Thursday night when I brought Jenny into the rabbit room, Nibbles the matron of the herd and my first bunny, was not amused and made the loudest thump I have ever heard her do. I made up with her tonight and we watched some tv together while I dozed in and out of consciousness.
Well Jenny's first couple of days have gone well. When I walk into the room she wants to be let out of her cage now! She is a really sweet girl, who loves to get petted. Thursday night I introduced her to banana chips. She never had them before. She wasn't sure at first, but she took a little taste and devoured it. Tonight she is getting introduced to craisins.
This morning she, um tried to mount my leg, when I was feeding everyone. I let her out while I was filling food dishes and she would come over for pets. She did a dead bunny flop behind me against my feet and another while I was petting her in-front of Sweeties cage. I have never had a bunny do that before, they have done it in their cages but not while I was petting them.
There are positives and negatives to having chronic insomnia. The plus side is I can get a lot done, negative side by the end of the day I am pooped. This morning I woke up at 3 am and thought about cleaning the kitchen. Luckily common sense kicked in and I had a snack and laid down again and fell asleep. When I woke up at 6 I decided to slice up some bananas and try again at making banana chips.
Soooska, aka Susan, gave me some tips, so I sliced up three banana's, soaked them in lemon juice for 20 minutes and fired up the dehydrator. Eight and a half hours later I checked them and they turned out great. Several of the buns ate them but I had two critics (Tiny and Carmel)who turned their noses up at them. So I took a banana chip and split it and offered it to them. They both ate the pieces right up so I have succeeded!
A little update on the lady who "gave" me Jenny. No mention of money was made at all during phone conversations or emails. When I picked Jenny up after the rabbit club meeting, she said rather timidly that her husband said we would have gotten at least $5 at the butcher for her, so would I give her $5 for Jenny. I was somewhat taken aback . I wasn't going to let such a sweet bun go the butchers for a mere five dollars so I said yes.
I thought that asking money for a rabbit that you were trying to find a good home for was rather rude and gutsy. Oh well I got a heck of a bargain. Although having two e-lops in the house does make me wonder what I might be in for.
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