Mellykins
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We adopted/rescued our first Bun on Saturday 4/30/11. We have always had pets in our home and we currently have an 8 year old Pug Princess named Lola, she was rescued 2 years ago and she rules the roost. We have an outside dog, Sadie, she is a 5 year old Catahoula and she is so very friendly and loves kids, but hates cats. We have a 2 year old Ryukin goldfish named Sushi and a lone hamster of 3 (2 passed away this year) named Suzie. We also have 3 human kiddos, Ragan 8, Natalie 4 and Katy 3 and a little boy on the way in August. After the recent passing of my daughter's hamster Bonnie, we decided that maybe a bunny would be a good pet. We didn't want to go out and buy one but decided to try to adopt or rescue one but in my neck of the woods there are not any bun rescues near us, so I started calling all the dog and cat rescues and just letting them know that if they happen to find some buns we would love to take them in. I posted a wanted ad on craisglist and boom got a response. The man told me that they had a black lionhead fixed male that they had rescued but their female bun didn't like him so they housed him with a guinea pig who also did not like him and they were wanting to get rid of him. My aunt had a huge metal dog crate that she gave us so we were off to adopt the bun. Well my husband went inside the home to get our new addition and turns out he is a white lionhead mix and he is skinny and his nails were so long and growing crooked and very close to the bottom of his paws. I was very sad to see such a mistreated bun. We immediately took him home and got his new home all setup. He had never had hay according to the previous owners and he was not really sure he liked it. He did like his pellets and greens and immediately started eating and went right into his litter box and did his buisness.
We named him Bruiser but my youngest calls him Mr. Goober Head.
On Sunday I wrapped him in a blanket and trimmed those horrible nails. He did awesome and hopped around so happily afterwards while I cleaned up his cage, he is a very messy eater LOL. He does not like to be picked up so if I have to handle him I do it with a blanket and he lets us pet him but only when he is eating. I am hoping that after a few weeks he will be more willing to let us pet him but we love him no matter what.
I contacted a bun rescue in the Dallas area and they have helped me with a feeding plan for Bruiser and he seems to be happy. He is getting lots of attention and loves to be hand fed his greens.
I can't believe it took us so long to get a bun!
Well that is all for now, I am off to shop for more tasty veggies for little Bruiser.
We named him Bruiser but my youngest calls him Mr. Goober Head.
On Sunday I wrapped him in a blanket and trimmed those horrible nails. He did awesome and hopped around so happily afterwards while I cleaned up his cage, he is a very messy eater LOL. He does not like to be picked up so if I have to handle him I do it with a blanket and he lets us pet him but only when he is eating. I am hoping that after a few weeks he will be more willing to let us pet him but we love him no matter what.
I contacted a bun rescue in the Dallas area and they have helped me with a feeding plan for Bruiser and he seems to be happy. He is getting lots of attention and loves to be hand fed his greens.
I can't believe it took us so long to get a bun!
Well that is all for now, I am off to shop for more tasty veggies for little Bruiser.