Thumper AKA fuzzy butt!

[Ilovemyrabbit]

Those bunnies are so cute! Do you know what gender they are?

Funny in that picture those bunnies do look almost as big as Thumper I was like What the heck! They look as big as Thumper! LOL. I guess its just the way you took that picture that made him look small.

 

[PaGal]

I don't know their gender yet. I know I could have my hubby flip them for me while I check but I know plenty of experienced people have the bunny fairy switch sexes on them so I'm just being cautious and keeping them separate. An unplanned litter of kitties is enough although I would dearly love to have baby buns around. My guess is females.

I guess it was the angle or something. If you look at the pic above it you can just make out the the brown bunnies butt. That's a better comparison in size. The black and brown are just about the same size.

 

[whitelop]

They are so cute! I wonder what they are, like breed wise? They're really cute though! I guess if you have them for a few months you'll be able to tell if they're boys or girls, because if they're unspayed girls they'll be moody and grunty like Fat Ellie. haha. Oh and I think they're girls because they totally have dewlaps. Sometimes you can feel under them and they have little nipples, but sometimes its hard to feel on a rabbit.

I think that all of them laying next to each other like that, is a great sign! With Thumper all flopped out and the brown bun looks semi-flopped but still comfy and the black bun is in total bunloaf. So thats a good sign that they possibly will get along. Yay! So maybe if you get them spayed and neutered they could call be buddies!

 

[PaGal]

I have no idea what they are. I'm sure the neighbor bought them from the feed store. I wonder sometimes if the black could be polish but I'm just basing that on her being black plus her ears are on the small side. Her and the brown are pretty much the same size but her ears are smaller. The brown is funny as he has a small white spot right around his nose. His nose is pink and it just gives him a little bit of a piggy look plus he has some lighter color around his eyes.

I know without a doubt that Thumper is a boy as his parts that are supposed to descend have. So I'm hoping at some point when the brown is laying down I might catch a glimpse although I know not seeing them is not a guarantee you have a girl. Why must it be so hard to tell? I thought boys would get dew laps if they were overweight and I have no idea if they could be or not.

The brown one will honk at times although no where near as much as at first.

I think Thumper is laid back enough to be fine with other buns. They sniff each others noses over the cardboard and when Thump runs around sometimes they start to as well. I don't see any animosity but that could be because no one is spayed/neutered.

 

[PaGal]

Boy am I tired! If I were a bunny this would be me...

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

What a cute picture! I'd probably do that too if I were a bunny.

 

[Chrisdoc]

The two little ones are lovely and that last pic is so cute, I just love that white belly.

THey do look nearly as big as Thumper but it´s the angle. glad you´ve decided they´re yours, they look really settled.

 

[PaGal]

Chris...Thank you. I should have listened to my husband who made a comment about a week ago that it looks like they're here to stay. I should have known in the beginning they wouldn't be going anywhere but they happened to arrive at the worst time ever for two new additions.

 

[PaGal]

Third times a charm they say and I hope it holds true because I am tired of retyping this.

I re-did the buns cage last night so the coroplast is on the inside of the X pen. I will keep an eye out for chewing but they seem to have settled down on chewing. maybe because they are eating so much hay now where before it was just pellets. Their poops have gotten bigger which is good. they were so tiny before. They smell better now too. It took a while to get them to go into the carrier to change their cage. I placed some pellets in it and sat down to wait. They were apprehensive at first. Then my goof ball dog barked and they had to take turns thumping. Finally they started to go in but when the second one would head in the first one would pop out but my patience finally payed off and the pellet temptation worked. It took longer to re-do the cage than I thought but it's done. They came out of the carrier after with no problems. The past 2 times they were let out of the carrier I had to remove the top and it still took them some time to decide it was safe.

I bought them a bird toy today. One with the wood and rope. The best part is it was on sale for $1.50. Being sick and tired from not sleeping well the past several days I didn't think to buy more than one as they are usually almost $7. I'll try to remember to check if they have any left the next time I go shopping.

When I was putting the hay I bought away for the first time the black bun came up to see me first. It has come up to see me before but only after the brown bun.

I bought Thumper a grated storage box to make into a hay rack. It will hold more than what he currently has and it should be too small for him to get his fuzzy butt into. I have to make a few adjustments first.

Hubby is supposed to stop at a Southern States on the way home for nitrogen for our corn plants and he is supposed to check and see if they have horse stall pellets. I hope so. Then the buns will be set.

Also for $3 I bought a set of shower curtain rings. I already have the necessary holes drilled in the litter boxes. I will then zip tie the rings to the litter boxes and hook them onto the side of the cage so none of the buns can move or flip their litter boxes. I tried it with string and 2 of the same rings that I found and it has worked well. I have four litter boxes and each will have the rings permanently attached.

