Amy's cats, rabbits, etc!

[pocketsizedrhino]

Oh goodness--Dexter is SO cute. I love his little mini meecer hammocks. I don't blame you for the impulse buy--I got my two female mice from Petco two years ago before I had rats and knew any better. One died at 9 months and my other is close to her 2nd birthday! I'm really amazed she has lived this long, honestly... she hasn't had any health issues either. Both were just regular ol PEW babies and the Petco employee asked "don't you want to wait until we have the cute colorful ones in?". Pshhh.. I was already there READY I couldn't just leave them there!

 

[undergunfire]

Fran....can you send me the link to where I can look for houses? Even though Ryan and I are about 3 years out from moving...we have still been looking at houses. We are hoping to save nearly $30k by the time we move out there, so we can put $10k or so down on a house and have the rest as a pad of money. What town outside of Philly do you live? We are having a hard time pin-pointing an area because we want it in the country (must have adorable country house!!), but a close drive into Philly since Ryan does IT work and will need to work in the city. I'm hoping to work at a salon for 3 or so years after moving out there and either go mobile or set up my own home salon by age 30 (I'll be 22 this Dec. and will be 25-ish when we move out there).


Heidi....Thank you for the compliments on Dexter! I am still the slightest bit mad at myself for buying him from Petco, but I had a feeling that it was going to come down to that anyway due to the lack of reputable breeders within a 10 hour one-way drive. I was going to get him from a small scale local feeder breeder (she said for only $.50 cents), but then quit emailing me. I was also mad for getting Dex before the rats passed away, but so far it is okay and working out....I have been trying to pay more attention to the rats and getting them out of their cage more.

 

[Myia09]

Brody is so cute.

So, this is too long to text, lol, so I am posting it here.

I had a dream last night that you took Sheriff in, we got him fixed, and he was a little angel. We decided to wait to take him back until we had our 2nd bedroom (Which has been a big fear of mine, realizeing I took in a large breed rabbit in a small apartment) and you agreed to foster him until then.
Well, we finally went to pick him up and he was in the backyard playing like a dog, chasing a bird and such, lol. But when I went up to him (Think comic zombie like) he turned around and turned evil!
He bit my hand and I started crying and he ran into your arms.

It sounds a bit silly, but I woke up feeling awful! I guess I am just jealous you will be bonding with him and how much I MISS my old Sheriff.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

sure i will send you the link, where i live it is a good ride to Philly, well the back way it is 1 1/2 hours, but if you take the Turnpike it is less of travel time but then you leave your life in the hands of other drivers and pray there is no accident, one accident on the turnpike could have you stuck there for hours,lol. Where i live though it is country like, they are building up, i think to get the country setting where you have horses for neighbors, sheep, cows and such you have to move up this way.

 

[irishbunny]

I want Dexter pics!

 

[undergunfire]

Myia *** that is a cool dream, LOL !

Fran *** I got your PM and I will reply back to you tomorrow

Grace *** Dex pictures are coming tomorrow, for sure! Its taking sooo long to get all of my pictures uploaded. I almost forgot to finish uploading them to my Flickr tonight.

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For now, here are BRODY pictures! I decided to take a lot of them in a different color...its not quite black & white and not sepia, I think my camera calls it "mono"-something?

I just love my Frodoh Bunnins' - he's a happy little guy with a ton of spunk and will give the cutest "kissy lips" for treats. For a long time I wasn't very attatched to Brody (held a a grudge, really) and he was such a naughty little bunny, but over the past year or so Brody and I have really bonded. Brods will be 3 in August and we got him a 7 weeks of age.

Okay....I am off to bed since I'm sleepy! I will post pictures of Molly and Morgan tomorrow, along with Sammy (my dog) and Dexter (mouse). I also have pictures to post of Marlin and Molly's time outside .

 

[Happi Bun]

I want to give Brody a big kiss! He is so adorable. :hearts:

 

[undergunfire]

Erika *** I HAVE to kiss Brody every day because of how kissable and adorable he is, LOL!

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Molly :biggrin2:....

Marlin - my friendly/outgoing baby who turned into a shy adult ....

Pictures of Morgan, Dexter, and Sammy (dog) are coming up next ...

 

[Myia09]

Need more photos of Marlin! lol!

Brody is adorable!

 

[undergunfire]

Morgan :inlove:.....

His nails are LONG and need to be cut tomorrow! Sheesh...his nails grow like weeds.

Bunny play house ....

Sammy ....

Okay, so I realized that I have a bajillion pictures to post of Dexter...so I will have to post those tonight after dinner!

 

[irishbunny]

Question about Dexter Amy, do you find that his tank gets smelly quickly? I'm thinking about getting a mouse, and I'm not sure whether to get a boy or some girls. According to some people, the boys smell awful

 

[undergunfire]

Dexter has ZERO smell! I can only smell him when I stick my nose right over his mesh screen lid on his tank. Maybe its the bedding? I don't use wood shavings because most US pet store mice react badly to wood shavings for some reason, so I use a paper compacted bedding in the shape of little balls.

