The Life & Times of Felix 'n' Clementine!

[pani]

Definitely! I'm hoping to finish it tonight, after work. Very excited, I hope Felix and Clemmie like it!

 

[pani]

They seem to like it a lot. They've both been hanging out in the bottom and top levels, easily jumping up and down so I'm glad it works out for them. Really happy with it! Trying to upload more photos from my phone but here's one from instagram for now.

 

[whiskylollipop]

It looks great!! What a sweet cosy pad. I see you also give Felix and Clem those cardboard drink holders to play with, our buns always have a couple of those to toss around because bubs and I have terrible eating habits, heh. I like to sprinkle pellets in them to make a simple treat toy.

Clem is looking good, I'm so happy to see she's still best buddies with Felix.

 

[pani]

She really is! I'm not counting it as a seamless bond until I can be sure her hormones have run their course, so another week or two, but so far so good. Even better than before, actually - she grooms him a lot more often than she used to.

Few more pictures of the cage, sorry about the awful night picture quality.

 

[Chrisdoc]

One of my favourite bunny couples. They are just gorgeous. The pen is looking really good, I´m sure they´re loving it and looks like they have lots of space. There is nothing better than two bunnies hanging out together, yours look really happy in these pics. Hope Clemmie is recovering well, she looks gorgeous as usual.

 

[Azerane]

The cage looks great and I'm so glad that it's working out well for them

 

[BunnySilver]

The cage looks great! I'm sure they are liking the new space a whole lot. I love NIC grids. Felix and Clem are looking adorable as normal too. Glad Clem recovered well!

 

[pani]

Here's a picture of it during the day, much nicer looking - it's from instagram so sorry about the funny cropping:

The little ones still seem to enjoy it. No one's rattling the cage anymore which is GREAT! They like spending time in there so they don't feel the need to get our attention to let them out. They both tried lettuce for the first time tonight. I bought some plain green leaf lettuce from the shops a few days ago, on the off chance they'd like it, and they seem to which is great!

 

[pani]

Clementine has pretty much entirely recovered from her spay now, and no she's shown no more hormonal behaviour in the last couple of weeks, so I'm feeling pretty safe in saying that I've now got two fixed and hormone-free buns. I'm SO GLAD that their bond wasn't affected at all by her spay. If anything, she's more affectionate towards Felix now than she was before. She's definitely gotten a little more confident and cockier as she's gotten older, which is really showing now, but Felix doesn't seem to mind having a more rambunctious playmate. I think he definitely still considers himself top bun, though.

On the human interaction side Clementine still seems quite unfriendly towards me. She'll run over and sniff my hand once, and then run off. If I'm able to pet her, I'll get one stroke in before she zips off. If I pet her while she's eating, she'll actually stop eating to run away from my hand. I gave her one stroke earlier, and she immediately ran off and then thumped at me! The only time she'll jump up and crawl on me is if she can smell her favourite Oxbow treats. I'm not really sure what to do.

 

[lovelops]

Clementine has pretty much entirely recovered from her spay now, and no she's shown no more hormonal behaviour in the last couple of weeks, so I'm feeling pretty safe in saying that I've now got two fixed and hormone-free buns. I'm SO GLAD that their bond wasn't affected at all by her spay. If anything, she's more affectionate towards Felix now than she was before. She's definitely gotten a little more confident and cockier as she's gotten older, which is really showing now, but Felix doesn't seem to mind having a more rambunctious playmate. I think he definitely still considers himself top bun, though.

On the human interaction side Clementine still seems quite unfriendly towards me. She'll run over and sniff my hand once, and then run off. If I'm able to pet her, I'll get one stroke in before she zips off. If I pet her while she's eating, she'll actually stop eating to run away from my hand. I gave her one stroke earlier, and she immediately ran off and then thumped at me! The only time she'll jump up and crawl on me is if she can smell her favourite Oxbow treats. I'm not really sure what to do.

I had the same problem with Lady after getting her fixed. She was so much more loving before, sitting in my lap and I have the pictures to prove it!
Now, it's just getting back to almost being at that level and I got her fixed in November around the 27th in 2013. Now we are going into June? I thought part of her treating me different was the lack of pain meds and them giving her an additional shot before leaving the clinic for pain. I have no idea what it is but I've just been patient with her over time and working again to get her trust. I think with some rabbits it's a small personality change from maybe the lack of hormones? I don't know but have talked to other rabbit rescues here on the East Coast of the US that said the same thing, either they act the same or change a bit.. We both will keep our fingers crossed that Clemmie and Lady will get back to being total sweetie pies again! I'm sure they will. After all we haven't changed!!

Vanessa

 

[pani]

I asked about pain meds - Clemmie got a 24 hour shot before she left, and she honestly didn't seem to be in pain after that. I mentioned how worried I was about her not getting pain meds to take home, and my vet (who is amazing) said to bring her back if she seemed uncomfortable. She actually was doing really well the next day, so it didn't seem necessary.

