The Chronicles of Mouse and Chalk

[Phinnsmommy]

Your blog is soooo cute! I love all of your bunnies. Chalk has the most amazing coloring. Keep the pics coming!

:inlove:

 

[mezeta]

Oh wow! I am so in love with Mouse and Chalk, their names really suit them. What gorgeous little babies :inlove:

 

[Bo B Bunny]

The photos are perfect size. Maybe your screen is set smaller?

I think my daughter is going to bunny nap chalk and barney..... I'm taking Snowy and Mouse......

Guess you gotta get new bunnies!!!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Bo B Bunny wrote:

The photos are perfect size. Maybe your screen is set smaller?

I think my daughter is going to bunny nap chalk and barney..... I'm taking Snowy and Mouse......

Guess you gotta get new bunnies!!!

It's not that they're too small, just that they're smaller than the others, even though Steve *said* he uploaded them the same size...:rollseyes
:shock2:No no no no no, NO! Mind you, it's a looong way over here so I guess it would show some dedication if you were to make that trip! But still, no!

New bunnies you say? Hmmm....interesting idea! :biggrin2:

 

[mouse_chalk]

There was a bit of a scuffle this morning :shock:

I cleaned out Mouse and Chalk (I hadn't come downstairs early enough for them and they'd trashed their cage) and put the blockade up their end and let Barney and Snowy out to play. Then, I moved it a little bit to get something, and forgot to put it back...

Turned round, and Mouse and Chalk had hopped over the barrier! Snowy, being blind and not quite sure what was going on began fighting with Chalk. I separated them but not before some big clumps of white fur had flown across the room. I'm not sure whose it was at they're both white, lol! Snowy then had a little scuffle with Mouse who just ran away.

:grumpy:

Chalk had a bit of a limp when she went back into the cage, but she seems fine now. Her and Mouse didn't chase each other this time either, they just snuggled up and groomed each other for ages.... Snowy seems fine...

DOH! This does not bode well for their first introduction! Well, I think that was it, so it doesn't bode well for the second introduction... I feel really bad about letting them get to Snowy, it's hardly a good start to the bonding process!

 

[mouse_chalk]

Oh, and does anyone know how I can get the link to my blog in my avatar profile thingy? Thanks! :biggrin2:

 

[mezeta]

December 3rd was last time you put pics up!!!! I demand more Mouse, Chalk, Barny and Snowy pics NOW!!

 

[mezeta]

Errr nope that was the date you joined :foreheadsmack:I'm still demanding more pics of the cuteness though so get snap happy madam lol

Amy xx

 

[mouse_chalk]

mezeta wrote:

Errr nope that was the date you joined :foreheadsmack:I'm still demanding more pics of the cuteness though so get snap happy madam lol

Amy xx

Haha! Well I guess that's me told, LOL! I've got more pics,ready togo,but need Steve to turn them into links for me to post them ( I can manage the odd one using imageshack but anymore just frustrates me!), but he's gone to bed! At 2am aswell, how rude lol! I'll get them up tomorrow!

Btw, sorry I didn't see this earlier, my email notifications haven't been working for some reason so didn't know I had a reply!

This update is gonna have to be pictureless again, sorry guys!

We had to take Chalk to the vet today. I mentioned in my last post that her and Snowy had a scuffle, and she had a bit of a limp for a minute or 2, but seemed fine after that. I checked her all over too and couldn't find anything wrong. Well, the other day, I saw her grooming her shoulder, and she'd pushed the fur out of the way, and from where I was sat, I could see a big cut It didn't seem big or deep, but she wouldn't let me get too close to it to see properly. We bathed it in warm water, and she's been fine all weekend, eating, toileting and hopping about without a problem, but me being the paranoid bunny mum that I am, was worried about it getting infected and/or turning into an abcess etc. I felt soooooo bad for missing it...:sad:

So we took her in today, and the vet couldn't see it too well either, so he shaved her fur off in that area Poor Chalk- her spay area has barely grown back and now she has another bald patch! He found a loose lump of dead skin that was covering the wounda bit, which he removed as it was stopping the wound from healing. It's not deep, just a bit wide, and looks very clean, so no risk of it being infected. He gave us something to clean the wound with (Hibiscrub?), and an antibiotic cream, Fucidin to put on it twice daily, and reckons it should heal up withina week or so. I also asked about her sore hock since we were in there, and he had a look, and it's doing LOADS better than the other week- almost completely healed! So he just said to keep an eye on it for now...

Also, I asked about Snowy's soft poo- we didnt take her in the end as the episodes have died down again, and I'm sure that it's just the rubbish pellets they're on at the moment. The vet reckoned that as she's eating, drinking, and everything else is ok, that it was probably down to the food and switching to a higher fibre pellet should sort it. Oxbow Bunny Basics T is arriving tomorrow, YAY!

