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I’m so sorry xx We lost 2 buns, a cat and a pet duck in the space of 2 weeks - it won’t feel like it now but it does gets better with time.
I am glad that you have found some new furry friends to join your family. I know they won’t replace M&M, no bunny could do that, but hopefully they will give you something positive to focus on.Thank you all so much for your kind messages. The last few weeks have been horrible. Max and Molly used to have free run of the garden a lot of the time, so we’re used to glancing out of the window and seeing them ‘mowing the lawn’ or snuggled up in their favourite spot under the swings. Looking out of the window and then remembering they’ve gone is very painful. I went to Pets at Home today and one of the bunnies pictured on a bag of rabbit food looked just like Molly, and I shed a few tears in the shopping aisle.
We have given a lot of thought to ‘how soon is too soon’ to get another pair of bunnies, and maybe this is too soon, but I just can’t bear to not have any. So... we have found a male/female pair of rescue bunnies, and we are collecting them tomorrow! They won’t be our darling Max and Molly, but they will have their own adorable little quirks, and we will love them as much as we loved M & M.
So we need to change our user name. Hopefully I can just change our name rather than have to create a new account.
Thank you all so much for your kind messages. The last few weeks have been horrible. Max and Molly used to have free run of the garden a lot of the time, so we’re used to glancing out of the window and seeing them ‘mowing the lawn’ or snuggled up in their favourite spot under the swings. Looking out of the window and then remembering they’ve gone is very painful. I went to Pets at Home today and one of the bunnies pictured on a bag of rabbit food looked just like Molly, and I shed a few tears in the shopping aisle.
We have given a lot of thought to ‘how soon is too soon’ to get another pair of bunnies, and maybe this is too soon, but I just can’t bear to not have any. So... we have found a male/female pair of rescue bunnies, and we are collecting them tomorrow! They won’t be our darling Max and Molly, but they will have their own adorable little quirks, and we will love them as much as we loved M & M.
So we need to change our user name. Hopefully I can just change our name rather than have to create a new account.
Of course I don’t mind you asking yes, thank goodness these two are fully vaccinated. We’ll never make the mistake again of having unvaccinated bunnies I’ve had a long chat with the rescue centre people about whether it’s safe for us to get more bunnies after the sudden deaths of our two, and they have reassured me that it’s fine. Obviously we’ve replaced all the feeding bowls, water bottles etc, and we’ve scrubbed and disinfected the hutch about five times!
That is great news :thumb: I hope you will post lots of photos of your new rabbits. What are their names?
The reason Max & Molly weren’t vaccinated was because our vet told us it wasn’t necessary. I now feel that I can’t rely on advice from vets, so I’ve been reading lots of articles about rabbit vaccinations, to make sure we get it right this time.
I must admit though that despite reading all these articles, I am still confused as there seem to be multiple names for the same diseases... RHD, RHD1, RHD2, RHVD and so on. Our new bunnies are vaccinated, so presumably the rescue centre will give me the vaccination record and then we just make sure we book them in for boosters every 12 months?
We have been discussing names ever since we found out about them! The female’s ‘rescue centre name’ is the same as my daughter’s, so obviously she (rabbit not daughter!) needs a name change, so we thought we might as well change both of them. So, after much debate, the male (brown and white) will be Teddy, and the female (dark grey and white) will be Taylor
P.S. Does anyone know how I can change my user name? I have searched all the FAQ’s but can’t find anything telling me how to do it, so I thought I’d have to re-register, but when I try to do that, it just says ‘you already have an account’ :?
Any good rabbit savvy vet will recommend vaccinations, here’s a link on advice http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/s...d-Posted-at-the-Request-of-a-Forum-Moderator)
RHD1 and RHVD is the same thing, RHD2 is a different strain. Rabbits need 2 vaccinations, rhd1 and myxomatosis is covered with the combi vaccine, RHD2 is a separate vaccine.
Of course I don’t mind you asking yes, thank goodness these two are fully vaccinated. We’ll never make the mistake again of having unvaccinated bunnies I’ve had a long chat with the rescue centre people about whether it’s safe for us to get more bunnies after the sudden deaths of our two, and they have reassured me that it’s fine. Obviously we’ve replaced all the feeding bowls, water bottles etc, and we’ve scrubbed and disinfected the hutch about five times!
The reason Max & Molly weren’t vaccinated was because our vet told us it wasn’t necessary. I now feel that I can’t rely on advice from vets, so I’ve been reading lots of articles about rabbit vaccinations, to make sure we get it right this time.
I must admit though that despite reading all these articles, I am still confused as there seem to be multiple names for the same diseases... RHD, RHD1, RHD2, RHVD and so on. Our new bunnies are vaccinated, so presumably the rescue centre will give me the vaccination record and then we just make sure we book them in for boosters every 12 months?