Hi there, as some of you may remember i recently found a stray pet rabbit and as his owners havent come forward i have adopted him. thought people might like an update on him! sorry for the epic length of this :lol:
Bunny is now called Otto, just because i thought it suited him he is incredibly friendly, wayyy more confident now than he was at first and will happily hop over and lie down whilst you scritch him he hasnt once shown any aggression, even when i caught him initially. unfortunately the offer of a hutch i had fell through so at the moment he is living in the wendy house in our garden :lol: which is about 4 x 3 feet with a shelf to bounce up on to. he loves to sit on and watch the world go by! he's out in his run every day from about 8am til 5pm too.
here is his house (excuse the awful paint job, my sister decided to paint it with her left over bedroom wall paint when she was 12 :|)
chilling out in his run which i made out of spare timber, the back of a wardrobe and wire mesh (i have the scars to prove it!!)
he loves his unlimited farm hay and his SS pellets, he gets a handful every night. i decided to try putting a few in the rat treat ball i have (which was completely ignored by the rats :roll and he loved pushing it around to get them out, so now he gets all his pellets in it
today was a big day for Otto, as he went in for his castration! everything went without a hitch, and he doesnt even seem to have noticed anythings missing :lol: he had a VHD too so he's all jabbed up to date now. he is in his hospital cage in my room at the mo so i can keep an eye on him, he's eaten lots of grass and pellets, played with his treat ball and drunk plenty so i am very pleased with him.
not impressed with the lack of space
enjoying a head scratch
eating, yay!
now that he's had his snip we can attempt to bond him with my friends spayed girlie in the future, which would be lovely. we are planning on living together next year at uni, so it would be ideal really, i could still see him lots! this is his beautiful potential girlfriend, Bluebell:
we think Otto is a Silver Fox cross, he weighs about 2kg (though is still a little skinny) and his head shape and colouring seems to match that breed the closest. he is getting quite a bit of white tipping on his coat now as he moults.
in the first week of having Otto i had noticed that he didnt have any kind of startle reflex if you touched his head or brought anything close to his face. the vet has had a good look in his eyes and thinks he has the beginning of cataracts (you may be able to see a slight cloudiness in some of the pics). she was fairly surprised as we reckon he is only a couple of years old. the vet doesn't think he is blind, and he definitely sees me walking towards the run as he always hops over and stands up to say hi. does anyone know if this is likely to progress to blindness? will it affect him much? he doesnt seem at all bothered at the moment.
anyway hope i havent bored you with my ramblings, i have definitely fallen for this little boy he is so much friendlier than most rabbits i have met, which is pretty amazing considering his history. thank you for all the advice i was given to start with, and i welcome any more
Bunny is now called Otto, just because i thought it suited him he is incredibly friendly, wayyy more confident now than he was at first and will happily hop over and lie down whilst you scritch him he hasnt once shown any aggression, even when i caught him initially. unfortunately the offer of a hutch i had fell through so at the moment he is living in the wendy house in our garden :lol: which is about 4 x 3 feet with a shelf to bounce up on to. he loves to sit on and watch the world go by! he's out in his run every day from about 8am til 5pm too.
here is his house (excuse the awful paint job, my sister decided to paint it with her left over bedroom wall paint when she was 12 :|)
chilling out in his run which i made out of spare timber, the back of a wardrobe and wire mesh (i have the scars to prove it!!)
he loves his unlimited farm hay and his SS pellets, he gets a handful every night. i decided to try putting a few in the rat treat ball i have (which was completely ignored by the rats :roll and he loved pushing it around to get them out, so now he gets all his pellets in it
today was a big day for Otto, as he went in for his castration! everything went without a hitch, and he doesnt even seem to have noticed anythings missing :lol: he had a VHD too so he's all jabbed up to date now. he is in his hospital cage in my room at the mo so i can keep an eye on him, he's eaten lots of grass and pellets, played with his treat ball and drunk plenty so i am very pleased with him.
not impressed with the lack of space
enjoying a head scratch
eating, yay!
now that he's had his snip we can attempt to bond him with my friends spayed girlie in the future, which would be lovely. we are planning on living together next year at uni, so it would be ideal really, i could still see him lots! this is his beautiful potential girlfriend, Bluebell:
we think Otto is a Silver Fox cross, he weighs about 2kg (though is still a little skinny) and his head shape and colouring seems to match that breed the closest. he is getting quite a bit of white tipping on his coat now as he moults.
in the first week of having Otto i had noticed that he didnt have any kind of startle reflex if you touched his head or brought anything close to his face. the vet has had a good look in his eyes and thinks he has the beginning of cataracts (you may be able to see a slight cloudiness in some of the pics). she was fairly surprised as we reckon he is only a couple of years old. the vet doesn't think he is blind, and he definitely sees me walking towards the run as he always hops over and stands up to say hi. does anyone know if this is likely to progress to blindness? will it affect him much? he doesnt seem at all bothered at the moment.
anyway hope i havent bored you with my ramblings, i have definitely fallen for this little boy he is so much friendlier than most rabbits i have met, which is pretty amazing considering his history. thank you for all the advice i was given to start with, and i welcome any more