 

[PaGal]

I am not ready for these animals this morning. Why can they not let me have some peace and wake up at my own rate?

Trying to drink my coffee and I hear what sounds like somebunny chewing coroplast so I go to look. Black bun is chewing the edge of their floor at the doorway of the cage. She does not respond to a stern No! Why is it even skittish buns care not when they are intent on doing something they should not? I noticed they are out of hay so I gave them some hoping this would be a distraction. It seemed to work.

I also had to give Thumper some as he saw me give the others.

Then the dog lets me know he needs out. Some days he can go for hours but of course never when it would benefit me the most. Head out with the dog and see four tiny frogs in the garage, no bigger than my finger tip. Start wondering if toad eggs hatched or just tiny adult frogs of some sort. Try to guide the dog safely around them not wanting any squished frogs. My dog can be quite oblivious to things when he has his mind on something else. Not so good for walking through tiny frogs but at least he didn't notice the wild bun outside but I still watched ready to yell if he saw and tried to chase it. With him if you yell as soon as he takes off he will stop but if he has run more than six steps then he is gone.

Head back to the garage first herding tiny frogs out of the dogs path as I call to him. he ignores me too busy sniffling his own pee spots. When he finally decides to hear me he comes but freezes within feet of the door and won't come through. He senses frustration.

I just was back out in the garage and the number of frogs has grown. I left doors open hoping they will go outside where frogs should be. Hubby and the guys that will be here later could pose a significant threat. Me, I always watch where I am walking.

Thumper is now shaking his cage and demanding to be let out. Give me just a few more minutes...Please!

I do love them all!

 

[whitelop]

Awww the baby frogs! I hope they don't get smooshed, hopefully they'll go out while the door is open. It looks like rain here...again. So all my frogs are super happy out there.

It sounds like you got the buns set up right! They're so lucky to have a bun mom like you! Especially those new buns, I bet they're the happiest they've ever been. Do you let the two new buns out for free time?
Thats a really good idea with the shower rings, I never thought about that, but I never had the room to use a shower ring. I always just used zipties, but that gets pretty old cutting them. Thankfully, the only thing that Ellie doesn't do bad, is move her litter box! I hope you get your pine pellets, they're the best!

 

[PaGal]

Morgan...it has been raining here pretty much non stop since early yesterday. Not hard but still we have already had so much. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of house work and want to be outside working. Every time I get a little done in the garden I then get rained out. I can't catch up. But yes frogs seem to be happy and the tadpoles will be safe for some time.

I haven't let them out to run yet. I was waiting to make sure they were litter trained. They were doing well but now somebunny has peed in a corner twice. maybe it was changing their cage or it could be that they eat hay at the same time and one bun is in the litter box and one is not. When I clean their cage I move the cardboard that is around it and it creates a bunny corral. The past few days they have started exploring this area and come out while I clean.

I'm not sure how I will get them back in the cage if they decide to not go. Thumper was not too bad. He doesn't mind being herded and never has, now pellets get him in there lickety split. I don't want to scare the little ones too much since they are skittish. I guess I'll have to try soon though.

Ooh I just saw a humming bird out the window.

 

[PaGal]

Grumpy, grumpy day! I'm trying to change my mood but it's a struggle. It has been so long that things just have been out of sorts. The work keeps pilling up and getting backed up and I can't catch up. It won't stop raining and the grass won't stop growing but it is too wet to mow.

The weeds love all the rain. Our garden is looking like our yard. The rain is hurting the garden plants. One cuke plant is in bad shape from downy mildew which is caused by too much water. I sprayed everything but corn with fungicide. The few tomatoes we have are splitting from too much rain. The potatoes I didn't get to hill the other day seriously are in need of hilling but how do you hill with mud? Plus the weeds need pulled first and you sink.

I hate the kids being in so much during the summer but the twins have been having so many issues with breathing and the damp seems to make it worse. Rain didn't stop me as a kid or my kids but with them it's different.

 

[PaGal]

I forgot. No horse stall pellets. Grrr. Why must what I need be so difficult to get? When I can finally get it I may buy quite a few bags. Hubby was also sweet enough yesterday to make three stop on his way home to search for my hair dye. No luck. I like natural looking colors. It's an auburn. I have looked before at other brands but have not seen another auburn I like. They all have too much red but like a fake red. I may have to go to a different color altogether. I like darker over lighter.

 

[whitelop]

Darker hair is much easier than lighter hair! I went from being super blonde, to pretty dark red/brown and its so much easier.

Do you guys not have a tractor supply up there? Thats where I get my pellets, they always have them because its like the TSC brand. They're usually pretty cheap, so I would buy them in bulk since you're having such a hard time finding them. I used to buy them like 2-3 bags at a time.

