EileenH
Well-Known Member
Hi all - I think this is the proper section for this.
I adopted a new bunny yesterday For those of you who remember me, I had a NZW, Gulliver, who passed away from lymphoma a few weeks ago. Missing having a rabbit, I perused Petfinder and came across Sir, from Hug-a-Bunny in NJ. After a week's worth of thinking and talking to his foster mom, we met him yesterday and brought him him.
He is a nervous bunny; no way to know what his story was but he was found wandering around a meat & poultry farm; someone took him home & kept him in a dog crate in their yard for a few months, then surrendered him to a local shelter. The rescue found out & took him out, and he has been in foster care for 4 months. He is very sweet, but very shy and nervous. I have some trust training to do, although he lets me pet him & I only brought him home last night.
Without further ado, below meet "Sir", who we will be calling Jacob.
His Petfinder photo, that made me want to know more..
His foster mom, Jamie, and me upon meeting yesterday:
Me & my husband Tom, and our new bun, now called Jacob:
At home:
Chilling out in his litter box:
As I said, he is a little nervous being handled, and after reading up on some of the trust training threads I am going to back up a bit and just sit with him.
It brings up a lot of emotions, getting a new bun. I am happy to have a bunny in my life and home again, and glad to share our home with him. I know he will settle in and be comfortable; we have a very quiet and structured homelife, which I know he will thrive in. It's just hard to miss the one you lost and begin a new life..y'know?
It didn't take more than 15 seconds for him to start popping around his ex-pen and explore. One of my cats & he touch noses, which is pretty cute.
As he settles in and gets more comfortable, get ready for more pics!! I just wanted to share, and introduce my new boy. The rescue's vet estimated him at about 3 years old.
I adopted a new bunny yesterday For those of you who remember me, I had a NZW, Gulliver, who passed away from lymphoma a few weeks ago. Missing having a rabbit, I perused Petfinder and came across Sir, from Hug-a-Bunny in NJ. After a week's worth of thinking and talking to his foster mom, we met him yesterday and brought him him.
He is a nervous bunny; no way to know what his story was but he was found wandering around a meat & poultry farm; someone took him home & kept him in a dog crate in their yard for a few months, then surrendered him to a local shelter. The rescue found out & took him out, and he has been in foster care for 4 months. He is very sweet, but very shy and nervous. I have some trust training to do, although he lets me pet him & I only brought him home last night.
Without further ado, below meet "Sir", who we will be calling Jacob.
His Petfinder photo, that made me want to know more..
His foster mom, Jamie, and me upon meeting yesterday:
Me & my husband Tom, and our new bun, now called Jacob:
At home:
Chilling out in his litter box:
As I said, he is a little nervous being handled, and after reading up on some of the trust training threads I am going to back up a bit and just sit with him.
It brings up a lot of emotions, getting a new bun. I am happy to have a bunny in my life and home again, and glad to share our home with him. I know he will settle in and be comfortable; we have a very quiet and structured homelife, which I know he will thrive in. It's just hard to miss the one you lost and begin a new life..y'know?
It didn't take more than 15 seconds for him to start popping around his ex-pen and explore. One of my cats & he touch noses, which is pretty cute.
As he settles in and gets more comfortable, get ready for more pics!! I just wanted to share, and introduce my new boy. The rescue's vet estimated him at about 3 years old.