My Heart's on Fire for Elvira

[whitelop]

Jenny, I totally get it about the pellets! Ellie was a little brat today about them. She finally ate most of them I think. I need to refill them in a minute. But she is the same way, she'll eat her alfalfa hay or other hay before she eats all the sherwood pellets. So difficult! Oh well, she'll get used to them and she'll eat them, damnit!
Well, she eats more sherwood than kaytee now anyway. Since sometimes I don't let her eat all the sherwood before I put more food in. So she gets leftover sherwood mixed with new sherwood and kaytee. So its like double sherwood. Oh well. Her poops are fine and she's difficult. hahahaha.

My burn feels better as long as I have neosporin on it. That way its not tight and stiff. My hand is still sore though and its hard to make a fist or hold things, but its getting better.


Oh and I wound up dosing my cat with 0.4 mL of amoxicillin. I did the math and while it wasn't totally accurate I'm sure (I'm terrible at math!) I think that it is close to the right amount. Hopefully! *crosses fingers*, I also gave her some simethicone. I think she's got some gas, she's pretty stinky. So maybe that will help her out. Her third eyelid is still up, so thats concerning. I'll give her another dose of amoxicillin tomorrow, and if its not better by lets say Friday or Saturday morning, I'll take her to the vet. I think she's got some sort of "garbage gut" thing. My dogs had it a few years ago and it was terrible, so I sort of hope its something like that so its curable.
I hope that the antibiotics help and the gas drops make her tummy hurt less, if it hurts. Ughh. I hate when things happen to my animals, I hate that they can't tell me anything.

Jenny, I'm glad Zeus is doing well, and I hope Toby's poops normalize! Poor baby. And Roo is such a cutie! Its crazy how fast they grow, I'm in shock by this. Foo was basically an adult when I got her plus I don't really remember her growing up. Its amazing to watch them grow like this! If she really was 8 weeks when I got her, then she is like 10 1/2 weeks now.
My husband brought her into the living room today and he was like "look what I have" I said 'yeah a baby bunny!', he said 'she's not quite a baby anymore! Look how big she is! She was the size of my inner palm when you got her and now she is the size of my hand!' He has large hands but she really was that small. hahaha.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Look at that bunny butt now, she is turning into a beautiful young lady. I love that periscope when she just looks at you with that cutie face. Ohhh, her face so reminds me of Houdini,different colours but same shape and eyes and that's one of his favourite poses on his hind legs. She is so adorable.

I'm fascinated by these sherwood pellets, what's the difference between these and the kaytee that she doesn't like them. I think mine would eat anything, they're not really fussy like that.

And your poor cat, I hope she gets better, it's awful when they're not feeling good cos they can't tell you exactly what it is so it's all guesswork.

Can't believe either that it's only 2 1/2 weeks that you've had her, it seems like so much more.

And yes Jenny, she can't be the queen without her castle...I need more pics of Ellie surveying her territory haha.

 

[JBun]

I'm glad your burn is healing and that the neosporin helps. Burns just suck!

I just fed all the buns and there were Toby and Libby searching for their 'treat' pellets. i think it will take several days til they start to forget about those old yummy pellets, and are just satisfied with what they are getting. I'm interested to see if just being on the sherwood changes Toby's poops at all for the better. Everything is just kind of going to be an experiment with him, til I find the things that help him best. He's totally healthy though, otherwise, and always bouncing off the walls. Crazy boy

I got my Ellie cuteness fix! I'm so glad to see her cute face, and butt, lol! She IS looking really big! Our babies are just sprouting up like daisies. It's fun to see Ellie growing and her personality emerging. I love how she is totally attached to you now

I hope your cat gets better. I hate it too, when our animals aren't feeling well, cause it's so hard to try and figure out what it is they need.

 

[whitelop]

The sherwood pellets are good for her and the kaytee pellets have sugar and other junk in them. So like any kid, she wants the junk food rather than the veggies!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Right, got it. Mine aren't fussed, they've had the junkie ones and the really good ones and they've eaten both.

 

[holtzchick]

Chris two and a half weeks can either feel like a VERY long time (as in my case) or a very short amount of time, likely Morgan's case.

Ellie is certainly looking healthy and just radiating with bunny happiness!! You're taking great care of her and I bet as an adult you both will be inseparable

Oh and I'm glad you liked the math. I'm quite good at math, but only on my own terms

Poor smokey cat!! I hope it passes quickly!!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Michelle, I can tell you these last two and a half weeks for me have felt like an eternity. I just cannot wait for my friend to get back on Sunday and just go home and return to normal with my three, I´m sure all this "abnormality" has been one of the issues as they haven´t been getting rid of all their excess energy as they´ve been locked up at night when they are usually binkying about the living room. I can imagine the time for you with your two´s issues has seemed ages as well.

You´ll be Ellie´s bunny slave no doubt but I think she´ll be your lap rabbit forever :agree

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Michelle, I can tell you these last two and a half weeks for me have felt like an eternity. I just cannot wait for my friend to get back on Sunday and just go home and return to normal with my three, I´m sure all this "abnormality" has been one of the issues as they haven´t been getting rid of all their excess energy as they´ve been locked up at night when they are usually binkying about the living room. I can imagine the time for you with your two´s issues has seemed ages as well.

You´ll be Ellie´s bunny slave no doubt but I think she´ll be your lap rabbit forever :agree

I'm hoping for Sunday too. Thats when a season 2 Once Upon a Time episode plays.

And Ellie is such a cutie she is growing sooo fast! Can you take a picture of your hand on Ellie for a size comparison?

And I can't belive she was so stubborn about the Sherwood Forest Pellets. But she'll learn that Sherwood pellets is all she'll get.

 

[whitelop]

Ellie is getting used to the Sherwood, I think. Or at least today she is. She goes back and forth. lol
Last night, I was watching TV. I could hear Ellie in the kitchen, attacking her water bottle? It was weird, since she doesn't use her water bottle, she only drinks from her bowl. I keep the bottle in there, in case she dumps her bowl over. But she was biting it and attacking it last night! It was strange. I had to give her a few more kaytee pellets to feed her and make her go to bed, lol. I think I'll keep an eye on her, she may have been trying to get my attention so I would give her more pellets! The little sneak!
I will take a picture of her with my hand as a size comparison.

An update for Smokey, her third eyelid is down a bit more today, so she looks a little better. She seems a little more perky too. I'm going to dose her again with the amoxi later this evening. I think its helping. I hope so. She's upstairs sleeping right now, so I'll see how she looks when she comes down.

My burn is going to leave the worst scar. I keep hitting it and opening it again. Its killing me! Its in the WORST spot. Every time I put my hand in the wood stove, I hit the back of my hand and get soot on the burn, so I have to wash it and it opens it up. Ughhhh. Its really bothersome!

So I finished the first season(or only season) of American Horror Story. I. LOVE. IT! Its so good!
Now I'm re-watching Freaks and Geeks, I watched it as a kid but it was a little too grown up for me, since I was like 10 when it came out. But I love this show too! Its so funny, like makes me laugh so hard sometimes! I'm glad I'm watching it again as an adult. hahah. They're so my people though! When I was in high school, I was one of those kids! I can so relate to everything. I was a total hippy in high school. I listened to all that music(and still do).

Ahh, now to clean my house! I have to pick up all my son's toys! They're everywhere. He's making me crazy with the toys!

 

[Chrisdoc]

You're right sounds like she wanted to get your attention and it worked, how smart is that haha.

Thank goodness Smokey is on the mend by the looks of it.

I hate burns and it is so easy to knock them and put the healing process back. Have you got it covered still ? If not, maybe cover it for a couple of days until it's started to dry out.

Wow, that's weird cos I was thinking about on New Year's Eve after I got home as I had the TV on till about 4 in the morning and they were advertising season 2 of American Horror Story so it must be coming out in the US first. Didn't say when but must be pretty soon. Never heard of Freaks and Geeks so now it's a good job Mr Google is around as I'll be consulting him to see what you're talking about.

Talking of cleaning, have noticed today that there is loads of dog hair everywhere so looks like I'll be cleaning the house before she arrives home...my house looks like a bomb has dropped on it at the moment so I'll worry about that when I'm back living there full time.:tonguewiggle

 

[audrinasmommy88]

Morgan, if i were you, I would go to Walgreens or Rite Aid or something and get some breathable non stick gauze to cover it with during the day to keep it clean and dry and it will help from reopening it. Dont put a bandage on it because it doesnt allow it to breathe. Aloe is really good for all kinds of burns, not just sun burns. You could try some of that. When I was working as a CNA I did rounds with the Wound Care Nurse and that is what we did for burns

 

[whitelop]

Rachel, that sounds like a good idea for my hand. Thankfully, I only hit it a few times today and then I stopped hitting it.

On Ellie related notes. I found this cardboard tube thing in some packaging for my son's Christmas toys. So I put it in Ellie's cage and she LOVES it. She's been sleeping in it a lot and she runs through it all the time. My husband just saw her do it and he laughed a pretty hard, she's pretty funny. I told him I want to get her one of those quick-crete concrete tubes for her. The smaller ones are like $8, and I think she'll like it. She'll soon be growing out of little cardboard tube in her cage.
There was also a piece of cardboard next to her litter boxes outside her cage and she decided she wanted to poop on that. haha. Instead of her litter box. She's silly. But at least its on the cardboard not the floor.
She's coming around more to the Sherwood pellets. She ate the pellets faster today than she did yesterday. But when I did put her pellets down she chowed down on the kaytee pellets and ate them all before she could pull herself away from the pellets, lol. Junk food junkie!

Ughh. My whoppers taste like box.

 

[whitelop]

Oh Chris, I watch American Horror Story on Netflix, so I just watched what was on there. I don't have cable tv so I don't even know what channel the show comes on normally. I just happened to find it on Netflix and watched all of it in a day and a half. So it was just the first season, I guess the second season is coming out soon. Hopefully it will be on netflix soon enough! I can't wait, its my new favorite show!

As for Freaks and Geeks. Its about high school students in the 1980's trying to fit in and get through school. The main group is the 'burn-outs', they're basically hippies and I can relate a lot to them, like from when I was in high school. Its a pretty great show and its pretty funny, but it has some touching times too.
Its pretty much where, James Franco, Jason Segel and Seth Rogen got their start.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Morgan, you won't believe this but last night, I was flicking through channels and I caught one of the second season episode so American Horror Story Asylum, apparently that's the new season title. It was absolutely brilliant so the new series is going to be so good. My friend has UK satellite TV so it was on the FX channel, think that's the Fox channel. I must make sure I catch it when it's on spanish tv. Just looking at the photos of Freaks and Geeks but don't think they ever showed it over here.

 

[JBun]

I second Rachel's suggestion for your burn. Tape a few gauze pads on there and it will help cushion and protect your burn a little.

That's a good sign that Ellie is eating her sherwood pellets better. Pretty soon she'll be all switched over and won't know any different. Sounds like Ellie loves her new toy! Mine love little crawly tunnels too. I bet that big concrete one would be loads of fun for her

 

[Imbrium]

I still think you should give the second skin type bandages I suggested a try - they're much thicker than a bandaid, I wanna say maybe 1/8 inch, and kinda gel-like so they're very cushy and it doesn't hurt if you bump the burn against something. they really did work VERY well the times I used them (better than gauze imo, plus they won't stick to the wound).

 

[whitelop]

Okay gross poop story time!
I was just sitting in the floor with Ellie, I was hand feeding her pellets(she would only eat the kaytee from my hand, lol.)
So she's running around me and doing mini-binkies. I got up to get my coffee cup and sat back down and noticed this little tiny poop. I saw that there were two stuck together, not strung together but stuck together and they looked a little wet. I was like 'hmmm, thats weird'. So I told myself I would keep an eye on her and make sure nothing was going on. Then I saw another single tiny poop. I looked back at the two that were stuck together and realized they looked like cecals. Then she got onto the cardboard piece and went to cleaning, but then I saw she was eating a cecal. So she pooped the cecal out and then binkied off!
She is such a baby! I know they don't always eat their cecals and this is only the second one I've seen, but is it okay that she didn't eat it? I worry so much about pellets and her getting too many! haha. I'm sure she's fine, since this is only the second one I've seen.
As I was just typing the last sentence, I heard her knock her food bowl off the cardboard thing in the kitchen. There are probably pellets everywhere!

