Hello Everyone!
I'm a stay at home/work at home/homeschooling mom of 6 children (5 boys and 1 girl, but not in that order, ages 17 years to 23 months), 4 dogs, 9 indoor cats, and 3 Holland Lop bunnies. All of the dogs and cats are either from the shelter and/or rescued from different situations and are all spayed/neutered.
My daughter has wanted a bunny for years, but we would not consider one until she was mature enough to care for it under my supervision. So, we finally took her to pick out her first bunny from a local breeder that I found online (please do not hate me for buying a bunny from a breeder, as even though I love our bunnies, I now regret not having gone through a shelter instead).
While we were there, the woman asked my daughter (without checking with me first) if she would be willing to give a very special bunny a good home, and my daughter naturally said "yes". The woman proceeded to bring out a TINY baby bunny (a blue otter) and she told us this bunny was deaf. She has no idea why it happened, but the bunny's left ear canal never opened up! It is closed and it is very, very short--much shorter than the right ear. She said she was sure no one would be interested in her but she wanted to be sure she'd be placed in a good home and she was willing to "give" her to us for free.
Well, my daughter enjoyed holding her for a few minutes, but she had her mind set on meeting the brown colored bunny she had been admiring on the breeder's website. She fell in love with both bunnies, but she ultimately chose her "first love" which was the tort she was in love with from the website pictures.
On our way out, the breeder showed us a 4 month old tort male which was all alone in his cage. She said he had to have part of his ear amputated because of a severe ear infection and because of this, no one wanted him because everyone thought he was ugly.
She said she'd give us this bunny for free as well. This bunny was a male, however, and the 2 month old bunny my daughter just chose was a female, soooo this obviously meant we'd now need 2 cages rather than the 1 cage I had just purchased.
I held this little guy and fell in love with him immediately. The woman said this bunny was always kicking while someone else tried to hold him, but this was the first time she'd seen him calm and snuggled up in anyone's arms other than her own. I told the woman I'd be willing to take him, but I'd need the cage he was in since I didn't have an extra one. She wouldn't let me borrow the cage he was in because she said the pull out tray was too rusty and she wouldn't want my floor to be ruined if stuff spilled out of it. That really stumped me and I thought it was a strange answer, but reluctantly, without a cage, I had to leave him there. :cry:
A week went by and I couldn't stop thinking about both of these other bunnies. To make an already long story shorter (sorry!), I went back to get BOTH of those bunnies. We have put both of the females (my daughter's tort and the blue otter) together in one cage. They were both born on the same day but are not bio sisters. The lady gave us a large plastic dog carrier for the tort male (4 months old) to live in temporarily until I could get him a proper cage.
Since reading about NIC cages here and elsewhere on the internet, I'm proud to say that I built both of the girl bunnies what I think is a very nice cage, and a spacious, yet modest cage for the male tort. I found a woman who owns a sign shop about 45 minutes away and purchased 2 pre-made pieces of Coroplast that she assembled for us to use as the bottom of each cage.
I do hope that everyone is happy in their new homes and think for the most part that they are. The female tort (named Precious) has been with us about a month, and the female blue otter (named Otter) and male tort (came with the name Vinny) have been with us about 3 weeks now.
The girls and their cage are in my daughter's bedroom and the male lives in his own cage in our living room. We do NOT let them out together whatsoever at all, as we do NOT want babies, so please be rest assured that I'm aware they need to be separated and they are!
Oh, Vinny was just neutered yesterday and is recovering incredibly well!
Here are a few pictures...(sorry about the red eyes)
First here is VINNY:
here is PRECIOUS:
here is OTTER:
I'm a stay at home/work at home/homeschooling mom of 6 children (5 boys and 1 girl, but not in that order, ages 17 years to 23 months), 4 dogs, 9 indoor cats, and 3 Holland Lop bunnies. All of the dogs and cats are either from the shelter and/or rescued from different situations and are all spayed/neutered.
My daughter has wanted a bunny for years, but we would not consider one until she was mature enough to care for it under my supervision. So, we finally took her to pick out her first bunny from a local breeder that I found online (please do not hate me for buying a bunny from a breeder, as even though I love our bunnies, I now regret not having gone through a shelter instead).
While we were there, the woman asked my daughter (without checking with me first) if she would be willing to give a very special bunny a good home, and my daughter naturally said "yes". The woman proceeded to bring out a TINY baby bunny (a blue otter) and she told us this bunny was deaf. She has no idea why it happened, but the bunny's left ear canal never opened up! It is closed and it is very, very short--much shorter than the right ear. She said she was sure no one would be interested in her but she wanted to be sure she'd be placed in a good home and she was willing to "give" her to us for free.
Well, my daughter enjoyed holding her for a few minutes, but she had her mind set on meeting the brown colored bunny she had been admiring on the breeder's website. She fell in love with both bunnies, but she ultimately chose her "first love" which was the tort she was in love with from the website pictures.
On our way out, the breeder showed us a 4 month old tort male which was all alone in his cage. She said he had to have part of his ear amputated because of a severe ear infection and because of this, no one wanted him because everyone thought he was ugly.
She said she'd give us this bunny for free as well. This bunny was a male, however, and the 2 month old bunny my daughter just chose was a female, soooo this obviously meant we'd now need 2 cages rather than the 1 cage I had just purchased.I held this little guy and fell in love with him immediately. The woman said this bunny was always kicking while someone else tried to hold him, but this was the first time she'd seen him calm and snuggled up in anyone's arms other than her own. I told the woman I'd be willing to take him, but I'd need the cage he was in since I didn't have an extra one. She wouldn't let me borrow the cage he was in because she said the pull out tray was too rusty and she wouldn't want my floor to be ruined if stuff spilled out of it. That really stumped me and I thought it was a strange answer, but reluctantly, without a cage, I had to leave him there. :cry:
A week went by and I couldn't stop thinking about both of these other bunnies. To make an already long story shorter (sorry!), I went back to get BOTH of those bunnies. We have put both of the females (my daughter's tort and the blue otter) together in one cage. They were both born on the same day but are not bio sisters. The lady gave us a large plastic dog carrier for the tort male (4 months old) to live in temporarily until I could get him a proper cage.
Since reading about NIC cages here and elsewhere on the internet, I'm proud to say that I built both of the girl bunnies what I think is a very nice cage, and a spacious, yet modest cage for the male tort. I found a woman who owns a sign shop about 45 minutes away and purchased 2 pre-made pieces of Coroplast that she assembled for us to use as the bottom of each cage.
I do hope that everyone is happy in their new homes and think for the most part that they are. The female tort (named Precious) has been with us about a month, and the female blue otter (named Otter) and male tort (came with the name Vinny) have been with us about 3 weeks now.
The girls and their cage are in my daughter's bedroom and the male lives in his own cage in our living room. We do NOT let them out together whatsoever at all, as we do NOT want babies, so please be rest assured that I'm aware they need to be separated and they are!
Oh, Vinny was just neutered yesterday and is recovering incredibly well!
Here are a few pictures...(sorry about the red eyes)
First here is VINNY:
here is PRECIOUS:
here is OTTER:
