Shawnna
Well-Known Member
Hello fellow bun family!
I have not been on in months. Sorry to just up and leave but I had some losses in my life and being here was just too hard for me.
Last october my lil bun D'jango suddenly had a seizure. Nothing new around him, no new foods, cleaning supplies, nothing! That morning he seemed a touch off but ate breakfast and was drinking, doing his normal laps around the house. I kept an eye on him. Later that afternoon when I went to see him(he loved his window seat for the sun), he was laying on his side on the floor, doing that horrid breathing when you know omg he is in trouble, blank stare. I picked him up wrapped a blanket around us and rubbed on him. Hubby tried to find a vet, the closest one was an hour away! By then it had been almost 20 min. Then he just died. Was just gone. I was and still am heartbroken! He was so sweet and loving. He was almost 8 years old. Really hard to write this.
My other bun Sunday was 12, and had him since he was 3 weeks old. A cat brought him inside a ladies home and she posted him for free on Craigslist. He had got to the point he could not stand up or walk well on his own, and I had to clean him. I did not want him to die like that and once again, looked for a vet to put him to sleep. Severely disappointed in vets in my area, none said they would do it. So I made him a bed in front of the fireplace, wrapped in his blankie, all toasty warm(early jan this yr) kissed him goodnight and told him it was ok to go if he needed to. Woke up later that night to make sure he was comfortable and he had died.
I cried for a long time, I am now.
So my husband had buried them both under the peach tree. Both of us were hit very hard by losing Sunday.
The house was so quiet, I was lonely without my bunnies. Just could not focus. Then someone told me that the pound had a bunch of bunnies that came from a hoarder. I looked at them online. There was a smaller lop, about a year old. Adopting a bunny cost $5! So made an appointment to go see him. The guy who worked there took us in a smelly room. He asked which one did I want to see. The lop. He tried to get him out of his cage(hate cages!!!) and he fought him a little and he almost got away from him, so I reached down and picked him up. Started stroking his face and ears, my husband calls me the bunny whisperer lol. He smelled bad, had knotted clumps of fur on the back of this head. I head onto him and never put him back down. I went with the intention of getting two, but they had not been socialized or held and one was going to be alot to work with. He had calmed down so much, they let me walk out to the car with him, they never do that! I held him all the way home 45 min. Stroked his face, talked to him. He just let me. He watched the cars go by. Did not seem afraid of anything. He never knew what life was like out of a cage. When we got home, took him inside, showed him his potty box. He wanted to nap. But he let me cut those knots off and did not move. There was no way I could of combed them out. Some were to tight they were pulling on his skin. That afternoon, hung out with me, followed me around, but looked for a place to hide and I would go get him and bring him back out. He peed on the living room floor one time. I think just because he could not remember where the potty box was. I picked him up and place him in it. Since then not once has he gone anywhere but his box! He did have a disturbing trait I chalked up to cage life. He would back up tp move away or turn around. That was Jan 31st. He no longer does that. He is slowly adjusting to life out of a cage, not being handled, the stool by the fire place is his spot(under it). He is not afraid of the vacuum, the door opening suddenly, he wants to follow me around when I vacuum to chin it lol. He has chinned the entire house. He knows his name now and that when someone comes out of the kitchen, he might get a treat! He does not chew on anything! No bad habits. He loves his potty box and I think appreciates not having to lay in his own filth, is why he is so clean!
So everyone this is Leo, because I thought he looked like a little mountain lion.
Tried to put photos in order of day 1 and one, but the rough looking ones are the oldest, you can kind of see knots, the first one of just his head and shoulders is just after I groomed him.
Any advice to get him more social and not want to hide?
I have not been on in months. Sorry to just up and leave but I had some losses in my life and being here was just too hard for me.
Last october my lil bun D'jango suddenly had a seizure. Nothing new around him, no new foods, cleaning supplies, nothing! That morning he seemed a touch off but ate breakfast and was drinking, doing his normal laps around the house. I kept an eye on him. Later that afternoon when I went to see him(he loved his window seat for the sun), he was laying on his side on the floor, doing that horrid breathing when you know omg he is in trouble, blank stare. I picked him up wrapped a blanket around us and rubbed on him. Hubby tried to find a vet, the closest one was an hour away! By then it had been almost 20 min. Then he just died. Was just gone. I was and still am heartbroken! He was so sweet and loving. He was almost 8 years old. Really hard to write this.
My other bun Sunday was 12, and had him since he was 3 weeks old. A cat brought him inside a ladies home and she posted him for free on Craigslist. He had got to the point he could not stand up or walk well on his own, and I had to clean him. I did not want him to die like that and once again, looked for a vet to put him to sleep. Severely disappointed in vets in my area, none said they would do it. So I made him a bed in front of the fireplace, wrapped in his blankie, all toasty warm(early jan this yr) kissed him goodnight and told him it was ok to go if he needed to. Woke up later that night to make sure he was comfortable and he had died.
I cried for a long time, I am now.
So my husband had buried them both under the peach tree. Both of us were hit very hard by losing Sunday.
The house was so quiet, I was lonely without my bunnies. Just could not focus. Then someone told me that the pound had a bunch of bunnies that came from a hoarder. I looked at them online. There was a smaller lop, about a year old. Adopting a bunny cost $5! So made an appointment to go see him. The guy who worked there took us in a smelly room. He asked which one did I want to see. The lop. He tried to get him out of his cage(hate cages!!!) and he fought him a little and he almost got away from him, so I reached down and picked him up. Started stroking his face and ears, my husband calls me the bunny whisperer lol. He smelled bad, had knotted clumps of fur on the back of this head. I head onto him and never put him back down. I went with the intention of getting two, but they had not been socialized or held and one was going to be alot to work with. He had calmed down so much, they let me walk out to the car with him, they never do that! I held him all the way home 45 min. Stroked his face, talked to him. He just let me. He watched the cars go by. Did not seem afraid of anything. He never knew what life was like out of a cage. When we got home, took him inside, showed him his potty box. He wanted to nap. But he let me cut those knots off and did not move. There was no way I could of combed them out. Some were to tight they were pulling on his skin. That afternoon, hung out with me, followed me around, but looked for a place to hide and I would go get him and bring him back out. He peed on the living room floor one time. I think just because he could not remember where the potty box was. I picked him up and place him in it. Since then not once has he gone anywhere but his box! He did have a disturbing trait I chalked up to cage life. He would back up tp move away or turn around. That was Jan 31st. He no longer does that. He is slowly adjusting to life out of a cage, not being handled, the stool by the fire place is his spot(under it). He is not afraid of the vacuum, the door opening suddenly, he wants to follow me around when I vacuum to chin it lol. He has chinned the entire house. He knows his name now and that when someone comes out of the kitchen, he might get a treat! He does not chew on anything! No bad habits. He loves his potty box and I think appreciates not having to lay in his own filth, is why he is so clean!
So everyone this is Leo, because I thought he looked like a little mountain lion.
Tried to put photos in order of day 1 and one, but the rough looking ones are the oldest, you can kind of see knots, the first one of just his head and shoulders is just after I groomed him.
Any advice to get him more social and not want to hide?
