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Can we have a first bunny thread
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March Hare
Warren Veteran
I sadly have no photos of my first bun.
But he was a New Zealand White named Fluffy that I was given by my uncle about 36 years ago when I was 11 years old. I had him for several years, and then we moved house and my parents took him away and gave him to someone else because they didn't want to take him with us. I was TOTALLY gutted, and didn't speak to either of them for about a week. They tried to make it up to me by going out and buying me a hamster.:roll:
But he was a New Zealand White named Fluffy that I was given by my uncle about 36 years ago when I was 11 years old. I had him for several years, and then we moved house and my parents took him away and gave him to someone else because they didn't want to take him with us. I was TOTALLY gutted, and didn't speak to either of them for about a week. They tried to make it up to me by going out and buying me a hamster.:roll:
Stralachlan
Warren Scout
Fluff - I pestered my parents about a litter we were looking after in school when I was 6. 12 years later we finally had to put him to sleep because of a benign stomach tumour which meant he didnt have any quality of life. I've wanted rabbits ever since, and finally been able to get Hazel & Acorn last month.
My first bun was Bob. I must have seen 100 other buns but picked him because he had no ears and I thought no one else would want him. Only had him three months but I loved him so much, we had such a close bond. He went through so much (he had to have operations and treatment for his ears) but was always so brave and friendly no matter what. Miss him xxx
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ZakuraRabbit
Mama Doe
My first bun, is also from my school's first litter
We were so desperate about getting baby rabbits, but then Hermine (a lop dwarf) killed her first litter and we were a bit downhearted, my friend brought her lop dwarf, Litjpia, (Little girl) who had become a mother 2-3 times already, so we decided to try breeding her.
The result was Zakura, my first bun which I still have. She's 2.5 years old and I've learned lots about breeding crossbreeds since then (meaning: don't do it. One of her brother ended up being put to sleep because no one wanted him)
Here's the first pic I took of her in my home. 7 weeks old.
This picture was actually taken a bit earlier, in school. Although I later learned 7 weeks is a bit too son to start harness practising.:roll:
2 weeks. I probably wasn't the best photografer back then:roll: So I don't have many good pictures of her as a baby.
6 weeks
With her brother and sister, I think they were about 4-5 weeks back then.
We were so desperate about getting baby rabbits, but then Hermine (a lop dwarf) killed her first litter and we were a bit downhearted, my friend brought her lop dwarf, Litjpia, (Little girl) who had become a mother 2-3 times already, so we decided to try breeding her.
The result was Zakura, my first bun
which I still have. She's 2.5 years old and I've learned lots about breeding crossbreeds since then (meaning: don't do it. One of her brother ended up being put to sleep because no one wanted him)
Here's the first pic I took of her in my home. 7 weeks old.
This picture was actually taken a bit earlier, in school. Although I later learned 7 weeks is a bit too son to start harness practising.:roll:
2 weeks. I probably wasn't the best photografer back then:roll: So I don't have many good pictures of her as a baby.
6 weeks
With her brother and sister, I think they were about 4-5 weeks back then.
Jemma&Theo
Mama Doe
Theo!!!
and this is their first home
still very much with me
and this is their first home
still very much with me
georgie clover 'n' me
Mama Doe
Like you March Hare I don't have any pictures of my first buns who were called Toffee and Snowflake Toffee was a gorgeous bun and really tame if he was hopping round the garden and had had enough he would hop straight back into his hutch he was such a darling I was really upset when he died I had gone out to feed him one morning and his neck was like pinned back so we took him in the house tried to warm him cried and prayed but he slipped away I can remember running upstairs and sobbing. I was glad in a way that he had held on through the night I don't know what time in the night it had happened nor if he had been in any pain but he had held on until morning so I could see him and hold him one last time
Esther x
Toffee was a gorgeous bun and really tame if he was hopping round the garden and had had enough he would hop straight back into his hutch he was such a darling I was really upset when he died I had gone out to feed him one morning and his neck was like pinned back so we took him in the house tried to warm him cried and prayed but he slipped away I can remember running upstairs and sobbing. I was glad in a way that he had held on through the night I don't know what time in the night it had happened nor if he had been in any pain but he had held on until morning so I could see him and hold him one last time Esther x
Neil-and-Maria
Warren Veteran
Nellie and Poppet were our first two (although Neil has kept rabbits before)
Poppet
Nellie
Nellie and Poppet
Maria x
Poppet
Nellie
Nellie and Poppet
Maria x
petticoat74
Alpha Buck
My first bunny is my 'mini' lop Raffles, also my siggie! He will be 7 years old next month, poor thing does look a little raggy at the moment, as he is coming out of a heavy moult, he has just been diagnosed with ear-mites and is on a course of baytril for an eye infection!! But here is my ickle boy!!
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Beatrice was one of a group of three Bunnies. The first I ever had. All three were an impulse buy from our favorite large chain of Pet Shops back in 1998.
I know better now but I certainly do not regret buying Bea and her sisters Eleanor and Megan. My scanner doesn't work so I cant post a pic of all three. I did not have a Digi-Camera back then
Bea was my Jack's Mummy
Janex
Edit- Just found this pic of Ellie (Eleanor) on my 'puter
I know better now but I certainly do not regret buying Bea and her sisters Eleanor and Megan. My scanner doesn't work so I cant post a pic of all three. I did not have a Digi-Camera back then
Bea was my Jack's Mummy
Janex
Edit- Just found this pic of Ellie (Eleanor) on my 'puter
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My first bunny was called Tod, he was my little man, we had a really close bond, I used to walk him round with him in his harness. I miss him greatly i then went on to have five more bunnies he died around the same time his babies with my other bunny were born so i did have some tie till him, I also had his brother called tiny as well although it was a diffrent litter. After Tod died my bond with Tiny grew so much more,
Rosie Rabbit
Mama Doe
Posted this the other day in the agouti thread, so apologies if you've already seen it
Cheeky was my first rabbit - she was with us from 1974 (when I was 6) until 1980. She's probably responsible for my love of buns now We didn't know so much about bunnies back then but she had a good life and a huge hutch and run which my brother and dad made her
Cheeky was my first rabbit - she was with us from 1974 (when I was 6) until 1980. She's probably responsible for my love of buns now
We didn't know so much about bunnies back then but she had a good life and a huge hutch and run which my brother and dad made her
Do what im about to do.. take a photo of the photo with ya digital camera.. as long as you dont use the flash it will work just fine
