I have a couple more pictures to share tonight! We went to Petco tonight and got the buns some new toys and stuff. I took a picture just because:
Both bunnies got wooden blocks and balls with a bell strung on a chain to go on one of the bars in their cages, Rory got the set of interlocking rings with the bell (I'm not going to hang it in his cage because he loves throwing things!), Tallulah got the pink ball with the mouse in it and the apple wood was 50% off so I got two boxes! The bed is really nice, I've been looking for the perfect bed and found it at Sam's Club last night for $10. It's actually a cat bed but should be the perfect size for both bunnies to snuggle in together once they're bonded! It's great because you can either collapse it into a bed like in the picture, or you can pop it open and it becomes a tunnel of sorts with a fleecy cushion inside so they can have a bit of privacy! I haven't let Tallulah use it yet because we don't know yet what's causing her runny nose (which is looking pretty good this evening) and I don't want the bed to get infected with cooties that could make Rory sick.
I also finally found a 40 pound bag of stove pellets for $5 to use in their litter boxes (that much Yesterday's News or Feline Pine is $30) and I placed an order for 35 pounds of timothy hay and bluegrass from Kleenmama. A big part of why I want this hay is everything I've heard lately about mycotoxins in hay and pellets making bunnies sick. The hay looks awesome and hopefully there's less chance of it being infested with mycotoxins since the owner gets all her hays from the same farmer. She said there was no rain around the time the hays were baled and they've been stored in a dry barn. I only wish she sold timothy pellets for bunnies too! To make it even better, even though shipping is $42 (bringing the total to $60), I'll STILL be saving about $45 by not buying little bags of hay locally.
I e-mailed one of the vet techs at the vet office my buns go to to ask her if I could just bring Tallulah by when we pick up her medicine and have the vet look at the scales on her back really quickly, since we were just in there yesterday and she was examined. Hopefully it will be okay! I feel guilty about not noticing the scales earlier, I swear I'm a good bunny mama. She only has them in one small area and her fur is so thick and fluffy that I just didn't notice them until last night. At least her skin doesn't look irritated! I suspect it's probably from how dry it is here, in the past couple days I've broken out in a jillion itchy weird red bumps all over from the dryness. My skin isn't even that sensitive either so it makes sense that a baby bunny's skin would be affected too!
Anyway, the vet tech is very nice and has babysat my ratties in the past. She is quite the animal lover and in the course of a year has rescued I believe 4 guinea pigs! When we were at Petco tonight there was a guinea pig up for free adoption, the poor dear was born blind and without her lower front teeth. Because of that, her upper front teeth are terribly long since. In spite of that, she's very sweet and seems to be eating fine and is nice and active. I'm hoping maybe Bianca can adopt her! The fact that she works at a vet office is great too because she could get tooth trimmings for much less money. I would be interested in adopting the piggy if we had more space, I've been doing lots of GP research lately. The piggy is a long haired albino, very pretty. I'll keep this blog updated on whether or not Bianca can adopt her!
Other than that, things have been pretty quiet here. Tallulah learned to run up and down the stairs today and has been having a blast! I seem to have athletic bunners because Rory was the exact same way.
Paul's parents had to put their 13 year old dog down today, the poor girl has been sick for a while and they just decided Bonnie had had enough. She was a very sweet doggie, loved kids, chasing moose, getting loves and pets, and eating. She was a husky/golden retriever mix and very cute and pretty. Paul's parents got her at a garage sale when she was 3 years old, the owners were abusive and offered her to his parents when they saw how much she loved Paul, who was 8 at the time. Please say a prayer for Bonbon if you believe in such things, she will be missed a lot.
On a happier note, here are some pictures of Tallulah and Paul! We call her our bunatiel:
Getting a tummy massage, which she really enjoys. I gave her a little massage because when I touched her tummy, right below her ribs there was a huge bump, it felt like an alien was going to burst out of her stomach! I know it was just her muscles moving her intestines along, but my goodness.
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