Jolysium
Mama Doe
I'm starting a new thread so I can keep you all updated on progress. Also I'm hoping it will help to keep me sane!
In the beginning there was Fred.
He’s an adorable 5 year old nethie/lop cross who lost his sister a year ago. He lives in our living room and is used to having free range of it. He’s never enjoyed being picked up but he’ll sit on my knee while he eats and let me stroke him. He’s recently started letting R (my husband) stroke him too but won’t usually sit on him. He’s very wary of new people. I think he’s deaf, which we didn’t really know until his sister died as he would react to her reactions. At the moment he’s got a poorly foot so has been penned in to a smaller area with less things to jump on and off.
As soon as he’s better we hope to introduce him to two new potential friends.
Day 1: Harrison.
This evening we went to pick up Harrison from Acomb rabbit rescue. I’d seen him on the forum and fallen in love with him but I was certain that R wouldn’t even consider taking on another bunny when we were already in the process of adopting one. I try to persuade him that we need another bunny regularly and he never caves. Sure enough, he told me I was being ridiculous. He did agree to look at the pictures though, which was his downfall! Looking at his cute bunny face and reading about how friendly he was convinced him that we should make an exception for this one. We went from seeing the pictures to collecting him in less than 48 hours! Given that we already have one house bunny and had been setting up a separate cage in a different room for the planned adoption, we were struggling for space. I spent most of the day preparing yet another bunny area, picture in housing section of forum. The only room we could use was the kitchen, which we’ve just finished decorating. R did all the work himself so is quite protective of it. I assured him that it would be fine - Fred has never gone in to the kitchen because the floor is really slippery and he doesn’t like it and Harrison would probably stick to the area we’d put rugs down too. How naive I was!
At the rescue Helen showed us where he’d been living and said he’d been jumping out of it regularly. This was a concern because it was the same height as the enclosure I’d made! He was clearly a very friendly bunny though. We saw all the other rescue bunnies too and I wished we could have taken more! R reminded me it was a slippery slope. The journey home was fine although I felt sorry for Harrison because he was trying to stretch out in the box and it was a bit too small for him to fit his huge furry feet out in the way he wanted! As soon as we were home he hopped out and started exploring. It was immediately clear that the slippery floor didn’t phase him at all! I hurriedly started trying to bunnyproof the room a bit more thoroughly. One of the first things Harrison did was a huge smelly wee in the middle of the rug! He even sprayed a bit, which surprised me because I didn’t think neutered bunnies did that. It sprayed on to the wallpaper a bit but R hasn’t found out yet! :lol:
Harrison is lovely. He’s a beautiful and very inquisitive bunny who is already following us around the room and making it clear that he wants access to the other rooms too! He can’t at the moment because Fred is in the living room next door. The move does seem to have caused a few issues with litter training but hopefully that will sort itself out soon. I’m used to Fred who has never done a bomb outside his litter tray! Harrison bombs everywhere and is also quite liberal with his urine so it’ll take some getting used to! He’s found out where the fridge is and already tried to get in it once. He’s discovered he can get around the back of the sofa so we’ve had to try and block it off, at least until he’s a bit more litter trained. We’re both completely smitten with him and really hope it will work out when he meets the others.
Some pics...
We’re off to pick up the final member of the family later today!
1`a3sw2QQQQQQQQQQ - Harrison just tried to hop on to the keyboard! Maybe he wanted to have a say, can anyone translate?! :lol:
In the beginning there was Fred.
He’s an adorable 5 year old nethie/lop cross who lost his sister a year ago. He lives in our living room and is used to having free range of it. He’s never enjoyed being picked up but he’ll sit on my knee while he eats and let me stroke him. He’s recently started letting R (my husband) stroke him too but won’t usually sit on him. He’s very wary of new people. I think he’s deaf, which we didn’t really know until his sister died as he would react to her reactions. At the moment he’s got a poorly foot so has been penned in to a smaller area with less things to jump on and off.
As soon as he’s better we hope to introduce him to two new potential friends.
Day 1: Harrison.
This evening we went to pick up Harrison from Acomb rabbit rescue. I’d seen him on the forum and fallen in love with him but I was certain that R wouldn’t even consider taking on another bunny when we were already in the process of adopting one. I try to persuade him that we need another bunny regularly and he never caves. Sure enough, he told me I was being ridiculous. He did agree to look at the pictures though, which was his downfall! Looking at his cute bunny face and reading about how friendly he was convinced him that we should make an exception for this one. We went from seeing the pictures to collecting him in less than 48 hours! Given that we already have one house bunny and had been setting up a separate cage in a different room for the planned adoption, we were struggling for space. I spent most of the day preparing yet another bunny area, picture in housing section of forum. The only room we could use was the kitchen, which we’ve just finished decorating. R did all the work himself so is quite protective of it. I assured him that it would be fine - Fred has never gone in to the kitchen because the floor is really slippery and he doesn’t like it and Harrison would probably stick to the area we’d put rugs down too. How naive I was!
At the rescue Helen showed us where he’d been living and said he’d been jumping out of it regularly. This was a concern because it was the same height as the enclosure I’d made! He was clearly a very friendly bunny though. We saw all the other rescue bunnies too and I wished we could have taken more! R reminded me it was a slippery slope. The journey home was fine although I felt sorry for Harrison because he was trying to stretch out in the box and it was a bit too small for him to fit his huge furry feet out in the way he wanted! As soon as we were home he hopped out and started exploring. It was immediately clear that the slippery floor didn’t phase him at all! I hurriedly started trying to bunnyproof the room a bit more thoroughly. One of the first things Harrison did was a huge smelly wee in the middle of the rug! He even sprayed a bit, which surprised me because I didn’t think neutered bunnies did that. It sprayed on to the wallpaper a bit but R hasn’t found out yet! :lol:
Harrison is lovely. He’s a beautiful and very inquisitive bunny who is already following us around the room and making it clear that he wants access to the other rooms too! He can’t at the moment because Fred is in the living room next door. The move does seem to have caused a few issues with litter training but hopefully that will sort itself out soon. I’m used to Fred who has never done a bomb outside his litter tray! Harrison bombs everywhere and is also quite liberal with his urine so it’ll take some getting used to! He’s found out where the fridge is and already tried to get in it once. He’s discovered he can get around the back of the sofa so we’ve had to try and block it off, at least until he’s a bit more litter trained. We’re both completely smitten with him and really hope it will work out when he meets the others.
Some pics...
We’re off to pick up the final member of the family later today!
1`a3sw2QQQQQQQQQQ - Harrison just tried to hop on to the keyboard! Maybe he wanted to have a say, can anyone translate?! :lol:
