Rory, Skyler and Phoebe Mae

[XxMontanaxX]

Awww look at valentine Rory!
And baby Talluleyyy



And here.

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[SnowyShiloh]

Macey and Tallulah are so cuuuuuute! They are clearly fraternal twins separated at birth and born a year and a half apart! :biggrin2: Paul thought the Macey-Tallulah picture was really cute too and said "Whoa! :shock:"

 

[trailsend]

The Valentines pictures are SO adorable - I really enjoyed them Cuteness overload!

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

I thought I posted about Rory!!! onder:Anyhoo, Those Valentine day pics are GREAT! :inlove:He is just sooo precious!



OMG, Macey and Tallulah! WOW! :shock2:HOW CUTE!!!

 

[MsBinky]

:shock:

Frosted Pearl! :inlove:I really love your buns though, they are waaaaaaaaaay adorable! :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Guys, I'm worried about my Lulu! Something just isn't right with her tonight. For the first time EVER, she didn't bound excitedly to her cage door when I opened it and I had to actually reach in and pull her out. She didn't try to resist or anything, she just didn't seem to care. Her body feels kind of limp, too... I mean, she's sitting fine and hopping around fine, but her muscle tone doesn't seem to be what it usually is. Her eyes seem a bit dull too. Usually she flips out over food, and she's eating pellets right now, but is chewing slower and generally not as enthusiastic about it as usual. She's pooped normal poops several times in the last few minutes and also peed, so at least that seems to be okay. I wonder what's wrong??? I'll be keeping a close eye on her and taking her to the vet tomorrow morning if she's still acting weird... I'm so afraid that if I go to bed, I'll wake up tomorrow and she'll be dead :cry2 She's such a sensitive little girl and has had so many issues...

Please keep my Maemae in your thoughts!

 

[YukonDaisy]

Sorry to hear that, Shiloh. Hopefully she's just feeling gassy and will get better soon! We'll keep Lulu in our thoughts.

~Diana

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I hope she's ok.

I just love all the photos - Rory has turned into such a gorgeous bunny! I love him to peices...

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Thanks for the good thoughts, Diana and Pennie! Hopefully my baby will be okay. A lot of people wouldn't notice that anything is different with her (even Paul didn't notice), but I certainly do. She's back in her cage now after being out for a couple hours and she acted oddly the whole time. After she finished eating, she did her usual hopping around the kitchen and living room, but seemed kind of absent minded about it and would sit in the same place for wayyyy longer than usual. She also didn't follow me around or try to jump on things (favorite past time) and didn't even come over when I was cleaning her cage. Since going back in her cage, she's been eating hay and drinking water like usual. She also peed in the litter box outside her cage (hooray!) and left her usual poop trail as she hopped around the house.

I hope she's back to her normal self tomorrow! And I swear, between when I picked her up this afternoon and when I picked her up this evening, she seemed to weigh less! How could that be?

And Pennie, Rory is SUCH a love, you would squeal with delight if you met him in person... He loves me the most, but also likes other people, particularly if they come bearing food. This evening, Paul accidentally kicked him a little and Rory ran away. Paul apologized profusely and got down on the floor to make amends, but shocked his nose when he petted him (darned static electricity!), after which Rory ran away again. A few seconds later, Paul was on his belly on the floor, offering Rory treats and apologizing for scaring him and petting him lots! So funny to see the reluctant bunny owner all soppy over his bun. I'll type more about the buns tomorrow, after this little emergency has hopefully passed!

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Poor Rory!!!

Tell Paul if he keeps abusing him - I'm taking him from you!

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

:hug:Oh no, Lula sure has you on your toes. My prayers and thoughts are with you and Lula. Please let us know how things are going. ray:

Give Rory and Tallulahlots of pets and kisses from me. :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Thanks for the good thoughts, Jackie! Lula is acting better today, but still isn't 100%. She got all excited when I came with her food (unlike last night), but then didn't finish it all at once like usual and when I came by a few minutes later to take her out of the cage to play, she didn't bounce to the door again. She isn't as "floppy" as she was last night and her eyes look brighter, but she's still acting a bit lethargic. Good thing is that her nose isn't running at the moment and she doesn't have poopy butt anymore (hasn't for the past several days)! She also struggled when I tried to pick her up to move her away from Rory's cage (seriously, does she taunt him or something?) which is good because she was showing some will power. If I hadn't seen how she was last night, I wouldn't be super worried about how she's acting now, just a little curious about why she's not nearly as active as usual. Like I said before, she wasn't acting incredibly lethargic last night, but enough for me to definitely notice and be worried. I stayed up late watching her.

I called the vet to explain what's been going on and to see if they think I should bring her in or not, but apparently Wednesday they have a long staff meeting and I called right at the beginning! I'll have to wait until after 1:30 to call again.

 

[SOOOSKA]

Oh I hope Tallulah feels better real soon.

