The Arctic Hare Chronicles

[SnowyShiloh]

It's taken a while, but I've finally decided I'm ready to start a blog for just Rory and Skyler. As most of you know, my baby Tallulah died suddenly in May, and I don't feel like seeing her pictures every time I want to update my bunny blog. I do look at her pictures often anyway and she has her own blog in the Rainbow Bridge section. This is the link to Tallulah's blog:

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=36208&forum_id=27

And here's the link to Rory and Tallulah's old blog, I recommend you look at it if you want to see some really cute pictures opcorn2

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=29005&forum_id=6

So anyway, welcome to Rory and Skyler's blog! A little about the boys:

This is Rory (short for Rhiordan):

We celebrate his birthday on March 17th, he's about a year and a half old right now. He's a mini lop mix. We adopted him from the local animal shelter in October 2007 after I saw his picture on Petfinder and fell in love. We suspect he was a discarded Easter bunny. I adore him, at first he was very introverted and shy, but after a few months he settled in really well. Rory trusts me a lot and will lie on his back on my lap even while I cut his toenails. He likes to be held and kissed, and likes to race up and down the stairs and binky. His favorite toy is willow balls and for some reason he likes to chew on styrofoam! He's also good at getting himself into comical situations. I love my big boy.

This is Skyler Monroe:

Skyler Monroe was born on December 30, 2007 in Pennsylvania, to one of the other forum members, JAK Rabbitry. He was a really cute baby and when he was a couple months old, Jesse wanted to find him a home with someone on the forum. We decided to fly him here to Alaska, and I spent the next month and a half preparing for his arrival and arranging everything with the airline. He traveled over 5,000 miles total to get here! Sky did a great job on his journey and is such a joy. He doesn't just hop, he leaps. He likes playing with his toys, getting into things, and loves attention. He follows me everywhere and demands attention. It's funny because he doesn't like being held or carried, but he's very easy to pick up and is a huge cuddler anyway!

Both boys love to eat, play outside their cages, and go outside in the yard to eat the grass and run around. They have lots of toys and both like them also. Unfortunately, Rory is extremely jealous and hostile towards Skyler- Sky has a scar on his lip from where Rory bit him right after he got here! So we have to be careful to keep them apart. They also like to mark their territory a lot with poop and pee even though both have been neutered, so I have to clean up a lot :sweep Regardless, I love my boys so much and feel very lucky to have them in my life!

Thanks for reading my blog, I hope you enjoy the pictures and stories to come! :big kiss:

 

[mouse_chalk]

Wooooohooo! :bunnydance::bunnydance:

Shiloh, I'm soo glad you started a new blog! I know it must have been really hard for you though... :hug: I still miss Tallulah so much, and I never met her, so I can't imagine how hard it is for you... :hug:

The pics of Rory and Skyler are soooooo cute! I love them! Skyler just has such a cheeky look about him, like 'I'm going to create chaos the minute you turn your back!' lol. I love him!

More pictures pleeeeeeeeaaaaaaase!!!

Oh, and I'm sorry I didn't see your blog until now! Anyone else who hasn't is missing out big time!!

Jen xx

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

I know how hard it must be to start a new. I did the same thing, way later. Kudos to you! Hugs!

I love all the pics, they are superb!

This is my favorite! (The Roarster.)

 

[JadeIcing]

I love this one! I have a thing for the dutch breed. Started with the baby blue dutch I held and went on when I got my Apple.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Rory can be such a meanie! The other day I moved Skyler's cage back into the living room. He was in the kitchen for about two months, he had a slightly runny nose for a while and the vet suggested moving him away from Rory in case Rory was stressing him. He's been clean nosed for over a month now, so we want to try him out in the living room again! I originally had the cage on a low table about 6 inches away from Rory's, thinking it was far enough away from Rory's angry chomping teeth. Apparently not! Yesterday morning when I opened the top of Rory's cage to feed him, he immediately stood up on his tip toes, reached out of the top of his cage and OVER the even taller barrier I put around his cage to protect Sky when he's out playing, and grabbed Skyler's paw through the bars of Sky's cage! He tugged on it and poor Skyler had his face mashed to the side of his cage while Rory tried to yank his arm off The whole thing lasted about 5 seconds, if that, and I was able to detach Rory pretty easily. Now Rory's mad at me and ignoring me again, and sweet little Skyler seems oblivious to what happened. I checked his paw immediately and it wasn't bleeding or anything.

