Alright, I am kind of mad.. I actually have a headache because it's how mad I am. It's my birthday, and all I wanted to right now was post some cute pictures of my bun buns for everyone to enjoy, and to of course write a blog entry.. Tucker even wanted to chat, but photobucket has been wicked stupid these past couple of days and if I add a picture in on here it ends up being HUGE and I can't even type after it, it's wicked strange, I have done it many times before so I don't know WHY it's being like this I am just getting so angry at this!!
Anyways, today is my birthday. (Yay. I am now 25 years old! Ugh!! haha) And I took the day off work, all I really wanted to do was like.. do nothing. I get into those modes, where I kind of just want to hang out and do basically nothing..actually I get like that a lot. I did wake up still pretty early, though. I didn't want to sleep in because I knew I had to work tomorrow so I couldn't stay up late tonight. So I checked on my buns, I took care of all the animals, and just hung out. Tonight we're going to dinner at the Melting Pot.. it's like a fondue thing. I am pretty excited about this actually.
While I showered I let the new guy Gus out in the room, and I took Tucker into the bathroom with me so he could roam around. He basically just hid behind the toilet the whole time. Once I was done showering and I was dressed and everything I brought him into my bedroom. I thought he'd be freaked out and everything because he hadn't ever been on my bed before, and I had my 4 kitties laying on the bed, but he did SO well. Infact I think he liked them, haha.. here is a picture of him with my oldest cat, who is wicked grumpy.
And a picture of me & him.. I obviously was forcing him. He didn't want to stay still at all. (I apologize for the huge picture here, this is what was annoying me)
I meant to tell you guys, too, that Tucker is basically a basketball player. HA. When we first got Tucker I bought him a giant cage, and I had a pen for him, I set up the pen so that he could hop in and out of his cage as he pleases, but then he somehow kept escaping, and I couldn't figure it out. So, I took down his pen, and let him have the whole room. He is a spoiled bun.. but I wasn't using the room for anything else and there isn't anything else in there anyways, so it worked out. The only issue was he wasn't doing anymore binkies because there was all hardwood floor and no rug or anything. The two towels that were in his pen kept bunching up with the pen not being there to hold them down, so... I decided to get him a rug. & Oh my, he was one happy bunny. He actually did some crazy binkies that I wish I caught on camera, I called them "Matrix binkies." Gosh, he's so adorable. I just can't get enough of him.
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& of course finally, let me officially introduce GusGus to you all.
GusGus came to me in a tiny little dog kennel, and I kept him in there for a couple of days, but this past weekend I set up the big dog kennel I have (x-large) and he's really enjoying it. I'm so glad I got him and now he can be spoiled, and I can already see him becoming more and more happy... he was in a little bit of a depression when I first got him, I mean could anyone blame him?
Sunday it was SO nice out, so I took them outside, (separately) I had one of Tuck's old pens out there and figured I could use it, I took Tucker out first and sat in his pen with him.. He was SO nervous! It was his first time going outside, so I'll have to slowly try and get him used to it. First he hopped around a little, then he decided that I was the best, and kind of hung all over me. Here are some pictures of that.
And then Gus... he LOVED it. He hopped around like he owned the place, and when I sat with him he actually cuddled up against my leg a little bit, but I think he just did that because he wanted a little shade.
This is like our first offical summer at our new home, we bought it back in July of last year, and I am ecstatic that my whole yard is filled with Dandelions... and they both LOVE them so far. lol.
I am slowly introducing Gus to my pellets and also slowly introducing greens.. so far I have tried Parsley, and that is one of his absolute favorites. I have also given him a few leaves of Kale, and he likes that, too.. he pretty much hasn't said no to anything. He also loves craisins.
Tucker on the other hand, is being a picky butthead. He never was, but for some reason he has gotten more and more picky. He decided he doesn't like Parsley anymore, he'll just let it rot there. He LOVES Kale and it's like all he wants, and I know it's high in calcium (Thanks to Katie for this) I know I need to watch out giving it too regularly, so I am trying to switch it up. I tried escarole, and he didn't eat it first, but he did eat it up last night.. I also tried arugala and he did pretty good with that, we'll see.. it's a work in progress. He also used to LOVE basil, but now he seems to be forcing it down. And he's okay with craisins.
How do you guys decide what you're going to feed veggie wise? I give carrots randomly, but always cut one carrot up and split it between them and my dogs, so there isn't a big portion at all for them when it's left over.
My biggest thing is.. FRIDAY was the best day ever. Once I got the call that Luigi was captured, (as I just wrote on April 24th I had lost hope and then he gets caught two days later -- i mean really??) I knew that nothing bad could happen to my bun buns. And it didn't. They got neutered, and they did REALLY well. The thing that aggravated me is the vet only put hay in Tucker's cage and none in Gus's cage.. I noticed Tuck eating hay a little all night, but didn't see Gus eating anything, he was just sleepy... they didn't get out of surgery until later, and I'm positive they didn't give them food before hand, so I was afraid he went too long without food. I figured he was still real sleepy if he literally had just gotten out of surgery when I got there to pick him up, so I was trying not to freak... but I was very concerned. It all turned out well.. he ate overnight and he is doing amazing now. Tucker didn't have me worried at all..
Though, Tucker is being a big butt lately. He's still so cute & loving to me, but he's definitely throwing a temper tantrum. He's not happy he has to be locked up.. which is why I gotta figure out a good x-pen for him. I'd love it if they could both roam atleast half the room.. but ugh, I have to figure it out. I'll probably order the cubes that I was talking about before. Tucker is actually pooping out of his litter box now. Before Gus when Tuck had his whole room he'd have little kick outs, I guess I can't figure out if these are kick outs or if he's just pooping because he's mad, but theres a lot more poops out of his litter box.. and no pee. Though he basically splashes his bowl and gets water everywhere, too.. so his towel is always wet. But I always find pee in his litter box.
On the whole "bonding" note... the boys actually do pretty well sniffing through cages and everything.. I don't see anything aggressive at all. I think when the time comes they'll do really well with one another.