Isn't it just awful when the little ones aren't feeling 100%.

Here's a big hug for all of you.:hug:

Susan:apollo:

 

[XxMontanaxX]

Tallulahhhh, you need to get much better so mommy can take tons of pictures of your for me to see. And you'll have to get better for the trip to WV we are secretly going to make.

Shiloh, she'll be ok soon. It's hard, but try and relax. She'll be just fine. Keep us updated.

And happy birthday! :hug1

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

I'm glad to hear that she is doing better. I know how it is, I would be worried too. When they areso littleit is easy to feel overprotective when something about them in off. :hug:

Give her lots of pets and nose rubs from me and my crew.

:bestwishes:arty:Happy Birthday Shiloh! Are you doing something special today?

 

[mouse_chalk]

Hey Shiloh,

I'm so sorry to hear that Lulu isn't feeling good! She's had so many problems for such a small cute bunny... I really hope she feels better soon! I know how it is though, if any of my buns are just a little bit off I'll notice it, and worry and worry- I'll be scared to go to bed too!

I LOVE all the pictures of her and Rory- my partner Steve thinks that Tallulah is really cute too!

:inlove:

Best get-well wishes to Tallulah :hug2:

And....

:birthday

to you!! artyaccording to the post by Thumper'sMom and the calendar!)

Jen xx

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Thanks for your support, everyone! I'm so glad that Tallulah is acting better today. Not 100% yet, but hopefully tomorrow! What a strange little bug she is. She's so heartbreakingly sweet, I'd be beside myself if anything ever happened to her or Rory.

I think she's really wanting a bunny friend! She's been going over to Rory's cage and pressing her face to it, and just sitting there for minutes at a time. Even when he's trying to bite her through the bars! For some reason he seems to have trouble getting her, but every once in a while she pulls back a bit, shakes her head, then goes back. What on Earth! Silly girl. I don't want her to get hurt (especially when he's trying to bite her EYE and she isn't moving away) and pull her away a lot, but I've been letting her sit there longer. The good thing is that Rory's attacks seem to be getting less frequent and less angry. I haven't heard him growl for a couple days and he doesn't automatically fly down to the bottom floor of the cage when she's nearby. Sometimes he even sits on the bottom floor when she's right by his cage and doesn't do anything. I still have hope that they will be buddies someday! Doesn't it seem like Tallulah wants to be friends? Why else would she sit by the cage? She half sits/half lies, with her head close to the ground like she wants him to groom her.

Speaking of bunny friends, there is a chance of a new bun joining our family. Jesse (JAK Rabbitry) has a sweet little Dutch bunny and she's looking for a home for the bunny with someone on the forum. I have established that another bunny would fit in our apartment, and have been talking to Paul about it. He doesn't seem to be completely opposed to the idea and hasn't said "no" and has been joking about having a bunny highrise of cages in our living room. He thinks the bunny, Monroe (or "Monrobot" as we've been calling him) is very cute. It could be tricky getting the bun here, but Jesse has family traveling between Pennsylvania where she lives and California fairly often. Rosie has kindly offered to put Monroe up for a couple days if need be and take him to the airport. So, I don't know what will happen with that, but if it doesn't work out, I know I want a third bunny sometime in the next couple years! I know I said we'd wait until we moved, but hey. Why wait? I do however place my bunny limit at 3! Or maybe 4 if there's an emergency and a bunny really needs a home.

However, I've also been daydreaming about having a bunny rescue here in Fairbanks one day. The closest ones are a good 5-6 hour drive away. When we have a house of our own, I might be able to start my rabbit rescue and the foster bunnies can live in a spare bedroom while I look for homes for them.

I clipped Rory's toe nails for the first time today! All the other times, the vet has done it. It went SO WELL! I was pretty sure he'd be okay, and all I did was lie him on his back on my lap and, well, clip his nails. I wasn't even holding on to him, he just lay there happily. His nails are white, so it's easy to see where the quick is. I am so pleased with how well Rory has adjusted to living with us... He is a different bun. He isn't scared anymore. The fact that he lay on my lap like that while I was clipping his nails really shows it. No way could I have done that a while ago! He is a very joyful bunny, just so happy. No more sad bun! He's so trusting too. It's funny, when he's out running around playing and I want to pick him up, I have to "woo" him first. If I just try to pick him up as he goes by, he often wiggles out of my hands because he has things to do!! But if I spend just a few seconds petting him and telling him how good he is, I can pick him up very easily every single time. He'll lie down with me for over an hour at a time and is a very licky boy.

