March 21, 2017 its a tuesday!
Lol. Ok my days have been a serious blur... I think I got A.J on Friday and Saturday all h**l broke loose in my family. Things are slowing down but there is still a bit of time before we all fall back together into stability.
Since getting AJ, I have learned that Even if you do research before inheriting a pet, nevermind a rabbit, you will still NOT be fully prepared for what you thought you were prepared for.
I got AJ Friday: cool. I bring him home with all the stuff from other house... Clean and WASH EVERYTHING in the cage, including as much of the cage as possible. AJ lounges on my bed with his new brother Buddy my 12 pound tan Chihuahua, all while Buddy contemplates that nights meal plan or if he wants a new friend and happy mom......thankfully he chose new friend and happy mom.
I got the cage all set up. Bedding, litterbox, bowl with some hay and pellets, all good. AJ goes in and checks it out and immediately goes to the corner and sits in a ball like he always did. I talked to him while putting the water bottle on and he came and drank for about 5 minutes straight... He slowly began exploring the cage and settled in his litter box but he stretched out and relaxed which he never did in front of me before.
Between Friday and yesterday I have been seeing him blossom from a little ball of fur curled in a ball, ears back, doing nothing but eat whenever and drink when the water was full...to him relaxing at times in his cage, laying with me during out of cage time, eating lettuce, a bit of honey dew melon and a bit of pineapple. Yesterday was his first time in a large space with no bars (my kitchen) he got overwhelmed so we didn't do that very long.
Today! Today was amazing! I woke up to a cage that was 90% clean instead of 90% dirty. I have reminded him what the litter box is and he used it most of the night last night and today! Yeah!!!
Tonight we had another play time in my small kitchen and this time he wasn't as overwhelmed. I think he sees me as a type of "mom" or security and he stuck to me at first but I took egg carton sections and his pellets that he ADORES and "hid" the pellets under the egg sections he got the idea a bit but was still hesitant. When he seemed more confident I moved further away. I still had pellets but he didn't know. When I moved back it spooked him and he came back to me but was quick to sniff the other way So I put a pellets in front of him and then threw it about a foot away. He went and ate it and that bridged the gap in his courage level to go explore. He would go out and check things out and then come back and give me some licks, then repeat. He also received a water only bath tonight which he wasn't thrilled with but he looks better
Off to bed.
Sweet Bunny Dreams
Lol. Ok my days have been a serious blur... I think I got A.J on Friday and Saturday all h**l broke loose in my family. Things are slowing down but there is still a bit of time before we all fall back together into stability.
Since getting AJ, I have learned that Even if you do research before inheriting a pet, nevermind a rabbit, you will still NOT be fully prepared for what you thought you were prepared for.
I got AJ Friday: cool. I bring him home with all the stuff from other house... Clean and WASH EVERYTHING in the cage, including as much of the cage as possible. AJ lounges on my bed with his new brother Buddy my 12 pound tan Chihuahua, all while Buddy contemplates that nights meal plan or if he wants a new friend and happy mom......thankfully he chose new friend and happy mom.
I got the cage all set up. Bedding, litterbox, bowl with some hay and pellets, all good. AJ goes in and checks it out and immediately goes to the corner and sits in a ball like he always did. I talked to him while putting the water bottle on and he came and drank for about 5 minutes straight... He slowly began exploring the cage and settled in his litter box but he stretched out and relaxed which he never did in front of me before.
Between Friday and yesterday I have been seeing him blossom from a little ball of fur curled in a ball, ears back, doing nothing but eat whenever and drink when the water was full...to him relaxing at times in his cage, laying with me during out of cage time, eating lettuce, a bit of honey dew melon and a bit of pineapple. Yesterday was his first time in a large space with no bars (my kitchen) he got overwhelmed so we didn't do that very long.
Today! Today was amazing! I woke up to a cage that was 90% clean instead of 90% dirty. I have reminded him what the litter box is and he used it most of the night last night and today! Yeah!!!
Tonight we had another play time in my small kitchen and this time he wasn't as overwhelmed. I think he sees me as a type of "mom" or security and he stuck to me at first but I took egg carton sections and his pellets that he ADORES and "hid" the pellets under the egg sections he got the idea a bit but was still hesitant. When he seemed more confident I moved further away. I still had pellets but he didn't know. When I moved back it spooked him and he came back to me but was quick to sniff the other way So I put a pellets in front of him and then threw it about a foot away. He went and ate it and that bridged the gap in his courage level to go explore. He would go out and check things out and then come back and give me some licks, then repeat. He also received a water only bath tonight which he wasn't thrilled with but he looks better
Off to bed.
Sweet Bunny Dreams
