I've had bunnies all the way through my childhood, mostly English Spots or New Zealand Whites. My last bunny was a English Spot cross buck called Humbug. He was a dental bunny but lived until he was approx. 10 years and died circa. 2007-8.
After that I wasn't going to get another bunny but back in 2012 we visited friends who run a Birds of Prey centre and they had just taken on 2 pairs of bunnies for their "childrens corner". Unfortunately one doe had just had babies and the other doe was pregnant. So they had gone from 4 bunnies to about 10 in weeks. Our friend begged us to take one of the male bunnies as they were fighting and in the end we relented.
We brought Snowflake (a beautiful white single maned lionhead with grey patches around his eyes) home on a sunday afternoon and we had nothing for him. We had to race to PAH before it shut to get a Poppy Den hutch, accessories, food and hay.
Realising he would need more space, I brought Snowflake a run from Amazon and put it on the grass to allow him "run days" when it was nice. Then we decided that Snowflake would need a friend and took one of the 2nd set of bunnies from our friends - a little Dwarf Lop doe whom my sister called George
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. As Snowflake wasn't neutered we got another Poppy Den hutch from PAH for George. Once Snowflake had settled in we got him neutered and was waiting for George to grow up so we could spay her. Then unfortunately about a month after Snowflake was neutered, he started showing the signs of what I now know to be gut stasis and passed away after a few days stay in the vets. I was devastated but was determined to that George should still have friend, so we went to a breeder (sorry) and got Hershel my Mini Lop.
And that's is when I started on a very steep learning curve (still on it) and eventually found this forum who has taught me so much.
George turned out to be a boy, so we neutered them both straightway and tried to bond but unfortunately it failed. So we expanded their living quarters by buying 2 lots of Runaround kits and then brought them a new double level 6x2ft hutch. It was the best feeling to smash up and burn those PAH hutches.
Since then we have took on 2 more rabbits from our friend (who unfortunately her partner refuses to neuter the parents). We got Harry who we bonded with George (we tried a trio but Hershel was not having it) and Maggie who has recently been bonded with Hershel (they currently live in my bedroom as we had nowhere else to put Maggie). So the plan this summer is to further expand their habitats by building them a large Aviary run each and attach hutch via the runarounds.
So in the space of 2½ years I have turned into a bunny Mumma of 4 and can't imagine life without them, especially Hershel who is my soul bunny.