Hi Montana and Jen! Tallulah and I are both feeling better now, thanks for your concern! Her bloated tummy was better by the next morning and while my chest hurt all night, it started getting better the next day. We spent that night with Tallulah lying on my chest being petted. I think it helped both of us feel a bit better! I'm inclined to think the chest pain was muscle related, because it hurt most when I did something like twist around. Funny that it's always that area that hurts though. The night before, Rory had been launching himself from my chest to the stairs, so maybe that's why it hurt- his feet have some power behind them!
I think Tallulah's nose is clearing up now! Hooray! It hadn't been running much in the past couple weeks (until we got to the vet office, that is), but I get the feeling things are getting better with her. It's nice too because she really likes her medicine, I just put the syringe in front of her mouth and she happily laps it up. I haven't had any new mite bites in a couple days, too! She's been using her litter box well, EXCEPT I caught her lifting her tail to pee right by Rory's cage. Same spot she peed a week ago. I picked her up and got her to the litter box, can't help but think she's begun to mark though! That night, she pooped a whopping 78 times on the living room floor when she was out playing (how did it all fit in her?) and they were all either around his cage, or around the litter box that they both use on the other side of the room. She hasn't peed on Paul or I in about a month and of those 78 poops, only 1 was on the couch, where she spent a fair amount of her time. This makes me think she has more control over her body now, and chooses where she goes (and happily doesn't want to go on the couch or us!). Also, she seems bigger! I'm happy to say that the vet did NOT think she was underweight or too small for her age- she didn't think she was big for her age, but not too small. And she's growing! She still seems little, but more like how an 8 year old child is little compared to an adult, not like how a 4 year old is little. Way to go, Little Bun!
Also, Rory's birthday was yesterday! 1 whole entire year old. I wish time would slow down because next he's going to be 2, then 3 then middle aged at 4 then before I know it, he'll be 8 years old and an old bunny. I want him to be around for a long time! In the year before Cinnabun died, I was always very aware of his age and afraid of the day he would go. Rory is only barely 1 though, so thankfully I have lots of time with him (I hope!). I was relieved when the vet said he was only about 6 months old, I wanted a younger bunny not because I wanted a cute little baby (Rory looked full grown to me and that was fine with me), but because I wanted as much time with him as possible.
Anyway, Happy Birthday to my boy! We had a fun day and it was kind of like everyone was celebrating since it was Saint Patrick's Day. We didn't get him a full size cake because Paul's birthday was a week ago, mine a week before that and Valentine's Day a little before then, so we're a little full of cake. Instead, we got him one of those marshmallow Snowball snack cakes with pink coconut! It was very cute and something smaller that Paul and I could enjoy. During his party, Rory did get a couple little nibbles of the marshmallow coconut part, but not very much- not exactly bunny food! He really liked it though and I don't think once a year is going to hurt him. His "cake" though was a couple carrot slices, a couple small pieces of cantaoupe, a grape, 3 Craisins and 4 of his little round crunchy store bought treats. He liked it a lot and got drips all over the couch from carrying the cantaloupe around!
Here are the pictures of his party. We had fun! I hope next year, he, Tallulah and Maddox Monroe are buddies and all 3 can party together! And I made his little hat myself, he didn't seem to mind!
Full bunny after the food was gone!
Jen asked about how Maddox is getting here. We decided to just bite the bullet and have him sent straight here instead of having a break in California with Rosie. The consensus seemed to be that it would be less stressful for him to just come straight here. The trip will be a long one, but several forum members have sent their bunnies the same way he will be coming (Continental's QuickPak program, they personally escort the pets in special vehicles to and from the plane, put them in a special room at the airport during layovers and they're in a little climate controlled and quiet room on the plane away from the luggage) and think it would be less stressful for him to just do the whole trip at once. I'm going to buy him the biggest carrier the airline will allow, a litter box, a pet bed and toys, and he'll have food, water and hay. Jesse thinks he'll do well and that the fact he'll be about 16 weeks old is good because he'll be young (but not too young) and accustomed to new things happening.
As for meeting him at the airport, I think Paul and I are going to drive down to Anchorage to get him and spend a couple days with his family. The best weekend for his parents is that of April 20th since his dad will have the time off. Maddox will be arriving at 11 pm on Sunday night and we'll be driving home on Wednesday a couple days later. Paul's mom offered last night to pick him up at the airport and bring him up to Fairbanks the next day and then they'll stay here for a few days like they do every April, but I don't think we want to do that. While I really appreciate the offer, it seems like too many things could go wrong- if his flight is delayed, they might have to hang around at the airport for a couple of hours and I don't want them to have to do that. And heaven forbid, for some reason they just leave without him because he didn't arrive on time! His Mom is worried about Paul missing 2 days of work by going to Anchorage, but Paul is working a lot (lots of over time) and making a really good amount of money for a 22 year old. He wants a little vacation in Anchorage and. So I think we should just go down there.
