Jen's Cheeky Bristolian Bunners

[pinksalamander]

Chalk is so cute! Especially on that stick munching picture!

And you were right about that ear thing, Lottie and Snowy both have sticky-outy ears!

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks!!

Chalk went to the vets this morning to have her stitches taken out.... but there were none left! She's already taken them out herself lol... little bunny nurse! :bunnynurse:

The vet's really happy with how she's doing, and she doesn't need to go back again... Woo! She said that Chalk's obviously such a fighter, and that we are obviously very conscientious owners, and that Chalk is very well taken care of. That makes me happy to hear that!

They're all out in the garden now, and once again I'll be trying to get binky and bunny 500 videos, but it seems like everytime I stand up to record, they lie down. Then every time I sit down, off the sprint again! :grumpy:

Here (hopefully, if it works) is a video I got of Mouse few weeks ago, binkying around. The pen was smaller then, it's massive now!

[flash=320,256]http://www.youtube.com/?v/tr8JAOda8y4[/flash]


Edit: Argh! Just a white box! I followed your guide Fran, I don't know what happened?! :?

[flash=320,256]http://www.youtube.com/v/tr8JAOda8y4[/flash]


Edit #2: IT WORKED!!! YAY THANKS FRAN!!! :biggrin2:

 

[mouse_chalk]

Ok, until I can work out what I've done wrong, here's the regular link:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr8JAOda8y4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr8JAOda8y4[/ame]



You can hear me going 'Mouse! Moouuse!' in the background, all high pitched and squeaky lol... I swear I don't normally sound like that!

 

[pinksalamander]

That last binky was hilarious!

Glad i could help!

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[SOOOSKA]

OMG that video is so cute. Mouse is adorable.

I wish mine would do more Binkys but they are all too darn lazy.

Susan:bunnydance:

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks guys! I'm glad you liked the video, it took AGES to upload.....:shock:

I've also spent pretty much most of the day uploading another one as well, it was nearly done but then my internet died briefly, so I had to start all over again

But, it's done now, and here it is!

[flash=320,256]http://www.youtube.com/?v/G590RkFwVao[/flash][flash=320,256]http://www.youtube.com/v/G590RkFwVao[/flash]

Btw, you can hear me talking in the background again. Part of it is the video of Mouse that was playing in a loop on my laptop, and part of it is Steve shouting from inside 'can you see Barney?' and me saying 'yeah. I've got it!' and I sound like a 12 year old girl I can promise you I don't sound like that in real life!

Hope it works.....

Pics of today to follow hopefully! :biggrin2:

 

[pinksalamander]

How many boxes of NIC grids did it take to build that? Thats pretty impressive!

Also, are you bunnies all happy larkign around together? I'd love to have more bunnies but i was always worried about having to have 2 different runs because i couldn't let them get together.

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[mouse_chalk]

pinksalamander wrote:

How many boxes of NIC grids did it take to build that? Thats pretty impressive!

Also, are you bunnies all happy larkign around together? I'd love to have more bunnies but i was always worried about having to have 2 different runs because i couldn't let them get together.

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

I thought I wrote a reply to this yesterday but I must have lost it! :foreheadsmack:

It took 4 boxes of grids to make that pen! We did it slowly though, first we just made one boxes worth and alternated the bunnies, then made 2 boxes worth so they had 2 small pens, and then we got some more and extended so each pen is 2 boxes worth. Then, I joined the 2 pens together to make one giant one! It's 48 grids long, and 2 high. It's great cos it folds away, or if we need to separate them, then we still have 2 separate pens...

And yeah, they all do great together! Mouse and Chalk are a pair, and Barney and Snowy are. They're all fixed, and when we got Barney and Snowy we did some supervised introductions with all 4 of them, and originally we had blocked off play times inside, but they soon jumped over those to play with each other. Sometimes Snowy will chase and scare Mouse or Chalk a bit but it's improving all the time, and Mouse and Chalk are pretty much bonded to Barney. They do great playing together! At the moment their cages are separate but eventually we hope to have them all living together.... Barney loves all his bunny women lol! :biggrin2:

I think further up in my blog there are some pics of Barney and Mouse/Chalk together, I'll try and post some more later....

 

[pinksalamander]

Aw i genuinly can't wait to get a friend for Lottie! I'm so excited.

She is sitting stretched out with head flat to the floor grinding her teeth at i speak!

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[mouse_chalk]

Fran, it's great I promise you! There's nothing better than seeing 2 (or more) bunnies cuddle, groom and lead each other into mischief lol! When they're all out together, if one starts to binky, you can guarantee that another one will be at it soon enough! Snowy is still a bit funny with Mouse and Chalk and can chase them a bit sometimes, but it's never anything serious, and on the whole they can be left together pretty much all the time. I can't wait until we can un-separate their cage and they can live together!

Well, time for some more pictures I think. It's been an AMAZING day today, and I've had them out all afternoon. In fact. I'm currently sat in the pen with them, with my MacBook typing this! :biggrin2:

I took loads of pictures earlier, here are some:

Mouse has taken to jumping in my lap and asking for cuddles recently in the garden. She literally tries to jump into my arms!

'Oh, hello! I love you!'

'Nom nom NOM!' (Although I have since noticed that she was 'nomming' a leaf that I have to check is safe- Laurel, our hedge?)

'Is this my best side?'

'Or is it this side?'

'3 way cuddle!!!'

'No take pictures of Chalky when she sleepy!'

'Mmm, a mid-afternoon snack!' :shock::shock:

Sleepy Snowy:

Look how shiny Barney's coat is! I want that conditioner lol!

'I'm the queen of the....gian tennis ball!'

Snowy thinks that if she can't see you, then you can't see her.... WRONG! :biggrin2:

'OMG HELP! Where have my eyes gone?!'

Cute trio of Chalk:

'You got the closeups? Kthxbai!'

Will the Big White Bunny love me?

'Ok, just one more close-up'

Ok, I know that's a LOT of pictures, I'm sorry! I have a few more to post, but I'm scared of losing all this so will do it separately!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Right, that all worked, phew!

Here are a few more:

And I swear, that really is it! :biggrin2:

 

[kellyjade]

OMG, beautiful pics...can I please have your camera? and Barney and Chalk??:biggrin2:

 

[bellapsyd]

love the beautiful pictures!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks for your replies guys!!

My camera is a digital SLR that I was given for my birthday, very generously by my parents. I'm still learning how to use it properly but it's so easy to take good pictures with it- it's actually near impossible to get a blurry picture lol! I've had some of them printed out and a couple blown up to A4 size so we can frame them and put them on the wall

We also got pictures of Barney and Snowy printed out, and took them in to Pets At Home to show the manager there. We got them from the adoption section, and she tells us that their previous owner goes in there all the time and asks after them, so we let her have some pictures to pass on to him. Apparently he had to let them go because he was moving to a place that had no garden. Personally, I would a) not let that stop me keeping bunnies, and b) would make sure I moved somewhere with a garden for the buns, but I guess that everybody's circumstances are different, and he does really love them, and apparently was devastated when he had to let them go, and cried in the store Sam, the manager (who we get along well with, and she is great with rabbits and knows a lot about them) said that the other day he was talking to her and got really upset because he couldn't believe it had been 7 months since he had let them go So I hope the pictures we left cheered him up, there were about 14 in total, and Sam was going to keep a couple, and send a couple off to head office, because apparently they like to know how adopted bunnies are getting on. I hope he appreciated them! We go in there all the time so Sam will probably tell us next time we see her!

