My Heart's on Fire for Elvira

[Chrisdoc]

Another one here who loves cilantro and the smell. If you put it in tomato salsa it´s yummy, I just love it. Mine love it as well so I´ll now start buying it regularly at the weekly market.

I´m not a cat fan either, they are sometimes just too independent and very ungrateful.

Luckily with all the sunshine hear, it´s mostly light and sunny. When we do get a spell of rain or bad weather, it depresses everyone. We´ve been lucky so far this winter.

 

[whitelop]

I love that whenever i walk into the kitchen, Ellie is flopped out either in her corner or in front of her cage! She's so cute with her little back legs all stretched out!
She's nipping at my pants and shirt right now and it hurts! I think she's trying to groom me but she's clumsy and my clothes are blocking her grooming. Haha

My vitamins today, made me feel much better. I'm going to have to start taking them regularly. I have to shake this winter time yucky feeling!

 

[JBun]

Ok, I'm totally cursed whenever I try and post on your blog. Something always seems to go wrong and I lose it all. I was all ready to post this morning but the internet was screwy, so of course I lost it all.

I think that's so cute she had to stay by her stuffie. Roo does the same. He likes to sleep right next to his. Maybe Ellie finds it's presence comforting and it makes her feel safe

I was cracking up this morning reading about her little fetch game. It was like she was coming to you to see if it was ok for her to eat the dog food or something. You ought to train her! Hahaha, wouldn't that be something to have a bunny that plays fetch with you.

Don't really know about the rye hay. I would guess if it is ok for horses to eat and if it's cut before there are grain heads on it, that it may be alright for rabbits. Definitely research it though. And I would think that Ellie would be ok to start on veggies. I think that is more of a general guideline for people that don't know much about rabbits, then a set rule. Baby has been eating leafy greens since she was 4 weeks old, and hasn't ever had problems. Cilantro always seems to be a good one to start out with.

I'm with you on the cats! I would much rather step in a fresh steaming pile of horse manure, than have anything to do with dog or cat poop. It just grosses me out. I wouldn't think them pooping in Ellie's box would be good either. I know rabbits can contract some diseases from cat poop. Could you maybe just put it high up at night, like on the fridge or something? Or maybe cover it with a towel.

I'm glad you got some snuggle time, even if it was forced. I think it's good for them to learn to tolerate it, even if they don't like it much. I try and do it with my bunnies at night. They didn't like it much at first, but a few of them are actually starting to like snuggles. Toby of course is a challenge. His max snuggle time is about 30 seconds right now, but I'm working on it.

So, do you let Ellie dig and nip at your pants? I always try and discourage my buns from that kind of thing. Oh, and they sure know they aren't supposed to, cause when I tell them 'no' and reach out to stop them, they do a little head binky and dash away. They have gotten better though. They did it alot more when they were little. Roo was so cute tonight. I usually sit on the floor with him when he's playing. Well, I grabbed a pillow and decided to lay on the floor. He then hopped up onto my chest and started licking my face. He has never really given me many bunny kisses. He'll give a lick or two, but mostly he just wants me to pet him. But after he finished licking me, he put his paws up on my face to look around, and proceeded to slide his paws(and claws) down my face. OUCH!!! Those bunnies dont' realize we don't have fur protecting us from those sharp little claws. And little bunny claws are SHARP! They're like little needles.

I'm glad the vitamins are helping. I really need to try some vitamins too. I've been feeling really crappy lately and can hardly sleep.

 

[whitelop]

Yes their nails are so sharp! Foo's nails weren't sharp like this, i guess because i cut them. But because Ellie's nails haven't been clipped and their super sharp! I try not to let her nip me, the digging doesn't bother me because its always my left knee and i think its sort of cute when she does it. Her face is funny. The nipping on the other hand, i stop that! It hurts, she got me one time and i pressed her head down for a few seconds and she didn't nip me again. So maybe since she's a baby she'll really understand what the head/shoulder press means!

Jenny, i really love hearing about Roo! He sounds like a real sweetheart. I wish Ellie got some of that sweetness. Haha. The forced snuggles are working i think. She got pretty comfortable looked on my chest last night. Then when i put her back in the kitchen she flopped out. So i think she seemed pretty comfortable!

