My nan had always kept rabbits and she was (and still is) very knowledgeable about them.
She had a rabbit and she had to move house, so we had him but he died of a heart attack on fireworks night a week after we got him with me sitting next to his cage making sure he wasn't scared
Nan bought a new house in 2005 (I think?) And wanted to get a new rabbit - we went to p@h and she bought two hutches but one rabbit :? A male 'small rabbit' named trigger - turned out trigger was a lionhead crossed with a giant breed and he ended up living in a shed my grandad converted (fun fact - thats now Bellas shed!)
We went to a different pet shop where their animals are treated right and there was this one bun alone in the corner, I was being bullied at the time and I felt like her alone in a corner.
She came home with me and she was called Marleen (only fools and horses) she lived in a p@h cage and she ate mesuli but she was happy and healthy, she loved snuggling me and she used to fall asleep on my shoulder snuggled into my hair
She died on the 23/1/10, I went to feed her and give her morning kisses and she was gone, I cried for days - she was my first real pet and the reason im so animal obsessed today
She made me the person I am today and she inspires me to give Binky and Bella the best care possible
I remeber her white belly, the way she smelt, the coulor of her neck that was always so soft, what her ears felt like.
I got Binky and Bella from the same place (shoot me - I had updated my rabbit care but I was yet to join ru so I bought) and Binky and Bella are the same breed (netherland dwarf x mini lop) and im sure I see some of her reflected into Bella, they were sent to me by her im sure!
Marleen had the lop ears and Binky and Bella have lop sized ears but the nethie ears in the way they stand up
I still miss her to this day, she may not have had the best care in the world but I didn't know better at the time and she was loved and she loved me and thats all that matters now I can't change it - trigger died two years ago and now B has his shed but I remeber him too! Marleen was 5 or 6 when she passed, I cant remeber if we got her in 2004/5? And Trigger was 7 or 8 but we learned more about rabbit care and adjusted his care which could be why!
I miss this wee character!