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[MyBabyBunnies]

Chase's mane is adorable, but it's a pain in the butt. There is a reason all my bunnies have short hair,I hate the maintenance of long hair. But when I adopted him, he didn't have a mane! Thankfully, he only has a mane and the bodyfringe is minimal. I really hate long hair since everything sticks to it and it gets tangled so easy!

And no, no one can steal my babies! Even as much as I hate long hair, Chase is here to stay too.

I am so excited for how well the bonding went. I haven't had the time to put them together since though. But what really surprised me is that I thought Naomi was going to be the problem rabbit but it's actually Chase!

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

So I had intended on getting a video of Naomi doing her 'trick' but when I went out into the garage I found her sleeping so soundly that she was oblivious to the world, lol, not even the camera flash could make her stir! As you can tell, she is a rather laid back bunny.

I guess I'll have to get her 'trick' on camera later. Which, by the way, is just showing how smart she is. She learned within 2 days that as soon as I unlatch the X-pen gate, then she can grab the bars in her teeth and use her front paws to push the door open. LOL, so far she only does it when I'm not moving fast enough to put the food in her cage.

 

[Jess_sully]

aw. Nice to see you around again!
I wish Flynn were that laid back... he usually looks up or jumps to the front door when I walk into my room, no matter how soundly he was sleeping.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

MyBabyBunnies wrote:

I am so excited for how well the bonding went.

You always had such good luck when you bond your pairs. It's taken me over 15 months to get Pebbles and Bebe to accept each other and not go for each others throat. At least mine are not fighting any more, so that is a major step for me.

There are more bunnies at the shelter.

 

[LuvaBun]

Laura, you always post such good photos

I missed seeing Mocha and Zoey, and I miss Spice and Reese

Don't Chase and Naomi make a cute couple! And when I first saw your picture of Chase, I couldn't believe his mane - nothing like when he was at the EHS. I thought you must be feeding him something to put hairs on his chest , so to speak .

Hope the bonding continues to go well.

Jan

 

[missyscove]

Chase & Naomi are beautiful! I love the pictures.

I know what you mean about it getting dark at 5:30. I mean, at home it always got dark earlier in the winter, but never like this. That's what I get for moving north.

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

Well after some completely uneventful bonding sessions, I decided it wasn't worth the hassle of bringing them inside to bond them and decided to try them on non-neutral territory. So I set up a barrier around their x-pens and opened their gates and let them spend some time together. There has not been any fighting at all, there is a little bit of mounting but it never turns into more than that. They just run away from the other. I'm really quite amazed. These photos were taken on their second bonding session on non-neutral territory.

It's really uneventful, lol. It's looking promising!

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

Well, I have been allowing Naomi and Chase to wander between the two cages during the day (when I am home)for the last 4 days. They have spent over 9 hours together today (and about 7 hours yesterday) and not at all a problem. I am thinking that on Wednesday night I may let them stay together. Keep your fingers crossed!

 

[LuvaBun]

Sounds like it is going really well, especially since it isn't on neutral territory. I guess they both want a bunny friend. Perhaps you can come over and have a go at Shadow and Jester when you've done

It's so nice to think that both of them have come from such a rough start in life, to becoming happy, well adjusted bunnies. They certainly landed on their feet when they got you for a mom

How are Mocha and Zoey doing?

Jan

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

They are getting so attached that they try to get through to one another when I put them away for the night. And in the mornings they pace the front of their cages and dash out the door to the other pen. This morning I had to chase bunnies back into their pens so I could leave for school!

I'm sure I'd have no more luck with bonding yourbunniesthan you have had. I've just had unbelievable luck withpairing rabbits.

Mocha and Zoey are really good. They are living in a giant pen and enjoying making a disaster of it every day. They are definitely getting older though, they are quite mellow and lazy nowadays.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

LuvaBun wrote:

Perhaps you can come over and have a go at Shadow and Jester when you've done

It's amazing how the older bunnies start to settle down. I haven't seen Pebbles do a binkie for a long time. Bebe is getting so laid back but she is more active than Pebbles.

Since Pebbles started to pair up with Shadow during his stay at our place, Pebbles is giving Bebe the cold shoulder and avoiding Bebe. They get along with each other with no fights, biting, nipping, andmounting, but I think Pebbles is longing for Shadow.

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

Just a quick note before heading off to bed.

Naomi and Chase are officially bonded. I left them together last night with nor problems, they have been together for over 30 straight hours and they are doing great! I can't believe how fast that went, just on Sunday I had said that I thought it would take at least another 2 weeks. Boy was I wrong, lol.

 

[LuvaBun]

That's excellent, Laura. Perhaps they know that the cold weather is coming, and they need somebun to snuggle up with .

Life's much easier all round when bunnies are bonded!

Jan

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

Well they are in the heated garage so it never will/never has gotten cold in there, lol.

But it is way easier to have bonded pairs. Less bowls, less litterboxes (sometimes) and they are just happier and require less attention (a must going in the final weeks of this semester!).

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

So I am bunny sitting for a friend over the holidays. This is Herbert, I'm guessing he's 8-9 months of age based on the fact that he still hasn't filled out completely!

His owner told me he doesn't really like people touching him but so far I haven't seen that. He comes running and lets me scratch behind his ears when I go out. He's a really sweet boy but he is unneutered.. ARG, lol.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

He is a cutie!

 

[LuvaBun]

What a sweet little guy. Sounds like he has warmed to you, having ear scritches

Jan

 

[animal ry]

MyBabyBunnies wrote:

It's been a long time since I've been in Bunny Blogs! But I figured with the addition of Naomi to my family, I figured it was time to make a new one.

My current bunnies are Mocha, Zoey, Chase, and Naomi and my bridge bunnies are Reese and Spice.

I had Naomi outside today in the run, she had a lot of fun. Sorry, no pictures of the others, I didn't have time or enough daylight!

your buns eyes are so amazing enchanting beautifull bun

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

Well I really need to take up photography again, I've been slack on photos but it is supposed to be nice this weekend so I will work on some new photos of the bunnies.

With Naomi being sick I've decided to invest in a good scale that can hold all my bunnies (including the 2 big ones!). Well Costco had this baby/toddler scale on sale with accuracy of 10 g. So I jumped on it and I got it today. I tried it out and I got the exact same weight on Chase that the vet did so I think it's pretty accurate!

Here's the run down...
Mocha - 7 lbs 2.5 oz (3.25 kg)
Zoey - 5 lbs 1.5 oz (2.31 kg)
Chase - 3 lbs 14.5 oz (1.77 kg)
Naomi - 7 lbs 5 oz (3.32 kg)

Now the real shocker is that after all that... Naomi is actually BIGGER than Mocha. :O Yet Mocha looks bigger than her.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

MyBabyBunnies wrote:

I've decided to invest in a good scale that can hold all my bunnies

Nice. Does it show bothpounds and grams?