Winston and Charlie's first blog

[AngelnSnuffy]

Well, isn't he a little doll:inlove:. Yay, more pics soon!inkbouce:!

 

[JenniferCameron]

Heehee Charlie is a girl. Thomas (my boyfriend) named both of the bunnies and picked those names. I like it even if it is a boys name, it's cute to have a little tini bun named a big man name lol. Charlie is doing well now she's pooping normally ever since the morning (she had mushy bum poop but I cleaned it) I just gave her all alfalfa today and it cleared up. I just gave her a few pellets just now (maybe a teaspoon worth of em). I hope that she doesn't get them again, it really worries me. Winston is doing well, he looks so big compared to Charlie it's super cute. I"m going to keep them apart untill Charlie is bigger.

In other news Winston bit me for the first time ever today, I was feeding him lettuce though so he might have just confused my hand for some lettuce.

Charlie jumped up on her house today for the first time!!! She's so much stronger and healthier than when i got her a few days ago it's amazing. I think she was just stressed out from all the travelling she did ( I got her the same day the breeder brought her into the store).

Anyways I guess that's all right now, my camera is with my dad at the cottage so no new pics, but I will put some more up tomorrow I hope!

Hope everyone else is doing well.

 

[trailsend]

Winston is SO adorable! and so is Charlie- they are just so cute! I can hardly stand it. Great pictures - Winston seems like a real character! Can't wait for more

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Charlie is SOO cute! How old is she? Winston? They're both cute little babies!

Emily

 

[JenniferCameron]

BlueSkyAcresRabbitry wrote:

Charlie is SOO cute! How old is she? Winston? They're both cute little babies!

Emily

Winston is 11 weeks old and Charlie is 7 weeks old. I just got Charlie a few days ago, she's a newbie.

 

[JenniferCameron]

OH my goodness! one of Charlie's ears has fallen! She looks so freaking cute, I've never had a lop so this is all new to me. I swear she's more like a dog than a bunny. She follows me around and if I put my finger in the cage she runs over to give me kisses and to get pets. She has no fear at all, and loves people. Winston is definitely her opposite, that worries me about bonding them. Winston is very shy and only lets me get near him to pick him up or pet him. He gets scared if anyone else tries to (and sometimes me too). Winston also isn't the pig that Charlie is, he eats well but Charlie just won't stop and if I put anything down in her cage she runs over and starts eating before I put the dish down it's really cute actually. Winston only ever goes crazy for treats and he still isn't nearly as crazy as her. I wonder if it's genetics or if the breeder handled her a lot (maybe both).

Anyways it's worrying me that they won't bond easily, he's so high strung and she's so chill. Another reason that I'm worried is that I hear that's it is much harder to bond bunnies that have been umm altered. I'm going to get the both altered I think, although I'm not sure, it seems like a lot of pain to put the girl through, but I also know that female bunnies that are unaltered are also much more likely to die of ovarian cancer, so I guess it's a toss up.

I won't be altering them for at least 5 months though, I have that much time to decide if I will let them breed. Thomas and my dad really want them to, I'm still undecided. We have homes for a few of them (all people with rabbit experience) but I'm still unsure. On the one hand I think it's natural and good for a female to have a litter, plus I loved the experience when my last bun had a litter (4 babies and all survived). On the other hand it will be alot of work and sad if some of the babies (or all) die.

I still have a few months to decide so I guess that is alright.

I also worry that if I try to bond them now and don't separate them again in time that we will have babies too soon for Charlie. But if I bond them now and do separate them in time will it hurt them being separated (they would be in the same room but different cages). If I don't bond them until after the litter is born will it make it harder? If i bond them and then Charlie has babies will it hurt them to separate them while the babies are feeding? Then once the babies are born(we're keeping the ones that we don't have homes for (maybe none depending on the litter size) if we decide to breed them how will we make sure they all get along.

I don't know it's late at night and this all just came into my head so I had to put it down.

Anyways goodnight all and hope you all have sweet dreams!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Oops, I'm sorry about that. She is a doll.

I also just noticed that there is no r in Charlie's name in the title of this blog, which is why I spelled it the way I did a few posts back. I'll go change that for you right now.

Are you sure the breeding them is really something you may want to do or are you just tossing the idea around? There are so many needing homes all over as it is:?.

Best of luck either way.

 

[JenniferCameron]

It's my dad and my boyfriend that want the babies. As I have said I'm still undecided.

Thank you for Changing the name to Charlie on the title, I hadn't noticed the misspelling.

Charlie's second ear fell, she's turning into a little lop!:biggrin2:

 

[JenniferCameron]

I'm putting up more pictures of Charlie because she's grown so much. The fist two pics are about a week and a half and the darker photos (no flash) are from today. She's really grown and her ears fell, she's such a cutie pie.

 

[XxMontanaxX]

Charlie is soooo cute! I wanna pick him up and squish him against my face.

 

[JenniferCameron]

I know when we were at the vet today everyone was talking about how cute she was thank you!

So Charlie is indeed sick. She's on Septra-Sulfatrim for the next 7 days, the vet gave me her number and told me to call her after the 7 days is over to see if it clears up. We're also waiting for Winstons "package" to drop so we can have him neutured. I took them both in just to be safe. They're both a healthy weight and she told me that I'm doing everything right which made me feel really good, although the teeth are a little more worn on the top of both bunnies teeth, so she said to start adding in hay because of the calcium and teeth (they're on alfalfa now). I wanted to be a vet when I was little so I really liked the praise lol. I've been thinking about going to school to be a vet technician. I don't want to cut animals open so I think that would be a nice compromise.

