Fluffers
Wise Old Thumper
...I adopted little Inca as a Valentines gift for my hubby (although she quickly became "my" rabbit!)
Inca actually arrived on 12th Feb but we use Valentines day to mark her coming into our lives and making us a little family
For those who don't know the story.....
Chris had wanted another rabbit since losing his beloved Badger a couple of summers before. We had agreed to wait as we were flitting between two houses and didn't want the commitment of another animal until we were more settled and both residing in one house.
Last February, having been married just four months, I felt more settled and we were physically more settled as by then we were both based at mine
I searched online for rabbit rescues and Honeybunnies hopped out at me, specifically a lil bun called Inca I spoke to Jill and grinned from ear to ear when she suggested, without prompting that Inca would be an ideal bun for us and that she had been overlooked for 12 months I felt she was just meant to be ours
We adored Inca from the start. She was such delight and such a clean, good little house bunny. Very timid to begin with, it took her six weeks to really start exploring and to settle. She started out in a pen as her base with time out whenever I was around. It soon became clear though that we could leave her free ranging 24/7 without concerns and within 4-5 weeks she had access to the entire house She litter trained herself in 10 mins flat and never once had an accident. We just couldn't ask for more perfect bunny By the third month she was getting quite brave and would sit with her front paws on my leg and nibble sunflower hearts one at a time, she was so gentle.
Then very suddenly and without warning, she became very very poorly. We battled for five days to save her. She stayed at the vets overnight & had IV fluids for 3 days, teeth were checked, was syringe fed, had pain relief etc etc. I consulted with Jill throughout and the vets tried all manner of treatments.
By day five she had reduced from our silky little bundle of fun to a skeleton racked with pain who just wasn't going to recover and was barely recognisable. My heart broke a million times as she looked up at me and seemed to say "let me go now mummy, I'm so tired"
So let her go I did and although I know it was the right thing to do, the moment still haunts me and Chris and I still miss her very very much.
It is because of Inca that I do what I can for Honeybunnies, am a member of RU and will continue to try to help raise rabbit welfare standards throughout the UK. She started something very special.
Inca is buried under the apple tree that raised so much money for Honeybunnies last Autumn.
Inca, you changed our lives...forever x
Inca actually arrived on 12th Feb but we use Valentines day to mark her coming into our lives and making us a little family
For those who don't know the story.....
Chris had wanted another rabbit since losing his beloved Badger a couple of summers before. We had agreed to wait as we were flitting between two houses and didn't want the commitment of another animal until we were more settled and both residing in one house.
Last February, having been married just four months, I felt more settled and we were physically more settled as by then we were both based at mine
I searched online for rabbit rescues and Honeybunnies hopped out at me, specifically a lil bun called Inca I spoke to Jill and grinned from ear to ear when she suggested, without prompting that Inca would be an ideal bun for us and that she had been overlooked for 12 months I felt she was just meant to be ours
We adored Inca from the start. She was such delight and such a clean, good little house bunny. Very timid to begin with, it took her six weeks to really start exploring and to settle. She started out in a pen as her base with time out whenever I was around. It soon became clear though that we could leave her free ranging 24/7 without concerns and within 4-5 weeks she had access to the entire house She litter trained herself in 10 mins flat and never once had an accident. We just couldn't ask for more perfect bunny By the third month she was getting quite brave and would sit with her front paws on my leg and nibble sunflower hearts one at a time, she was so gentle.
Then very suddenly and without warning, she became very very poorly. We battled for five days to save her. She stayed at the vets overnight & had IV fluids for 3 days, teeth were checked, was syringe fed, had pain relief etc etc. I consulted with Jill throughout and the vets tried all manner of treatments.
By day five she had reduced from our silky little bundle of fun to a skeleton racked with pain who just wasn't going to recover and was barely recognisable. My heart broke a million times as she looked up at me and seemed to say "let me go now mummy, I'm so tired"
So let her go I did and although I know it was the right thing to do, the moment still haunts me and Chris and I still miss her very very much.
It is because of Inca that I do what I can for Honeybunnies, am a member of RU and will continue to try to help raise rabbit welfare standards throughout the UK. She started something very special.
Inca is buried under the apple tree that raised so much money for Honeybunnies last Autumn.
Inca, you changed our lives...forever x