I'm taking a vitamin D and a vitamin B complex, they make me feel much better, with extra energy and like i can make it through the day without wanting to take a nap! I don't think my son feels good today though. He felt a little warm when he got up and then he drank some cold milk and went back to sleep. Poor baby!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Bandy does the nips as a punishment when I´ve been grooming him but I think it´s something they would all keep doing if we didn´t stop them. it´s like they´re making a nest or a place to be comfortable and they have to move your clothes, that´s what I think anyway as I see them doing the same thing with blankets in their enclosure.

Great that Ellie´s flopping, I just love to sit and stare at them when they´re all stretched out, I never tire seeing them like that.

Try her on the veggies and let us know how she does. I think mine started quite early and they´ve never had any problems.

 

[JBun]

I think those little baby nails hurt so much cause they are so tiny, like little pins sticking right through clothes. Jeans and sweatshirts work pretty well for protection, but it doestn't help much when they are standing on your face, lol.

Roo does like to snuggle, but even he won't sit there forever. I get a good 10-15 minutes in before he starts looking around expectantly, and I know he's hoping I'll put him down to play, but then he winds down pretty quick and is ready for more petting. But still no cute little bunny flops like Ellie He always just curls up into a loaf. It's funny to watch him and Libby play. She likes to run around and play and Roo will always come up to her and stick his head under hers so she'll groom him. Lucky for him that she's a big groomer. Then she'll hop off to play again and he'll do a few bunny tricks too, then he's back sticking his head near her ready to be groomed again. I don't think he cares who is grooming him, me, Libby, or whoever, as long as he's getting petted or licked he's happy. He's pretty good about doing a little grooming in return, but he is mostly on the receiving end, which is the way he likes it.

I think it is easier to use the head press discipline with babies. Probably cause they are used to mom doing it with them not all that long ago.

Uggh! I think I'm coming down with something too. I don't know that I'll be able to hold off this sore throat coming on, much longer. I hope your little guy isn't coming down with anything too bad. Hope he's feeling better soon

 

[Chrisdoc]

If I know they´re going to be up on me digging and pulling, I make sure I have two layers on as their nipping teeth are too sharp.

Roo is so funny. Bandy does there where he sticks his head under the other two so they can groom him but he never grooms back. I hate it at the moment as the other two used to groom each other but as they´re not together at the moment, there´s no one grooming either of them apart from me giving strokes and rubs.

I´m making progress with grooming Bandy though as I´ve done it the last few days in a row and he seems now to be getting used to it. He´ll now sit there and I comb and stroke and repeat. He now stays and appears to like me to stroke his fur right down his back. He was there a good half hour today while I sorted him out ad after I´d finished he stayed for a little while as well. I did notice though that his fur is matted round his tail so I may have to cut it away. I´m gonna have another try at de knotting it tomorrow but he seems now quite cool with it.

I´ve had a emerging cold for a couple of weeks now, a bit of a tickly cough and I´m very chesty. I just can´t shake it although I´m dosing myself with cough mixture. Hope it doesn´t turn into something worse. I could do without that right now.

 

[whitelop]

Okay, so I've been watching Parenthood and I sort of don't like it. Let me explain, I HATE. HATE. HATE. Christina, the blonde one. If I ever met this type of woman in real life, there is a HUGE possibility that I would knock her out. I don't like how she acts and how she is towards people. I think she is super judgmental, she is totally rude and she lives in some sort of fantasy world where her equally as b*itchy daughter is totally perfect; which is completely untrue. Because as good as her grades are, she's rude and snarky too. I get that shes a teenager, but come on. They try to be parents about half the time but it doesn't hold any weight because they try to be friends with her the other half of the time. I hate it! Either you're your kids parent OR you're their friend, it doesn't work both ways. And if you turn down the friend road, you can't discipline them because you have no ground to stand on. But with this mom, she is OVER THE TOP with her jumping down peoples throats, she attacks her in-laws verbally constantly and she tries to talk over everyone. I hate her. AND, and, she thinks she's better than everyone else. She thinks she's superior over EVERYONE else. It makes me insane. The daughter is terrible too. I don't like her either, with her monotone voice and her total attitude and like her fictional mother, she thinks she's perfect too. I hate that sort of attitude. I hate them.
I do love Sarah though, I think that she is the most real out of the bunch. I think she is the most realistic parent with teenagers there is. I love her. I love her struggles and I love her character. The grandmother is one of the coolest people on the show, I love her. She just "gets it".
I wish I had that sort of family dynamic, but I'm and only child and my husbands sister is basically Christina with brown hair, a total b*tch.