I'm so happy that everything is being taken care of.

I loved the vet and the office, everything was so helpful and friendly. The place is McLeans animal hospital in Toronto and the Vet is Julia Hammond, she's the only rabbits specialist there. So if you're looking for a vet in the Toronto area I would suggest there.

The prices were also very reasonable and the service was excellent.

I convinced my dad and Thomas that kits would not be a good idea, so my buns are living seperately until 1-Charlie gets better and 2- until a month after Winston gets Neutured. I'm happy and sad happy because I don't want anything to happen to Charlie and I worry that it might if she had babies. Sad because as much as I didn't want her to have babies, I loved it when my other bun had babies (we thought it was two girls we were wrong lol). I'm glad that it's finally been resolved, now I'm just waiting till Winston is ready.

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

I'm so glad you loved that vet, you should add them to our library in Rabbit Savvy vets, if he's not on there yet.

Glad all is getting worked out. The plan sounds good:thumbup.

 

[JenniferCameron]

She was on the ontario rabbit vet list but i did write about my experience. Charlie is doing well as in Winston. We're watching a dog for a few days so Winston has been staying in his room (I come in and play with him a few times a day) and Charlie is in my room (She loves it in there lol cause she's right by me).

One of Winstons testicles has fallen so as soon as the other one drops (i hope it does) we will be taking him in to get taken care of). Charlie has been really good taking her medicine (but she's not a fan of the bunny burrito) and I've noticed that Winston has been much friendlier lately, I guess he's starting to trust me more (it may just be because he's more comfortable hanging with me in his room). I really can't wait until they can stay together, I think they will both be much happier (if i can sucessfully bond them). I have to call the vet in a few days to update her on Charlie, so I"m hoping that the meds work so we don't have to try anything harsher. The vet didn't want to put her on anything harsh either so she said that she started her off on the lightest meds (because she's so young).

Anyways I have to go to sleep now so Goodnight and Sweet Dreams!

 

[JenniferCameron]

I"m so excited, Charlie is still a little sick but she's getting better. She's never lost her appetite and she still very active. I am supposed to update the vet on Monday. Winston is starting to settle more, he's being very sweet. The best news though is that it has been decided the bunnies need more space. We're building (well my dads friend is building for us) a mesh wall. We're cutting off an area in our living room for the rabbits. It will be between 35 and 40 square feet. They won't be living there until Winston is neutured Charlie is better and they are bonded (so not for a few months at least) but it will be great! I've also decided to grow some things for them to eat. Any ideas would be appreciate. Do they like regular grass? I was also going to grow dandylions because I know they're supposed to like them (hopefully mine will). I will be posting more pics later today!

 

[JenniferCameron]

My computer broke so I had to get a new one before I could upload anymore pics, but I have my new puter now so here are the pics.

Winston...

And Charlie...

 

[JenniferCameron]

Winston's appointment was cancelled, so I will have to rebook when I have more time. I kinda wish that hadn't happened, i wanted to get his over with. The good news is that Charlie is doing so much better. She's turned into a bit of an escape artist as is Winston. We're just starting to build new bunny area, so that will be fun, it's in the living room and one of my dad's friends is making the mesh for me. It will be nice for them both. I want to have them bonded by september when I go back to school so they won't be so lonely. Since I got word that Charlie is ok I have let them meet, with close supervision, I'm right there and he hasn't mounted her, they were very sweet to each other and just kinda laid beside each other after they had sniffed each other. It was only for a few min but it seemed promising to me. I gave them both a little alfalfa treat after so they would associate good things with each other. I figure it's ok to let them meet now as long as I make sure he doesn't get the chance to mount her.

Anyways that's all for now. Thanks for reading!

 

[juliew19673]

How are Winston & Charlie doing these days - its' been a loooonnnnggg time since you've posted and was getting a little worried..

 

[JenniferCameron]

They're doing fine, I'll be posting some new pictures soon. Maybe tonight, I've just been so busy with school stuff lately, I haven't had that much computer time. Charlie has gotten so big compared to how tini she was here, oh my goodness she was a little fur ball!!!

Thank you for the thought!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Good to hear about the babies, will await pics of your bunners!

 

[JenniferCameron]

Here are three of them together, I've been letting them meet for a few minutes every day, beside me of course to make sure no funny business happens, Winston likes to groom Charlie which I think is sweet.

Winston got too close, he wanted to see the camera!

I love these last two of Charlie!

Well that is all for now.

Everyone is getting a kick out of the fact that Charlie comes when you call her, she's very smart, and super affectionate. She refuses to pee in one spot in the cage and that is frustrating me a little, also I'm worried that it may be a sign. I had a litter box in there for her but she used it for sleeping, so i took it out thinking she would find a place to pee and then I could go from there but she pees all over the cage. She doesn't pee on her box or in it and she won't pee anywhere else but the open part of her cage but she won't pick a corner. Winston of course is perfectly fine, he was no trouble litter training.

Anyways I should be off now. I hope you all are having a great day (night)!

One of the pictures kept showing up funny so I had to edit this post like 8 times!!!