Thumper AKA fuzzy butt!

[whitelop]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Sounds like you're having quite the spread! I hope it is delicious and you guys have a wonderful day!

 

[Chrisdoc]

THat all sounds delicious, now I´m hungry. Sounds like you have a spread like we used to have when we were all at home for Christmas. Tons of food....yummy. Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving over in there and enjoyed a wonderful day.

Love the pic of Thumper, he is so handsome, I want to hug an really big bunny :heartbeat:

 

[PaGal]

Chris...maybe in the future you can own one

It has been an interesting week. The food was all delicious. We have been eating it twice a day every day and still have more left. Good thing we all like it so much.

Hubby lost his wedding ring. He noticed it missing after he had cut the ham from the bone to put it in a glass dish so everything would fit in the fridge. He thought it might have gotten picked up with a paper towel that was thrown away. So yesterday we went through all of our trash. Yuck! We finally did find it. It was with the ham bone.

This is the third time it has gone missing. Last year it came off while he was digging up sweet potatoes and it took days of searching before I finally found it. A few years before that it disappeared when we dug up ten small trees and placed them in pots. Then replanted ten bigger trees. I found the ring in one of the pots when I started to take them back out of the pots searching for the ring.

Today we happened to be in our yard and saw our neighbor across the way walking through his yard being followed by two large goats. He does not have goats and I didn't think he would get goats. His wife finally retired and they have been traveling a lot as their kids live out of state and he made sure to let us know not to come asking him if he wanted a kitten when they got old enough.

So hubby texted him saying those were two of the strangest looking dogs he has ever seen. Turns out they just showed up at his house. So hubby decided we would take the girls over to see the goats. We hung out for about an hour and when we came home the goats followed us. The neighbor had made some calls trying to find out who's they were. So I spent some time getting prepared in case the goats were here for a while. I gave them hay and water. I also gave them some rabbit pellets.

One was wearing a collar so we chained it up thinking the other one wouldn't run off without it's buddy and I was worried about them wandering down to the road. They were very sweet and friendly. The girls really enjoyed having them here but several hours later the owner showed up to get them.

I did learn through researching on the internet that they are LaMancha goats, easy to tell since they have these little, tiny stubby ears. They were so cute. They are known for having wonderful personalities and great milk so I think if we get goats those would be a good choice. Plus they are hardy so I would not have to be paranoid about their health.

 

[whitelop]

I can't believe his ring was in the ham bone! LOL I can't imagine him wearing a ring, most men don't. Mine doesn't. LOL

I love goats! I'm jealous you got to spend some time with them! Someone down the road from us got some goats, or moved them into a front pasture, so I saw them today. I told my hub, "look, they have goats. They get it." He told me I was crazy. If I had goats, I wouldn't have to buy anymore milk or cheese, I could just make it!

Glad your thanksgiving was good! And you're enjoying the left overs. Left overs are the best part.

 

[PaGal]

Morgan...he has never been one to wear a ring till he married me. Now he complains whenever it is not on him.

After goat sitting yesterday I could see having them. Who knows, maybe one day. Hubby right now is back onto the chickens. I know we'll have them if he ever finds the time to build a coop. Ha!

 

[kmaben]

Of all the creatures to wander off and follow you around. Hysterical.

 

[whitelop]

I saw these really tiny little chickens the other day. I think most small breed chickens are like, pretend chickens. They were little bantams of some sort, but I'm not sure what. I don't know if you guys want big birds or little birds, but they were like palm sized. LOL

 

[Chrisdoc]

That is so cute, goats following you about. I love goats, I´m going to buy a property in the country when I win the lottery and have loads of animals. I´ll be the mad old lady with all those animals lol.

I hate losing jewellery. So glad you found the ring. Mine once fell off on the beach and it took ages to sift through all the sand to find it. I´m always losing earrings and nose rings , I have loads of single ones, I´ve given up buying decent ones now cos I know i´ll just lose one.

 

[PaGal]

Kaley...it was! Funniest thing is when we were still at the neighbors we saw our other neighbor go to the house. We were too far to holler so the girls volunteered to go let him know where we were. They ran across the field with the goats running after them, we could hear them laughing the whole way. Then the goats wanted to go home with our neighbor who had to actually run part way to where we were to get the goats to go back. He is about 64 years old with a bit of a belly, never thought to see him run like that.

Morgan...those are the chickens I want, tiny! Ha Hubby won't go for anything less than normal sized.

Chris...I could see that but the kids have to be grown first. The last time I lost something it was my keys and that was about 22 years ago. I never did find them. I'm good at finding everyone elses' lost items so they always call me for help. Drives me crazy because I can't stop looking or relax until it is found. The joke is that the uterus is a tracking device, that's why men can never find anything. Ha!

 

[PaGal]

Laverne and Shirley are being brats still. No matter what I do they insist on tearing up the carpet. Shirley for the past few days has also taken to zooming around the cage and stomping. I swear stomping for her is a fun activity. No other bun will be on alert and she'll do it for an hour. Run across the cage and then stomp. Sit a minute and then run to the other side of the cage and stomp. Over and over.

Laverne however has let me pet her for a few minutes at a time three times this week. The last time she even lay down into a bun loaf. You know how they just get comfortable and settle themselves in for a pet?

I am planning on building a second level in Laverne and Shirley's cage. I'm hoping they will be a little calmer with some more space to run around. I hope to accomplish the work this weekend. I have wood for supports and plan to use coroplast which I have for the floor.

I'm worried sick about our one cat. So is hubby. We haven't seen her all day. She scratched to be let out last night. Usually she just runs out to potty even though we have litter boxes in the garage. Well she didn't come right back and we figured she just wanted to sleep under the stars last night as it was pretty warm out. She is fixed and does not wander at all. Ever. She is not one to miss her meals.

 

[PaGal]

Not a good day as I'm so worried about our cat. Like I said she doesn't wander. If you measured it out she stays within an acre around the house if even that far. We looked yesterday and I have been out looking several times today. Even looked up the trees just in case something chased her.

She should have been waiting on us yesterday morning to be let in to eat. I even used the rifle scope and scanned the fields around us.

I am still hoping she will show up.

 

[PaGal]

I have good news. Our cat, Momma as I call her came back home. She's fine, although she was hungry. I have no idea where she was. As I said she does not wander. There is a pole barn right at the edge of our property, runs right up to it. It includes a small building so I'm wondering if she went in there and got trapped in there. I know our front neighbors store some items in there. Sometimes I see the door open all day. Most of the time it is shut.

They need to invent a chip you can implant that allows you to track your pets with GPS.

Thumper the other evening got impatient waiting on me to get him his pellets and decided to try to get to them himself by jumping onto the door of his cage while it was open. He had his front feets on the top of the door and his back feets through some of the openings. I reacted quickly and got him down although my brain was still thinking WTF? for a while.

Laverne and Shirley's cage construction is done. Oh my gosh did it take time. It shouldn't have but then hubby got done in the garage and before I knew it we were rearranging some things. They now have a shelf across the short side of their cage. Once on there they then can jump onto the second level that cover the whole cage with the exception of the opening for them to jump through. Both of them have been on the shelf and Laverne has been on the upper level.

During some of the work Thumper and Shirley decided to have a thumping war. Thumper rarely thumps but he started to for some reason and then Shirley would thump back. But then she seems to think thumping is a fun activity that she does frequently.

Also for about an hour while we were working Shirley decided to build a nest. She kept running around with torn up pieces of a phone book in her mouth. It was hilarious and adorable. She was piling it up in their litter box. She stopped after about an hour though.

 

[PaGal]

I finally am done with the renovations to Laverne and Shirley's cage. Last night I was kept up by a racket coming from their cage. Got up this morning to see that they knocked two boards down from their shelf. When I first built it I ran out of zip ties so did not tie them down. I did get more zip ties yesterday so fixed it today plus changed the way I had the support for the boards.

The support before used several more pieces and was just busy looking. I'm happy with it now and plan to be done. The buns might have other plans though.It cost me nothing more than what I paid for more zip ties because everything else we already had.

I am more than likely going to build a shelf for Thumper as well, just not now. Maybe this weekend though. I don't think he needs a second level because he is not that active but he may like having a shelf to lay on.

TGIF!!!!

 

[Chrisdoc]

Whatever would we do without zip ties and I´m now using them for other things than the rabbit cage, don´t know how I lived without them. Glad to see the cat´s home, I bet you were worried but so glad to see her.

