wow...25?! I can't imagine. And 13 rescues? What an angel you are for caring so much about rabbits and their well-being. I love reading your blog and seeing the pictures of your rescues. And it's so heartening to know that one may be adopted soon and going to his new forever home.

Do you have any updated pictures of Buster? I'd love to "see" how he's doing. Actually more pics of any of your guys would be awesome! It's so special to see them come from a bad situation and then transform into the beautiful, strong creatures they're meant to be. Just thank you for all you do - you're an inspiration.

 

[gentle giants]

Happy news! Dusty went to his new forever home today. A lovely lady and her three kids drove three hours to get him. They told me they saw several other rabbits on Petfinder that were closer to them, but Dusty was the only one that would do. I gave the family the link the RO, hopefully they will join so we can get updates on how he is doing in his new home.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

That is great!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it would also be great to have Dusty updates too.

 

[gentle giants]

I took in a shelter overflow from up in the Chicago area on Sunday. She is already spayed, she actually had a couple of stitches that hadn't been removed and had grown in, so we had to take those out. But she is in good health, and is very sweet and inquisitive. She looks a little scraggly in these pics, the move threw her into a molt, so I will get some better ones once she is done with that. I haven't named her yet,I was thinking Jasmine for some reason, or mabye Jazzy.

 

[myheart]

She is beautiful!!! What color is she? She almost looks like a Cinnamon, but with loppy ears. That would reallymake me want to hug her up all the more....:biggrin2my heart-bunny, Maggie, was a Cinnamon) I think Jasmine would be a great name for her. She looks like a flower kind of bunny. Please keep us informed about her personality and everything!

myheart

 

[slavetoabunny]

She is beautiful! I love the name Jasmine too. Is it the picture or does she have a really big face from the front view. It looks like her crown is really high.

 

[gentle giants]

She does have a fairly broad head. As for her crown being high, I don't know much about that, so I couldn't tell ya. She is still a little nervous from the move, but seems to be very sweet. She is pretty easy to pick up, and likes to explore and check everything out. Oh, and she loves digging in blankets, LOL. I had a hard time getting a picture of her that wasn't blurred, because she was busy rearranging the blanket I had over the couch!

 

[gentle giants]

More happy news! Jasmine went to her new home yesterday! She was adopted by a very sweet young man who recently lost his first rabbit, a French Lop. He was so excited to get her, he was almost jumping up and down, LOL. He even bought some of my bunny toys for her, too. He had already bunny-proofed his home for his previous rabbit, and knew about cedar shavings being bad for rabbits-and he didn't even care that she was having a MASSIVE molt and leaving piles of hair everywhere when he came to meet her, LOL. So I feel pretty good about this home, and she is even close by so I can check up on her if I need to.

 

[slavetoabunny]

What great news!! Congratulations to Jamine on going to her forever home. It sounds like she has an awesome bunny daddy.

 

[naturestee]

Wow that didn't take long to get her adopted! Congrats! I'm so glad you're getting more adopters lately. They can be so hard to find sometimes.

 

[gentle giants]

Unfortunatly, it didn't take long for her space to get filled back up, either. Last night I picked up a white satin doe, and had her to the vet this morning already. She has a bad case of ear mites, and a pretty large jaw abcess. I will be pm'ing Randy about that, because I don't feel my vet is treating it aggresively enough. Although the fact that she is probably pregnant complicates matters, too. Pics to follow tonight.

 

[NZminilops]

Poor thing , I bet she's a pretty bun though, love that satin fur.