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And my first blog
After losing my rabbit of 6 years, Timmy, less than three months into my first year of vet school, I headed to the Ventura County Animal Shelter where, after spending hours meeting all their rabbits, I adopted a duo of neutered males on October 28th.
After getting to know them for a few days, I dubbed them Sherlock (the black otter Netherland Dwarf) and Watson (the black Polish).
Since their arrival, they've had quite a few photoshoots.
Here we are after carving pumpkins for Halloween.
Othertimes they wear funny hats.
And lastly: our Christmas photos
Although I've only had them for a month now, they've already won over my heart. They spend their day in a 42 inch dog crate in my room, but whenever I'm both home and awake, they have free roam of my room.
I've been "training them to love me" by feeding them the vast majority of their daily pellet ration directly from my hands. Eventually they went from not leaving their cage unless I was out of the room or sitting on my bed to voluntarily running up to me and sitting nicely for me to pet them.
They each got a checkup by some of my classmates and one of our faculty vets at our clinic on campus with a clean bill of health. Last week they each got a microchip (thanks, Home Again!).
I'm looking forward to getting to know them even better as time goes on. It's definitely a great destressor just to watch their antics and even more so to pet them or feel their faces tickle my hands when they eat our of my palms.
And my first blog
After losing my rabbit of 6 years, Timmy, less than three months into my first year of vet school, I headed to the Ventura County Animal Shelter where, after spending hours meeting all their rabbits, I adopted a duo of neutered males on October 28th.
After getting to know them for a few days, I dubbed them Sherlock (the black otter Netherland Dwarf) and Watson (the black Polish).
Since their arrival, they've had quite a few photoshoots.
Here we are after carving pumpkins for Halloween.
Othertimes they wear funny hats.
And lastly: our Christmas photos
Although I've only had them for a month now, they've already won over my heart. They spend their day in a 42 inch dog crate in my room, but whenever I'm both home and awake, they have free roam of my room.
I've been "training them to love me" by feeding them the vast majority of their daily pellet ration directly from my hands. Eventually they went from not leaving their cage unless I was out of the room or sitting on my bed to voluntarily running up to me and sitting nicely for me to pet them.
They each got a checkup by some of my classmates and one of our faculty vets at our clinic on campus with a clean bill of health. Last week they each got a microchip (thanks, Home Again!).
I'm looking forward to getting to know them even better as time goes on. It's definitely a great destressor just to watch their antics and even more so to pet them or feel their faces tickle my hands when they eat our of my palms.