kherrmann3
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Happy new year, everyone! I finally decided to start my 2010 blog. 
I am a procrastinator. If anyone is interested in my old blog, they can find the link here.
So here are the updates!
Tobias L. Bunny (Toby)
Toby is my baby. He still is, and always will be! :hearts: His newest "thing" has been to jump up on top of his little house when I bring food to his cage. He needs a "sample" of whatever I have in my hand before he will eat the rest of it. It doesn't matter if it's the same food that I have been feeding him for the last year or not. He still wants a sample (it's great when I give him hay, I always pick out the nicest strand of hay for him). He still loves to come out and binky his little butt off. I haven't gotten any recent videos of him being a little cutie, but I will try to update this blog at least once a week!
Sammi (McSammersons)
Sammi was doing OK. She was being a very sassy bunny. I still call her "little miss prissy-pants", in reference to her persnickety ways. On New Year's Eve, she attacked my face. It was great...:grumpy: I was lying on the floor, petting her, and she normally does a little "mock lunge" at you before settling in and going into the "pet me" position. She had done several mock lunges before, but this time she followed through. She bit onto my glasses, starting digging furiously at my face, and then when I tried to get up and away, she bit onto my scalp... Hard. Will thought it was hilarious. I punched him in the chest. Game over.
Yesterday, I was getting ready for work and I noticed that Sammi wasn't opening her right eye. She would open it just enough to look like she was squinting. It looked a little wet, so I figured that she may have gotten some dust in her eye. I told Will to look after it, and if it wasn't better by the time I got home from work, we would go to the vet. Her eye looked worse when I got home 8 hours later. It was swollen a bit, more moist, and her eyelids were a darker red. I called the vet at 2:55pm, and luckily, they had an opening 3:30pm. Bad thing: we live 30 minutes away. We made it there in time though (thanks to Will's crazy Michigan driving skills). Dr. Bloss looked over Sammi and did a stain in her eyes. After she shone the special light on her eyes, you could see exactly what happened to Sammi. She has an eye ulcer. It's a pretty big, tear-drop shaped one. It doesn't take up more than 10-20% of her eye surface, though. It just looked nasty. We got Metacam and some antibiotic eye cream and have to go back in a week. McSammersons was on her best behavior at the vet (how the heck does that happen!?). She was happy to be home, though. I will update everyone on her eye when we go back to the vet on Thursday!
Regiford (Reggie)
Well, the little fweeper is doing just fine. We changed his litter from kiln-dried pine bedding to pine pellets, and it is far less stinky. I don't have to change his cage every-other-day now, either! (Twice a week is fine for me!) He has become more and more vocal, and wheeps every time Will or I walk into the room at night and turn the light on. He loves his veggies and gets very excited over his orange slices. He goes nuts for carrots, too!
Psycho (the finch) (left one)
We still have our one zebra finch, Psycho. Unfortunately, his brother, Meepers, died a month or so ago. We were told they were 2[sup]1/2[/sup] years old when we adopted them over a year ago. We think that Meepers died when he was about 4 years old (or older). Psycho seems lonely, and I want to get him another friend but don't know how to go about it. So, if anyone knows how to introduce finches, let me know!
The Three Hamigos (Lucky, Dusty, & Ned)
My three little hamigos are doing just fine. They are cute, super-speedy, and adorable! Yes, they need two adjectives to describe their cuteness! They live out in our living room because they are so loud at night. Three little hammies fighting for the same wheel gets obnoxious at 2:00AM.
Bunnies of the past:
I figured I should make an area for my past bunnies. Both are alive and well to my knowledge, but were rehomed.
Berry-Boo (now Felice)
Our old foster-bunny. She was adopted over a year ago. We still miss her mini-rex behaviors and shenanigans. She was a binky machine. She loved mirrors, towels, anything box-like, and attention from Will. She was just a sweet, sassy little bun. We miss her dearly.
Miss Emma McFluffybottoms (Emma)
Miss Emma was a rescue from Craigslist. We got her on New Year's Eve (Dec. 2008) and had to rehome her in spring. She was a good little bunny, but she was special needs. Towards the end of her living here, we started to think she was deaf. She would "scan" her surroundings by moving her head side to side, and if you clapped or made loud noises, she wouldn't be startled. She would get startled if she didn't see you coming and you were suddenly there, though. We had to rehome her because she bit Toby a few times (they were bonded, but the bond broke). She was rehomed elsewhere, but she hated her new owner and would attack her. That owner rehomed her to a lady that, to the best of my knowledge, still has her and spoils her rotten.
