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

[Elf Mommy]

:hugsquish:

Life does add up, doesn't it? It's impossible to avoid stress completely, which, I guess, makes medicine the option we have to go with.

and :highfive:

for taking your pill today!!!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Peg, I'm thinking of you. Take your pill on time like a good girl. Now, I have to worry about you, sheesh, haha. You know I will be checking up on you.h34r2

I hope you are doing well, behave and we have our eye on you.

 

[TinysMom]

Well - I spent most of yesterday trying to rest - and the lowest I could bring my blood pressure was 140/110 if I remember right.

It was sort of a scary day and I felt miserable most of the day.

I've already taken my pill today - and when I got up - my blood pressure was 132/76. For most folks - that would be high - but compared to my numbers yesterday - I'm very pleased.

I spent part of yesterday playing with Harriet - one of my favorite bucks. (By the time we knew he was a buck - he was answering to the name Harriet...). He was 3 years old this last June....

He's a single mane - older-style lionhead. There is no way I'd ever take him to a show now - he'd be laughed off the table.

But that's ok - he's my little lovebug.

Somehow - I don't think he'll ever get that "I disapprove" look down right though - what do you think...

Oh...he got the pictures (and video that I'll upload later) done before his nail clipping....didn't realize how bad he'd gotten...

 

[TinysMom]

I am going to post this here and I may post it later in the off topic area and get tips from folks.

We've made the decision to rehome Sasha. Its breaking my heart - but it is the right thing for the bunnies and I need to think of them. They are defenseless and she keeps finding new ways to get into trouble.

I'm going to get her up to date on her shots and probably get her neutered if she is old enough and then find a new home for her.

I'm not sure about Millie. Part of me says I should let the two dogs go together but I can't guarantee they would STAY together. Part of me says that I should keep her because I want to keep her so bad and she's not a danger to the rabbits.

Anyway....I may ask for tips later on how to rehome her. I'm NOT using Craigslist...I thought about calling the vet first and then talking to the feed store and maybe putting an ad in the paper. Eric is also going to talk to people up in his area (he works at a lumber yard) to see if anyone is interested in a dog. He's in a small town with lots of farmers and stuff and he sees many of his customers on a regular basis - so he already has an idea of the "kind" people he'd like to see her go with...

I feel like I'm betraying my trust with her - when I took her as a puppy - it was with the idea that it was a lifetime commitment.

I've tried crating her - she barks and barks and Art can't sleep. I've tried keeping her outside - she barks and the neighbors complain. I've tried locking her in the bathroom - and she doesn't bark at first - but she does try to destroy things. I've tried letting her be loose in the living room / kitchen area - she breaks into the rabbitry.

It just feels like there is only so much I can do - and that I have a greater responsibility to the girls who live in the rabbitry (as a community) because they are defenseless against her.

I better stop now - I'm in tears. I guess I just need to remind myself that I have a responsibility to not only her - but the others also.

But how do I make Millie understand that?

:shock:

 

[Elf Mommy]

When choosing to own pets that don't normally get along, I think we always run the risk of having to rehome one of them. We all know you love animals too much to want to give one up. I know you'll do what ever needs to be done to make sure Sasha goes to a good home!

Good job on getting your BP down a bit today!!!

Minda

 

[TinysMom]

I'm really pleased - my bp was 129/82 when I woke up this morning...and yes, I've taken my pill!

I have to share a story about Gracie....she's so funny.

She's been living in the bedroom for the last few days as her pen got some ants in it and I moved her so we could treat her area and then just have been too lazy to move her back.

Well - she knows now that she gets bananas every morning and carrots and lettuce in the afternoon / evening. She also recognizes that almost anytime that I sit on the bed during the daytime - most likely I'm going to give them a treat of some sort...

So the other day I went in to sit on the bed and she sits up and is staring at me. I am sitting sideways to her so I'm not really watching her - but I can "feel" her watching me....and of course, I hadn't planned on giving them treats right then - I was reading something or doing something.

Then I look over at her and her mouth is just a going....almost as if she's either chewing on something - or trying to talk to me. I say her name and she looks directly at me and then her mouth just starts going and I almost think I'm about to see her start drooling....

Yeah...I broke down and got them a treat.

So this morning I wake up and happen to look over - and she's sitting there staring at me - and yes...as she sees me looking at her - her mouth starts going.

She KNEW it was banana time once I got up and about....

(The bedroom bunnies get more treats than the office bunnies - how am I ever going to get her moved back to the office???)