Laverne and Shirley sound like a right pair, I bet they do keep you busy but Thumper still cracks me up, trying to help himself to food lol.

Houdini has started thumping a lot lately, it drives me nuts. I did laugh today as I have a santa door hanger and he sings Jingle Bells if you knock it. I´ve had it years, used to drive my dad mad. Anyway, I turned on the battery and it started playing and all the buns ran for cover, they were so scared. So, looks like Santa will be silent this year, such a shame.

 

[whitelop]

Ellie thumped at my husband last night! He picked her up, while I was yelling at him not to, she freaked out, climbed onto his shoulder and tore him up. He let her down and she thumped really hard at him. We laughed at her, but she went back to him for nose rubs. She thumps occasionally, sometimes when one of the cats is being mean or something, but shes usually pretty quiet.

I am so glad your cat came back! I bet she did get trapped in that shed, poor thing! I had a cat wander off at the beginning of this year, she was here one day and gone the next. It was my barn cats sister, I hope that she went to a neighbors house behind me and is living with them. But who knows. My barn cat on the other hand, is too fat to roam. LOL

I would really love to see the girls enclosure, if you wanted to post a picture of it. *hint-hint-wink-wink*

Have you had cheeseburger soup before? I vaguely remember you saying something about it, but I can't remember if it was you or not. Anyway, its really good and I found that you can make it with chicken too! I made it with chicken last night, that I boiled in really seasoned water and shredded and the soup was GOOD! http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cheeseburger-soup Thats the recipe I use, but I add a little more velvetta in mine. And when I do make it with ground beef, I add a pound because 1/2 is like nothing.
You probably already know about it though! LOL

 

[Chrisdoc]

I have to have a look at the cheeseburger soup. YOu have no idea what I am imagining it to look like lol.

I can just see Ellie thumping, Houdini thumps now and again and for a while, I´ve started thumping back now, that does confuse them.

 

[whitelop]

Hahaha. I thump at Ellie! I thought I was the only one!

 

[PaGal]

I try thumping at the girls when they are being little monsters but they don't care. They act afraid and skittish until they are up to no good then they are not afraid of anything.

Chris...if you left your santa door knocker up they might get used to it over time.

I will try to remember and get some photos of the cage now. I was waiting until I knew it was done. Although I may eventually replace the coroplast with a sheet of wood. I used it since I had it and I was not sure if they would still use the litter box but they do.

I have never tried cheeseburger soup. I will have to look at the recipe. I am actually looking for something for dinner tomorrow.

A blimp flew over the other day. So something out of the ordinary to see. The twins and I got to see a bald eagle circling low over head before landing on one of the oak trees. That was pretty cool.

When you go out our back door you walk onto one of those small porches they make people put in garages now. We call it our stoop. Well when Pepper the little girl kitten is in that side of the garage and you head up the steps to go inside she will run up the steps and jump onto the railing and meow begging for pets.

Cloud has really gotten big. You can definitely tell he's a boy. He still slinks down when you start to pet him and then will lay down.

 

[PaGal]

So hubby's work had I guess their version of a Christmas party today. I didn't know anything about it till hubby was telling me about the brunch he had. He almost won a kindle fire which would have been nice because all of the girls want one for Christmas.

So here are the pics...

 

[PaGal]

There are only two things that Thumper chews that he shouldn't...my belt. This is the new one as I had to replace my last one. He only gets the occasional nibble since I only wear a belt with my good jeans and I only wear them when I leave home which is not all that often plus I usually change when I get back home.

I have a shirt of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory. Thumper bites Sheldons face. I'm not sure what he has against him. Ha!

I was in the bun room and one of the twins were with me. We have a scale that sits next to Thumpers out of cage hay rack. Thumper was sitting on the scale which BTW is really off since it said he weighs 30lbs, eating some hay. I was laying on the floor looking at his chin as it is rare to see that part of him. Hubby and his buddy walked into the house which for some reason spooked Thumper and he jumped over my head.

It was cool but made me hold my breath because I know what those bunny nails feel like if they get you when they are leaping. The girl got a kick out of it along with getting to see him stretch and yawn.

I'm sad.