The Bunhalla Bunnies 2010

[Happi Bun]

Ick, colds are no fun. Feel better soon. I love your Leo's! Very beautiful. Those edited Kit pics are great. The one that was drawn is excellent.

 

[Dragonrain]

Thanks. I had a fever all day and barely slept last night because I couldn't stop coughing. Chris is so sweet though, he took the day off of work to stay home with me. He waited till Rite Aid opened and was the first one in there to buy me medicine, and got us pizza for dinner so I wouldn't have to worry about cooking.

It's so gross and hot out today. I finally thought I was feeling well enough to go out this afternoon. I was getting kind of bored being cooped up in the house all day, so I decided to take Kit for a little walk. But it was so hot and humid and gross out, it made me feel sick again so I ended up turning around pretty quickly. I hope it rains soon.

More pictures!

Here's Courage the betta, hanging out in a measuring cup because I was working on cleaning his tank last night.

A few pics of Kit laying under a blanket. He covered himself up. He loves blankets, it's so cute. He almost always sleeps under them.

Random pictures of the bunnies hanging out...

Don't mind the messy room! I gave them some newspaper to shred and Berry had the best time with it, it was so cute. Ziggy has been driving me crazy lately though. He keeps pooping all over the floor in the bunny room and he peed in one spot on the rug too. Theen this morning he climbed my NIC shelf and threw a bunch of my clothes and papers on the floor. I have a dresser in their room too, and he somehow figured out how to open some of the doors on it. Ziggy is too smart for his own good sometimes. I need to buy or make the bunnies some new toys sometime soon. I think they're getting a bit bored with what they have.

 

[kirbyultra]

That's so nice of Chris to stay home with you. Good man

Yay pictures! Your betta is pretty. What kind of tank do you have for your betta? I am thinking about getting another betta but have no idea how to go about it correctly.

 

[Dragonrain]

Yeah Chris is so sweet. He's always so nice to me. I felt bad because I was feeling so horrible and cranky yesterday that I yelled at him for no reason pretty much. But like a half an hour later I apologized and he said he understood. He ordered me more books on Amazon last night too. I think I should get him a random gift to sunrise him with sometime soon just for being so sweet to me lately.

Isn't Courage pretty? I love the blue/black combination on his back fin. He's got an attitude too - every time I walk by his tank he flares out at me and stuff. He's so funny.

Courage is in a 5 gal tank right now. Nothing too special, just a regular glass tank with a mesh top. He has a filter and a water heater, but I haven't even been having to turn the heater on lately since it's been so gross and hot. I don't remember the brands or anything. I actually got the set up probably over 5 years ago now!

I love betta fish. I've had at least one at all times for like 5 years now. At one point, in college, I had like 6 of them at a time - because the college used them in a class and the professor was going to kill them after.
:X

But I'm not sure if I'm going to get any more after Courage dies. Part of me really wants too, but then on the other hand, I don't really like having fish tanks in this apartment. I think I should wait until we move someday to set up any more. That one time I was cleaning one of my fish tanks, and I spilled probably about a half a gallon of water (or less) on the floor by accident, and the water went through the floor and I guess was dripping through the ceiling of the apartment below us, even though I wiped up the spilled water right away :shock: I'm extra careful now not to spill any, but I can't help thinking what a disaster it would be if one of my tanks ever leaked or broke or anything. I'm not sure if our apartment is made right, lol, because the landlords built it themselves. It seems weird to me that such a small amount of water was able to leak through the floor and cause so much damage, but whatever. If for some reason I loose any of my fish or aquatic frogs while we're living here, I'm going to try to convince myself to wait to get any more.

If anyone has any ideas of bunny toys I could make for a VERY smart bunny, or toys I could buy, feel free to share them. I already do stuff like hiding treats in paper bags or toilet paper rolls, box forts, rabbit kongs, paper to shred, the common toys that people make. I'm having a hard time finding things now that will keep Ziggy busy. He seems bored with his toys lately.

 

[Dragonrain]

Ugh I'm totally out of it today.

Last night I had a plastic bag on the floor in the bunny room, because I was going to clean litter boxes. But I didn't end up cleaning them last night, I did it this morning instead.