 

[Elf Mommy]

I can just picture that in my mind!!! hehe Great description!

Awesome BP!!! Looks like the pills are working.

 

[JadeIcing]

Hehe she sounds like a trip.

 

[Elf Mommy]

poke! poke! how's the BP tonight? onder:

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Elf Mommy wrote:

poke! poke! how's the BP tonight? onder:

Yeah! How are you doing, Peg? Thinking of you. I hope it's down. Keep us posted.

 

[Raspberry82]

Awww! That story is just the cutest! It really is amazing how smart they can be, isn't it? Clever girl!

 

[Flashy]

I'm sorry you've not been feeling well Peg. Also remember that those symptoms you had could all be attributed to panic too, and not necessarily anything disasterous, but hopefully now than you are getting your BP down you will start to feel better.

You should make a wall chart, and also for every X amount of tablets you take (say if you take them for a week without missing one) you treat yourself to something special. Positive incentives can work really well

Have you tried a behaviouralist or anything with Sasha? I know you have probably looked at all your options, but its clearly breaking you up and I just wanted to suggest it incase it wasn't something you had considered.

You know where I am if you ever want a chat just an e-mail away, ok?

Tx

 

[TinysMom]

It was up again last night a bit - I forget exactly - will have to look it up. I want to say it was 129/90 or something like that.

This morning when I first took it (6:30 am) - it was 113/82. I was in total shock. I slept in and just took it a bit ago - it was 125/84. Still not too bad...but I just took my pill.

I was worried it would be high because I forgot my aspirin last night...so I'm pleased it was as low as it was.

Flashy - I haven't tried that with Sasha - I have no idea where to find one. To be honest with you - I have greater peace now about rehoming her. I watched her yesterday as she sat and STARED at the rabbits and I watched her actions.

I honestly don't believe I'm ever going to be able to break her of trying to go after them. I've tried and tried and tried - but since she's part German Shepherd (according to the vet) - I just don't think I'm going to be able to get it out of her. We think (jokingly) she half doxie too cause she's so darn stubborn. I swear she's also stupid.

Thanks for the suggestion though - I think though that since I've come to peace about rehoming her and know the steps I want to take to do so...I'm much happier.

I just think she'll be better off - the big question now is do we try to push for a home for Millie to go with her - or keep Millie. I really want to keep Millie and as I think I said earlier - even if I got someone to take them both - what would stop them from dropping Millie off by the side of the road somewhere...know what I mean?

Anyway - off to work today - I'm getting a very late start.

 

[TinysMom]

Well - time for a couple of short bunny stories....

First of all - for those who don't know - I have some girls who live in the office with me. They live as sort of a "community" (I'm trying to get them all litter box trained).

I thought I'd introduce them and tell a bit about them since the stories come from their personalities and what they like to do.

First comes....Audrey.

Audrey "rules" the room. She is most certainly the dominant female and everyone knows it - including me. These pictures were taken of her back in February- she's not as "cute" now as she's lost most of her mane...

Now - Audrey is NOT the oldest...."Girly Girl" is the oldest...but she has a mild temperament and likes to hide by herself or snuggle over next to Chaucer's cage and be with him - even if she can't be in his cage.

Here is Girly Girl...

The other four girls are:

Bandita (one of my absolute favs):

Lambykins:

Peanut:

and finally....Faith (who I really need to get a better picture of)..

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The three I want to tell stories on tonight though - are Audrey, Lambykins - and Faith.

First of all - Lambykins. I love to wear ankle length skirts. Lambykins loves fabric (I think) - because she loves to come over and get herself wrapped up in my skirt and then try to tug at it and pull it on the floor. She never bites me or scratches me - she just wants to tug at my skirts - and there are certain skirts she likes more than others.

A couple of times I've tried to pull the skirt up a bit becuase she was irritating me by pulling on the skirt - only to have her stand up on her hind legs (to my side) and start pulling on it again.

Lamby is happiest when she can have a towel to play with or my skirt I guess. She doesn't do this with pants...just my skirts. She also likes to play "under" them and if I'm in the office with a longer skirt - at some point in time - Lamby will be under my feet.

Lamby also likes to get up into Isenstar's cage with her and sometimes at supper time - I'll put a bit extra in Issy's cage if I think Lamby is going to sneak up there for supper or a midnight snack. Issy isn't usually thrilled about her visitor - but she is good natured about it.