Sorry for that rant, I've just watched a lot of this show today and I really hate that it revolves so heavily around Christina's family. I do like this show and it has really touching moments, but it doesn't have any touching moments when it comes to that woman. Ughhh, I just want to knock her out.

 

[whitelop]

Ellie related notes now, since I just went into crazy-land.

I'm going to get some cilantro tonight so we can start it tomorrow. YAY!

I think the head-press method will work with Ellie, because she's still young enough to get it. I hope so, because I won't stand for the nipping, it makes me nuts and nervous. Its like, I sit on the floor against the washing machine, so she can run behind my back. Sometimes she likes to get behind me and sniff my shirt, thats fine. But she will sniff, then nudge my shirt and then she will grab my shirt with her little teefers and nip the hell out of me. It always seems to be my back, haha. I guess she doesn't like my back or something? I've noticed that its certain pants that she digs at too. I pretty much live in yoga pants and pj pants. The ones she likes the most are the ones with christmas tree lights on them and then another pair of sweat pants that are blue, she likes those A LOT and then another pair that say 'ho ho ho'. Maybe she doesn't like christmas after the holiday season or something? She only digs at my left knee too. I hurt that knee a while ago, do you think she knows that my knee cap is wrong? haha.
But after I pushed her head and shoulders down, she stopped nipping me. I didn't put her head into the floor, she was on my robe. haha, so it was nice and soft.

I think I've figured out what to do for the litter box issues, because I came in again to cat poop in the box. Ughh. I have a small litter box that I don't use. I think I'm going to put the big box that Ellie's up and put the small box down for the cats. See if they'll use it. Watch them not and then I'm going to ring all their necks. haha. Hopefully that will work. If not, then I don't know what to do.

Oh and on another side note. Its been raining here for 4 days. I can't take the rain anymore. Its pouring rain. Its like its monsoon season in SC. My pond in my backyard has come up like 2 feet in 4 days. I can see the actual puddles in my yard. My yard is flooding. My chickens are soaking wet, my roosters neck feathers are totally brown and gross. All the feathers are wet and separated, the refuse to get in from the rain. Last summer, it was pouring rain and dark out. It was when they decided they wanted to sleep in the flower bed not the house, so I had to go out in the pouring rain and put them in their house. I was out outside for 10 minutes and I was soaked to the bone, it looked like I just got out of the shower. Thankfully it was still like 80* out and my birds weren't cold or anything, just soaked to the skin. Stupid birds.

Ohhhhh and I'm going to take a few pictures of Ellie tonight. I'm going to take a picture of her on the wash clothe I took a picture of her on the first day I had her. So we can see the real size difference between then and now. I'll post those later.

Yep and I just rambled like 30 minutes of reading time for you guys. hahahaha. Sorry, too much coffee/vitamin/high caffeine tea combo.

 

[whitelop]

Hahaha oh Morgan you crack me up!! What season are you watching? Like what's the plot right now because I don't keep track of season number.
Keep in mind these are fictional people, lol. I think what Parenthood does is try and capture the different personalities and different parenting ways. I don't agree with everything Christina does either....but Parenthood does a good job of capturing her thought process.
I love Sarah too but she bugs me in some ways like grow up and move out of your parents house! Lol. I also love Julia and her hubby Joel. Joel is AWESOME. But anyway I so agree with some of the stuff you said about Christina but I also think the show works so well because it has someone like her on the show. It's pretty REAL. Oh and I don't think she's a b**tch just a little uptight sometimes. I think Zeke and the grandmother are both awesome too!! And yes I love their family dynamic. Goodness, I'm just OBSESSED with this show. I'm so sad because this seasons finale is next week already. I'm so bummed I'm not ready for it to be over. It's one of the best shows ever written, IMO. The last time I was this crazy about a show was Friday Night Lights and they have the same writer, imagine that.lol

