HolyHandGrenade
Missy
So I don't bore my Facebook friends with all of my ramblings about my new baby, I think I'll follow your examples and start a blog here to share!
If you haven't seen my intro thread, it's here: http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=74226&forum_id=26
A little excerpt summing up her first week in my care:
Back in May, I had to say goodbye to my 16-year-old cat, Belle, just a few months shy of what would have been her 17th birthday. It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make...and in her absence, I've felt very lonely and without a purpose. I started looking at other cats, but none tugged at my heartstrings. They were just so disappointingly NOT like Belle at all.
Now, owning a rabbit had crossed my mind before Belle's elderly years. I dabble in knitting and happened to see on a knitting forum that people can spin Angora rabbits' fluff into some pretty awesome yarn, so I started reading about rabbits and it looked like a lot of fun, but I didn't feel I had quite enough space for a cage or the time to dedicate to the constant grooming an Angora would require.
There's a mom-and-pop pet store down the street from me that has had a good reputation for decades, and seems very knowledgeable about the animals they sell. I happened to walk by one day to find a litter of young (about 7 weeks old) Flemish Giants in their window, and was instantly drawn to them.
This shop had previously had two Flemish on the premises last year or the year before (I've been visiting them over 4 years, so it kinda runs together), and one actually belonged to the store and got to free-hop around. I was really impressed with her temperament and of course her size!
My boyfriend captured this picture that day:
We continued our evening walk after I sat and watched them for a good 15 minutes, and I began researching as soon as we got home. A little over a week went by while I asked my friends, read many threads here and a few other rabbit sites, and gathered supplies. Then, on July 15, I brought my new baby home! :biggrin2:
First day: In an exercise pen with clear vinyl for a floor because her crate was still in transit
Second day, a little while after I moved her into her just-arrived crate:
She got the hang of snuggling with her ice bottle a little while later:
Let out into the kitchen for some supervised hopping, with the new pet/baby gate installed:
I can't believe it looks like she's already grown a significant amount in just a week. I'm so proud of my [big] baby
So far, this past 9 days has been so exciting and fulfilling. I feel so much better having another furbaby to look after. It's so different going from 16 years of having someone always there to interact with throughout the day to just being in an empty home.
Oh, and since I named Belle after my favorite movie at the time, I decided to continue the trend and do the same for my new baby. Her name is Monty Python's Holy Hand Grenade Bunny, Monty for short. Why? Well, I thought it up when I was originally going to choose the one male from the litter (and not because he was larger, but because he had funny ears that he couldn't hold upright, they both laid off to the left), but then fate decided I would get a girl. I kept the name because already people respond with something to the effect of "holy crap, that's a huge rabbit,"[/quote]
Monty's favorite things to nibble on:
Monty has a YouTube channel too! Come subscribe
http://www.youtube.com/user/montythegiant
Edit: fixed image sizes so they don't stretch the page width
If you haven't seen my intro thread, it's here: http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=74226&forum_id=26
A little excerpt summing up her first week in my care:
Back in May, I had to say goodbye to my 16-year-old cat, Belle, just a few months shy of what would have been her 17th birthday. It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make...and in her absence, I've felt very lonely and without a purpose. I started looking at other cats, but none tugged at my heartstrings. They were just so disappointingly NOT like Belle at all.
Now, owning a rabbit had crossed my mind before Belle's elderly years. I dabble in knitting and happened to see on a knitting forum that people can spin Angora rabbits' fluff into some pretty awesome yarn, so I started reading about rabbits and it looked like a lot of fun, but I didn't feel I had quite enough space for a cage or the time to dedicate to the constant grooming an Angora would require.
There's a mom-and-pop pet store down the street from me that has had a good reputation for decades, and seems very knowledgeable about the animals they sell. I happened to walk by one day to find a litter of young (about 7 weeks old) Flemish Giants in their window, and was instantly drawn to them.
This shop had previously had two Flemish on the premises last year or the year before (I've been visiting them over 4 years, so it kinda runs together), and one actually belonged to the store and got to free-hop around. I was really impressed with her temperament and of course her size!
My boyfriend captured this picture that day:
We continued our evening walk after I sat and watched them for a good 15 minutes, and I began researching as soon as we got home. A little over a week went by while I asked my friends, read many threads here and a few other rabbit sites, and gathered supplies. Then, on July 15, I brought my new baby home! :biggrin2:
First day: In an exercise pen with clear vinyl for a floor because her crate was still in transit
Second day, a little while after I moved her into her just-arrived crate:
She got the hang of snuggling with her ice bottle a little while later:
Let out into the kitchen for some supervised hopping, with the new pet/baby gate installed:
I can't believe it looks like she's already grown a significant amount in just a week. I'm so proud of my [big] baby
So far, this past 9 days has been so exciting and fulfilling. I feel so much better having another furbaby to look after. It's so different going from 16 years of having someone always there to interact with throughout the day to just being in an empty home.
Oh, and since I named Belle after my favorite movie at the time, I decided to continue the trend and do the same for my new baby. Her name is Monty Python's Holy Hand Grenade Bunny, Monty for short. Why? Well, I thought it up when I was originally going to choose the one male from the litter (and not because he was larger, but because he had funny ears that he couldn't hold upright, they both laid off to the left), but then fate decided I would get a girl. I kept the name because already people respond with something to the effect of "holy crap, that's a huge rabbit,"
[/quote]Monty's favorite things to nibble on:
- *Willow rings/balls (has already destroyed a ring)
*Any recyclables she manages to yank out of the recycling bin
*My belt -_- (we're working on "no" for this one, but she finds it irresistible enough that I end up having to change out of my work pants so I'm not wearing it around her)
*The broom (which cracks me up because she likes being swept, just like Belle did)
Monty has a YouTube channel too! Come subscribe
http://www.youtube.com/user/montythegiant
Edit: fixed image sizes so they don't stretch the page width