Other bit of news- I have a cuddly rabbit! I thought that none of our buns were particularly cuddly, until the other night! We cleaned ot Barney's scent glands (YUCK!) by holding him on his back, and afterwards, I turned him back over and held him for a bit to calm him down. He was wrapped up in a blanket, so I sat on the sofa with him on my lap to see what he would do. Well, I couldn't believe my eyes, because he laid down on my lap and WENT TO SLEEP!!!!!! :biggrin2:He saton my lap for about an hour in total, and was asleep for about 20mins! The rest of the time he was just sniffing round, and snuggling, plus a bit of digging on the towel. I put him back down eventually because I thought he might be missing Snowy.

I've got lots of pics of that, plus many more, and I promise I'll put them up tomorrow!



P.S, I asked this before, but does anyone know how I get the link to my blog in my avatar? And also, is it at all possible to change the name of my blog, now I have 2 more buns, or do I have to start a new one? The name I'm thinking of is 'Team Mouse and Chalk VS Team SnowBarn' and the sub heading would be 'The ultimate bunny blog!'

Unless anyone has any other suggestions that is...

 

[LuvaBun]

Awww, poor Chalk. Still, it sounds like it is a clean wound. Don't worry about not seeing it - it's very easy to miss some wounds.

Barney sounds like he is going to be such a sweetheart (have you recovered from the scent glands smell yet ?)

Waiting (not so) patiently for new pics

Jan

 

[trailsend]

Great pictures, beautiful bunnies! What a great set up you have for them too.

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks, Trailsend!

Jan, I've just about recovered lol, but we have to do Snowy's tomorrow! :shock:

Chalk's wound is healing up nicely, the cream and wash is working really well. Plus. she's been soooo good while we've been cleaning it up, bless her. I was worried it'd really sting her, but she's barely flinched at all...

Pics are on their way, don't panic! Just waiting for the slow boyfriend to help me with them... :waiting:

I'd better take some more in the meantime! :biggrin2:

 

[SnowyShiloh]

Your bunnies are SO cute and I loved reading about them. Are Mouse and Chalk sisters? I love Mouse's big ears and I want to bunnynap Barney and Snowy! Snowy really should be mine ya know, she puts the Snowy in SnowyShiloh! I'm sorry to hear that Chalk got an owie. And my favorite picture is Mouse with the broom, she looks so guilty! Rory was eating our broom the other day too :biggrin2:

 

[mouse_chalk]

***Lazy blog update alert!***

Ihad a bonding session earlier, and posted the story and pics in the main forum. I then thought it would make an excellent blog entry, so I dida bit of a copy and paste...

:embarrassed:

So here it is! You can also read the original thread here ...



So, I got the idea this afternoon, I was lying on my front near Barney and Snowy's cage, petting them. The barrier was up at Mouse and Chalk's end of the cage, so SnowBarn could run around if they wanted to.

Well, I felt a little bun climb up on my back, it was Chalk- she'd hopped over the barrier! She popped her head round the door of the cage- sort of nodded at SnowBarn, then scrabbled off. This got me thinking...were they ready to be introduced?

So we put lots of old towels all over the bed, I made some snacks of carrot, apple, rocket and corriander, and some hay. I got a spare towel, a spray bottle of water and my camera at the ready.

We put SnowBarn in their carrier and left it on the bedroom floor, went down and got Chalk and Mouse and put them on the bed. Then we got Snowy and Barney out and put them on the bed too...

At first, Chalk binkied over Snowy and Barney a lot, which confused poor blind Snowy, so that ended up in a bit of a chase round. Barney tried to sniff at Mouse and nibble her backside so she THUMPED away... Chalk then jumped down from the bed and back downstairs, so Steve went to fetch her...

They chased each other round a bit, and Mouse somehow lost a bit of fur, as a result of Snowy getting confused and lashing out as Mouse bounded past her. Then Mouse and Chalk just sat at opposite ends of the bed looking terrified, whilst Barney and Snowy laid in the middle, eating the food and hay!

Barney kept going up to either Mouse or Chalk, in a perfectly friendly way, trying to sniff them. But each time they would THUMP! and hop away- Mouse even made a kind of honking noise a few times.

Eventually, Chalk and Barney were sat near each other, and (I'm not sure if I should have interfered like this, but I figured we had nothing to lose!) I petted them both on the head for a while to calm them down. They started eating hay sat really close to each other, and then Barney got closer, they rubbed noses, and groomed each others heads! Then they sat snuggled up for a few minutes.

