Rory, Skyler and Phoebe Mae

[SnowyShiloh]

Please wish Rhiordan well on his neuter tomorrow! Poor little baby. I will update tomorrow evening and I have a big list of questions for the vet (we have a new bunny appointment before). I'm going to put Piggles in his carrier with him as they seem to be buds. Paul said that this morning Ror was sitting on Piggles and licking his ear and he did more piggy grooming tonight. Too cute!

Here are some pictures of Rory from tonight! I bought him a second litter box and had it in the kitchen with him, he hopped right in and peed in it like a good boy! Not a single stray doot and he was out for a good two hours while I sat on the floor and read a book. I started petting him at one point and he melted into the floor! What a cutie, you can see how relaxed he looks (his eyes were partly closed until the camera came out). And as you can see, he enjoys mustard greens too.

As for his Busy Bunny stuff, he did not pee on the mat but has already chewed a big hole in it and has chewed on his hay basket some. He likes his rattle and big ball but doesn't seem to care for the ring. It's very cute to watch him play with his toys!









Oh yeah, do you like my new avatar? I had fun making it :biggrin2:

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

He is just tooo cute! Give him lots of smooches from me! :big kiss:

Good luck on his neuter tomorrow. I am sure he will be fine. Please keep us updated.

 

[~Bracon~]

Love the new avatar:biggrin2:. Im amazed how differentcinnabun looked from being a baby to growing up. Were you surprized with the colour difference?

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Well, Mr. Bean's neuter had to be rescheduled for Friday November 2nd. We overslept :nope:. His appointment was for 8 am, meant to get up at 6:30, but I think the alarm didn't get set and we woke up at 9! Paul usually sets the alarm but he's not been feeling well lately. Oops! We could have had his neuter done today and had the appointment later in spite of running late, but I'd rather keep the stress down to one day for the bunner. So, Rory gets to enjoy another week with his ballies! What a lucky little bun.

Bracon, I think the color was off just a bit in the first picture or something. His color did change a bit as he matured, but he was always brown. Here are some other baby pics of him so you can see:



When we got him, we bought one of those My First Bunny kits and it had the cedar. We didn't know it was bad yet, but we only used that one small bag of cedar and then bought him a bigger cage about 3 weeks later so he didn't have much exposure to it. These pictures are more than 12 years old! You can see that he had a salt lick, mineral block and big wooden chew, these are the things the bunny books said to provide for him at the time.










And here's another of him as an adult, he was a bit browner than that. I just think the picture is cute :biggrin2: Probably the closest to his real color is the angel bunny picture in my avatar. I didn't have a digital camera when he was alive so all these were scanned.

 

[Bunnicula]

Aww...Rhiordan is a doll! I love his ears and his name. It took us forever to name Captain Snow. He just had his neuter less than 2 weeks ago. I'm sure he'll log on and send Rory some advice (hehe).

Your blog is great. I especially love the pictures. I don't do too great of a job at keeping up with our bunny blog. I get too caught up in reading everyone else's.

Well, give Rory snuggles for me and tell him to enjoy his "parts" while he can.

-Mary Ellen

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Bunnicula, thanks for the compliments! Rory is a sweetie. I love your blog, Gingivere cracks me up and all four buns are just great.

We adore Rory! He's still settling in and is a little love. He's been using his litter box in his cage for pee and it gets most of the doots, and outside of the cage he hasn't had a pee accident since his second day home! Tonight and last night he did leave a couple doots outside the litter box when he was playing in the kitchen, I think that might be because he's been spending so much time in there, he's starting to think of it as his space and feels free to poop in it like he does his cage. Any ideas for curbing this? It's not a big deal and was only 1 doot yesterday and 3 today, it's just that I don't want him to start pooping everywhere in the kitchen, particularly since he loves sitting on the bottom shelf of our "food bookcase". He's going to be neutered on Friday so maybe that will help!

Rory fits into our lives so well. He's quite a cheerful guy, makes Paul and I smile and laugh, and is just wonderful. I'm so glad we got him and thank Paul for agreeing to get him every day! Bunnies are the best. I originally planned on adopting an already bonded pair from a bunny rescue, but I think our arrangement is great. Rory is a bit shy, so I'm glad we will have several months at least to bond with him one on one before bringing another bunny into the picture. Then when the girl bunny arrives, I will have a while to get to know her before bonding her with Rory. I've already decided to call her Tabitha Maesie, aka Tabbie Mae. Right now I'm leaning towards getting a Holland Lop because I've always loved lops, and forum bunnies Butterfinger, Gingivere and Macey are just fantastic. I want to get a bunny from a rescue, but I'd really like to have a baby bunny too. Problem is, it's hard to sex babies and I want Rory to find his friend acceptable! I am in contact with a small rabbitry in Wasilla that seems very nice and caring and has a Holland Lop solid fawn buck and broken frosted pearl doe. I might get a bunny from her, because I'd like a friendly baby from very healthy stock, but I don't know if my conscience would allow it!

Tonight I wasn't feeling well (am better now after sleeping 4 hours but can't fall asleep for the night now!) and left BF Paul in charge of the bun with feeding instructions. Rory spent that entire time in the kitchen bouncing around, we made a bunny gate out of NIC panels to keep him in (we plan to expand his range to the carpeted living room after he's neutered and when my tomato plants are done ripening so I can throw the plants away, which will be about a week) and he's quite happy. When I woke up, I could hear Paul talking to Rory so I came down. Paul said that he could not pick Rory up (he kept running away) and he wouldn't eat his salad! So what do I do? Pick Rory up without a problem and offer him the mustard green Paul had been holding. Of course, he chowed down without any urging. He's still a bit uncomfortable with me (evidenced only by the worried look on his face, he rarely struggles or feels tense), but I think he definitely prefers his mama!

In other news, I bought Rory this bee Halloween costume off eBay, hopefully it arrives tomorrow and it won't stress him out too much when I try to put it on! If he doesn't like it, we'll just try it again next year:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260174386727&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016

Here are some cute pictures from the last few days:

Rory enjoying his willow branch hay rack, aka Royal Throne:





Taking good care of Piggles, he pulled the straw mat (which is completely destroyed now, yay fun toy!) over him like a blankie. Don't mind the box o' doots!



A couple nights ago, Ror really liked this spot on the kitchen floor and kept coming back to it. All these pics were in a period of about 2 hours.









"I has a house wif detached garage!" Paul took this one tonight, he said Rhiordan flipped the box over, hopped in and chewed both boxes. We don't drink much soda (Paul's parents bring it when they come to visit) and I was keeping the boxes for the bun. I think it's a good adjustment sign that he went in the box because he's been chewing on it from the outside for two weeks!



Thanks for reading! :hug:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Rory's costume arrive! It's cute, but the quality is rather lacking considering how much it cost. The seams on one of the wings is torn. I kind of tried to put it on Rory and got one arm in, but he wasn't thrilled and I think it would be best to wait until next year when he's more relaxed. While it wasn't a traumatizing experience, I think it could have been if I tried more to put it on him! So, Rory will be a happy bunny for Halloween: the cutest thing of all :biggrin2:

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Rory is adorable! I hope you plan to take tons of pics of Rory in costume. I would love to see them.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Gotta tell you - I am falling in love with little Mr. Rory!

He's so adorable! You can see how happy he is to have a loving home also! It's like "Sigh..... finally!"

 

[tundrakatiebean]

Where's the costume pictures? lol

I'm still all filled with glee that you found a good bunny :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

I will post pictures tomorrow of Rory being a hungry bunny for Halloween! He's so funny. He has a vet appointment bright and early at 8 am tomorrow and then will be neutered, so please keep my little sweetie in your thoughts! I plan to spend the time while he's at the vet hand sewing him a little cushion to rest his hurting little self on afterwards.

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

Rory is in my thoughts...I am sure he'll do great! :hug: Let us know how it goes and make sure to give him lots of pets and nose rubs from me!

 

[Bunnys_rule63]

Oh my - Rory is goorrrggeeoouusss!!:inlove:And I love the story of how you got him - he was obviously well worth the wait!