Why can't they just get along? I wonder why Rory's such a grumpy bun and if he'll ever accept Skyler's presence, or if he'll ever like another bunny. I think he would benefit from having a lady bun to cuddle, if he ever decides he likes one! Oh and Crystal, we call Rory "Leo Killdozer" when he sees Skyler and goes into a rage. I swear, his eyes turn red! The rest of the time he's my sweet, fluffy baby though :biggrin2:

Skyler did the cutest thing the other day! He was lying next to me on the couch being petted (he'll lie there forever if I rub his ears), and actually flopped out with his legs behind him and everything! It was so cute, I've never had a bunny do that when I've petted them. Cinny used to jump up if you tried to touch him when he flopped and Ror does the same.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

My Skybee is such a sweet boy! We had several people over tonight, and one of them has a rabbit that's living with her parents while she's in college. He lives a couple hundred miles away so she doesn't get to see him very often and she misses him a lot. She asked if she could hold hold one of them and I knew Rory would sit on her lap for about half a second, so Skyler it was. I took him out of the cage, and he sat on her lap for a good 20 minutes being petted by both of us! He had his head down and was completely relaxed- it was adorable and cheered up our friend. When I got up and moved away, he jumped off her lap. Then a few minutes later, I saw that a couple other people had accidentally cornered him in the kitchen (they were going to give him a strawberry, but I'm sure he felt trapped). When I went over to suggest they try sitting down and offering him the strawberry, he raced over to me. Aww, he loves me!

I have to stop typing now because he won't stop bugging me to pet him and has his face about 3 inches from mine :biggrin2:

 

[kellyjade]

Rory's such a cutie, I love that first pic with the strawberry! and Skyler is just stunning, he makes me want a dutchie.:inlove:

I'm glad you started a new blog, looking forward to more stories and pictures.

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

SnowyShiloh wrote:

Oh and Crystal, we call Rory "Leo Killdozer" when he sees Skyler and goes into a rage. I swear, his eyes turn red! The rest of the time he's my sweet, fluffy baby though :biggrin2:

Skyler did the cutest thing the other day! He was lying next to me on the couch being petted (he'll lie there forever if I rub his ears), and actually flopped out with his legs behind him and everything! It was so cute, I've never had a bunny do that when I've petted them. Cinny used to jump up if you tried to touch him when he flopped and Ror does the same.

Bunnies can be little meanies with tudes, Lord knows Snuff has one, haha!

Aw, love the nickname for Rory! LOL, Snuff has a major one, Paddy!:shock: Per Daddy.

Aw, little Skyler sounds too cute!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Awwww Skyler does love you! So cute! Did he get the strawberry in the end from you guests?

I think he could love me if he was given the chance.... Please give him a chance! :biggrin2:

Oh, and we really need more pictures of your beautiful boys!!

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Yep, he got the strawberry! They both enjoyed eating their strawberry. My camera broke so I'm having a hard time getting pictures. I've been using Paul's camera, but he takes it with him to work a lot. I need a new camera! Any ideas for a good, not TOO expensive camera?

Also, I'm sure Skyler would love you! He's quite outgoing and seems to like strangers fine. Rory is less social and hid from all the guests.

You should see how adorable Rory is... In the morning, he greets me by standing up on his back legs with his ears up in the air and his nose sticking out of his cage. He lets me pet him for a while, then I pick him up and hold him like a baby, kissing his nose and rubbing his belly. We do this pretty much every morning! He's such a sweetie :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Rory is a big meanie! He nearly gave me a heart attack a minute ago, my heart is still racing. I looked over at him in his cage, and he was lying on the upper shelf in his cage in a very strange position, head on the floor and eyes closed. I watched him for a couple seconds and it didn't look like he was breathing at all. I yelled his name twice. NO RESPONSE. The whole world came crashing down on me, it's amazing how much your mind can race in a second or two! I thought how in a second I'd be pulling my dead baby out of his cage, and how awful it would be for him to be gone. As if Tallulah dying wasn't enough. Then the little fart opened his eyes, looked at me and started licking his paws like nothing was wrong! He's now sitting there washing his back feet :grumpy: I'm extremely happy that he's fine, but what a mean trick to play on mommy!

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Rory is being very mischievous lately. Yesterday he did the pretending to die thing, plus he went digging in his litter box right after I cleaned up from when he did it before. The carpet was clean for about 2 minutes. Then he growled and attacked the dust pan when I was sweeping up doots on the floor. I'm not sure if he was mad at me and got the dust pan by mistake, or if he didn't like the dust pan. This morning, Paul got up before me and woke me up to say that Rory was digging in his litter box like crazy and made a huge mess. I told him to let Rory out of the cage and close the door so he couldn't dig... Apparently, Rory ran out of the cage and to the litter box in the corner of the room so he could dig there and spray litter everywhere :grumpy: In a few minutes we're headed to the hardware store to buy a grate to put over his litter boxes! It's a little tiresome when he makes messes, but I know Rory's not trying to be "bad"- I actually secretly think it's kind of cute, even though Paul is annoyed about it.

In other news, I was at the craft store this afternoon and bought stuff for their Halloween and autumn photos! I bought three little cloth pumpkins, a little turkey, a little scare crow, two bags of silk autumn leaves, some Halloween themed wooden cut outs to paint, and best of all, stuff to make Skyler a Halloween costume! He's too tiny to fit into even the smallest dog costume. I got stuff to make him a PIRATE costume :biggrin2: I'm going to make him a little hat and everything. I hope he doesn't mind wearing it! Rory's going to be a fire engine and wear the costume I bought him after Halloween last year. It fits him perfectly and is adorable!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Did you get the grates for the litterboxes? It should help, really. Bad Rory!