Since I'm talking about pellets. She is up to like a 1/2 cup a day, which I know is fine. Her mix is now about 80% Sherwood, 20% kaytee.
I try to wait until her food bowl is empty to feed her more pellets. But to me it doesn't seem like shes eating as much hay as she was because she's getting more pellets than when she was little-little. I wonder if I should spread out her pellets more? I know they're supposed to get 'unlimited' but I think thats crap. But if I spread out her pellets, she'll eat more hay; so I feel like thats what I should do. I wanted to get some other opinions though, from the experts, ya know?! lol

Ellie is so spunky this morning! She was binkying around me while I was sitting there. I only got up to tell y'all about the poop, lol.
I feel like I need to spend more time with her though. She gets a ton of out of the cage time, but I feel like I don't sit in there enough with her. She isn't like Foo, like she won't come into the other size of the kitchen. The only time she comes into the stove side of my kitchen is when she's following me. But its way out of her comfort zone. So when I go in, instead of her coming to me, I have to go to her. So instead of her coming to me for love and pets and time, I have to go to her and sometimes its hard for me to find a few minutes to sit in the kitchen with her. But morning time is good and late at night is good too. I just need to do it. She obviously likes when I'm around since she binkies all over the place while I'm in the floor with her.
I do miss a rabbit being under my feet all the time. Foo followed me everywhere and she was always under my feet. She sat next to me while I cooked and always stayed right there. I really hope Ellie is like that. She's still so skittish around the cats/dog and loud noises. I'm pretty clumsy and loud. haha. Foo didn't care about anything, nothing ever scared her. But I guess its because Ellie is a baby, things scare her off and under my laundry hamper. I hope she gets used to everything in time. She's really smart but skittish!

Yep, its a rambling sort of day!

 

[whitelop]

On top of it being a rambling day, its a worrying day too.

Since I wrote the above post, Ellie has pooped two more cecals. Is that too many?

 

[Imbrium]

yeah, it's fine if she doesn't eat all the cecals - Gaz used to leave me a few a day for a while.

I definitely wouldn't drop her below 1/2c pellets per day at this point, but you could always spread them out more. how much hay is she eating? if she's eating a pile of hay at least the volume of her own body per day, she's doing fine.

hopefully she'll get used to you and be underfoot more - mine certainly are these days! well, except for when I want to love on them, then they make themselves scarce... but if I'm doing something else, there they are! they get *super* excited when I come in the kitchen side door to the pen, lol - I'm pretty sure they think it always means food. because my breakfast nook was so cluttered and basically "dead to me" since before I got them, the only time I ever approached the pen from that side was to dump a colander full of veggies on their floor. then I cleaned out just the corner by the back door and put the boxes of hay there, since they're big boxes and are cardboard (ie vulnerable to teeth) so they can't go in the pen and are too big to go on any of the shelves I can reach from inside the pen... so every time I filled their hay, I went in and out the back door to the pen since the boxes were right there. now the breakfast nook is all sparkly-clean, so I use the back door to the pen any time I happen to be going to the pen from the kitchen side of the house and they'll run over right up to the door and get all underfoot like they're expecting food... even when they got pellets, a HUGE pile of hay and a whole romaine heart like 2 hours earlier

 

[Chrisdoc]

She sounds fine to me, I always find a few cecals from all of them that they don´t always eat. I´m sure she´ll get more adventurous as she gets older, she´s still only a wee baby and the big world outside still probably scares her but give her a bit of time and she´ll be in there with you. You´ll probably have to be careful as if she is a sparky little thing, she´ll be under your feet. I have to be careful with mine as sometimes they sit right under where you´re going to step, the number of times I´ve nearly stood of them but it´s never happened yet.

Oh heck, just had a hole eaten in my fleece by Snowy, I forgot to take it off as it´s one I really like and he´s been up with me licking my face and being such a little cuddly boy...that´s what you get for trusting them lol.