"Peg's Place" - the Adventures & Misadventures of all the buns here

[TinysMom]

I just have to share this picture of Popcorn - I took it last night w/ my cell phone so it isn't the best...

 

[TinysMom]

I'm on my way out the door in minutes - so I'll have to tell the story later of Miss Bea and Popcorn playing "Queen of the Humans" last night on the bed while I was trying to sleep.

But for now...here's a current picture of Miss Bea taken w/ my cell phone last night...

I really do love her - most of the time.

Ok - all the time - but I don't always love her behavior...

 

[Wabbitdad12]

TinysMom wrote:

I hope you liked the pictures - I just have to add that I was so disappointed when we took Zeus outside and I saw how DIRTY he was. But Art said something like, "Honey...he's a rabbit...not a kid. Don't try to dress him up...just let him play. There's more to life than pictures..."

You just need to make sure that Zeus puts on his play fur before he goes outside so he doesn't get his good fur dirty, thats all!

 

[TinysMom]

What a great idea...but he got his fur dirty in the garage...

I'll tell him to put his play fur on before he goes exploring in the garage....or else he's gonna start getting baths...

 

[TinysMom]

More photos...

Some of you may remember Meathead...when she was little - I posted pictures of her and someone said, "oh what a cute little meathead...". So I called her that as a joke - but the name stuck and it is what she answers to..

Then she got older...and looked like this:

Today I told her that I wanted to take some pictures of her...she was fine at first..

Then I told her about the costume contest and how I'd like to dress her up...

I explained about it again...

Harriet is her half brother (or full brother - I'd have to look it up)- they share the same daddy..

Can you see the likeness?

I finally wound up with a contest entry though...from an unexpected place...

I think the girls have been watching too much PBS on my computer at night - they want to put an act together and go on the Lawrence Welk show (I didn't have the heart to tell them its no longer being made)...

Their response to the photo shoot?

Hope y'all enjoy!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

They are all adorable, as usual! Where did you get that coffee mug?! I want one of those, cute!

I love the pic of Meathead with the red foilage, beautiful!

Zeus in the tree? Priceless!

 

[TinysMom]

AngelnSnuffy wrote:

They are all adorable, as usual! Where did you get that coffee mug?! I want one of those, cute!

I can't remember where I got the coffee mug....and I can't seem to find it anymore.

For some good news - Popcorn MAY be moving into the garage...she's in there w/ the harem and Zeus right now and I saw him grooming her. That is a better option for her than my bedroom since Art is sick and tired of her pooping on the bed.

And for the bad news...I suspect I'm going to lose Wedge today or tomorrow. I've seen him getting worse and not been wanting to admit it to myself. Right now he's sleeping a lot and he's not showing any interest in food or affection nor is he very alert.

He does not appear to be in pain...he's simply slipping away from me.

I was handling it pretty good till I sat down to type this out - now - not so great.

Anyway - that is an update for now. I am sorta halfway praying Wedge pulls out of it - while acknowledging to myself that he really seems like he's ready to pass and wanting to cross the bridge. I've done what I can - he has to be the one to make the decision....

 

[SOOOSKA]

Great pictures Peg, I just wnt through your whole blog again.

You have so much cuteness in your house, I don't know how you can get anything done. LOL

I LOVE the pictures of Zeus in the tree, they are priceless.

Susan

PS

Peg, how's your novel coming that you were writing? I'm looking forward to the day when i can buy it and have it autographed by a famous Author.

 

[TinysMom]

Wedge is making a major turn-around. For anyone who was praying for him or sending good thoughts due to my last post - thanks.

In the last two hours - he's had 30 cc of pumpkin/baby food mixture (more pumpkin than baby food). All total today he's had probably 45 ccs....and I am going to give him some more in a bit.

However - he won't touch solid food (he refused his banana this morning which was part of how I knew he was really not doing well).

He also is sitting up a bit on his own - mainly to fuss at me.

 

[LuvaBun]

C'mon Wedge, you can do it. We are all pulling for you here.

Peg, I am hoping this little guy can come through this :hug:

Jan

 

[TinysMom]

LuvaBun wrote:

C'mon Wedge, you can do it. We are all pulling for you here.

Peg, I am hoping this little guy can come through this :hug:

Jan

When I gave him his banana a few minutes ago - he dug into it and started chattering to me about how "late" his breakfast was (its about 2 hours earlier than usual as I have a doctor's appointment early this am).

I think he's gonna pull through...

Also - Popcorn is back in the bedroom - more on that later..

 

[RexyRex]

ray: Come on Wedge!! Pull through for mama.

 

[TinysMom]

I just took a nap and woke up and Minnie-kins was on her side - breathing sorta deeply. I got so scared - I watched her and watched her...trying to decide what to do.

Finally - I went over to her pen and reached down to pet her.

You see it coming I'm sure - she woke up with a start - sat up and started breathing REALLY fast 'cause I'd woken her up from a sound sleep.

I haven't had much time for her lately - I hope to make time for her tonight or tomorrow...

Wedge is eating and he's doing much better. He snuggled in Robin's arms for a nap today (at least I'm not the only lazy bum).

On a different note - I went to the doctor today for my appointment. I needed him to recertify that I should use my CPap machine for my sleep apnea. I have mixed feelings about it and haven't used the machine in a couple of weeks - because we think that it was why I kept having ear infections.....I am going to give it a more thorough cleaning and contact the company I'm renting it from. Since I'm a dependent of a retiree (vs. active duty) - we have to rent it for another 9 months and then it will be "mine".

Anyway - it is reauthorized.

But he heard something that I've never had before - a heart murmur.

So I get to go in for an ultrasound of my heart (I was told it is an "electrocardiogram")...so I have the information to call and schedule that. Since I have high blood pressure - I guess this could be important to know about.

I don't know why I'm stressed about this - but I am.

And on top of everything else....I wanted to cry when I found this out...well...first the backstory...

I HATE HATE HATE HATE doctors - the only thing I hate worse is dentists.

I don't like going to the hospital - and I will usually stay home and be sick rather than see a doctor. About the only times I go is when I am worried about a broken bone, have walking pneumonia (about 3 times), or am in so much pain that I'm desperate for help.

I really don't do well with military doctors - have been yelled at by more than one for not being "compliant" on my meds. Yeah - I know I need to do better - and I am in fact TRYING to do better.

I finally had a doctor I liked - and trusted. He didn't yell at me - and I wasn't afraid to go in to see him.

But for my last appointment - I was told I'd been assigned to this new doctor. I thought that it meant (as usual) that my old doctor had moved on. After all - that's the military way of life and our "wonderful" health care system (can you tell I'm not fond of government health care??).

I'm sitting in the office of the person who is doing the paperwork to reauthorizxe my CPap machine and also my ultrasound...and I mention my old doctor and how much I miss him.

Turns out....HE'S STILL HERE. He was the ONLY doctor for several months and now that they have the second doctor - they just "reassigned" the patients...to have an equal share.

I went out to the car and cried.

I may try calling someone (I have no idea who) to see if I can cut through the red tape and get reassigned to my old doctor. I finally had someone I trusted...someone that listened to me (and that I would listen to).

Art had asked me at one point what drugs he'd gven me to be willing to make an appointment - on a regular basis if need be....vs. waiting till I was in so much pain that I couldn't walk or whatever..

Well - I guess that is about it. Story of my day - so far.

I'm off to go feed Wedge (again) - he's had about 1/2 of a "stage 1" jar (or more) of baby food/pumpkin mixture and he will probably finish it off tonight plus have some more. He has also had two banana pieces - ate all of one and part of the second.

He also threw his food syringe at me when I told him he had to take a nap in his box while I took a nap.

I'm hoping he'll be in a better mood now.

I'm in shock - I really and truly believed yesterday morning that I was going to lose him - Art through it too. I'll share later on what happened and why we think it happened...but off to feed him.

 

[Jess_sully]

Oh I'm sorry It seems things have not been going well for you lately.
Good luck on the test-- I hate doctors and surgery and tests too, but they're the story of my life.
And I'll keep Wedge in my prayers for you.

 

[TinysMom]

Prayers please for Barry - our mini-rex mix bun that we sorta rescued from the feed store 'cause he had eye problems.

He now appears to have some sort of an ear infection - I can hear stuff down in his ears when he shakes his head (which I first noticed him doing when I fed him tonight) and I can sorta almost see the pus down in there (or something that looks like pus).

He's now being held in Robin's arms after getting Pen G, Bonine (his eyes were starting to act like a wry neck rabbit) and a bit of Tramadol to sedate him. I gave him a slightly higher than normal dose of the Pen G (a loading dose for his first shot) and a slightly higher Tramadol dose because he's frantic with the shaking of his ears.

I'm kicking myself because if I had been in the office more today - I might have caught it like 5 hours earlier....

I don't think he's going to die from this - don't take me wrong. But I can't exactly move him into my bedroom (where I'd feel more secure about him). So he will have to stay in his cage overnight - or maybe go into Robin's room in a cage...I'm not sure.

He's not rolling - he is sitting upright. He is also fairly young and strong - I think if I can keep him partly sedated (really - relaxed is a better word) so he's not so stressed - and give the Pen G time to work - then I think he'll pull out of this in a few days.

It just bothers me though because Sting (who isn't that close to him at all) - wound up having ear mites and starting an ear infection ...I treated him last night. Both boys are in upper cages and I'm not sure how they would have caught the mites as no one else around them seems to have them....and I don't see any mites in Barry's ear (although I'm about to go give him a bit of ivermectin to be safe).

I don't know why I'm just so upset about this....but I am. Not frantic upset - just really really discouraged type of upset.

 

[TinysMom]

First the update on Wedge....he's in a NIC pen tonight and he was drinking water on his own earlier. He seems much happier and less depressed being in a pen than being in his basket/box. He was in the basket because he was rolling - now that he's eating and drinking and not rolling - he gets more space. So far...so good.

Barry though - was rolling during the night. He moved into a 1 X 1 NIC panel pen so that he wouldn't hurt himself. He didn't roll a lot - but some.

I got some stuff out of his ear earlier and he seems to be shaking his head less. He's not eating much and that bothers me - he did eat some baby food/pumpkin mixture this a.m. and he's had about 2 1/2 " of banana which was hard to get into him - till I got him mad and he'd start attacking the banana.

I'm going to try to wet down his pellets a bit tonight and get them into him. Right now he's really only on day 2 of being sick....so he's got some good strength, etc. still.

 

[TinysMom]

If you want to see some cute lionheads in costumes....

http://www.freewebs.com/northeastlionhead/halloweencontest.htm

No - I didn't enter- was too busy with other things.

As a side note - Barry is at least trying to eat his pellets tonight and Wedge is about to get some more banana baby food / pumpkin mixture (but he was also pawing through his pellets to decide what he wanted to eat).

 

[Jess_sully]

Oh my goodness! Those lionheads look so cute in their costumes!

 

[TinysMom]

Well - today's blog is about one of my absolute favorites...

[align=center]Miss Bea

[align=left]Sometimes I don't know whether to cuddle her - or lock her up in a cage. Today is definitely one of those days.

She has been chasing the other three girls in the bedroom and attacking them today. The first time it happened - I was on the phone w/ my mom. I locked her up in our shower (which has a door on it).

I let her out a couple of hours later and took a nap. I was woken up by the sound of the girls running all around as she chased them again.

She went back to the shower.

I let her out of the shower and brought her up on the bed. For about 10 or 15 minutes -she slept upside down in my arms - tranced. She was sooooo relaxed and I swear she was smiling.

She woke up when the dogs barked in the living room and she was very upset. Normally when I have her up on the bed for meds or something - even just to examine her - she flicks me off and jumps back on the floor.

Not tonight. Tonight she begged for grooming/petting....for over 30 minutes. My hands were killing me by the time I insisted that I stop. I would pet her for like 5 minutes and then pull my hand aside...she'd nudge my hand and stick her head under it for more pettings.

Finally - thinking, 'She's going to be good' (ha ha ha)....I leave her alone. She gets down - goes and sits by Barry's pen....and then decides to start running after the girls and biting at them.

The thing is - when I looked at her privates - she wasn't bright red.

So....I have Robin come in and make her a 1 X 1 NIC pen. Mind you - before folks criticize -this is mainly for overnight and for a "time out" cage. I don't want it to be a "fun" place...I want her to understand that she needs to behave better. By the way - sometimes she likes going into a cage and being there for a few days...I've had her open an empty cage before - move in for a few days while she watches everyone else - then unlock her cage and move back out when she was ready to rejoin the world.

Yeah...she's smart.

So Robin makes the NIC pen - and we put her in it. It has a top and I head to the kitchen to get a clip for it - and by the time I've returned - she's knocked the top back and is about to jump out of the cage. (She's now locked in).

Honestly - I love this doe so very much. But tonight...I feel like this..

:banghead

I'm going to give her some ivermectin just in case she is starting to get ear mites. She's been like this twice before - once was when she got ear mites -and once was when Tiny passed away.

I hate seeing her like this...
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[TinysMom]

TinysMom wrote:

Anyway - I went to bed last night around midnight and when I came into the office this morning at 10 am - I found Faith in Dallas' NIC pen. I was furious- and in tears too. As y'all probably know - she's a lionhead - he's a Californian. This is NOT good at all.

I wrote that on Sept. 28th - it is now Nov. 2nd (almost)....no babies and Faith does not look pregnant at all.

I think we dodged a bullet - WOO HOO!

Now I get to go give Miss Bea some lettuce and carrots (and her meds) and get the butt 'cause she's locked up.

Joy oh joy.

On top of that- the girls in the office are acting a bit odd tonight. I may have to cage Girly Girl...

I really wonder if there is something in the weather that is bothering the girls....