Sweet Bunny Tales

[PeachySteph]

So here is my first blog post!

I became a new bunny mom (or slave :confused2 not long ago: 12/16/11

She does not yet have a name, but she has definitely been showing her personality.

Here is a picture of her this morning, getting a little more adventurous with her surroundings:

Once she's more comfortable I'll get her a corner box to start potty training her.
Then when she starts getting the hang of that, she'll be allowed to roam the house for most of the day. That should give me enough time to bunny-proof the place.

 

[PeachySteph]

She is so sweet and gentle.

This morning when I sat by her cage she came right up to me sniffing. When she moved away a little, I opened the door slowly and carefully and put my hand in there. She immediately hopped up to me and sniffed my hand. Then she started licking and nudging it! awwwwww! :inlove: Of course, I obeyed her command of 'grooming' her. et: When she had her fill she hopped away and I slowly removed my hand, and self from her.

A good start to the day, if you ask me.

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

She is terribly cute :inlove: How old is she? I just wanna kiss her

 

[PeachySteph]

I'm unsure of her age. The owner of the shop (family owned cute little shop) said the breeder just brought them in after weaning.

 

[PeachySteph]

the hair around her shoulders/neck and her back legs and rear is a little wavy. Does that mean that's the hair that will get longer as she grows?

 

[PeachySteph]

I think I just experienced tooth-purring for the first time.

I was holding her, reclined in my chair, and I had her on my chest. She moved up and snuggled right up against my neck. This whole time I was petting her and stopped whenever she signaled it.

After she made her way toward my shoulder and by my neck she started playing with my hair. I interpreted that as grooming so I did it back. While I was 'grooming' her, she started making that sound with her teeth. It was so quiet, I don't think I would have heard it had she not been right under my ear. Definitely different from the munching sounds when she eats.

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

Yep sounds like purring to me. You have a very sweet bunny. Ya she could end up being on the fluffy side. You might want to start brushing now so she gets used to it.

 

[PeachySteph]

I think she's mad at me. I put a new blanket in her box, one that was a bit bigger and would give more comfort. She went over and inspected it, but wouldn't go in her box. She's been laying with her butt in the opposite corner of the cage with her back facing me. Should I take the blanket out or just give her time to accept it?

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Just give her time. Our bunnies don't like changes, but, eventually they accept it. Such a little cutie with a lot of personality.:inlove:

 

[PeachySteph]

She laid on a bit of it, outside the box... and eventually peed on it. Still won't go in her box though.

Also, many times she'll lick my hands but won't allow me to return the favor. I thought it was mandatory of us subjects to always return the grooming, since it's considered such an honor to be groomed by your bun. :?

 

[PeachySteph]

So here is the cage that she has. I want to expand it, vertically, and cut a hole in the roof of her existing one and put a ramp in to get to the next level.

Where would I get the square sections to attach to create the second level?

http://www.petco.com/product/10638/Super-Pet-Extra-Large-My-First-Home.aspx

 

[PeachySteph]

Finally my little one is comfortable enough to completely relax.

 

[PeachySteph]

I couldn't stand it. She was trying her hardest to jump around and binkie in her cage.. which she's small enough for. After I cleaned up the kids' playroom I brought her in there to stretch her legs.

Boy did she love it! Within five minutes she was darting around, zig-zagging, and binkying like crazy! It was the cutest thing! The kids loved watching her, and my 1yr especially thought it was hilarious every time she would show off her moves.

 

[PeachySteph]

A short clip of Ellie having some fun.


http://www.facebook.com/v/2922689747675

 

[JjGoesBounce]

Ok. Too cute for my eyes. You need to put BG13 (bunny guidance 13) on this blog. TOO CUTOE!
Jj

 

[PeachySteph]

she is so small, it's unbelievable how fast she can go!

 

[PeachySteph]

she's sitting on my chest watching the washer in spin cycle. not sure what to make of it.

 

[BunnyButter]

Does she have a name yet? She's incredibly adorable!

 

[PeachySteph]

Yes, It's Ellie.

I'm so proud of her too. Whenever she's running around the play room there's no potty issues, aside from 1-2 poops. Same when you hold her, no potty, just sits quietly while you groom her.

Last night while holding her, she got real close to my neck and stretched herself out across my shoulder/collar bone. Whenever I stopped petting her, she would start licking me.

 

[BunnyButter]

Aww! That's awesome! No one ever expects rabbits to train well. Butter is pretty good about that too.

There was one time though where my friend picked her up with his hands around her rib cage and she dropped what we now refer to as a pellet grenade (about 50 pellets at once). It was a LOT of pellets, but fortunately it was on the carpet and not all over our chair, so we were able to easily vacuum the pellets up.

That's awesome that she will sit with you! Butter just started sitting with me on the bed, but only for a little bit. She'll run away when I notice her. Haha!