I'm sure the buns are fine without being let out of the pen. Its big enough for them that they're not cramped or anything like that. I just wasn't sure if you were letting them out or not. If it were me, I would probably wait a little while longer, to make sure they're better with the litter box and let them get a little more comfortable with being at your house. And more comfortable with you. I think they're find in the pen for now and for a little while longer, since they are so new still.

I know its been raining here for like 3 solid weeks. We're like 9 inches above the normal water table level. haha. Its been so bad. Our grass has gotten to the point where its not growing anymore. Like the sun doesn't come out enough for it to grow, so its been high but its been at about the same level for a week now. The only good thing is that I haven't watered anything all summer. Like, I don't even have a hose hooked up to water anything, only my chicken coop hose. BUT I hate when my feet get wet with grass water and my tomato plants are too big for their cages and they're falling over. Actually, one tomato plant is pretty much laying on its side because its too big to be in the cage and the cage won't hold it. I need to get some rope and like put it in traction to help it stand up! But everything is growing well, considering its rained like 6 hours a day, everyday for the last 3 weeks. Done with the rain rant.

 

[PaGal]

I have a thing against being blond because just so many women used to do the blonde. darker is so much better as you say. When your hair is messier it is less noticeable.

No tractor supply as far as I know. If so it's not close. We have Sothern States. The one hubby stopped at is a smaller one and so they don't have them either from lack od space or no one really needing it around there. There is one closer but I hate going there. It's in the middle of a town with all the crazy streets and I get lost easy plus so much traffic which makes it worse when you are driving around lost plus the one and only time I went there I hit a bird on the way through the town. I couldn't miss it between swerving would have taken me into oncoming traffic plus it just flew out from the sidewalk so quick. The one and only critter I have ever hit. There is a place not too far from here that I am going to stop in at. haven't been there yet but have wanted to stop. Think I may try it tomorrow.

My tomatoes are laying over. We build a super cage around them as I mostly grow cherry tomatoes and the plants grow crazy but it's a two person job and hubby hasn't had time or the rain has kept us out as we sink so much. It's hard to work when you can't keep your boots on your feet.Ha.

 

[PaGal]

So I decided to take a short break (yah I know again) from the housework I'm not in the mood for and walked down to check on the tadpoles. The puddle is bigger than ever. I carefully watched where I was walking on the way down as the whole driveway at this point is a shallow puddle and I was in flip flops trying to keep my feet from getting too wet. The tadpoles now zoom away when you get close but I did see some back legs on some so yay! for that.

As I started to head back I noticed quite a few tiny, tiny frogs hopping out of the way. The driveway is one that goes from the road past our house and to fields behind our house. We use it till we get to our house. The farmers that work the nearby fields use it occasionally. It is mostly a sand driveway but has a lot of grass and weeds growing so that's why I didn't see the frogs on the way down even though I was looking where I was going. They must have sat still in the grass but on the way back they were trying to hop out of the way. These frogs are tinier than the ones no bigger than my finger tip.

I am starting to feel like I am in the frog version of " The Birds" minus the whole attacking human kind theme.

 

[whitelop]

I like frogs to a certain extent, but once you reach numbers in the millions, you have to do something about it. hahaha. I couldn't handle them anymore, like stepping on toads killing them with bare feet is traumatizing and I would rather feed the chickens with them. LOL

I too am taking a break from house stuff. I'm also not in the mood to do it. I put in a load of clothes, I've accomplished something today. I cleaned my whole living room yesterday and my child, my lovely little child has completely destroyed everything AGAIN. There is no cleaning in my house.

 

[PaGal]

Morgan...I went to take some pics and got some of the ones the size of my finger tips. The others I'm not sure. They were everywhere and fast and when they started hopping they just wouldn't stop. Most frogs will hop aways and then stop. They could sit on an eraser on a pencil.

Well I did all of the house work and got bunny cages done, I just didn't feel like it. I need a break from it for a while. ha! That will never happen.




...I talked to my daughter. She has been having issues with her hand being numb and a tearing pain when she straightens her arm so she made an apt with a specialist. She has to have surgery next week to repair damage to muscle, nerves and tendons. They want to do it before it becomes a permanent problem. Poor girl can't catch a break. She has been through so much in just the past year. Please cross your fingers, say a prayer, rub a budha belly or a live rabbits foot or whatever it is that you do.

 

[whitelop]

Oh no! I'm sorry about your daughters arm! Thats so terrible. My ex-step mom's jack russell bit her finger and tore the tendons in it and she couldn't straighten out the first part of her finger. Like the first little joint that has the finger tip, she couldn't straighten that out. So her finger was always slightly bent, it was weird.
But a whole arm is much different than a finger tip, so I hope she can get it fixed without too much damage being caused.
I bet it doesn't feel good, but hopefully she'll recover soon enough!

I'll rub Ellie's foot for her!