But I just went in to see what the bunnies where up too, Ziggy and Berry where both out for their play time, and for some weird reason the first thing I noticed was that the plastic bag was gone off the floor. And I forgot that it was gone because I had used it earlier. My first thought was "OMG Ziggy and Berry ATE a whole plastic bag!!". Like I was seriously worried, started running plans through my head about taking them to the vet and how expensive it was going to be and all that.

I'm freaking out mad at myself for not picking the bag up before letting them out of the cage, because them eating it was the only explanation as to why it was gone, and they're looking at me like I'm crazy. Then I was like "Whhhhhy would they eat a whole giant plastic bag, this seems strange"...and then it dawned on me lol.

I'm so glad they didn't really eat it!!

I think I'm going to try to take a nap, I oveously need some more sleep or something haha.

 

[kirbyultra]

You need to rest LOL maybe the heat is getting to you!!!

 

[Dragonrain]

Haha yeah...I think I was just a bit out of sorts from this stupid cold. I'm slowly starting to feel better, at least I don't have a fever anymore.

I'm so happy that it's cooled down now. We where able to sleep with the windows open last night instead of with the AC on and I was actually cold this morning when I got up. There's a nice cool breeze outside and it's probably about 20* cooler than it has been lately. Chris says it's suppose to stay this way until Saturday. I wish it would stay longer!

I can't believe it's already the last day of June. This year is going by so crazy fast! I have to take Kit to the vet in a few days to get his heartworm test/meds, then hopefully unless someone gets sick, I'll be done dealing with vets at least for a couple months.

Barnaby is out for his playtime now. I wish all my bunnies where as clean as Barnaby is, then I wouldn't have to clean the bunny room all the time.

 

[kirbyultra]

Glad you're feeling better. Oh man, I second you on the weather. It is such a relief to be able to breathe again. I think the low humidity helps tons along with the 20 degree drop in temp. I have my windows open comfortably for the first time in days! It feels great. I think the buns are relieved too. Recirculated air gets old after a few days

Thanks for the betta info, btw. I started to google betta care and set up all morning. I was getting pretty psyched about it too. I was totally thinking about the fishbowl I have saved away in a closet, which is about a gallon and I guess it's enough for one betta. My apartment now is much more temperate throughout the year than my old childhood apartment so I wouldn't ever have to worry about the bowl getting too hot or cold. I was really getting into it. But as soon as my head started getting into envisioning myself walking into the store and picking out a fish, my heart kind of froze up. I still remember how awful it was for me when my last betta fish died after 2 years. He died really slowly and what I had to do in the end was so heart wrenching that I don't think I ever really got over it. I go to Petco all the time for the shelter buns and I always whiz past the betta fish aisle that is a must-pass in order to get to the adoption area. I don't know why... it still makes my stomach do flops when I see bettas. Maybe I'm not ready. Maybe I won't ever be

 

[Dragonrain]

Aw that's sad, I'm sorry. I've had some fish that had some pretty slow deaths as well and it can get pretty upsetting...helping them along quicker is of course just as upsetting.

I love bettas but I don't like buying anything from the pet stores, not even fish. Which means even if I wanted another one some day, I'd have to wait until I knew someone who was giving one away or find a rescue or something.

Courage is almost 2 now and I keep hoping that he's going to be one of the ones who ends up living a crazy long time. Who knows, he's still doing really well now so hopefully I'll have him for awhile yet.

 

[myLoki]

I had a very traumatic experience with one of my bettas. His name was King Carlos the Fifth. I loved him so much. He had so much attitude. He got me through my first couple of years of college. I was cleaning his tank one day so I put him in a teacup I would normally put him in. I would usually put a dish on top so he wouldn't jump out, but I didn't because I was sitting at my desk with him next to my computer. I realized I was late for class while the water was chlorinating so I ran out. When I returned, I found him on my floor. Dead. I cried for days because it was my fault. I killed him. I won't forgive myself and have not owned a betta since.

RIP King Carlos V.

t.

 

[myLoki]

Here are the two bettas I owned along with Carlos V. They lived long, happy lives.