Also, I keep getting a bit upset that not many people are replying to my blog. It takes me ages to upload the pictures and everything, and since not beign very consistent with it, I've been trying hard recently to make more of an effort to keep up with it. But, then I remembered what Peg wrote in one of her 'reminders', about keeping a blog for you, and it being your memories, and then I think that it's all worthwhile and maybe doesn't matter so much. I want to be able to look back and remember stories, and see pictures etc should anything happen to any of my buns. So, I'm just gonna keep on rambling away to myself lol! :biggrin2:

 

[bellapsyd]

please don't get discouraged! I LOVE your pictures and blog!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Look at my beautiful babies! Chalk looks so good! How's she feeling? Mouse has a cute molt going on there! Don't you love when they jump into your arms? it's like "ohhh they love me!".....

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks Bella! Don't worry, I'll keep going, I just love showing them off lo!

Bo B Bunny wrote:

Look at my beautiful babies! Chalk looks so good! How's she feeling? Mouse has a cute molt going on there! Don't you love when they jump into your arms? it's like "ohhh they love me!".....

Pennie, you made a typo there... you said 'my' instead of 'your'!! *grabs all 4 bunnies close*

Mouse is moulting isn't she? She seems to have permenant tidelines though lol, bless! I had tears in my eyes when she jumped into my arms. She's usually quite scared of people, and will only cuddle if you pick her up and she has no choice, but the fact that she chose to have a cuddle made me feel so... wanted! Lol!

Edit: Oh and Chalk's doing so GREAT!! She's running laps everywhere and is a binky queen. When I was sat in the pen with them the other day she ran laps round the whole thing SEVEN TIMES!! She's been eating food for about half an hour now lol... we've got out cheeky baby back! Hopefully to stay!

 

[NZminilops]

I LOVED the video up there, of all the bunnies running around, that was amazing . And I don't think you sound 12 .

Your pictures are beautiful, I love that SLRs focus on the subject and make the makeground blurred, makes the bunnies look so sharp and clear.

More pictures pleeeeaaaase :biggrin2:!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks Michelle!!

I love my camera, it takes such great pictures really easily. And that's without me being any sort of expert, or really knowing how to use it properly!

I took tons of pictures earlier, mostly 'action' binky shots, and some of them are quite blurry, but some came out ok. Hopefully I'll get chance to make a slideshow of them tomorrow to post here for people to see!

It's Barney's 3rd birthday today!! :biggrin2: I can't believe he's 3 already!

I made a thread for him with tons of pictures, and I'm going to post it here, just so I can have all the memories in one place...

Jen xx

 

[mouse_chalk]

Here is the Birthday Post:

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=37107&forum_id=1&jump_to=487168#p487168

OR:

Well, our little Barn-Barn is 3 today. He's had a VERY spoilt day so far...

He had a birthday card from the girls (they had a little help from me, since they didn't know how to use the printer :biggrin2:

He liked the card:

He got a birthday tent (which was also very popular with the girls):

He did some birthday binkies:

And then he enjoyed a nice romantic meal with his wife-bun, Snowy:

He also had a new willow ring nest toy, and a hay ball with a bell inside, which of course has to be a shared present LOL!

I've also ordered these:

https://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/Tunnels+%252526+Tents.8/Ton+o+Fun+Bun+Run.342.html

https://www.thehayexperts.co.uk/Gift+Baskets.13/Bunny+Treat+Basket.10.html

And some willow balls and rings, and also these:

http://www.cardboardguy.co.uk/onlineshop/onlineshopFrames.htm

The white Lookout, and the small brown hideout. I CAN'T WAIT for them to arrive!!

So, all in all I'd say he was a fairly spoilt bunny, and he had a great day!! :biggrin2:

Now time for the soppy bit:

We've only had you for 6 short months Barney, but you've stolen my heart, and I couldn't imagine being without you. You are my cuddle bunny! Baby Barn-Barn, I can't believe that you are 3 already. Our only regret about getting you is that we didn't know you for the other 2 and a half years. If you make a cute 3 year old, I cannot even imagine how cute you were as a baby!! We love you!

:inlove:

Ok, so maybe the card was a bit OTT, but I had absolutely nothing else to do today, and once I got the idea in my head, I had to do it lol! It's currently hanging up in his cage.

Oh, and sorry for all the pics, I couldn't decide which ones to upload....

Jen xx