should we get a bunny?

at this point i have my daughter contemplating the fact that she'll still have this bunny when she's 18. i want her to ponder the fact that this will be her responsibility all through her teen years.

it's easy to take the cage we are making apart... it's harder to take care of a bunny for 10 years. so i want her to really think about it before we do it.

i think... i do think... that if she does get the bunny she will spend a lot of time with it. but i'm not making this an easy decision for her. i making her realllly take her time in deciding.

:rockon: That's great! A bun is definitely a critter that requires commitment, and I'm glad you're getting your daughter to seriously think about that! I really wish more people would. And well put, Danigurrl, they're definitely all about the time spent with them and rewarding but high maintenance critters.

And aren't those cages great? Easy peasy to put together and take apart, yet lots of run around room.

Oh! And I thought you might get a kick out of seeing these trained bunnies! I bet Unut could do that, if I had the room, lots of treats, and a clicker, lol!

What a funny video! I had no idea they had bunny competitions like that!

oh what fun videos. we (whole family) just sat around my puter and watched that one and others that popped up on the page... ;)

my daughter said, "bunnies can DO that?" and i told her... the more time you spend with your bunny the better friend it will be. the more it will be able to do and the nicer pet you'll have.

Isn't it amazing? I didn't know they did that either! Someone posted it on a rabbit comm on LJ. I did know that you can clicker train bunnies to do tricks though if you have a LOT of time and patience. I assume that's how they trained em to do the leaps. It's like a dog show! Like little mute vegetarian doggies, but completely different! ;)

well... guess who we picked up today? gingersnap! she's a holland lop... 9 weeks old. no pics right now as she's settling in... so i'll get some tomorrow.

we stopped by the petstore after clay class today... to get my live pink for my kingsnake (who ate immediately i might add!) and we held gingersnap for about 30 minutes. she just laid in my arms and soaked up the Reiki i was gifting her. what a sweetie.

so we left and found the coraplast we needed... popped into the dollar store and got a heart shaped food dish and a few toys... and went back to the petstore to get gingersnap.

came home... finished up the cage and popped gingersnap into her home. she's in her litter box grooming herself. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

(by the way the bunny we were going to rescue died two days ago - i'm not sure why... i was just told about it) so we ended up with a petstore bunny but if we get her friend... we are hoping (hopping) to find a rescue. ;)

happy birth day to my dear daughter... happy birthing day to me (on the 25th) this is her gift. :)

Oooh, she sounds precious! Congrats, and pics are eagerly awaited! :D Hollands are my favorites of the lops, those sweet lil faces! :love: Congrats and happy birth day to you both! :)

well, we snuck in and took a pic...

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we still need to get carpet for the upper two floors. what kind do you suggest? we've enclosed in area where her litter box is... so she has privacy away from the cats!

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Awwwwwh, so sweepy! :aww: Daphne loves nappin in the litter box too. Excellent job on the cage there too btw!

Great video LOL. Now if they could only teach rats to be bunny jockeys. :P Congrats on the new bunny. She's very cute and that name is perfect!

Toooo cute!! Congrats on such an adorable addition to your family!

so last night she's zipping around her enclosure. i listened to her thumping around LOL

but we can't seem to lure her out today for cuddles... she's staying in her litter box and not moving. i'm tempted to reach in and move her litter box close to the door but i don't want to upset her.

respecting her space and all ;)

yup... more pictures! she came out and we snuggled her,... and she explored and seemed to be very calm and relaxed about her new home!

she's made her way up to the higher levels... so this is good!

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Awwwh! Such a precious snuggle bun!! :love: Definitely a well pampered rabbit! :sweeet:

well if we can just get her to stop peeing and pooping in her food dish... we'll be happy LOL

Awww.... what a cutie Aleesha. :love:

Maybe you could get a couple of these type of things, hay and salad hoppers that fit apparently into any wire cage. Then she could munch away but not have access into her food to soil it.


http://www.rabbitcentral.com/sp-61913.html

well actually i almost picked up a pellet hopper yesterday and when we were about 5 minutes away from the store i said, "why didn't i buy that?"

so i will when i get out next.

I love that she found her way to the upper levels so fast! Daphne and Bowie never braved it till we got Unut. Lil monster took to the levels first thing and was king of the mountain for a good while! Still is most days. ;)

That first pic slays me with the squishy snuggly cuteness every time. :love: Awwwh! I hope the new dish dealie helps with the poop/pee issue!

me too ;)

she's not interested in coming out of her hutch today... so we've left her alone. ;) i think she's still settling in.

she does have a stuffie now... LOL it's a pair (well one of a pair) of kitten slippers my daughter got for christmas a few years back that she never wears... i hope gingersnap likes it :P

Hehe, slippers! Cuteness! And if you notice her rubbing her chin on stuff, that's her way of saying "this is mine... and this is mine... this is mine too!" lol! Daphne especially does this all the time. It's a lot like when a cat rubs their head/cheek on stuff, but bunnies do it with their lil chins!

ahhhh i can't wait to see her do that!

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As for the smelly cage we have use lot of different bedding for are boy and the one we like and think works the best is the cell-sorb pellets

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BTW, we just switched from Carefresh Ultra to Cell-Sorb on your recommendation, and man that stuff is nice! :) Cheaper and more absorbant. Harder to keep track of urination though for certain recovering bunnies, but still. Good stuff! Thanks!

on a bunny forum i joined... they recommend using the wood pellets you buy at home depot or rona... for wood stoves. they said it's way cheaper and it works great :)

i plan on picking some up soon and giving it a try. if it works well i may tranfer the cats onto it as well. currently we are using yesterday's news (pellet/newspaper)

Just be careful what kind of wood! The same stuff that's bad for snakes is bad for buns. Let us know how that works out though, I'm pleased so far with the cell-sorb. Although you should have seen me hauling that 28qt bag too the bus stop and home again, lol! Oy.

well i figure since pretty much everyone on the site is using it... it must be okay ;)

oh man... that would be heavy... :P

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well i figure since pretty much everyone on the site is using it... it must be okay ;)

oh man... that would be heavy... :P

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Dur, sorry, I was on automatic there about the chips, lol. :nerd:

i picked some up from our local feed store... had no idea they carried the pellets for wood stoves... at $3.99 for a 40 lb bag... what a HUGE savings. we are using them... 50-50 for our cats as well (yesterday's news and pellets) to get them transferred over. with so many cats (6) we change the litter boxes a couple times a week minimum... so this will save us lots of money :D

I may need to check that out! :D Sounds awesome!