Oliver aka Ollie: a luv bug!

Valentino: he had a big attitude as well!

t.

 

[Dragonrain]

Pretty fishies!

Sorry to hear about King Carlos the Fifth. I always keep my bettas in tanks with lids, so they can't jump. I've had a few before that tried to jump out of the cups or whatever that I keep them in while I'm working on the tank, so I learned to cover those too. My sister had a betta fish she named "Suicide Bob" because it jumped out of the tank like 4 times somehow, even though it had a lid, and each time she found him on the floor still alive.

I felt bad today - I laid down on the couch planning to just play DS for awhile, and I fell asleep. I didn't wake up until 6 when Chris called to let me know he was on his way home from work. Sooo lucky Barnaby was out in the room for like 12 hours, but the other two didn't get any time out of the cage/xpen. They've been out since 6 now though, I'll leave them out until I go to bed, which I'm sure will be pretty late since I slept all day.

Barnaby is so good out of his cage. Even after 12 hours out there's not a single poo on the floor or so much as a single piece of stray hay. After Berry and Ziggy's play time, it looks like a hurricane hit. I wish Barnaby's cleanliness would rub off on them a little.

 

[kirbyultra]

Suicide Bob - LOL, funny name. Yeah I remember I used to keep a busted badminton racket over the fishbowl. Mr. Fishie never jumped up with the force of Suicide Bob though. He flopped in and out of the water often enough though. I was organizing pictures today on my laptop and I found pics of my fish. Aw. It's sad to look at them still. He was my first pet. I sure hope your Courage lives a really long time more!

Barnaby sounds like a real gentleman of a bun. He must be so thrilled to be out so long. I thought Barnaby was bonded to Berry and Ziggy, no? They have separate playtime though?

Both my boys Kirby and Toby can be out for any amount of time -- as long as they have access to their litter box, they are perfect. I've seen them nap in a corner all afternoon long without going to the litter box once, and no accidents. It's actually pretty amazing (in my opinion anyway!) I was cleaning a patch of poopie butt smear on the floor today and accidentally left all the doors to the living room open... Penny got out for what was probably about 75 seconds. I freaked out because given 8 seconds Penny could probably defile my living room carpet, maybe even twice! Luckily she was pestering Toby (who wasn't happy to see another bun in his land) and didn't reach the carpet!

 

[Dragonrain]

Somewhere saved I have a bunch of pictures of all my past betta's too. Along with all my other bridge babies. It makes me miss them to look at the pictures, so I don't usually look at them much, but I'm glad I have them anyways.

Barnaby is such a gentleman. He's such a joy. Other than his picky eating habits, which I've learned to work with, I never really have any trouble with Barnaby.

Barnaby was bonded to Berry and Ziggy, until Berry got sick and spent the week at the vets. While she was gone, Ziggy and Barnaby started fighting so I had to separate them. I've been trying ever since to get them all bonded again, but I just don't trust Barnaby and Ziggy together. They can be fine for so long sometimes, and then out of nowhere Ziggy will start going after Barnaby.

Soooo the hard thing now is that Berry gets along with both Barnaby and Ziggy, but Ziggy and Barnaby don't get along very well anymore. So I separate them when I'm not right there with them. Berry can stay out with either one of the boys, but I don't leave the boys out together ever unless I'm right there in the room with them to break up any potential fights.

I'd loooove for them to all be able to be together all the time again someday, but I'm not sure if it's ever going to happen. It's kind of a work in progress. I do daily bonding sessions with Ziggy and Barnaby together and usually they are fine together, but sometimes they aren't. I don't trust them to be out together when I'm not right there to watch them.

 

[kirbyultra]

I think gentlemen rabbits are just so lovable. You can always count on them to give you a break when your other buns are driving you bonkers. Hooray Barnaby!

Now I do remember you telling me about this Barnaby/Ziggy debacle, because I was having trouble with Penny and Kirby at night and ended up separating them only at night. Ziggy is the little devil, isn't it?

I hope the boys knock it off and decide to play nice one miraculous day so you don't have to worry anymore. Here's to civil boys!