That's all I have right now. Happy (belated) new year, everyone!
I am a procrastinator. If anyone is interested in my old blog, they can find the link here. So here are the updates!
Tobias L. Bunny (Toby)
Toby is my baby. He still is, and always will be! :hearts: His newest "thing" has been to jump up on top of his little house when I bring food to his cage. He needs a "sample" of whatever I have in my hand before he will eat the rest of it. It doesn't matter if it's the same food that I have been feeding him for the last year or not. He still wants a sample (it's great when I give him hay, I always pick out the nicest strand of hay for him). He still loves to come out and binky his little butt off. I haven't gotten any recent videos of him being a little cutie, but I will try to update this blog at least once a week!
Sammi (McSammersons)
Sammi was doing OK. She was being a very sassy bunny. I still call her "little miss prissy-pants", in reference to her persnickety ways. On New Year's Eve, she attacked my face. It was great...:grumpy: I was lying on the floor, petting her, and she normally does a little "mock lunge" at you before settling in and going into the "pet me" position. She had done several mock lunges before, but this time she followed through. She bit onto my glasses, starting digging furiously at my face, and then when I tried to get up and away, she bit onto my scalp... Hard. Will thought it was hilarious. I punched him in the chest. Game over.
Yesterday, I was getting ready for work and I noticed that Sammi wasn't opening her right eye. She would open it just enough to look like she was squinting. It looked a little wet, so I figured that she may have gotten some dust in her eye. I told Will to look after it, and if it wasn't better by the time I got home from work, we would go to the vet. Her eye looked worse when I got home 8 hours later. It was swollen a bit, more moist, and her eyelids were a darker red. I called the vet at 2:55pm, and luckily, they had an opening 3:30pm. Bad thing: we live 30 minutes away. We made it there in time though (thanks to Will's crazy Michigan driving skills). Dr. Bloss looked over Sammi and did a stain in her eyes. After she shone the special light on her eyes, you could see exactly what happened to Sammi. She has an eye ulcer. It's a pretty big, tear-drop shaped one. It doesn't take up more than 10-20% of her eye surface, though. It just looked nasty. We got Metacam and some antibiotic eye cream and have to go back in a week. McSammersons was on her best behavior at the vet (how the heck does that happen!?). She was happy to be home, though. I will update everyone on her eye when we go back to the vet on Thursday!
Regiford (Reggie)
Well, the little fweeper is doing just fine. We changed his litter from kiln-dried pine bedding to pine pellets, and it is far less stinky. I don't have to change his cage every-other-day now, either! (Twice a week is fine for me!) He has become more and more vocal, and wheeps every time Will or I walk into the room at night and turn the light on. He loves his veggies and gets very excited over his orange slices. He goes nuts for carrots, too!
Psycho (the finch) (left one)
We still have our one zebra finch, Psycho. Unfortunately, his brother, Meepers, died a month or so ago. We were told they were 2[sup]1/2[/sup] years old when we adopted them over a year ago. We think that Meepers died when he was about 4 years old (or older). Psycho seems lonely, and I want to get him another friend but don't know how to go about it. So, if anyone knows how to introduce finches, let me know!
The Three Hamigos (Lucky, Dusty, & Ned)
My three little hamigos are doing just fine. They are cute, super-speedy, and adorable!
Yes, they need two adjectives to describe their cuteness! They live out in our living room because they are so loud at night. Three little hammies fighting for the same wheel gets obnoxious at 2:00AM. Bunnies of the past:
I figured I should make an area for my past bunnies. Both are alive and well to my knowledge, but were rehomed.
Berry-Boo (now Felice)
Our old foster-bunny. She was adopted over a year ago. We still miss her mini-rex behaviors and shenanigans. She was a binky machine. She loved mirrors, towels, anything box-like, and attention from Will. She was just a sweet, sassy little bun. We miss her dearly.
Miss Emma McFluffybottoms (Emma)
Miss Emma was a rescue from Craigslist. We got her on New Year's Eve (Dec. 2008) and had to rehome her in spring. She was a good little bunny, but she was special needs. Towards the end of her living here, we started to think she was deaf. She would "scan" her surroundings by moving her head side to side, and if you clapped or made loud noises, she wouldn't be startled. She would get startled if she didn't see you coming and you were suddenly there, though. We had to rehome her because she bit Toby a few times (they were bonded, but the bond broke). She was rehomed elsewhere, but she hated her new owner and would attack her. That owner rehomed her to a lady that, to the best of my knowledge, still has her and spoils her rotten.
That's all I have right now. Happy (belated) new year, everyone!
