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Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
She did lickings and a chin rub this morning
(Which is somewhat nicer than Skunk, who bit me for my trouble at suppertime:roll:
(Which is somewhat nicer than Skunk, who bit me for my trouble at suppertime:roll:
Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
The bunny who has spent the last c10 months known as Benjamin is indeed female.
She had her Filavac yesterday. Vet said she looks really healthy considering. She is currently 3.2kg but is a large rabbit anyway somewhere between 2.5kg and 3kg would be better... probably around 2.8kg, so not desperately overweight.
She is so unbelievably friendly and confident. It's weird how in the first 24 hours I got the impression that she was very inactive - she just sat in the hay filled litter tray, she didn't seem scared particularly but just sat there. I knew she was more active when I wasn't around because of the poop fest and hay spread all over the place. She was living in a 4ft x 18x18 hutch so it is possible she wasn't very active in that because especially by the time you factor in the divider there's not a lot of room for a large rabbit to be active I was told she went in the house "to stretch her legs" but given the kid had got bored of her it's difficult to know how often that happened recently.
There's been a few times when I've been fiddling about in her vicinity after she's had a fuss and she does a thump and a moany noise - my most attention seeking bunnies have done that. Honestly, she is so like Dinky in personality. I am so torn on what to call her.
She had her Filavac yesterday. Vet said she looks really healthy considering. She is currently 3.2kg but is a large rabbit anyway somewhere between 2.5kg and 3kg would be better... probably around 2.8kg, so not desperately overweight.
She is so unbelievably friendly and confident. It's weird how in the first 24 hours I got the impression that she was very inactive - she just sat in the hay filled litter tray, she didn't seem scared particularly but just sat there. I knew she was more active when I wasn't around because of the poop fest and hay spread all over the place. She was living in a 4ft x 18x18 hutch so it is possible she wasn't very active in that because especially by the time you factor in the divider there's not a lot of room for a large rabbit to be active
I was told she went in the house "to stretch her legs" but given the kid had got bored of her it's difficult to know how often that happened recently. There's been a few times when I've been fiddling about in her vicinity after she's had a fuss and she does a thump and a moany noise - my most attention seeking bunnies have done that. Honestly, she is so like Dinky in personality. I am so torn on what to call her.
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mikek
Warren Veteran
She did lickings and a chin rub this morning
(Which is somewhat nicer than Skunk, who bit me for my trouble at suppertime:roll:
:lol:
Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
The worst thing about a rabbit bite right now is I get reminded of it every time I sanitise my hands! So I didn't just curse him when he bit but several times since :lol:
Bunny Buddy
Wise Old Thumper
Well she's been here just a few hours short of a week and she is so, so adorable.
When I go to see her and feed her she doesn't rush off to the food like most rabbits, she sits and takes up the offer of a fuss for as long as it lasts. Yesterday she did some very attention seeking dashing around, she's so funny. How anyone could get bored of her or not want to keep her close is way beyond me but hey ho.
I have provisionally settled on the name 'Faith'... it's not 100% until I get round to putting it on an insurance policy and in the past even that hasn't made me stick to a name.
She loves the nana chips in her luxury top quality muesli (which smells fantastic and if you didn't know it was bad for rabbits it would be a top of the range choice). She is leaving the peanuts and pellets out of it, I'm guessing they got binned previously and then a top up. I have started swapping her over in the last few days but I think I will dig out the nana chips for her when I bin the muesli!!
When I go to see her and feed her she doesn't rush off to the food like most rabbits, she sits and takes up the offer of a fuss for as long as it lasts. Yesterday she did some very attention seeking dashing around, she's so funny. How anyone could get bored of her or not want to keep her close is way beyond me but hey ho.
I have provisionally settled on the name 'Faith'... it's not 100% until I get round to putting it on an insurance policy and in the past even that hasn't made me stick to a name.
She loves the nana chips in her luxury top quality muesli (which smells fantastic and if you didn't know it was bad for rabbits it would be a top of the range choice). She is leaving the peanuts and pellets out of it, I'm guessing they got binned previously and then a top up. I have started swapping her over in the last few days but I think I will dig out the nana chips for her when I bin the muesli!!
a reader of books
Warren Veteran
Aww, she sounds wonderful, and Faith is a lovely name. Saving the banana chips for her when you get rid of the food sounds like a great idea since she loves those.
Saving the banana chips for her when you get rid of the food sounds like a great idea since she loves those. 
keletkezes
Wise Old Thumper
Lopsy was like this when he arrived, would eat food and be stroked He'll still do it now but inevitably somebun else comes along and tries to steal his food :lol: She sounds an absolute darling And yeah, banana chippy treats sound like a must
Could the muesli be used as bird food, I wonder?
He'll still do it now but inevitably somebun else comes along and tries to steal his food :lol: She sounds an absolute darling And yeah, banana chippy treats sound like a must Could the muesli be used as bird food, I wonder?
Wild-About-Bunnies
Young Bun
Thank goodness 'she' was found by you! Sounds like she was in need of a good home.
