TuckerandGusGus
Danielle
Hey guys, as most of you know, I did have another blog called ‘The adventures of Tuck...’ but I figured I should start a new one, now that I have my new boy Gus.. I wanted to include him more, because he is now a part of our family, too.
Just a small little introduction; most of you should know a little of the story as to how I got my two boys.. but just a reminder; The most important thing you need to know is they are the cutest babies around d:
....No really, but I got both of my boys off of craigslist; I basically need to stay away from craigslist.. one of two things need to happen 1) I need to stop looking at craigslist or 2) people need to stop posting ads of pets on craigslist, it just leads to trouble for me.. it breaks my heart into a million pieces. For real.
Tucker’s story wasn’t so bad, he was listed on craigslist because the lady had her own bunnies & they weren’t fixed, and we know what happens when that happens… babies! So, her bunnies apparently have litters often.. which is very sad, and I probably shouldn’t have “supported” her, but I just couldn’t say no to his cute face. I also didn’t pay a dime for him, she gave him to me for free … because I promised to send pictures; she gets pictures & videos on facebook. He was only about 8 to 10 weeks when I got him, so that makes him about 5 months old now.
GusGus’s story is a little more sad… he was purchased impulsively at a fair. His prior family was at a fair and saw a little kid holding a SEVEN week old bunny baby, and of course they were oo’ing and aaah’ing, and held the baby bunny. The kids said they had to sell him today and that he was only $15, so they “fell inlove” and decided to take him home, she said she got in the car and it was one of those things like “What now?” Anyways, needless to say, obviously he didn’t have the best of lives starting off with. He is about 10months old now.. so 5months older than Tucker. They never gave him hay… apparently they took him to the park and let him hop around outside, and that was about it.. they supposedly let him run around with the kids in the family, when they had him.. but in December they had to move, and left him where they were living, with her father in law… the guy didn’t care about him, so he only gave him his crappy pellets, and never let him out and barely cleaned his cage.. he was in a tiny dog kennel, and it was so disgusting! I was appalled. It was at the end of April when I picked him up, so.. that’s like 5 months in a small dirty kennel with not much attention.. and NO HAY or veggies. |: It makes me so sad and mad and so heartbroken. But seeing him posted on craigslist multiple times really broke my heart, x1000.. I mean really. The reason she didn’t get rid of him sooner is because it would’ve broken her kids hearts.. selfish. I mean I don’t have kids, but I’m pretty sure I’d rather not neglect an animal before anything else. Poor bunny bun. Now he’s spoiled rotten here.
Of course Tucker and him had to both be neutered, and I got a great deal for that. & the appointment was made before I even picked up GusGus… haha. I didn’t expect it to happen that fast, but it worked out wonderfully. They are both doing really good and it’s been over a week now. I wanted to get them done as soon as I could so that I could start bonding them soon, too.
This tuesday will be the marker for two weeks with my boy Gus, and I have seen a major improvement in his disposition; he seems happier.. the weirdest thing about it is now that I have the room seperated intwo, he actually spends most of his time in his cage still! I think it's because it's big and he's used to being in his cage? I'm not sure why.
The latest around here right now is that, of course, it was so hard for me to split up the playtime for them both since they have to be seperate. Tucker has never been locked up, when I first got him I had a pen connected to his cage, but he kept getting over it, so I then gave him the room.. then we got Gus, and I had to do seperate times, so he ended up having to be locked up, and he was NOT a happy bunny for that. I have two pens, but stupid me I thought they didn't come apart, but that was stupid of me.. because they do! But either way I actually ordered some interlocking shelves that I can build a pen to split the room. In the mean time one of my friends let me borrow her spare pen, that actually is a little taller than the ones I have.. I decided to leave Tucker out the night I set it up (which was this past Friday) to see if he would be his usual basketball player self and get out.. oh yep you betcha he got out! But the thing that kicked me was that GusGus also ESCAPED his cage!!! How is this even possible? So when I woke up to check (I have no idea how long they had been together) GusGus was humping Tucker and then I split them up and Tucker started humping Gus' face. I thought it was dominance, but I did notice Tuckers peepee was out, and I read that mean hormonal.. which is understandable. Anyways, going to still keep them seperate for a couple more weeks then maybe try dating. But I figured that was a good sign.
-Also figured out how GusGus got out of his cage.. apparently a bar on the side of his x-large dog kennel was broken away so it needs to be like re-glued or whatever, but for now I wedged a piece of cardboard in between the bars, and it has done it's job.
Anyways, here are some pictures for now.