Its season 2 that I'm watching and Christina and Adam are dealing with their daughter wanting to date a guy who is in AA and works at the homeless shelter or something. Christina is so uptight and so tightly wound that if she were to turn to sharp she would break into a million pieces. I know that its a show and its not real, but it bothers me so much. I guess because I'm not like that, I do worry and I do stress, but I don't act like that.
Sarah does move out! hahaha. She moves in with Mr. Young Teacher, who is John Ritter's son(I was totally in love with John Ritter).
I do also love Julia and Joel! They're so great and I love Joel for being a house-husband! My husband said he would do that, but I just laugh because he has never spent a whole day alone with our son so he doesn't know what its really like! haha. Julia strives SO hard to be so perfect, but she is already so perfect! haha, she is so successful and so good. She's a good mother even though she works and she is still really engaged in the house life. I love that. If I had a career, I would want to be like her. No joke.

I do like that there are so many different life styles and parenting styles. It shows how the world works, but it just irritates me sometimes. I guess because there are SO many things I would do differently.

 

[Chrisdoc]

Morgan, I just love your rants and I haven´t a clue what you´re ranting about as I´ve never seen this programme but now you´re making me want to see it to see what it is you´re ranting about....did that make sense. It makes me laugh as there are soaps on in the UK that I keep up with where all sorts happens and people get really involved with them as though they´re real, I have a friend like that. And I end up saying "this is a show, it´s not real" and she laughs but still thinks it is.

I must find download it to watch and see what it´s all about.

Think that´s a good idea with the cats, they are a real pain in the neck, hope it works.

Little Ellie and her nipping....mine have nipped me on the back and does it hurt. They still nip me occasionally but not as often now.

I hate constant rain. Sometimes here when it starts, we get torrential rain for days and that is depressing as you can´t do anything as everytime you go out you get soaked. I hate it as well as you can´t do any washing and dry it outside as it´s so damp and it´s just really depressing weather.

Hope she gets on with the Cilantro, I´m sure she´ll be OK, something new for her...take pics pls.

 

[HolyHandGrenade]

I need videos of Ellie eating stuff, kthx.

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh yes Morgan I so remember that season! And I don't want to give it all away but Sarah ends up back at home, haha
But as far as Christina and Adam dealing with that.......I guess I didn't think that was too judgemental or uptight of her. She had a daughter in high school dating a recovering alcoholic in his 20s! I'm not sure I know too many parents that that wouldn't concern just a *little* bit. Id have to watch that season again but it's not like Christina was rude to that boyfriends face or anything, right? Wasn't it just what her and Adam talked about between the two of them? If I remember correctly they do end up liking the boyfriend and totally give him an honest chance. My hubby and I talked about how stressful it would be to have a teenage daughter. It will be hard enough with our son but a girl, UHg, why does that seem so much more difficult!
Christina is uptight and a worrywart and she stresses over everything and I think she's a perfectionist. Hmmm, sounds like someone I know......oh yeah, ME! Hahaha maybe that's why I "defend" her a bit. And listen to us talk about her like she's a real person! Lol. Moral of the story is Parenthood wouldn't be a good show if it just had parents like Sarah or Julia or Joel. They have to cover ALL the aspects.
Chris you should totally try and get the show over there. As I said it's one of the better shows I've seen in years!!!

 

[agnesthelion]

Oh and yes I hope Ellie handles the cilantro ok. I've tried it a few times with my two and they turned their noses up. Not sure why. Oh and I was at the mall with my son today and came across the pineapple and cilantro Yankee candle. It did smell pretty good!!!!

 

[JBun]

I hope Ellie likes her cilantro

 

[holtzchick]

Lmao. Based on what I've read you guys are nuts. You've pretty much covered it all.

We love cilantro in this household and my boyfriend loves it so much he cooks with it day in and day out, it has to go in everything. None of us here are big fans of cats but once in s while you meet a really laid back one. Ellie's nipping is adorable and Phoenix and Hippogryff do the exact same thing to me when they want attention..... I know that I've been shoving this down eveyones throat but when you feel tired take a pre workout energizer or take a break and force yourself to do something very active whether that be to go to the gym pool etc. I went yesterday morning and I had so much energy throughout the day I actually couldn't sleep last nighT lol.

