Chaucer is doing really well - I am thinking of moving him into the office where I can spend more time with him. He's such a sweetie....
Riley got adopted about 3 months ago. I had a call about someone who wanted a rabbit but they wanted one that was larger than a lionhead - but not as big as a Cali or Flemmie....I wound up taking him into the feed store (where they'd heard of me) and he got adopted that day. I hear about him every once in a while from the folks at the feed store....from what I understand he went to a family that really loves animals and he gets a lot of playtime.
Wedge - who has had wry neck before - rolled one night last week (just a bit) and today he started rolling again. I swear it has to do with the weather change.
Its hilarious though - I picked him up and he started licking his lips. Why? Because he knows I almost always have a bit of baby food for him to help him keep his weight on when he starts to roll. Of course he was not disappointed .... and when he went back in his pen with Hepburn and Hefty...they had already had a small amount of banana baby food too. It had been just Hefty and Wedge living together - yesterday when Robin did the NIC pen we moved those two into Hepburns pen since it was bigger and the three have been snuggled together most of the night. They're so cute together and H&H are both in love with Miss Bea and try to flirt with her through the NIC pens. Hepburn (who is Theresa's brother for those who remember Mother Theresa) loves to run in circles to impress Miss Bea and then run over to the NIC panel and try to get her to groom him.
Right now I'm in the process of trying to figure out who will go in Radagast's cage. I'm thinking of making some changes in here and I have to think things through.
I've fallen in love with Gracie's babies...and when someone came to adopt a couple - I halfway talked them out of it. I just couldn't let them go. I know Zin is cutting back on rabbits and so I'm sorta glad to keep them. The only thing is....I need to figure out where to put them. I'm thinking I'll make Radagast's cage taller and put one boy in there...maybe move Minnie Pearl into my bedroom since she is a special-needs bunny sort of - make that pen taller and put the other Cali boy in it. I still need to name them (I'm horrible at naming anything). I did name one boy "Dallas" because I've always wanted to name rabbits after towns in Texas....
Right now the three girls are living together in a bigger NIC pen. I'd like to keep them together if it will work out - we'll see what happens when they reach breeding age. I really do need to take pictures of them all - they're so pretty.
I do need to name them though - I may make that one of my goals for today - this is the list I want to use to name the Cali babies from:
http://www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Texas-on-a-First-name-Basis.htm
Anyway - back to the lionheads..
Miss Bea is....being Miss Bea. She's about to lose her friends to the rabbitry...because I want to get the bedroom ready for attempting to bond her and Ori. I hate to do that - I've become attached to the friends we've allowed her to have - mostly does who had minor non-contagious health things - like sore hocks in a couple of cases. They've since healed up quite well....
Oh and Zeus - which really belongs in his blog - but oh well.
Art went into the garage this morning to reboot the laundry...you know..put the load from the washer into the dryer, start a new load, etc. etc.
Mind you - his schedule has changed - for the last month - he's been to work at 6 am...
...this is about 9 am...and he turns around and sees Zeus staring at him. Art calls me and says, "Why is this white rabbit staring at me like this?"
I look at Zeus and I recognize that look....oh no....he thinks its treat time and he's waiting for banana or lettuce or some sort of treat.
Yeah - he's not only looking for it - he's WAITING for it.
I told Art to stay still and I ran to get my last head of Romaine lettuce. We tossed Zeus a leaf and Splash came running out to get some. So Art tossed her a leaf because she wanted Zeus' leaf. Then Leona stuck her head around the corner of a dog crate- we tossed her some.
Suddenly we see a flash of black lightening...oh no...its Tibba.
She is not only the love of Zeus' life...but she is the RULER of the garage bunnies. She chases Splash away from the lettuce and is thinking about chasing Zeus away (he actually lets her tell him what to do....dumb bunny)....when we toss her a piece of lettuce.
Once Splash sees that Tibba is settled with lettuce - she comes hopping back out and goes over to Zeus again to eat her piece of lettuce....just as happy as can be.
I don't know - watching the interactions of rabbits living together is so funny.
If I were Zeus I would not be choosing Tibba as my mate...she's far too bossy. Yet - 90% of the time when I look out into the garage - he's snuggled next to her.
Sometimes though - when she's gone off for a nap....I'll see him snuggled with Splash.
Leona? She just likes the garage - she does not really have anything to do w/ Zeus...
And I guess that's probably it for today....life in lionhead land.
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