He has been getting into a little, shall we say, mischief lately though. First of all, he's taken a liking to getting into the litterbox in the corner of the living room and digging in it, sending litter and poop flying out behind him. Tallulah uses that box when she's out too so I think that's why he digs. At least it's easy to clean up! A few days I also heard a distinct TINKLING sound and looked over to find him PEEING DOWN THE HEAT VENT!!!! AGHHH! I told him "NO!" and immediately picked him up and unceremoniously put him back in his cage, turned my back to him and ignored him for a while. He is completely litter trained and I know he did it to mark his territory. Tallulah is very fond of sitting over there too, which is why he wanted to mark it. I immediately blocked the area off from the bunnies. At first, he was also leaving doots around her cage, but he's stopped doing that. The peeing down the vent thing was pretty horrifying, but his marking could have been worse. Then a couple days ago, I accidentally fell asleep while Rory was out playing. This is the first time that's happened, usually I'm pretty aware of what he's doing. When I woke up, I immediately started looking around for him... Then spotted him lying down on his side, eyes closed, under a little table. With a COMPLETELY CHEWED THROUGH ELECTRICAL CORD in front of him. Cue heart attack. Thankfully, he leapt up when I said (shrieked?) his name and the cord he chewed through belonged to a lamp that I had thankfully unplugged the night before... The one cord that isn't bunny proofed! He never showed an interest in it before, but I went around and made sure all our other cords are out of his reach and will not be falling asleep with either bun out now!

Wow, this was long! I'll post later tonight about what we did for my birthday, Paul's wanting to surprise me Thanks for the birthday wishes! I am 23 today.

 

[trailsend]

Glad your girl is feeling better today. That would bea great thing to do, when you get your new place... start up a rescue and foster buns until you can rehome them. Great idea!

Ohhh, maybe another bun huh? That's exciting. We've been to Alaska every summer the last few years, and hopefully this summer, but we are not positive yet. Next trip, I'll bring you a bun! lol and we'll bring him the entire 10,000 miles!

Glad Rory let you clip his nails without any trouble that is GREAT! Hope you had a wonderful B-Day! Gotta love surprises! :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Hooray, Lulu is acting normally again! arty: She's going crazy over her food again and running around and following me everywhere like usual, I have to be careful not to accidentally step on her or kick her. I'm so glad she seems to be feeling better, hopefully she will stay this way! I've noticed she hasn't had a runny nose in a while either and poopy butt remains at bay. Tonight I gave her 1/2 teaspoon oats to help her grow big and strong, she loved them. I'm so relieved she's acting normal again! I'm going to call the vet tomorrow and see if they still think she should come in.

I had a good birthday! Talked to both my parents, Paul found out he can take 5 days off work so we can drive down to Anchorage to see his parents in a couple weeks (perhaps I can meet Katie and the famous Wash!). I really like spending time there and his parents are very nice, so I'm quite pleased by this. Our friend Richard likes the bunnies a lot and has volunteered to look after the pets while we're gone.

Anyway, Paul picked me up after work and we went to our friends' house. They had streamers and stuff up and they made us pad thai- delicious! We sat around chatting and it was very nice. Then they lit the candles on my hamburger shaped birthday cake (complete with french fries and a container of ketchup, cute!) and I got some presents. Paul gave me a bright red KitchenAid stand mixer :shock: I was so suprised, I love cooking and baking and Paul and I talk weirdly frequently about one day having a KitchenAid (in fact, before I opened my presents we were talking about having a cookie baking night and I was daydreaming about how quickly we could whip up cookies with a KitchenAid mixer and how the ice cream machine, meat grinder and pasta maker attachments are so cool). They're so expensive though that I figured we'd just make due with a whisk and kneading things by hand until marriage rolls around. Can't wait to try it out, I have all these visions of freshly baked bread and really good cream cheese frosting and pizza dough. My mom gave me a bundt pan and the first thing I'm going to make with the mixer is a cake to go in the pan!

He also gave me a $50 bottle of pear brandy, with the whole pear inside. I adore all things pear and for some reason it's not a flavor you find all that often. I'm not much of a drinker, but this stuff really DOES taste like fresh pears and I imagine it will last me a long time since I'll be drinking it in approximately 1 tablespoon "doses". I got several books from my parents and some other things, too. All in all, it was a perfectly lovely birthday, I'm happy to have such a sweet boyfriend and the best present of all was Tallulah's return to seeming healthy! :woohoo

 

[Thumpers_Mom]

:bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance::bunnydance:As you can see...I'm doing the happy bunny dance for Tallulah! I am soooooo happy that she is back to her normal self. Have you finished changing her over to her new food? Hopefully she'll stop having poopy butt and stop giving you heart attacks.:dancingorig:How long now till she is able to get spayed?



A new bunny?? WOW! I mean, Monroe is one GREAT looking bun. You will definitely have to get more nic cubes huh? Then you could maybe bond the trio? How cool.

Your birthday sounded wonderful. I've always wanted a kitchenaid too but they are so very pricey not to mention, I don't have time to cook or bake much, maybe when I move.

It would be so cool if you could meet Katie and the famous Wash. He is just too adorable!

Ehem...we are awaiting more pics. :bunnydance: