Mrpumpkinbunny
Well-Known Member
Hello all!
I joined the other day and I am looking forward to participating on this site. I was asked to add a blog about my bunny family....so here goes I am new to this so bear with me.
My first dear bunny was
Buggs! He made me fall in love with all things bunny!
Despite what they say about raising a wild rabbit I was very successful. Buggs was orphaned within 24-48 hours of being born.The zoo recommened using an eye dropper withpuppy's formulato feed. To keep him warm I put him in a small cardboard box with towels and kept himon my water bed at night with me.I fed him every couple of hours.He was litter litter trained just like a domestic rabbit andhe hopped all over us just like any other rabbit. He was definately territorial of his penbut we got around it while cleanning his cage by barricading ourselves with paper grocery bags. He was afraid of them and would stay away until we were finished. He lived to be 10 years old.
My next bundle of bunny joy was more of a tubby little couch bunny. She was content to sit & sit & sit.... you get the point. Her name was Loopy. She was a store bought bunny. She was supposed to be a Netherland Dwarf RIGHT! She weighed in at 12 lbs at one time. Her favorite activity was nibbling on the edge of my nursing books while I was studying.
Now I have two bunnies. Mr. Pumpkin Bunny and Peanut.
DHswore he would never be a bunny man... But he isputty in Mr. PB's paws. Here is his baby pic...
DH did not think Pumpkinwas a manly enough name for a male rabbit so herenamed himMr Pumpkin Bunny.He is a Lionhead from a breeder. He is a SM so it is not a very full mane, but he is just so lovely. His parents were a Mini Rex and a Lionhead so he feels just like velvet.
Here are a few pics of him...
He was kig of the castle. Spoiled by DH & me. He gets the run of the house while we are home. He has a large Pen when we are at work. His two favorite games are chase...he loves to chase us and binkie down the hall after us. So we pretend to be "Big Bunnies" and do our best impression of binkies for him! His second favorite is running up and down the stairsthen down our hallway.
Because of how much he loved and cared for his stuffed bunny friend we had to get him a living breathing bunny love.
Peanut came into our lives this February. She had been abandonded in a barn. So she is hand shy and pretty independant of humans. She is 100% large and in charge though as far as the pecking order in this house. Like I said in the intro message board. Peanut tellsMrPB when to Binky and how high. :bunnydance:Mr. P Bis happy to oblige!Things were not too blissful at first. The first month I was terrified that we made a horrible mistake. The bunnies fought any time they were left to explore near eachother. Luckily I had great support from the Columbus House Rabbit Society and my Vet who was also bonding two bunnies at the time. They now have some major grooming sessions allday long!!!
Here is Peanut: She weighs 3.2 lbs.
Well that took awhile so it's bed time now!
I have to tell you all that Ihave been lurking on many of the other blogs and I just want to take home each of your Buns! Each of you have such special bunnies!
I joined the other day and I am looking forward to participating on this site. I was asked to add a blog about my bunny family....so here goes I am new to this so bear with me.
My first dear bunny was
Despite what they say about raising a wild rabbit I was very successful. Buggs was orphaned within 24-48 hours of being born.The zoo recommened using an eye dropper withpuppy's formulato feed. To keep him warm I put him in a small cardboard box with towels and kept himon my water bed at night with me.I fed him every couple of hours.He was litter litter trained just like a domestic rabbit andhe hopped all over us just like any other rabbit. He was definately territorial of his penbut we got around it while cleanning his cage by barricading ourselves with paper grocery bags. He was afraid of them and would stay away until we were finished. He lived to be 10 years old.
My next bundle of bunny joy was more of a tubby little couch bunny. She was content to sit & sit & sit.... you get the point. Her name was Loopy. She was a store bought bunny. She was supposed to be a Netherland Dwarf RIGHT! She weighed in at 12 lbs at one time. Her favorite activity was nibbling on the edge of my nursing books while I was studying.
Now I have two bunnies. Mr. Pumpkin Bunny and Peanut.
DHswore he would never be a bunny man... But he isputty in Mr. PB's paws. Here is his baby pic...
DH did not think Pumpkinwas a manly enough name for a male rabbit so herenamed himMr Pumpkin Bunny.He is a Lionhead from a breeder. He is a SM so it is not a very full mane, but he is just so lovely. His parents were a Mini Rex and a Lionhead so he feels just like velvet.
Here are a few pics of him...
He was kig of the castle. Spoiled by DH & me. He gets the run of the house while we are home. He has a large Pen when we are at work. His two favorite games are chase...he loves to chase us and binkie down the hall after us. So we pretend to be "Big Bunnies" and do our best impression of binkies for him! His second favorite is running up and down the stairsthen down our hallway.
Because of how much he loved and cared for his stuffed bunny friend we had to get him a living breathing bunny love.
Peanut came into our lives this February. She had been abandonded in a barn. So she is hand shy and pretty independant of humans. She is 100% large and in charge though as far as the pecking order in this house. Like I said in the intro message board. Peanut tellsMrPB when to Binky and how high. :bunnydance:Mr. P Bis happy to oblige!Things were not too blissful at first. The first month I was terrified that we made a horrible mistake. The bunnies fought any time they were left to explore near eachother. Luckily I had great support from the Columbus House Rabbit Society and my Vet who was also bonding two bunnies at the time. They now have some major grooming sessions allday long!!!
Here is Peanut: She weighs 3.2 lbs.
Well that took awhile so it's bed time now!
I have to tell you all that Ihave been lurking on many of the other blogs and I just want to take home each of your Buns! Each of you have such special bunnies!