Now on to Faith.....Faith is like a little puppy that wants to explore EVERYWHERE. She is part of my final litter - which was "Faith, Hope & Leo(na)". We thought we had two girls and a boy - hence the Faith and Hope - and we named the boy "Leo" from a character on Charmed. Ha ha. Turns out Hope is the boy...but he knows his name as Hope....so we have Faith, Hope & Leona. Leona lives with Zeus and Hope lives in Robin's room with Ziggy and Ooops.

Everytime the door opens - Faith tries to sneak out the door. Its almost like she's just waiting for a chance to get loose - and in fact - before we had the puppies - she used to sneak out of the room on a regular basis. Now I'm really paranoid...so I'm constantly trying to keep her from sneaking out.

Of course - that means I have to be careful lest I fall....

Finally - Miss Audrey. I'd call her Princess Audrey or Queen Audrey - but then it would be too tempting to CROWN her. Several times I've gotten so frustrated with her that I've caged her - only to let her loose again.

Audrey likes people and she likes to show them she's affectionate...but she likes to do so by NIPPING them. That's right - Audrey is a "Lil Nipper"....and here is the funny part.

If I have a long skirt on - Lamby comes and gets wrapped up in it and Audrey will leave me alone. However, if I have a shorter skirt or pants - Audrey thinks nothing of coming over and giving me a nip (or two or three) on the ankles. Yep - I guess another term for her would be "ankle biter".

She irritates me to no end...and yet...I love her so much.

Sometimes she will chase the other girls and I'll pick her up and calm her down....and sure enough - she'll enjoy the attention - till suddenly its like, "Oh Crud - the other girls are gonna see me getting some loving" and then she gets mad and kicks and fights. I hold her even closer till she's calmed down...and then put her down.

What is amazing to me though - is how different each girl is. Each live in my office - with the same free roaming rights. But they're all so different. What is even more amazing - is that Girly Girl is Faith's mama....and yet Girly Girl has NO desire to roam.

Isn't it wonderful that each of our babies has their own unique personality?

Gotta go now - I see Audrey eyeing my ankles...

 

[Jess_sully]

I just love it! Especially the bit about Lambykins tugging/playing with your long skirts. As for Audrey, well, isn't it funny how they manage to get into our hearts by the annoying little habits they have?
They certainly do all have separate personalities. I hope I have bunnies in MY office someday!
Flynn always tries to sneak out into the hallway as well.
ps-Hope is a terribly manly name, if you ask me He'll never know!

 

[Raspberry82]

I love all of your pictures and stories! Especially about the bunny who hides under your long skirts. Max loves this for whatever reason. Every time I'm wearing an ankle length skirt (which I do often in winter) he darts under it to play.. lol.. thinks it's just so fun . Your lionheads are always so adorable and silly looking they crack me up!

 

[TinysMom]

First - the bp numbers. When I went to bed last night - it was 125/89 and this morning it was 117/81. So I'm really pleased - and yes - I did just take my blood pressure meds today (I got up really late and I just now remembered it as I sat here to type).

I have some pictures to share this morning of my office girls....they're really blurry because they're from my cell phone...

We have a tv stand to the right of my desk and it has some empty shelves....which the girls like. When I walked in this morning - I couldn't find the girls right off - but three of them were here:

If you look closely - you can see Peanut on the far left and Lamby's ears in the middle (towards the back) and then Audrey. Bandita was sleeping on the floor.

Then - I don't know where Lamby went - if she went further in back or what...but a few minutes later I saw this...

You can't really see Peanut's face well - but she had this look of disgust - I think it was because Audrey was taking so much space.

Well - I guess my taking the pictures disturbed Bandita and she got up and stretched and that woke up Audrey...so I got this photo...

Anyway - those are some photos of my girls....

 

[TinysMom]

[align=center]Birth stories....

The good...the bad....and hopefully.... the FUNNY!

[/align][align=left]I was sharing in a rabbitry thread about some birth stories - and then decided to put them here so that I wouldn't hijack the thread (too much).

Here are a few of them that come to mind right off...be sure to put down any drinks as you get near the end of a paragraph....not that I can write as funny as GoinBacktoCali or Bassetluv....but still yet. For some of them - you might want to have a tissue handy.

First is Summer - partly because this was one of my earlier litters. This was her second litter with us - and I knew sorta what to expect by now. Of course, after staying up till about 5 am - she had her babies somewhere between 11 am and noon one day. We know the time because Art heard the babies sorta squeaking as they moved around (since she didn't have them in the nest). So we put the babies in the nest...great...she has four babies. I'm very pleased. The next day is our anniversary - and Art and I are heading out to lunch. I tell Art that first I need to check the babies - sure enough - all four are fat and happy. Mama (who is normally mild mannered) is a bit put out with me and sorta goes to nip at me...but hey...that means she's a good mama - right? Well...we come back home and I decided to check the nest again - and the nest now has FIVE babies in it - and Summer is like, "Sure...come on in and check it out and then leave me alone..". Sure enough - she'd had a fifth baby while we were out to lunch. I asked her if it was an anniversary present for me...