Barney tried the same thing with Mouse, and she stopped the thumping, but was still scared and kept hopping away.

Chalk eventually stopped having the dominancy wars with Snowy and they groomed each other a bit. Chalk thought it was too much thouh when both Snowy and Barney tried to groom her at once...

Mouse and Snowy sniffed each other a bit, but Mouse would always get scared and move away. I think that her quick movements confused Snowy, as she can't see, because she tried to chase after her a few times...

Eventually we put them all back downstairs, as I think we weren't going to progress much further today. All in all though the session lasted around 1 1/2 hours! I spent the whole time kneeling on the floor with my head resting on the bed, and they all kept hopping over for kisses and noserubs...

Here are the pictures!

'Woah, woah, WOAH MUMMY!! There's a big bunny here!!!'

Mouse: 'THUMP! Well, I did warn you... THUMP!'

'If I can't see them, they can't see me. That's how it works, right?'

Chalk: 'Do you think we should jump to safety?' Mouse: 'Yeah, I think it's worth the risk!'

'Protect meeeeeeeeee!'

Chalk: 'Ohhh, ok then, kiss me if you must....'

'Hmmmm, mummy was right, you are very lovely, soft and cuddly after all!'

'I don't care how much Chalk loves him now, I'm not kissing Barney! He's a smelly boy!'

Snowy: 'Watch out Chalk, he's my man, and he's back where he belongs now- with me!'

'Somebody peed on this? That's disgusting!'

We might try and do another session tomorrow if Steve has time. I think that overall it went quite well. It certainly could have gone alot worse!

If anyone has any suggestions on how to help the bonding along, feel free to send em my way!

 

[LuvaBun]

Look at those gorgeous babies ALL TOGETHER :shock:!!

Things really seem to be going great. You were brave putting them on your bed , though - there could have been a huge poo and pee fest .

Keep the pics coming

Jan

 

[mouse_chalk]

Thanks Jan!

Do you know, I was really shocked- there wasn't a SINGLE poo in sight! :shock:A few of the towels got peed on though, but I think that was bound to happen since they were up there for an hour and a half, and the towels were doubled up to protect our sheets!

We tried another session today, in the run in the garden but it didn't go so well. Chalk got on ok with Barney and Snowy, but Mouse is still just terrified of them! She hopped around a lot, and got chased, which ended up in her getting a little scratch on her back. She literally lept up into my arms and cuddled into me for ages after, poor thing! We've put some of the cream we used for Chalk's cut on it, but it doesn't look at all deep, and other than getting Chalk to groom it for her, she seems fine now. My poor Mouseickle!

I think we may try another session tomorrow, on the bed again, it's easier to control that way- you can reach them if you need to grab a bun quickly! The reason we used the bed in the first place is because there are no other neutral territories left in the house- Chalk has claimed everywhere, including the bathroom! She runs upstairs and sleeps in the bathroom by the radiator if she gets the chance, bless her!

Got some pictures of the buns outside in their new run today and Friday, that I'll upload either in a bit or tomorrow sometime! It'll be later tomorrow though, as I have a load of appointments tomorrow, including dressing my wound at the doctors, and then I have to go to the hospital for an MRI scan in the afternoon- which is not fun- I've had them before and they make me so dizzy that the room spins up and down, instead of side to side! :shock:And given that the room is already spinning from side to side at the moment, I dread to think how I'll feel tomorrow! :?

 

[slavetoabunny]

Such bee..yoo..tee..ful bunnies!!!!! I especially like the picture with you (i think it's you ) in the background.

 

[mouse_chalk]

mouse_chalk wrote:

Mouse: 'THUMP! Well, I did warn you... THUMP!'

Slavetoabunny, did you mean this one?! If so, that's Steve, my partner in the background!

Thanks though! They're all so cute together....

I was out having my scan earlier and on my way home Steve rang to tell me that Chalk had jumped out of her cage, jumped over the barrier, ran down the living room into Barney and Snowy's cage, where Snowy was sleeping on the floor. She jumped ONTO Snowy, woke her up, then ran all the way back up the living room and tried to jump over the barrier, but missed and jumped into it! LOL! We just have the craziest rabbits ever!

Another bunny milestone too- we picked Mouse up to clean her scratch (which is looking loads better) and put some cream on it, and we also managed to turn her over on her back- and she stayed still with Steve holding her, so I could clean her scent glands! We managed to clean Chalk's last night too! They were a bit gunky, but not too smelly luckily, so it wasn't too bad on my poor nose!

I'm gonna work on uploading the outdoors picsin a bit, gotta have a lie down first though- the scan has left everything spinning in all different directions... :?