I had female mice a few years ago and they were no where as cool as Dex is. Females bond to one another and don't usually care for their humans (what I have read & experienced), but Dex is all about ME....so it is really awesome :biggrin2:!


ETA: Males in the UK can live together, so I don't know how much different they would be from female mice at that point. I think a good UK mouse forum is "all about mice" or something like that.

 

[irishbunny]

Ok thanks, ya I want to get a male but some sites are like beware of the smell and stuff so it had me kind of worried. I heard single males bond way more to their owners then females. That is pretty cool

 

[TinysMom]

I've been meaning to tell you that I thought of you at the state convention because they had a mouse in a cage in the raffle.

Needless to say - I did NOT try for it...wasn't even tempted.

But I couldn't help but think of you and Dexter - which by the way is my new Holland Lop buck's name (he came with it).

 

[undergunfire]

A mouse in a raffle?! Weird! I hope he/she got a good home!!

I saw that you named your new HL buck Dexter....awesome name for a HL :highfive:.



Speaking of Dexter.......he almost lost his life last night . He was in his [open] play bin while I cleaned his cage...I was almost done and just had to fill up his food dish, so I went into the bunny room to fill up his dish. I heard a loud bang and Ryan running across the living room screaming. I came out and Dexter was in Quil (kittens) mouth :tears2:. Luckily Ryan was able to "beat" Quil a little and he let him go. Dex wasn't harmed but I was screaming and crying hysterically. I haven't had him long (maybe 3 weeks?), but I love him so much....hes the coolest little pet!

 

[RandomWiktor]

Oooh that must be scary. I can sympathise. My mom likes to give my mice treats, and one day she left my three year old mouse Azme's cage open. Azme always was very bold and she came right up to investigate when my cat poked his head in... sadly she did not survive the encounter I was devastated. So gladDexter was OK!

 

[irishbunny]

undergunfire wrote:

A mouse in a raffle?! Weird! I hope he/she got a good home!!

I saw that you named your new HL buck Dexter....awesome name for a HL :highfive:.



Speaking of Dexter.......he almost lost his life last night . He was in his [open] play bin while I cleaned his cage...I was almost done and just had to fill up his food dish, so I went into the bunny room to fill up his dish. I heard a loud bang and Ryan running across the living room screaming. I came out and Dexter was in Quil (kittens) mouth :tears2:. Luckily Ryan was able to "beat" Quil a little and he let him go. Dex wasn't harmed but I was screaming and crying hysterically. I haven't had him long (maybe 3 weeks?), but I love him so much....hes the coolest little pet!

Omg that God he is ok!
I hate when things like that happen! You can't stop shaking for like an hour after lol!

 

[undergunfire]

I'm sorry you ended up loosing your girl, Ren . I would have been really devistated if Quil had killed Dex. I'm still mad at Quil and should be thankful he didn't kill him, but if he did....ugh I don't know how I'd ever get over it. Dex is a lucky guy, he has survided seconds from being thrown into a carrier to be brought home to a snake...and now a cat attack! Oh, and I am PMing you back in a little bit .

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I need to do some major cleaning in the bunny room tonight! The new hay that I got has lots of leaves & flowers in it and they like to "sprinkle" all over the room when I'm passing out hay. Plus, I had Brody out last night and he decided to pee everywhere in front of Molly's cage, so I have to clean up the carpet. I guess no more playing around her cage...I will just have to pen it off so he can't be near her.

Damon needs his litter box fully changed out tonight, too. I have to go out and buy him a larger one with higher sides because he's peed outside of the regular cat box sized one....and he barely fits in it anyway, haha! I'm glad he has ended up being only cage aggressive because that makes things much easier and I can only hope he gets relief from hormones from his neuter . I'm easily falling in love with him, but I don't need a 5th bunny because thats just 1 more male that I definitely don't need and if I kept him then I probably wouldn't be able to have a 2nd dog (which I for sure would like).

On the subject of a 2nd dog, I have fallen in love with the groomer's (one of them at the shop) Pomeranians. I never thought I'd want a Pom, but I adore her Pom's calm, loyal, quiet, friendly, etc personalities. They are also small and bred to the standard (I think they are only about 5lbs). I have never met such amazing Poms before. She shows them all over the country (when she can, but mostly does local/next state over shows), but she rarely breeds. She hadn't had a litter in 7 years, but she bred one and the puppies were born this past winter....2 pups were stillborn and 1 lived to be 2 weeks then aspirated on milk and died . She's planning on having another litter this fall, so I am thinking about getting a pet quality Pom from her. It's a very tough decision because I'm really pro-adoption (especially for dogs), but I feel more comfortable getting a dog from a person that I know...it makes it feel more "right". Her Poms are pretty expensive ($1400 show quality and $800 pet quality), but she said she'd let me make payments. It's months away, so I have lots of time to really think about it (and get Ryan to want a Pom, LOL).

 

[undergunfire]

Just updating my blog with a little stinker who kicked me off of the couch so that he could snuggle with Sammy :rollseyes...

If you click here (should be a large picture, but you can make it bigger by clicking "original" at the top), then you can see his balls have dropped (yuck!!) .

 

[mistyjr]

Hes sure a cute bunny!! But it looks like he haves a new buddy!!