The Bunhalla Bunnies 2010

[Dragonrain]

Seriously what's up with some guys not cleaning?

I tried before just not cleaning up after Chris, to see how long it would take him to do it himself, and he never did. I got so sick of the mess and the smell that I just caved and ended up doing it myself.

Oh well.

 

[Myia09]

Thats how I get. I get so sick of seeing the mess, I just do it.
He finally did some of the dishes last night, but only after weeks (like 5) of not doing anything but taking the garbage out maybe twice. *Sigh*
Then he says builing the rabbit cages was enough of a chore. Whatever! lol

 

[Dragonrain]

Well at least I know I'm not the only one who has this problem! I think in the year + we've lived together, Chris has done the dishes maybe 3 times.

It's a rainy day today. I'm sitting at the computer with a water logged dog in my lap. He's just too cute, I can't resist when he asks to sit on my lap, even when he's soaked.

I have to work on my taxes sometime soon, bleh. I think I'm going to work on painting that headboard today, and I'm waiting for it to get a little bit later so I can call my sister without waking her up. She's expecting her 2nd baby in August. It's so weird that I'm older than her, and soon she's going to have 2 kids. While I still act like a kid myself sometimes. :bunnydance:

 

[Myia09]

Good luck on painting the headboard.
Yeah, I don't want to have kids until I am in my early 30's and a lot of my friends are pregnant or have infants. I find it sooo odd.

 

[Dragonrain]

So I didn't end up painting, again. I'll get to it eventually.

I think it's weird too, a lot of my friends have kids now. And like I said, my sister will have her 2nd soon. I'm not even sure yet if I want kids. I think I'd be perfectly content to just be with Chris and my pets forever. That's probably a good thing, because I might not be able to have kids even if I wanted them (unless I adopted I guess). I guess we'll see when the time comes (if it does). If I ever have them, I was thinking late 20's very early 30's. We'll see what happens.

I was going to go grocery shopping but it's pouring rain and really cold, so Chris is picking up Chinese on his way home instead. :biggrin2:

I'm kind of excited because I have more extra money this month than usual, so I get to spend more on the pets. I want to get the bunnies some stuff for their birthdays coming up and the dog a new bed for his "gotcha" day, even though he just got a bunch of stuff for his birthday in Dec. I love spoiling my pets though, I spent way more money buying them stuff than stuff for myself.

 

[Dragonrain]

Berry bunny and Ziggy kept waking me up last night with their playing. Well, they actually woke the dog up and the dog woke me up, but still.

I couldn't be mad at them though. It makes me so happy to see them happy.

I have to order some new hay for them, again. Ziggy and Berry are hay crazy and I go through it so much faster now then I did before I got them. But last time I ordered hay was in the beginning on Jan., and I got 36lbs from Sweet Meadows. So I guess 36 lbs lasting 2 months isn't too bad.

 

[tonyshuman]

Aww! That's so nice to hear, although it lost you some sleep.

It's great that they eat so much hay too--a good hay eater is a healthy bunny! My two love hay and knock over anything in their path to get to it, but my bf's two nethies aren't quite as interested. I worry more about them.

 

[Myia09]

Wow thats a lot of hay! :0
I go through maybe 2 50lb (they are bags, not acutal pounds) bags a month, but I feed chinchillas too.

 

[Dragonrain]

Yeah my bunnies do love their hay! I usually have to give them fresh hay at least 2 or 3 times a day to keep them stocked up. When they run out, they have this wooden toy with a bell attached to it, and they started chewing on the toy (I assume to try to eat the wood since they don't have hay to eat?). I eventually get sick of hearing the bell so go in and give them fresh hay, even if it's at 3 in the morning. So eventually I guess they learned, and now when they need new hay they'll ring their bell. Boy do they have me trained well!

 

[Myia09]

Haha that is how my chins are! They have certian "jumping" behavior I can tell when they want food or treats

 

[Dragonrain]

Ha that's cute! I guess I'm not the only one who's furry friends have them trained!

We got more snow! Over a foot again between yesterday and today. Chris got to come home from work early yesterday and is working from home today. They closed the office down because of the snow.

I've been cleaning the bunny room all day. Cleaned the gecko tank, the feeder cages (bugs for the geckos), the betta tank, and the bunny cages. Whew. I still have to vacuum the rug in there too.

I think I might do a bonding session with the bunnies this afternoon and see how it goes. I would love if I could get all 3 to get along again soon!

 

[Dragonrain]

Ugh I tried a bonding session yesterday and it didn't go so well.

I gave them all a bunch of greens, because Ziggy and Berry looove food, and I was hoping that if they where busy eating they would leave Barnaby alone and let him get more comfortable.