I hope she'll come around again! I love her to bits either way, but I do miss my little grooming sessions from my lovely li'l lop.

 

[Azerane]

I'm sure that Clemmie will come around again. She's probably just a bit freaked and overwhelmed by it all. I was very lucky in that Bandit got super affectionate within a week of his neuter, may have had something to do with being shut up in a cage to stop him bouncing around too much

 

[pani]

Felix is still as happy as he was after his neutering. His personality barely changed at all. He still binkies around, loves running bunny 500s, is obsessed with grooming Clem's li'l face. :hearts: He often runs up to say hello and prefers head rubs over anything else - he loves for me to grab his head softly and rub his nose and forehead heaps! He'll tooth purr when I do that and it's the cutest thing. He's not the most affectionate bunny, he doesn't groom me and he doesn't like to snuggle up or anything, but I love him for what he is.

Clemmie always run up to say hello, then she'll either sniff my hand or bump it, and then run off to do her own thing. She's much more confident and independent than she was when she was a few months old. She used to be really cautious jumping up and down off the couch, now she'll jump up and down gracefully and even on top of the NIC cage, which used to be Felix's private spot that she wouldn't jump onto! She likes to be on her own.

I've run out of normal hay this morning, and the breeder where I get my hay from is out of town until Thursday, argh! I've got a bit of botanical hay and a few hay cubes to get by until then, but I'll have to order some online by express to get it out to me ASAP. It'll be a brand that I've never used, so I hope it's a nice quality hay. The bags I've bought from a local pet store recently have had too many moldy strands for me to be comfortable feeding it to the buns. I'd love to feed them nothing but Oxbow, but it's so much pricier than normal hay. I like to get them the special bags of Oxbow when I get it, like the botanical hay that they have now.

 

[pani]

Nothing's ever simple! ullhair:

Felix is leaving dark softer poops all over the place. A lot of them are sort of tapered off near the end, a more teardrop shape than usual. I'm hoping it's just a product of them being on hay 'dregs' for a few days (a lot of the shorter parts, and some chaff) and now that I've got them proper hay again, he should go back to normal in a few days. He's eating and drinking normally and pooping regularly, they're just not as healthy looking as I'd like.

 

[pani]

!!!

I got a kiss from Clementine for the first time in months!

 

[Azerane]

I'm sure the poop thing is probably just a side effect of not having long-strand hay. Hopefully it clears up without problem and there isn't something wrong. Cleaning out Bandit's litter tray today I found one of those double poops, my thought process was literally "Cool, bonus poop. Like when you get a double chocolate-coated something or double-yolker egg... except it's poop... my life is sad." lol.

That's so great that Clemmie gave you kisses! She does still love you, she just holds a really good grudge

 

[lovelops]

!!!

I got a kiss from Clementine for the first time in months!

Yeah!!!! That is great news!!!

I got my first kiss from Brooke yesterday, ever!
(she is getting better slowly ...)


Hopefully it will be the start of many more!

Vanessa

 

[pani]

No kisses since then, but I soldier on.

My sister is visiting me from across the country this week. She was super duper excited to meet the little guys, and even though I warned her that they're not super affectionate, she was disappointed that they wouldn't come up to her for cuddles. They won't cuddle me, what makes her think they'll cuddle her instead?! They both seem quite skittish this week actually, not sure what that's about.

 

[Azerane]

I think the time between when I got my first and second kisses from Bandit, was quite long, but once we'd move on to the second one, we moved straight onto the 3rd, 4th, 5th etc. So hopefully she'll give you lots of love soon

Bandit always used to be skittish with new people about, some people still scare him a little, but to my amazement about a month or two ago when a friend dropped round, Bandit was up against the fence and my friend asked if he could pat him, I told him he could try He walked right up, leaned over and started petting him and Bandit just melted, haha. Couldn't believe what I was seeing since he'd never met this particular friend before. I think it's partly a personal energy thing, bunns are always going to feel safer around particular people due to the vibes they give off. It's likely that your sister being there has simply upset the bunns' feng shui.

 

[lovelops]

No kisses since then, but I soldier on.

My sister is visiting me from across the country this week. She was super duper excited to meet the little guys, and even though I warned her that they're not super affectionate, she was disappointed that they wouldn't come up to her for cuddles. They won't cuddle me, what makes her think they'll cuddle her instead?! They both seem quite skittish this week actually, not sure what that's about.

That's fine. She will warm up. Lady just cleaned my hair last night which is amazing. She hasn't done that ever, so it just takes time. Been spending time with Brooke to make certain she doesn't have a relapse so it's been time consuming.. but don't want any more vet bills!

I agree, if my rabbits won't let me pick them up what makes any one else think they can! Ditto for cuddling, but that is ok. They are probably skittish about the new visitor your sister in the house. Mine are like that also!

Vanessa