Cecil
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Hi everyone! I'll introduce myself here as some people may not have seen my introduction thread 
I'm Kaitlin, from central Illinois. I recently adopted a (supposedly) 2 year old dutch buck from a local who was giving him away.
I'm a 16 y.o. animal enthusiast with a passion for critters. Fury, scales and tails, even those with shells and exoskeletons, I love them all! I've had many types of small animals over the years and have a lot of animal knowledge stored up in my brain.
I don't know much about Skip's History, but here's what I do know:
He's a handsome dutch boy, unaltered (but soon to be neutered). Very loving and sweet, though sometimes a little too much! He weighs about 2.05kg/4.5lbs and is supposedly 2 years old. I'm unsure of his previous living conditions (except I know he was kept on shaved pine; they gave me what they had left of it. I do not use it though, I use recycled newspaper pellets. He was also fed timothy hay and Wild Harvest seed/pellet mix from Wal-mart) but currently he lives in a 6ftx2ftx2ft cage (made out of two ferret nation units set side-by-side), with lots of toys, fresh hay, and Oxbow Essentials BB/T rabbit pellets, and of course water. I'm easing him onto fresh greens and veggies at the moment, though I did ask the previous owners and they said they had fed him veggies. Best to be cautious though! He is mostly potty trained but being in a new place seems to have thrown him for a loop. A few stray poos here and there but nothing too bad
I picked up Skip on Sunday, February 10th, 2013. He was pretty quite the whole ride home. As soon as I got him home I had to clip his nails; I would have waited but they kept getting stuck in the blankets and carpet and I'm sure that wasn't comfortable to feel. They were so long too Fortunately not long enough that they were curling too bad.
It's been two days now and he's settled in fast. The last two days I've actually been sick with a bad cold so I stayed home from school; of course I spent that time watching Skip and admiring his bashfulness. He's quite the character! He follows me around but doesn't leave the room, even if the door's open. Today I even discovered he likes to be the center of attention, because he keeps jumping into my lap while I'm on the computer! Then he'll give me some love nips and jump back down (after denying him the right to hump my arm, that is).
I only have one concern so far -- I believe Skip may be younger than I was told. He has a lot of sex drive and energy; I wouldn't think a 2 year old bunny (no matter what breed) would be trying to hump you every second he is out the cage. He literally does not stop until he gets tired and lays down for a few minutes; only to get right back up and try again. When I take him to get neutered I'll ask the vet what he thinks; though I know you can't really determine the age just by looking at them. He's at least old enough to show his testes, however.
Anyways, here's a video I made of my interactions with Skip He's so much fun! Now as he's sleeping, I keep watching this video and it just gives me a fuzzy feeling inside lol!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8DfufyZq0k[/ame]
Thanks for reading/watching :]
I'm Kaitlin, from central Illinois. I recently adopted a (supposedly) 2 year old dutch buck from a local who was giving him away.I'm a 16 y.o. animal enthusiast with a passion for critters. Fury, scales and tails, even those with shells and exoskeletons, I love them all! I've had many types of small animals over the years and have a lot of animal knowledge stored up in my brain.
I don't know much about Skip's History, but here's what I do know:
He's a handsome dutch boy, unaltered (but soon to be neutered). Very loving and sweet, though sometimes a little too much! He weighs about 2.05kg/4.5lbs and is supposedly 2 years old. I'm unsure of his previous living conditions (except I know he was kept on shaved pine; they gave me what they had left of it. I do not use it though, I use recycled newspaper pellets. He was also fed timothy hay and Wild Harvest seed/pellet mix from Wal-mart) but currently he lives in a 6ftx2ftx2ft cage (made out of two ferret nation units set side-by-side), with lots of toys, fresh hay, and Oxbow Essentials BB/T rabbit pellets, and of course water. I'm easing him onto fresh greens and veggies at the moment, though I did ask the previous owners and they said they had fed him veggies. Best to be cautious though! He is mostly potty trained but being in a new place seems to have thrown him for a loop. A few stray poos here and there but nothing too bad
I picked up Skip on Sunday, February 10th, 2013. He was pretty quite the whole ride home. As soon as I got him home I had to clip his nails; I would have waited but they kept getting stuck in the blankets and carpet and I'm sure that wasn't comfortable to feel. They were so long too
Fortunately not long enough that they were curling too bad.It's been two days now and he's settled in fast. The last two days I've actually been sick with a bad cold so I stayed home from school; of course I spent that time watching Skip and admiring his bashfulness. He's quite the character! He follows me around but doesn't leave the room, even if the door's open. Today I even discovered he likes to be the center of attention, because he keeps jumping into my lap while I'm on the computer! Then he'll give me some love nips and jump back down (after denying him the right to hump my arm, that is).
I only have one concern so far -- I believe Skip may be younger than I was told. He has a lot of sex drive and energy; I wouldn't think a 2 year old bunny (no matter what breed) would be trying to hump you every second he is out the cage. He literally does not stop until he gets tired and lays down for a few minutes; only to get right back up and try again. When I take him to get neutered I'll ask the vet what he thinks; though I know you can't really determine the age just by looking at them. He's at least old enough to show his testes, however.
Anyways, here's a video I made of my interactions with Skip
He's so much fun! Now as he's sleeping, I keep watching this video and it just gives me a fuzzy feeling inside lol![ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8DfufyZq0k[/ame]
Thanks for reading/watching :]
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