 

[Dragonrain]

Ziggy is a little terror! He escapes every chance he gets, gets into everything, is messy, literally tries to climb the walls...but I love him for it haha.

I swear sometimes though that he has boy bunny PMS, or multiple personality disorder or something. He's very moody. He can be so sweet sometimes, even to Barnaby, and then other times he gets into these moods where he's just pissed off at the world. Luckily Berry is really good with dealing with him. Basically she just completely ignores him when he gets into one of his moods. But Barnaby doesn't ignore him, Barnaby will stick up for himself so that's when the fighting starts.

So because of that, I question whether I'll ever have them all together again like they where before. I've debated back and forth about whether or not I want to try finding Barnaby a new bondmate. But honestly, Barnaby seems pretty content with the way things are right now. He has other bunnies he can hang out with for awhile everyday, but he also gets time to himself.

Before, I would have never said that I would think Barnaby would enjoy his time alone. When Zeus was around, him and Zeus where pretty much joined at the hip. Then when Zeus died, Barnaby was very very depressed. I assumed it was because he was lonely and that he needed another friend, but now I've come to realize that I don't think that was the case. I think he knew what happened and was just sad/upset about loosing his best buddy, and didn't necessarily want new friends.

I'm pretty sure all my bunnies are happy - I hope I'm not misreading them. Maybe someday I'll be able to get them all back together again, or will more seriously consider finding another friend for Barnaby if I can't rebond him with the lops. But for now I think everyone is pretty content with the way things are (including myself, for some reason it seems like a big step to go from 3 bunnies to 4. I'm not alltogether sure if I want any more right now).

 

[kirbyultra]

You know your bunnies best and Zeus was your heart bunny, so you knew how that pair worked and all of their little nuances. It's understandable to second guess what's going on with this on and off trio, but it certainly sounds like Barnaby is living a full life with friends he entertains once in a while

 

[Dragonrain]

Yeah He never seemed happy alone before. He was very fearful and seemed much more content to have a bunny buddy. But then I got the lops...and honestly I don't think he likes them all that much. He's good with Berry, they groom each other and stuff, and he's good with Ziggy when Zigs isn't in one of his moods - but it's just so different than what he was like with Zeus.

But lately, he really does seem to be enjoying his alone time. He flops and binkies and plays with his toys - stuff he doesn't do much when he's with Ziggy and/or Berry. I think maybe after all the little arguments he got in with Ziggy, that he's more on guard while they are around. Then when he's alone, he feels like he can just let loose and do whatever he wants without having to worry about if Ziggy is going to get cranky with him.

Chris has the day off of work tomorrow for 4th of July, but then had to work Monday. It's kind of sad because for years and years now, our 4th of July tradition has been to go to Liberty State Park to watch the 4th of July fireworks over the Statue of Liberty. But this year I guess NY is changing the location where they're doing their fireworks, so you won't be able to see them from Liberty state this year. I don't think we'll be going to the new location. It's not that far from us, but we're not really feeling it this year.

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the day Chris proposed to me! I can't believe a year has gone by already.

Pictures! I was going through boxes in the bunny room last night - I have this weird thing with not throwing out boxes, because a lot of the time I reuse them or use them to make stuff for the bunnies. I was making a box for my niece Brianna to send her some toys and stuff, but had to go through all my boxes to find one the right size. Ziggy was having a ball running around in the maze of boxes on the floor.

And just some pictures of the bunnies being lazy...

And here's Kit, supervising us all from outside the baby gate (which he can usually jump over, but there where boxes in his way).

 

[kirbyultra]

A good bunny slave always saves boxes! It drives my hubby crazy when I start to save stacks of them. It's such a great thing for the buns to play with though.

 

[usawan]

i'm going to come bunny nap barnaby h34r2 he's small enough to fit into carry-on, right ?

finally finished reading through your blog while eating breakfast this morning...was definitely a good read, i look forward to more updates :biggrin2:

i always save my cardboard boxes for the girls...between the two of them they can dismantle one in a week or so. they just go to town ! sometimes when they're being particularly ornery i'm tempted to seal one or both of them inside it and then return to sender....