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Hi! Well, Rory had his neuter done on Friday, November 2nd. He did well during surgery and is recovering nicely. He is on Metacam (last dose tonight) for the pain and has been eating, pooping, playing and drinking like normal since right after. He even did "binklets" in his cage. Before the surgery, we had a new bunny exam and this is what I found out:

-Rory is 6-8 months old. I chose March 17th for his birthday! Can't wait to make him a great big shamrock cake for his first birthday!
-he weighs exactly 4 pounds
-he's nearly full grown and has about a pound more to go
-the vet agrees that he's a mini lop or Holland lop mix
-the vet says he has really hairy feet, which I thought was funny

One of my friends works at the vet office and she tended to him after his surgery. She said he was super thirsty and hungry. When I got to pick him up, I swear the poor guy was glaring at me! After we got home, he immediately peed on the nice new bed I bought him (I think he had been holding it in) but hasn't done it again since I washed it and gave it back to him. He loves to lie on it and dig at it. Very funny!

I think I've said before that I believe he was an outdoor bunny in the past, and probably was in a pen on the ground (hence the black feet). I was wondering to Paul if it was mean of me to bring him indoors when he loves digging in the dirt so much, and Paul pointed out that if he were outside now, he'd have nothing but iced over frozen ground to dig at. Good point! I'm looking forward to taking him out in our yard in the spring so he can dig in the grass.

When I was at Petco buying Rory his new bed, I found the CUTEST fire engine costume in size extra small for 50% off. I just had to buy it (I am pursuing a Bachelor of Emergency Management/Fire Science degree). This costume looks much less traumatic for him to wear, so I'll get some pics once he's healed up. I guess our future Miss Tabbie Mae will be the bumblebee, hopefully next year!

And, on to the pictures! To start things off, the salad pics are from Halloween. He gets a big salad like that every night and on that night, had red leaf lettuce, collard greens, fresh dill (I have one of those Aerogardens), sliced celery, broccoli stems, canned pumpkin (which he wouldn't eat) and a bit of apple. He sure likes to eat!







Rhiordan really likes to sit in things. I call this one "Life is just a bowl of bunny". He flung that glass out of the bowl so he could get in! The stack of bowls was slowly rotating under his weight...



Rory post-surgery! Looking pretty good, huh?





I likes to dig!



Random pictures of cuteness:







This picture didn't turn out so well (and I didn't realize how icky the bars look, time to wash them down!), but it was so funny. It was taken the day after Rory's surgery. He was lying there with his eyes closed, looking adorable, so I took a picture... the flash accidentally went off, but it didn't wake him. I was mildly concerned (Cinnabun NEVER slept like this, he'd just barely close his eyes), and got closer. His little lips were quivering and his legs and paws were sleep running! I would have got another picture, but I was worried he might be ill or something so opened his cage (still didn't wake up), then called his name and touched him. Thankfully, he jumped up. Now I know for next time that he's just dreaming! So cute. I wonder what bunnies dream of...



These two are my favorite photos of him ever, taken tonight... Doesn't he look so relaxed on his soft bed with Piggles as a pillow? He's been with us now for 3 weeks and a couple days and I can tell he feels a lot more comfortable now. Hopefully he's realized that he's here to stay!





Thank you all for indulging me as I chatter on about my boy and I hope you enjoyed!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I just adore Rory! He's just got so much personality in his face!

Those last two pics are great! I particularly love how he's "holding" his bowl!

Yes, I believe he's realized he is a loved bunny now. I'm so happy you have him. It's one of those times when I look at the bunny and think how awesome it is that their person found them! they were meant to be together!

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

Ohhh...I just LOVE seeing pics of Rorybean! :inlove:He is sooo adorable! I think all of the pics are great. I am happy to hear that he is recovering nicely and definitely think he knows he is there to stay and how lucky he is.

Give him lots of kisses and nose rubs from me...et:

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

Snowy...guess what??

I went to the shelter last night, couldn't wait till Sat. and none of OUR buns were there!!! :grumpy:

I am sooo disheartened. I was looking forward to bonding Thumps and Nabisco. :tears2:

 

[PikachusMom]

Rhiordan is beautiful. What fabulous pictures. To Thumpers_Mom, was this at the CACC? I posted some buns from there. Snowy, I wish it was possible but you're too far away!

 

[Phinnsmommy]

Rory is so adorable.

His name seems to fit him perfectly.

MORE PICS :biggrin2:

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

:waiting:S'cuse me...ummm, where are my Rory pics?!?!:disgust: I need a Rory fixplease!:bunnydance: