To my Special Guy,
So much to say, but not enough words to actually convey what I truly feel.
To start at the beginning I need to go back to before I’d even met you; to February 2007. We’d lost two bunnies in very quick succession; Tubby and Boof. I was still intent on breeding and when Boof died I contacted the lady I bought The Dopeys from to see if she had a bunny who would make good babies with Sky. She came up with Sandy. I decided I wasn’t ready for another bunny and put it off.
Then, on the 15th March 2007 we lost Moon and I recontacted the lady. Moon died on the Thursday and I went to collect Sandy on the Monday, and there your story starts.
Shelley had shown us around her girls shed and I’d put Sandy in her carry case, and then she showed us around her boys shed. On the left, at eye height was a very, teeny, tiny blue otter buck. One ‘hole’ down and one along was this crazy little black and white bunny bouncing from side to side. She said his name was Badger. She showed us the rest of the shed and this funny little bunny kept on bouncing. My eyes kept being drawn back to this gorgeous bundle of energy and we laughed at his antics. Shelley opened his cage and promptly, this crazy loon, sprayed everywhere; all over Shelley’s arm.
I fell for this bunny straight away but knew that he couldn’t come home with me because Sandy was.
Well this little bunny called Badger had other ideas. YOU had other ideas, the same as you always did.
I really felt at that point that you were a gift sent from Moon- a gift to help me heal.
Later that evening, Monday the 19th March 2007, Shelley called me up to tell me that she was planning to sell you and wanted to know if I wanted you. I checked with mum but my heart was screaming ‘yes’. Thankfully, mum had fallen for you as much as I had and said yes. We collected you Friday the 23rd March 2007- you were five months and one day old.
Really, it was a sign of things to come, but on the way home your nose started to run. As normal, when you came to ours, you went into quarantine and were in the porch with Sandy. Sandy was in the bottom hutch and you were in the top. Big mistake!
From day one you decided I was your friend. Every single time I went near you, you would spray me, but because you were in the top hutch you used to get my eyes and my hair. I used to have to wash my hair like three or four times a day. We started to experiment- swimming goggles, scream mask (giving me one of the funniest memories ever with Adam- my brother, and making him scream like a girl in genuine fright), bin bags, anything and everything we could think of. You never, not once, sprayed anyone else, and they could happily stroke you, but not me. I was yours and that was all there was to it.
Your runny nose went away when you were not travelling and so, after 4 weeks, you moved outside and came out of quarantine. There you earned the nickname ‘Badger Waggle’ because you still just bounced about from side to side. Wherever you were, if we were near, you were bouncing.
You stopped bouncing after your first VHD jab though when a large amount of your fur fell out from your back and sides. It was that that prompted me to seek out another vet. Thank goodness you did! They saved your life regularly in the following years.
You still sprayed, but thankfully not in my eyes because you weren’t at eye height anymore. We intended to breed from you, but then Sandy produced 7 beautiful babies so there was no room. You and Cloud were the first ever bunnies I got neutered.
You were both hilarious. Cloud was so, so angry with me and with everything. He trashed everything, and stomped about and was a right turd (more so than normal). My Badger Waggle lost his Waggle! You felt so, so sorry for yourself and developed a walk where you walked on your back tiptoes. We laughed a lot at you but also felt sorry for you. The very day you were neutered was the first ever time you licked me. You were my bun and you licked me, and it was awesome!
You were still living outside but you came in a lot for runs around. Your binkies were incredible! You were incredibly cute, and as soon as I was able, I moved you into my room.
So much to say, but not enough words to actually convey what I truly feel.
To start at the beginning I need to go back to before I’d even met you; to February 2007. We’d lost two bunnies in very quick succession; Tubby and Boof. I was still intent on breeding and when Boof died I contacted the lady I bought The Dopeys from to see if she had a bunny who would make good babies with Sky. She came up with Sandy. I decided I wasn’t ready for another bunny and put it off.
Then, on the 15th March 2007 we lost Moon and I recontacted the lady. Moon died on the Thursday and I went to collect Sandy on the Monday, and there your story starts.
Shelley had shown us around her girls shed and I’d put Sandy in her carry case, and then she showed us around her boys shed. On the left, at eye height was a very, teeny, tiny blue otter buck. One ‘hole’ down and one along was this crazy little black and white bunny bouncing from side to side. She said his name was Badger. She showed us the rest of the shed and this funny little bunny kept on bouncing. My eyes kept being drawn back to this gorgeous bundle of energy and we laughed at his antics. Shelley opened his cage and promptly, this crazy loon, sprayed everywhere; all over Shelley’s arm.
I fell for this bunny straight away but knew that he couldn’t come home with me because Sandy was.
Well this little bunny called Badger had other ideas. YOU had other ideas, the same as you always did.
I really felt at that point that you were a gift sent from Moon- a gift to help me heal.
Later that evening, Monday the 19th March 2007, Shelley called me up to tell me that she was planning to sell you and wanted to know if I wanted you. I checked with mum but my heart was screaming ‘yes’. Thankfully, mum had fallen for you as much as I had and said yes. We collected you Friday the 23rd March 2007- you were five months and one day old.
Really, it was a sign of things to come, but on the way home your nose started to run. As normal, when you came to ours, you went into quarantine and were in the porch with Sandy. Sandy was in the bottom hutch and you were in the top. Big mistake!
From day one you decided I was your friend. Every single time I went near you, you would spray me, but because you were in the top hutch you used to get my eyes and my hair. I used to have to wash my hair like three or four times a day. We started to experiment- swimming goggles, scream mask (giving me one of the funniest memories ever with Adam- my brother, and making him scream like a girl in genuine fright), bin bags, anything and everything we could think of. You never, not once, sprayed anyone else, and they could happily stroke you, but not me. I was yours and that was all there was to it.
Your runny nose went away when you were not travelling and so, after 4 weeks, you moved outside and came out of quarantine. There you earned the nickname ‘Badger Waggle’ because you still just bounced about from side to side. Wherever you were, if we were near, you were bouncing.
You stopped bouncing after your first VHD jab though when a large amount of your fur fell out from your back and sides. It was that that prompted me to seek out another vet. Thank goodness you did! They saved your life regularly in the following years.
You still sprayed, but thankfully not in my eyes because you weren’t at eye height anymore. We intended to breed from you, but then Sandy produced 7 beautiful babies so there was no room. You and Cloud were the first ever bunnies I got neutered.
You were both hilarious. Cloud was so, so angry with me and with everything. He trashed everything, and stomped about and was a right turd (more so than normal). My Badger Waggle lost his Waggle! You felt so, so sorry for yourself and developed a walk where you walked on your back tiptoes. We laughed a lot at you but also felt sorry for you. The very day you were neutered was the first ever time you licked me. You were my bun and you licked me, and it was awesome!
You were still living outside but you came in a lot for runs around. Your binkies were incredible! You were incredibly cute, and as soon as I was able, I moved you into my room.
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