Well Barnaby was very curious and was smelling their back ends and trying to eat some of the greens with them, but Ziggy kept chasing him away - charging at him with his tail up.

Barnaby and Ziggy got into a little fight and pulled clumps of each others hair out before I could break them up. Then Berry was starting to get a bit stressed and didn't want either of the boys near her.

I tried to end things on a semi good note. They where all ignoring each other for a few seconds so I gave them each a raisin and then separated them.

I'm not going to give up just yet, but it really seems like the two boys are having issues with each other. I don't know what I'm going to do if I can't get them back into a trio. I don't want Barnaby to be alone forever, but if he doesn't rebond to the other two, I'm not sure how I feel about getting another rabbit. I feel kind of weird having so many pets in an apartment and was hoping to hold off on getting any more for awhile.:?

I'll probably try another bonding session today in a different spot in the house and see how it goes. Hopefully better than yesterday's. I think I'll try sessions with just Barnaby and Ziggy for awhile, since they are the ones having problems. I think if I can get them to get along, then adding Berry to the mix will be no problem. Berry is very submissive and gets along well with both of the boys, but she gets stressed when they fight around her.

I have some pictures to post sometime, but I still need to get them off my camera.

 

[Dragonrain]

Bonding session #2 last night went much better than the first one! This time I did the bonding session in the bath tub.

Here are the contenders:

In the left corner, weighing in at 4lbs, we have the very handsome Ziggy!

And in the right corner, at a mere 3 lbs of fuzz and fury, we have Barnaby!

And of course how could we proceed without our ref, the ever curious Kitsune!

We where prepared for an all out showdown between the two contenders. But oh what's this...

Dare I say, have they decided to put the feud behind them and become friends? Or is this some kind of trick, a temporary lull in the fur flying action??

Stay tuned till next time to find out!

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Haha yeah, so that was last nights bonding session. I'm hoping tonights goes as well!

I have some more ransom pictures...

Hanging out in the bunny room:

For some reason, my bunnies always love this type of bed:

Berry, looking lovely and SO much better now:

This is what Zigs would look like if he where an uppy eared bunny:

A couple of Kitsu playing with his Christmas alien:

Kit in the bedroom:

Here is Kit's new crate - he doesn't sleep in an old bunny cage anymore!

My Vermont teddy bears that hang out on his crate. The pirate one is the one Chris gave me for Valentine's day this year. I have one more too that didn't fit well on the crate so it's not in the picture.

That's it for today. I'm sure I'll have more tomorrow, to celebrate Berry's 3rd birthday!!

 

[tonyshuman]

Woohoo! Glad that bonding session went well!

 

[Myia09]

I love barnaby. I need to get the buns a bed too..maybe I will try one of those..

 

[Dragonrain]

I don't know why, but my bunnies have always loved that kind of bed. Zeus use to have a grey one that he was obsessed with. So obsessed with, that when he passed away, I had his body laying on it when he was cremated. Then I went out and got that white one that Barnaby is on in the picture, and all 3 of my current rabbits love it.

Bonding session #3 last night went pretty much the same as the one I posted about. I did it in the bath tub again. They seem to get kind of stressed out in there, and because of that I think they just sit next to each other instead of fighting. Eventually I'd like to see them in a less stressful environment and getting along, but right now it's not gunna happen. Every time I try them in the xpen or in different rooms in the house, they fight.

 

[Dragonrain]

[align=center]Happy 3rd birthday Berry!!!

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Only 3 short months ago I wasn't sure if she was going to survive - but now here she is, doing amazingly well, and celebrating her 3rd birthday!!

 

[tonyshuman]

Woohoo for Berry! She looks great, and of course adorable! I love lops because they look so silly sometimes, and her cow-like pattern is even more funny! Here's to many more years for that strong little girl!

 

[Dragonrain]

Thanks so much!

My fiance use to not like the "cow pattern" bunnies. He really wasn't that excited when I got Berry and Ziggy. But they have him whipped now, lol. He goes in their room everyday to talk to them and give them treats, and yesterday I heard him singing happy birthday to Berry. He calls Berry "Hunny" all the time - he doesn't even call me that lol.

I hope she had a good birthday. They all got a extra big salad and treats. A friend of mine who has 4 bunnies of her own gave Berry a $25 gift certificate to Binky Bunny for her birthday, so I'm going to go on there and pick out a bunch of new toys for the bunnies.

Bonding sessions have been going pretty well - pretty much the same still as the one I posted pictures of.

 

[Myia09]

Aw happy late birthday!
So adorable!