(Sorry for such a long post)
Here are some pictures of my Tucker the LION! Rawr!!
And here are some of my new boy GusGus
Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed
Just a small little introduction; most of you should know a little of the story as to how I got my two boys.. but just a reminder; The most important thing you need to know is they are the cutest babies around d:
....No really, but I got both of my boys off of craigslist; I basically need to stay away from craigslist.. one of two things need to happen 1) I need to stop looking at craigslist or 2) people need to stop posting ads of pets on craigslist, it just leads to trouble for me.. it breaks my heart into a million pieces. For real.
Tucker’s story wasn’t so bad, he was listed on craigslist because the lady had her own bunnies & they weren’t fixed, and we know what happens when that happens… babies! So, her bunnies apparently have litters often.. which is very sad, and I probably shouldn’t have “supported” her, but I just couldn’t say no to his cute face. I also didn’t pay a dime for him, she gave him to me for free … because I promised to send pictures; she gets pictures & videos on facebook. He was only about 8 to 10 weeks when I got him, so that makes him about 5 months old now.
GusGus’s story is a little more sad… he was purchased impulsively at a fair. His prior family was at a fair and saw a little kid holding a SEVEN week old bunny baby, and of course they were oo’ing and aaah’ing, and held the baby bunny. The kids said they had to sell him today and that he was only $15, so they “fell inlove” and decided to take him home, she said she got in the car and it was one of those things like “What now?” Anyways, needless to say, obviously he didn’t have the best of lives starting off with. He is about 10months old now.. so 5months older than Tucker. They never gave him hay… apparently they took him to the park and let him hop around outside, and that was about it.. they supposedly let him run around with the kids in the family, when they had him.. but in December they had to move, and left him where they were living, with her father in law… the guy didn’t care about him, so he only gave him his crappy pellets, and never let him out and barely cleaned his cage.. he was in a tiny dog kennel, and it was so disgusting! I was appalled. It was at the end of April when I picked him up, so.. that’s like 5 months in a small dirty kennel with not much attention.. and NO HAY or veggies. |: It makes me so sad and mad and so heartbroken. But seeing him posted on craigslist multiple times really broke my heart, x1000.. I mean really. The reason she didn’t get rid of him sooner is because it would’ve broken her kids hearts.. selfish. I mean I don’t have kids, but I’m pretty sure I’d rather not neglect an animal before anything else. Poor bunny bun. Now he’s spoiled rotten here.
Of course Tucker and him had to both be neutered, and I got a great deal for that. & the appointment was made before I even picked up GusGus… haha. I didn’t expect it to happen that fast, but it worked out wonderfully. They are both doing really good and it’s been over a week now. I wanted to get them done as soon as I could so that I could start bonding them soon, too.
This tuesday will be the marker for two weeks with my boy Gus, and I have seen a major improvement in his disposition; he seems happier.. the weirdest thing about it is now that I have the room seperated intwo, he actually spends most of his time in his cage still! I think it's because it's big and he's used to being in his cage? I'm not sure why.
The latest around here right now is that, of course, it was so hard for me to split up the playtime for them both since they have to be seperate. Tucker has never been locked up, when I first got him I had a pen connected to his cage, but he kept getting over it, so I then gave him the room.. then we got Gus, and I had to do seperate times, so he ended up having to be locked up, and he was NOT a happy bunny for that. I have two pens, but stupid me I thought they didn't come apart, but that was stupid of me.. because they do! But either way I actually ordered some interlocking shelves that I can build a pen to split the room. In the mean time one of my friends let me borrow her spare pen, that actually is a little taller than the ones I have.. I decided to leave Tucker out the night I set it up (which was this past Friday) to see if he would be his usual basketball player self and get out.. oh yep you betcha he got out! But the thing that kicked me was that GusGus also ESCAPED his cage!!! How is this even possible? So when I woke up to check (I have no idea how long they had been together) GusGus was humping Tucker and then I split them up and Tucker started humping Gus' face. I thought it was dominance, but I did notice Tuckers peepee was out, and I read that mean hormonal.. which is understandable. Anyways, going to still keep them seperate for a couple more weeks then maybe try dating. But I figured that was a good sign.
-Also figured out how GusGus got out of his cage.. apparently a bar on the side of his x-large dog kennel was broken away so it needs to be like re-glued or whatever, but for now I wedged a piece of cardboard in between the bars, and it has done it's job.
Anyways, here are some pictures for now.
(Sorry for such a long post)
Here are some pictures of my Tucker the LION! Rawr!!
And here are some of my new boy GusGus
Anyways, hope you guys enjoyed