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Hi everyone,
I'm a documentary filmmaker from Boston, and proud "mother" of Miller, a 1.5 year-old grey Netherland Dwarf, who I adopted from the Animal Rescue League back in October.
Strangely enough, it was a running injury that led me to adopt Miller. I had to drop out of the New York Marathon, and had fallen into a bit of a funk because of it. The day after I dropped out of the marathon, I saw a young woman on the subway with a bunny in her lap. We got to talking, and she told me more about her bunny, who was such a little sweetheart. Something inside of me instantly told me that a bunny would be the cure to my running-injury blues. Once I ascended from the subway stop, I called my fiance and asked him if we could get a rabbit (my rationale being that our place was too tiny for a dog, and we're both allergic to cats). After endlessly researching online for about a week or so, we decided we could handle a rabbit... or so we thought, ha!
We adopted Miller on October 12th, and he's completely taken over our lives. He's done that even more so now, as I have moved him from our office/spare bedroom into our living room, so he can comfortably enjoy air conditioning as the weather gets warmer. I attempted to sleep in the living room with him last night as an experiment, and I was woken up about every half hour to him pouncing on me. Turns out, for such a tiny little guy, he's able to jump on the couch without a problem.
Miller was a little shy and withdrawn when we first got him (he was neglected by his previous owner, who was a teenager). He still absolutely HATES being picked up, so we try not to do it, but he's really come around with letting us pet him, or jumping on our laps. When we first saw him do his binky series, we were in tears laughing.
We've had some scary moments with 2 bouts of GI stasis, but luckily the MSPCA is about 4 miles from our home, so he's been treated and recovered each time (although it's already cost me close to $1000, ugh!). I'm grateful for all the research and forums online (like this one!), that helped me recognize his symptoms early on. On occasion his eye gets a little weepy, too. Besides that, he seems to be in good health.
We're not sure of Miller's definite age-- we were told he was about a year old when we got him in October. But my fiance and I share the same birthday in August, so we thought it was only fitting to give Miller our birthday as well
All in all, it's been quite an adventure taking care of our little bun, and he certainly has brought me joy during times of pain in the last few months. I'm happy to say that my injury cleared up, and I'm back to running, too
Looking forward to chatting with you all about your little ones!
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I'm a documentary filmmaker from Boston, and proud "mother" of Miller, a 1.5 year-old grey Netherland Dwarf, who I adopted from the Animal Rescue League back in October.
Strangely enough, it was a running injury that led me to adopt Miller. I had to drop out of the New York Marathon, and had fallen into a bit of a funk because of it. The day after I dropped out of the marathon, I saw a young woman on the subway with a bunny in her lap. We got to talking, and she told me more about her bunny, who was such a little sweetheart. Something inside of me instantly told me that a bunny would be the cure to my running-injury blues. Once I ascended from the subway stop, I called my fiance and asked him if we could get a rabbit (my rationale being that our place was too tiny for a dog, and we're both allergic to cats). After endlessly researching online for about a week or so, we decided we could handle a rabbit... or so we thought, ha!
We adopted Miller on October 12th, and he's completely taken over our lives. He's done that even more so now, as I have moved him from our office/spare bedroom into our living room, so he can comfortably enjoy air conditioning as the weather gets warmer. I attempted to sleep in the living room with him last night as an experiment, and I was woken up about every half hour to him pouncing on me. Turns out, for such a tiny little guy, he's able to jump on the couch without a problem.
Miller was a little shy and withdrawn when we first got him (he was neglected by his previous owner, who was a teenager). He still absolutely HATES being picked up, so we try not to do it, but he's really come around with letting us pet him, or jumping on our laps. When we first saw him do his binky series, we were in tears laughing.
We've had some scary moments with 2 bouts of GI stasis, but luckily the MSPCA is about 4 miles from our home, so he's been treated and recovered each time (although it's already cost me close to $1000, ugh!). I'm grateful for all the research and forums online (like this one!), that helped me recognize his symptoms early on. On occasion his eye gets a little weepy, too. Besides that, he seems to be in good health.
We're not sure of Miller's definite age-- we were told he was about a year old when we got him in October. But my fiance and I share the same birthday in August, so we thought it was only fitting to give Miller our birthday as well
All in all, it's been quite an adventure taking care of our little bun, and he certainly has brought me joy during times of pain in the last few months. I'm happy to say that my injury cleared up, and I'm back to running, too
Looking forward to chatting with you all about your little ones!
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