Aw, the costume sounds so cute! It's funny, I was actually talking to someone last night about pet costumes, as she got some for her dogs at Petsmart! She got a fireman and witch and police officer ones, haha. She said they are like $15 too! Cuz I was thinking of a construction worker for Snuff, haha!

I can't wait til the contest!

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Well, another little bun has joined the crew! I think most people know about her already, but here's Phoebe Mae:

Her birthday is July 25th, she's about 9 weeks old :biggrin2: I got her while I was in Seattle for my cousin's wedding and a half ago, she flew home to Alaska with me just like Tallulah did! Phoebe Mae is a Holland Lop-Mini Rex mix and a wonderful little girl, she's brought us so much joy already. I'm amazed how much she has taken my mind off Tallulah. The Mae part of her name is after Tallulah, who I called Mae Mae a lot.

She was nervous around us at first, but is now leaping up on the couch and sitting on our laps and "melting" for pets. She has SO MUCH energy, it's adorable when she gets the "Phoebe Jeebies" and binkies everywhere. I tell ya, it's like the girl is binky propelled. She chins everything (including us), and is rather bossy! It's adorable. Rory unsurprisingly seems to want to eat her, so we're keeping them apart, but Skyler is fascinated by her presence and seems to like her. I'm not going to try to bond them until she's been spayed in about 4 months, but before then I may let them out to play together sometimes if they seem to be okay. I'm going to wait on that for at least another month or so too.

Of course, here are some pictures of my little princess!

First night at my mom's house, she was so tiny:

Leaving her carrier after we arrived in Alaska (this is her temp cage until she's completely litter trained):

With Miss Puppy:

Chillin'

 

[SnowyShiloh]

I wasn't sure how many pictures I could submit at once, so here are more!

With the stripey pants, I took a lot of pictures of Tallulah like this:

Phoebe Mae poops everywhere! She's great about peeing in her litter box so far, but the doots fly when she's out of her cage... Like Tallulah, she enjoys sitting outside Rory's cage, but I have to have this NIC barrier up so he doesn't hurt her:

"GET OFF MY LAWN!"

A couple shots from tonight:

Washin' the feets:

Being lovey with Paul:

"I wanna sit on your lap!"

"Piggy back ride?"

And last of all, videos!

The first two are from her first day in Alaska:





Getting loves:





Tunnel of fun:



Binkies!



Phew, I think I'm all caught up on Phoebe Mae's arrival! I have more pictures of her and the boys, but they'll have to wait until tomorrow. I hope you enjoyed!

 

[drunkenbunnyhugger]

OMG. you better hide Phoebe! She is too adorable and I am on my way now to bunnynap her!!!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Eeeeeeek! Sooo cute!

:inlove::inlove::inlove:

I LOVE the little binkies she does! I was gonna ask is she a wire chewer lol, but I guess she is, or at least she will be! :shock:

I love little Phoebe Mae!! :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Jen, I haven't caught her chewing anything yet! She just chins everything. I know we have cords on the floor, but there's not really much we can do. We have them as bundled up as possible and there were WAY more before we got bunnies. You know, we did have one of those plastic floor things that most of them were contained under, but I don't know where it went! I'll have to ask Paul. When she's out of her cage, I sit on the floor and watch her to make sure she isn't getting into trouble.

Also, her baby coat has fallen out even more and she's definitely sorta rexy now! SO soft :biggrin2:

Rory and Skyler are big dorks, I love them. Last night, Rory went into the dark bedroom and my cockatiels saw him, got freaked out (OMG it's gonna eat us!), and started squawking and flapping around. This freaked out Rory, who started thumping (OMG they're gonna eat me!). For some reason he stayed on the spot, thumping away, and I had to go rescue them from each other! And Skyler is such a mama's boy, he follows me everywhere. I think I accidentally kicked him lightly about 10 times in 2 minutes yesterday as I walked around the room, but it doesn't phase him. It's like he leaps in front of my feet. He even follows me into the bathroom! He's a funny boy.

 

[mouse_chalk]

We found some of those cord-covers in a cheap shop here for £1 each. They're sort of spiraly, and they come with a clip that is hard to describe but makes it really easy to fit. We use it where we can't hide wires out of the way, although I don't know if you guys will have them over there!

So she's getting rexy fur now? Like, proper rexy fur? That's sooo unfair! I want a bunny with rex fur! I think on my trip to San Francisco I'll have to take a detour and do some bunny napping

And LOL at Rory and Skyler. I can just picture Rory sat there thumping at the birds, yet not moving! He was saying 'Mummeeeeeeeee!!! SAAAAAAAVE MEEEEEEE!' lol!!

And I wish, wish wish my bunnies would follow me around like Skyler does. He's so cute! All your bunnies seem to bond to you so well and be super affectionate!

 

[swanlake]

omg Phoebe is freaking ADORABLE. i think she is the cuteset bunny i have seen! gah, can't get over the cutenesss....