Mona Kea was also one of my first does....and she was an "interesting" doe. She was actually pretty tame - unless she had kits. From the day her kits were born - till they were coming out of the nest - her nickname was "BunZilla" as she would charge us - even if we were feeding her. Sometimes I'd wait and feed her last and she'd glare at me the whole time I was feeding everyone else - and then she'd charge me. Sometimes I'd feed her first - she'd still charge me. But once those babies were out of the nest and playing in her cage - she became a sweet bunny again.

I've told this story on here before - several times I'm sure. Pow Wow was one of my favorite does. A bit of backstory on her first....when I first brought her home from Lionhead Nationals in 2006...we were so tired when we got home - we just literally put bunnies in cages and wanted to get some sleep. She got put in the boy's area (but in her own cage). For about a week or maybe even two - I'd go to feed her and she'd flirt with me and was such a sweetie. But I kept thinking about how I didn't remember getting a buck her color. It got to the point where I pulled her out and checked her ear and sure enough - she was Pow Wow - the girl I'd bought (she had a tattoo).

Anyway - Pow Wow was bred before we got her...which is frequently done by breeders as a "courtesy" if you request it....especially around times of the big shows. I was so excited because she'd been bred with a super nice buck...but the kits were born a week early and of course did not survive. So we bred her a second time...once again the kits did not survive (I don't remember all the details - I'd have to look it up). So she had a third litter....and they were all born dead. Pow Wow was heartbroken - she kept staring at her nest and she'd back into the corner if I looked into her cage. Well - at the same time - Sundae had NINE babies....(I try to breed so I'll have foster moms available)....so I figured, "I'll give Pow Wow four babies and let Sundae keep five since she's able to handle that many...". I give Pow Wow four babies and she looks in her nest later and she's just THRILLED to see babies in there. I'm sure she knew that they weren't hers - but suddenly- she was happy and she took such good care of them. The next morning I get up and check her nest - and there aren't four babies in there- there are FIVE babies in there. I go and ask Art & Robin if they found a baby on the floor (which sometimes will happen) and put it in her nest. Nope - they have no idea what I'm talking about (usually they'd ask me first). So I go and count every other nest with babies in it. Everyone's in their right nest. I look at Pow Wow and grin. She had a baby and it LIVED!!! The baby did lose part of its foot from her overgrooming it...but it survived. As she raised that litter - she loved all of them - but almost always - that baby would be snuggled with mama - even when the others were playing. It makes me wonder sometimes what they know..

But that isn't the end of Pow Wow's story...she went on to have another litter of four - but one was a peanut. Pow Wow deliberately tried to nurse that peanut every couple of hours for a couple of days....until finally she realized it wasn't going to make it. I swore she lived in that nest for those first few days...and when the peanut passed - she still loved on the other ones - but she didn't nurse them every couple of hours any more.... That was Pow Wow's final litter (we discovered she carried maloclusion and I felt it would be unethical to breed her again)...but I loved her so much. After she became ill with wry neck ... she became known as "Princess Pow Wow". I was thinking about her the other day...I miss her so much.

But on to other stories. Butterscotch once built one of the most beautiful nests I ever saw....I mean - it was deep and it was really nicely made. I think she spent part of her time reading some sort of bunny building manual - I'd never seen a nest that nice. I was really looking forward to her babies - and her cage was right in the living room near my desk so I could keep an eye on her. Its a good thing it was there too....because when she had her babies that day (I think it was the afternoon or early evening - I forget - but I know I was at my desk)...she put her NOSE in the nest (well - her head too) - and then had the babies on the cage wires. Fortunately, I scooped them up after she had them and huddled them together till she was done - and then put them in her nest. She looked at me like, "I did real good mama - didn't I?" Yeah Butter...you did really good. By the way - Butter is blind now (poor baby) and she lives in our bedroom. She was in the rabbitry but I recently moved her back to the bedroom - the only downside is she thumps...a lot.

Miss Bea has a story too. Her first litter was born in a cage - in a nest that she made and then destroy and remade several times...over a three day period. Her second litter was also born in a cage (if I remember right - I may have litters two and three reversed)....but her third litter - was born in our closet. You see - she had free roaming privileges in our bedroom because she was litterbox trained. About a week before her due date - I moved her into a cage in our bedroom. Well -she wouldn't eat and she kept pitching a fit. At the time - Tiny and Ginger were also living in our bedroom. Finally - I let her out of her cage and decided to "risk" seeing what would happen. Sure enough - on her due date - she made a nest in the back of the closet (chasing Tiny out of his favorite spot) and had her babies there. As the babies grew and started coming out of the nest...their favorite playspot was....climbing on "Uncle Tiny". The big dork...he just laid there and let them climb all over him. I swear he was smiling the whole time they'd use him as a jungle gym. I'd go to put food down and they'd get between him and the food bowl and he'd just wait and let them eat and then go eat when they were done. Sometimes he gave me pathetic looks...but usually he was like, "Whatever...". I think that was Miss Bea's favorite litter - largely because she had free roaming privileges and could get away from the babies - and because she had Tiny to help. By the way - one day MB locked GingerSpice in MB's cage (which was still in the bedroom)....it was hilarious. Ginger wasn't upset - but Tiny sure was.

Ok - one more story (maybe more later). In October of 2005 - I had problems with our feed. I'd done a large number of breedings for the upcoming lionhead nationals...like 15 or 20 litters maybe? I forget exactly. But we were having stillbirths...mamas aborting babies...and mamas having the babies but no milk coming in. I also lost a buck and a mama at that time from the feed issues. But suddenly - I had 24 babies - and only one mama with milk. Since I'd spread out my breedings between a few days - I had another 3 or 4 mamas that were due in about 3 days. How was I going to keep the babies alive long enough to get fostered? Well - that is when Matilda took over. Matilda was this honking huge chestnut doe that I'd gotten for free. I decided to breed her with my blue buck in hope of opals (even though she didn't have the body type I wanted - I figured I'd try for the color). She had a litter of 8 (out of the 24). I wound up giving Matilda her 8 and letting her nurse them - then taking them away - and every 8 hours - I'd give her another set of 8 babies to nurse. I had no other choice at that point in time - no one else had milk. Well....believe it or not (I have got to find a picture of Matilda to share) - Matilda fed those 24 babies for 3 or 4 days .... till the other litters were born. I then cut her back down to 8 babies over a couple of days....and she raised her litter to adulthood just fine. I told Matilda at that time that she'd earned the right to live the rest of her life here (many breeders will have a litter and then sell the doe to another breeder - most of my does - once they're here - they're here for life).

I do have to share another story - a sad story - but in the end - a good story. When we were going to go to Lionhead Nationals in May 2007 - I arranged to sell Ohana - a single mane broken tort doe. I knew she would be a benefit to someone's breeding program - but I wanted to work mainly with double manes. She was going to go to a breeder in Tennessee. As many of you may remember - our van died and I was devastated. I wound up refunding the money to everyone who had purchased from us - and we went to New Mexico to pick up our rabbits two weeks later from a breeder friend (the same breeder I'll be breeding Kiwi for). Between the time of Nationals - and when we would've gone to pick up our rabbits - I want to say it was the Monday or Tuesday after Nationals - an email went through the lionhead list. The rabbitry had a fire and if I remember right - ALL of the rabbits were lost. Had Ohana been delivered to them....she would have been gone also. Since Ohana was the mother of Dusty, Drew, Bun Bun & myLoki's Lily....I'm so glad that our van did not work and we stayed home.

Oh...the tales I could tell....but alas...y'all would fall asleep reading them.

Here are some pictures though..

Mona Kea

Summer

Miss Bea

(I can't resist sharing this picture of Harry)

Sundae:

One of Pow Wow's babies:

Some other rabbits I mention (or don't mention)..[/align][align=left]
[/align][align=left]Bunnicula - a single mane lionhead I rehomed w/ a BEW breeder (blue eyed whites) for their program

[/align][align=left]Hubb - my mini lop buck that I regret rehoming.....I want another mini lop someday...

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[TinysMom]

I was trying to find a picture or two of Matilda for y'all - and came across these (NOT of Matilda) from Dec. 30, 2006....

The first two pictures are from Romance's litter...

And here is Billy Sunny - I'll have to get a new photo for y'all..

Someday maybe I'll even tell you about his conception.....it was um....interesting. Yeah..that's it. INTERESTING...

 

[undergunfire]

OMG....BILLY :inlove:.



Did you rehome him or do you still have him? I almost forgot about him. He was such a love bug.