Pokey& Me from Honolulu

[Valmonster]

Hi!! I'm Pokey's mama, she's a massive black and white thing that I took in by answering a Craigslist ad. I've never taken care of bunnies before, I'm a dog person mostly, but I can't have dogs or cats in my apartment so I got what I thought would be the next best thing! I had no idea what I was getting myself into, I joined this forum because I have tons of questions.

Pokey's is kind of a sad story, her mom before me had to give her up ASAP because she was moving off-island and didn't want to traumatize the poor thing by taking it with on an airplane. I can't imagine bunnies do well on planes. She needed to re-home her so quickly that she drove to my house, and was giving away the bunny, her cage, water bottle, nail clippers, extra food and shavings, all of it, for free... she said she had more than a few people that wanted to take her for a free meal :shock: her parting words to me were "just pleeeeease don't eat my bunny!!"

So I don't know how old she is, breed or anything, but she's huge, kind of a scaredy-cat, but also fussy and likes to "attack" if she's in a bad mood. I understand she was the companion of a 4-year-old with her previous owner and I can't help but think she's got some kind of rabbitty post-traumatic stress disorder.... as for me, I'm a college student and a little bit antisocial, so Pokey's the only one I come home to at night, I like to take good care of my baby!!!

 

[SOOOSKA]

Hi welcome to RO. You came to the right website, you'll get alot of very good info on here.

Pokey sounds like with a bit of TLC and lots of loving she will be a great bunny.

We love to see pictures on RO. I use Photobucket then just copy & paste the IMG code to your blog.

Susan

 

[Wabbitdad12]

I would like to welcome you to Rabbits Online, my name is Dave and I am a moderator on the forum. So if I can be of any help please let me know. This is a terrific website for rabbits and their slaves, not only is it very active but also friendly. I am so glad you’re here and I know you will enjoy it.

Many bunnies’ recommend their slaves to this site so we may learn of others methods to keeping our furry masters happy.

If you everhave a sick bunny, please post in The Infirmary and include your rabbit's age, breed and health history as well diet and output details leading up to the problem.

Here are somelinks I thought you might find interesting:

*For reference the Library section

*To brag or tell everyone about the antics of your bunny or just to talk about your day here is where to start a Bunny Blog, you can also look back at it later and remember when you had a life before your bunny.

*Now all the bunny’s like talk to each other when we mere slaves aren’t around in the Bunny Chat is the spot to be.

*The House Rabbit Society has a lot of good information on what veggies are safe for bunny’s, etc.

*Here is a link to learn what your furry master is trying to say to you How to Understand Your Bunny's Language

*Rabbits Online also has regional forums , this a good way to find a vet in your area that has experience with rabbits and to find out from other nearby of good sources of rabbit supplies.

The Let Your Hare Down section is for anything non-bunny related.

Here is a link tothat will help you and your bunny to connect, How to Bond with Your Bunny.

Now every forum has rules and ours can be found with this link Rabbits Online Forum Rules. This gives guidelines on what is acceptable, what is not and how we hope everyone will treat each other.

Everyone on this forum loves to see pictures of each other’s bunnies. So if you would like to post a picture this link will help you do that, Upload Photo's to Photo Gallery. Then in the post, you click on the "G" in the tool bar to insert your photo. Many people also use Photobucket. You just copy the img file and paste it into the post.

Don’t hesitate to ask questions and I am glad you have joined rabbits online; I look forward to seeing you around.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

:wave: Hello and welcome to the forum.

 

[juliew19673]

Hi and Welcome to RO! so glad you got Pokey (and I'm sure she feels the same way).

Best bit of advice I can give you is one that I got on this site when dealing with a "cranky" bun who might have post traumatic disorder from living with a toddler, is to just "sit" with Pokey; do not touch. Just sit, you'll know when Pokey is feeling comfortable enough with you to "interact" with you (I did, when I had took in a snarly aggressive little thing).

Good for you! Post back with updates.

 

[Tuckerbunnies]

Hello & Welcome :wave: