My Heart's on Fire for Elvira

[Chrisdoc]

Mine love bananas as well but I only give them the end between them as I am always scared of overdoing it....I just love the sound of them nomming on the mushy banana, it´s so cute.

 

[whitelop]

You probably aren't over doing it with the banana. I think its like 1 tsp per 2 pounds of rabbit. With Foo, she got two ends a day on most days because my son eats a banana as breakfast and desert. So it was about 2 tsp I guess.

 

[JBun]

My poor bunnies don't get nana's Haha, I'm too paranoid about tummy problems to give treats, though a few of my rabbits would be just fine if I did. The best treat they get is a baby carrot, but that's just the ones that don't have digestive problems.

Woohoo, I love her castle! I love the pic of her sitting atop her castle surveying her realm It'll be interesting to see if she really takes up the chewing thing, or if she just turns out to be a nibbler. My rabbits that are chewers, would have that lovely castle ripped to shreds in an hour! You should try stuffing hay in to a few of the toilet paper rolls to see what she will do. You could make this an officail rabbit thing and market it, lol. Munch and Chew Castles for rabbits

 

[Chrisdoc]

Like the sound of that, mine would love it but not sure how long it would last. I only give them banana every other day if that as I worry about their tummies but I sometimes am tempted as they absolutely go mad for it. Wonder if it´s the taste or the texture that they like best. :dunno

 

[whitelop]

I'm going to go with the sweet taste of the banana. Bunnies are like little kids, they only want the sweet junk food. haha.

Jenny, that would be A LOT of paper rolls! And a lot of time! I probably will stick some hay in there for her, she likes 'different' hay, lol.
I don't really mind if she nibbles cardboard, but its the other things that worry me. Like, I would eventually like to let her out in my living room like I did Foo, but if she likes carpet then she can't be in here.

I actually AM going to let her into the living room tonight or into the front room. I'm beginning the painting process of my kitchen, so her cage hast to move. Since my son won't be here I can move the gate from around the wood stove and give her a little area to play in while I'm painting. She'll probably like to explore somewhere new. I just hope she can't climb the gate, its this one http://www.walmart.com/ip/North-States-Superyard-Xt-Gate/8457890 That one seems pretty climbable to me. But we didn't get a metal x-pen to put around the wood stove because we didn't want it to get hot and burn my son. But this one doesn't get hot at all. Well, it is like 4 feet away on two sides and 3 feet on one side, so it never feels the heat. Its turned out to be a great pen.

I have a question for cat owners; one of my cats, she's my old lady cat, Smed. She likes to pee and sometimes poop in my house. She is really scared of Smokey, because Smokey hunts her all the time. Smed will lay behind the tv to get away from my son and everyone else. She is my son's favorite cat. Could she be peeing in the floor because she's scared of Smokey and she doesn't want to have to go outside to face Smokey? Or is she acting out because of Smokey? Or is it because she's like 13 years old and a little loose in the head? hahaha. She's making me crazy though. Sometimes I just wish I had a herd of rabbits, rather than the other animals I had. And she throws up all the time. She JUST threw up in the floor. ughhhhhhh. ullhair:

PS. I don't know if anyone is a Led Zepplin fan or a Heart fan. But Heart just did a cover of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center for something, but Robert Plant was there. It was AMAZING. She can still sing like no one else! Here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf2O3OAQjng\
Its pretty awesome! Or at least I think so! hahaha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Love the song, it's great and she sings it so well.

That pen looks fantastic, I've seen it before but haven't seen anything like that over here anywhere, it makes me so mad as you can get some great things and it's always difficult to get anything decent over here.

I'm sure she already loves her castle and is so glad that mummy made it for her. Yes, carpet can be a difficult thing, mine do like to chew the rugs they have in their enclosure so I just put cheap ones in there so I don't mind so much. But, I'm sure I'd be pretty mad if it was decent carpet. I do think that mine would chew it for sure so glad I haven't got any.

Don't know much about cats but maybe she is scared to go out in case she meets her tormentor. It could be age as well as my sister's cat when she got older kept missing the litter tray and peeing on the floor, it drove her mad. I'm laughing cos I was remembering when I was younger and I was at university in Cordoba. I used to walk there every morning and one morning a dog started following me and jumped on my back. This happened for about a week and it used to sit and wait till I walked past. I started changing the route I took there and walked the long way round just so I wouldn't have to see that damn dog. The funny thing was when I finished at lunch time, I would send someone out to make sure he wasn't there waiting for me....I can laugh about it now but it wasn't funny at the time.

 

[JBun]

Rabbits are totally junk food junkies! In the morning I feed 4 of my buns a piece of carrot, and they are all over me trying to get to it. I have to hurry and get Dakota's to her first before she decides to attack Flopsy because he is trying to take 'her' carrot, haha.

Good luck with your paint job today! We definitely need pictures

 

[whitelop]

So the primer coat of paint is on! YAY! I'm so tired. I had to prime the walls because my walls are wood paneled. (Yes, how nice the 70's were to houses) And I'm painting the walls like a creamish color. Well, I don't know what color yet because I haven't bought the paint! haha. I'm going in the morning to pick out some paint. My mom helped me tonight and she's coming back to help me tomorrow and Sunday if need be. Hopefully not! But I think the primer is the hardest part, its SO thick and its like painting on Elmer's glue. lol

Well, Ellie is in the living room with us. I didn't want to kill her with the paint fumes. haha. It was a little strong, thank god I sent my son to his other grandmothers house. He wouldn't have been able to stay here. Ellie is super confused about where she is, but I swear, it never stops that bun from eating! hahaha. She is SO scared of the cats but she just keeps right on eating. She's a food nut! She's been going back and forth in her cage and periscoping to try to figure out whats going on.

So I'm thinking that I want to try to find a armiore or a dresser/hutch or something to try to make a cage out of. I saw the thread recently and I've been inspired! lol I just need to find something for free or for really cheap so I don't have to drop a whole lot of money into it! I think my kitchen would look better with a bun cage in a piece of furniture rather than an ugly pet store cage! haha. So I'm going to keep my eyes out for things to make a cage out of. Fingers crossed I'll find something!

I'll take some pictures of my "new" kitchen tomorrow! I'm excited about it!

 

[JBun]

I'm glad the painting went well. I can't wait to see pics! Poor little Ellie was just getting to like her kitchen home, but I'm sure when she realizes the rest of the house is fun too, she'll be just fine. That would be sweet if you built a cool furniture rabbit cage! I'm excited to see the one the other forum member is making. It looks like it's going to turn out pretty nice.

 

[Chrisdoc]

You are enthusiastic painting over the festive season but sometimes the urge hits you and you just have to do it.

Little Ellie seems like she adapts to most things but likes to look them over properly before deciding if she likes it.

Hahaha, another little rabbit dustbin like Bandy. He also never lets anything get in the way of food.

Love the idea of you making a hutch from a piece of furniture. Jenny, I remember seeing something on here as well, think it was a sideboard where they'd taken out the front panels. It looked fantastic, wish I was handy like that but no such luck. Would love to see you do your hutch and you must give us all instructions to follow to do the same.

Not long up over here and so tired...that darn dog woke me up again at 6am...will have to have a siesta today to catch up lol.

 

[holtzchick]

Wow you painted haha we are both sick here and I think I have a tooth infection so I'm like barely able to clean. Jealous that you were able to get so much done! As for the playpen you should be fine. As long as she's not a jumper. Before you get set on making a cage out of a chest or armoire you should figure out if Ellie is a chewer or not since I'd hate for her to eat away your precious work

 

[HolyHandGrenade]

I do have to scroll side to side to see the pics in your posts on my lappy that doesn't have a very high resolution screen. It's so worth it though, cuz OMG POINTY ELLIE FRONT PAWSIES!!! :rabbithop

 

[Imbrium]

She's making me crazy though. Sometimes I just wish I had a herd of rabbits, rather than the other animals I had. And she throws up all the time. She JUST threw up in the floor. ughhhhhhh. ullhair:

see, I'm right, having more cats than people in a household wears at your sanity

hell, I'm getting a little bit of that myself even though I didn't even choose to have cats again - my neighbor's cat is practically stalking my two strays. yesterday afternoon, I found him over by my garage when I went to feed my kitties and the kitty that lets me pet it was throwing a fit, so I yelled at him and chased him back home (all the way into his back yard - I opened their gate for him and ushered him through). I went to run an errand and came back maybe half an hour later and Blackie was over bugging my cats again... so I chased him home AGAIN. I know his mommy feeds him well and he's got a BIG yard to roam, but for some reason, he's always coming over here.

 

[whitelop]

I'm having some MAJOR computer issues right now. So im on my phone right now. Everything is going great with Ellie. She's getting SO big! My husband even said how big she's gotten. lol i took her hay box out and took the grate off the litter box and her litter habits have been damn near perfect for over 24 hours. I guess she doesn't need nor did she like the grate.

As for her food. She's still in transition, but barely. She's still at about 50/50 but since she leaves all the Sherwood pellets in the bowl so i feel like she's mostly eating Sherwood with a hint of kaytee. Lol she eats the kaytee so fast, so for the whole day she eats nothing but sherwood. Her poops still look great though!

I finished painting my kitchen yesterday. It looks great! Once i get my computer issues sorted I'll put some pictures up. Now just to work on the floors in there!

 

[JBun]

You are so ambitious, especially to be doing all this home improvement stuff in the winter. I always use winter time as a perfect excuse to avoid that kind of stuff

I was starting to worry a little about you guys since it's been like 2 whole days since you we last heard from you and Ellie, haha, you know what us worriers are like. I'm not glad you're having computer problems, but I am glad that's all that it was Besides, I'm sure I'm not the only one that has to have my Ellie fix. I miss hearing about that little peanut I'm glad to hear her potty habits are back on track. It's frustrating when our rabbits don't want to cooperate with using their litter boxes. I've been coming out to a few pee puddles left by either Dakota or Flopsy. I'm not quite sure who the culprit is, grrr. I can't be too upset though, as it's probably Dakota, and she is my old girl. It's expected for her to have an accident every now and then.

Roo was soo cute tonight! My sister's family was over to dinner, and some of us were in the living room. So I brought Roo in to run around and play. Well, my nephew picked Roo up and was petting him. Roo's eye's were wide open. He clearly wasn't sure why this guy was holding him. My nephew put him back on the floor and Roo ran over to me and hopped on my lap and started climbing up my shirt, wanting to be held. I think he wanted to be comforted after that scary boy held him, haha. I loved it! It made me pretty happy to know that my little runt thinks of me as his protector, lol.

My rabbits are giving me the same trouble eating their sherwood pellets. I have 3 problem bunnies. Two of them do the same thing and eat all the old pellets first and then only eat the sherwood later in the day cause that's all that's left. The other baby, Libby, is pretty much all the way on to sherwood, but she keeps giving me this begging face when I feed. I tried to not give her any of the old pellets today, and she kept looking around frantically for her 'treat' pellets, so I gave her like 4 of them just to be nice to her, and stop her from looking so distressed, lol, silly bun. Then she won't touch the sherwood and goes to eat her handful of alfalfa hay. Only when everything else that is good, is gone, will she eat the sherwood. Thankfully I at least have a few rabbits that will eat the sherwood pellets with appreciation. Zeus loves them! He gets so excited when it's time for pellets, but unfortunately for him, he probably won't get them anymore. Poor Zeus

 

[Chrisdoc]

Morgan, great to hear from you, I was worried too as I usually see all you guys on here every day...you have got me into the habit of having my fix with all of you every day and I miss when you´re not there. I bet Ellie is growing and it´s good that she´s eating lots to make those little bones strong and healthy so she can do super jumps and get out. Mine are experts at that as I came home day before yesterday and opened the living room door and there was Snowy happily sitting on the sofa. Bandy was on the chair under the dining table and the only reason Houdini wasn´t out was that his cage is closed at the moment due to his issues with Snowy. I had to laugh as they actually don´t create havoc just like the comfy furniture rather than their own home hahaha.

You´re a glutton for punishment painting the kitchen over the holidays, don´t know where you get the energy, you must let us see how it turned out.

Roo sounds so gorgeous. Poor little chap just wanted an extra cuddle from mummy as that little boy really scared him swooping down on him like that. He´s a little darling. And poor Zeus, he will miss his pellets but it´s for his own good although I bet he doesn´t think that.

I´m getting ready for our New Year´s Eve now, it arrives before yours. I´ve got bunny duty now, doggy duty later this afternoon and then to my good friend´s house for a typical Spanish New Year´s Eve..I´ll take photos and post tomorrow if I can.

Morgan and Jenny, have a great time and all the best for a fantastic New Year 2013. :hugsquish:

 

[whitelop]

Jenny, Roo sounds like a little ball of sweetness! I bet it did make you feel good that you're his comfort. A similar thing happened with Ellie the other night, she was in a pen in the living room while i was cleaning her cage. She was terrified! So i got in the pen with her and she climbed up my shirt to my chin, to her safe spot, under my chin.

Chris, i can only imagine what a Spanish New Year's is like, i bet its wonderful! I can't believe Snowy and Bandy jumped out of their enclosure! What little rascals! I'm so glad they didn't destroy anything, they just wanted a soft place to sleep. Haha

As for Ellie, she is so smart! She has had two tiny pee spots on her blanket and like 10 stray poops. She's really getting the hang of of her litter box! I wonder how long it will last though. Lol i wish she would just eat the sherwood like a normal bun, then she would be extra perfect! Haha

Oh and for how i stay energized, LOTS of coffee! And Irish breakfast tea with more caffeine than should be allowed. Haha. I wish i was joking. I get like 4 hours of sleep a night then load up on caffeine in the morning and push through my day! And Jenny, winter time here doesn't really count. It doesn't really get cold. Like 48* that's cold but it doesn't snow. So i am fortunate enough to still be able to get a bunch of crap done, lol.

Happy New year!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Cute little Ellie, running to mummy for comfort.

Ellie is definitely smart, I think that's a trait of the dutchies that they look sometimes as thought they're thinking everything through. I'm sure she'll keep up with her litter habits, mine are really good now, I get some stray poops in the enclosure but all pees in the right place.

It's like Fort Knox now round their enclosure although even when they're home alone, they don't get up to much cos there's not much in the room now that they can get to. Houdini's the worst and he can't get out.

I'll take some photos tonight as the amount of food they eat is amazing...seafood to start (langoustines, really big crab legs, shellfish, spanish serrano ham and spanish manchego cheese, followed by roast leg and lamb and trimmings and then dessert. I've made a trifle as they absolutely love it and it's now become a New Year's eve tradition but I've also baked butterfly cakes which they also really like. Will take a photo of all my hard work later before everything disappears.

Mmmm, I love coffee when I'm out but love Earl Grey tea when I'm home and drink loads of it. There's nothing like a lovely cup of tea

Once again, have a great time and hope 2013 brings lots of good things

 

[JBun]

Don't you just love it when our buns turn to us for comfort It makes me feel like I've done a good job bonding with my little Roo.

Well, if smartness is a dutch gene, I think it missed my Roo, at least when it comes to litter box habits. Roo is the absolute worst out of all my rabbits. He just won't pick a corner and pees wherever he feels like, haha, except in his lovely hay box that he uses for a bed!

Chris, that's so funny that your two boys escaped! I bet Houdini was going insane when he saw them escaping and he couldn't escape himself. Maybe he'll learn to behave himself I really hope you're able to find a solution for your boys. Lol, that little boy that picked up Roo is actually a BIG boy. I was pretty young when my older sister had kids, and I'm between you and Morgan agewise. Roo probably wouldn't have minded if a little boy was holding him, but it was this really big, unfamiliar guy And Zeus isn't missing his pellets yet. I didn't have the heart to cut him off completely. I can't give him much as it'll give him a tummy ache, so he gets just a little pinch of them. Just enough to keep him happy and excited to be getting them

Happy New Year to you both!!! Morgan, I hope you do something fun, and Chris, that food sounds delicious. How could you not have a good time eating all that wonderful food I have a family Christmas party on new years, so that should be fun. Not sure what I'll be doing tonight though.

 

[whitelop]

Awww! Roo is smart in his own way! He's a boy and boys are messy! He's so cute though, how could you get mad at that little baby for not using his potty box. haha. How is Zeus' tummy doing? And Toby, how are his poops?

Our other laptop completely crashed and I had to literally dig out my old laptop out of the shed, from when I was a teenager. I haven't used this thing since I was like 17. We bought it brand new, like two months into it the fan broke so it would constantly over heat. Ugh. So I said screw that and stopped using it. Then I re-met my husband at like 19 and totally comendeered his laptop! haha. His is from when he was 18, it was a graduation present. We're 23 now.
So right now, my laptop is literally sitting on top of a fan. Like a floor fan. haha. Its the only way I can use it and keep it cool enough to not turn off. We need to get one of those lap fan things for it. This is totally ridiculous though. I do like looking at RO on our TV though, its in HD and its HUGE! hahaha. But I can't comment on threads from the PS3, for some reason it won't let me. haha. So I have to do it with my phone and that takes forever! Actually what we NEED to do, is buy a new freaking laptop or tablet, but they're so expensive! It just seems like such a waste of money! Ughh. Its so difficult. Because neither of us really want to spend the money on a new whatever, but we both know it has to happen. Which sucks. I mean, we don't even have cable because we don't want to spend $80+ a month on cable and internet, just for entertainment purposes. We clearly have the internet and now we have Netflix that streams through our PS3, but thats only like $8 a month, so its not bad. But to have to drop like $500+ on a new laptop/tablet, that SUCKS!

Anyway, on to Ellie related things. She has been out of the cage for a while now. She has only had like 10 stray poops out of her litter boxes and NO pees! YAY! I put two litter boxes in the corner of my kitchen floor that she likes to pee in, so she has no floor to get onto in that corner and BAM she's peeing in the litter boxes! She is so good. She also has only had a few stray poops in the cage and like 2 pees. I feel like I'm repeating myself right now, am I? Plus, she is SO sweet! She comes up to me when I walk into the kitchen and stands up against my leg. She hops in my lap when I sit down. I did sex her and I'm pretty positive that she is a girl! Like 98%, since I wasn't doing it with the pictures right in front of me! haha. But she appears to have girl parts. lol

HAPPY NEW YEAR! My husband just called me from out of town and told me happy new year. It sucks him not being here, but oh well. I'm a little bummed that I couldn't go out and do anything. But its okay, its safer this way to not go anywhere! hahah.
I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year's Eve!

Now I'm going to go love on my bunny and give her a little hay block for her New Year's Eve treat!