And what in the heck is this Parenthood show?!? I have the entire day off and don't know what I'm going to do by myself so i guess season 1 is where it's at. I never jump into a new show and jump to the last episode I feel like that's sacreligious lol. I always watch from season 1 episode by episode it really helps you get into the show!!! I watched all 4 seasons of big bang theory and it was wicked before I even set foot into the 5th when i started watching it.

 

[agnesthelion]

Michelle you should watch it! The writers are excellent and it is a very critically acclaimed show. I also watch shows from beginning to end. I won't just start in the middle of a show.

Big Bang Theory is way funny. I don't watch that religiously because since it's a sitcom I feel like you can come and go a bit, but that Sheldon is hysterical!!! He makes that show

 

[whitelop]

Hahahaha. Michelle, you think we're nuts? You're probably right. Sometimes I feel really nuts.

I promise I'm going to post some pictures later, my computer makes it so difficult for me to download pictures. But I'll work on it later today, I took some pictures of her on the same washcloth and I took some pictures of her eating her first cilantro. The lighting in my kitchen doesn't allow for me to take videos because for whatever reason its really dark on the camera. I'll work on that though.

So no soft poops! Yay! She seemed to tolerate the cilantro pretty well, and she liked it! I'll give her another little bit at lunch time and see if she'll still eat it.

I have to tell you guys about this morning. It was pretty funny.
I kept hitting the snooze button on my husband's alarm clock, my son wasn't up so I didn't feel the need to get out of bed. hahaha. So at 8, I heard my son and finally woke my husband up. This is how it went; "hey baby, its 8, you should probably get up" (keep in mind, I'm still laying down and my face is still smushed in the pillow) My husband was like "okay, I'm getting up. Are you okay?" ME: "no, I'm not okay. You're a little late, I have a cat on my back and I'm really cold." I turned to look at him and he laughed so hard at me.
Then he goes downstairs to my son's room. He's talking to him, and he's like "oh AJ, you're soooo tall!" and my son was like "I know!" hahahaha. It was so funny. He's getting pretty smart.

Ellie spilled her water in her cage last night, thankfully I put the cup on a paper towel; so the paper towel soaked up the water and it didn't go everywhere.

I HAVE ANOTHER DOG FOOD EATER! She is eating dog food! I thought at first it was because she was being curious, but now, I'm pretty sure she likes to eat dog food. I don't understand it. She has pellets and hay, why would she like the dog food? Its so strange for BOTH of my rabbits to like the dog food.

 

[agnesthelion]

I thunk I'm nuts sometimes too, Morgan, maybe that's why we click so well

Aww your son is at a cute age when they really start talking and understanding things. How adorable! And kids say the darndest things. Yesterday when we were walking in the mall my son grabbed my hand and looked up at me and said "mommy, I love you so much I want to marry you" hahaha. He's 4 so he has no idea what marry means. But we were explaining to him the other day mommy and daddy getting married and how we love each other so I bet he just thinks since he loves me he better marry me

I can't believe you have another dog food eating rabbit too! I guess I would assume they would completely turn their noses up at it since it has meat in it???? How funny!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Good to see she´s eating the cilantro, mine all love it.

Have found Parenthood so will be starting to watch it from the beginning, I´ll let you know how I find it. I love some of the American series but not all but I find the same with Spanish comedy series, I don´t always find them funny. I´m a big fan of weird comedy such as Monty Python, Blackadder, Not the nine o´clock news, etc.

I can´t believe Ellie likes dog food especially since Foo liked it as well. You see, Foo did have an influence on her in the short time they were together.

I don´t have kid but do love some of the things they come out with....as they say out of the mouths of babes. They are so honest that sometimes it´s so funny and they do say the cutest things. I remember even from years ago when I used to regularly look after my nieces and nephews.

Yes, more photos of Ellie and eating cilantro. I´ve just found out that Houdini loves sage, of course, I went to get another plant today and they´ve run out...it´s so typical so will have to find somewhere else where they sell it. He´s not such a big veggie eater as the other two as he eats far more hay than they do so it doesn´t worry me but if I find something he loves, I really do try and buy more to tempt him.