littl3red
Ashtin - Member
I was just curious, what's the story behind where/why you got your rabbits?
I had wanted to get a rabbit for months, and I was feeling a bit empty because my boys Pixel and Kentucky (rats) had to move to Boyfriend's house (I was too allergic but I couldn't bear to get rid of them.) So I went to the animal shelter to see if they had any buns. (I am a very, very strong supporter of adopting pets. I think it is important to give homeless animals a loving home.) They had two, both fuzzy lops. I asked about them and the lady said they had been brought in as strays, but the people who brought them in obviously owned them and didn't want to pay the surrender fee. One was female, and the shelter had named her Rabberta. Her ears were gone, due to reasons unknown by the shelter. They guessed it was abuse. The other was male and didn't have a name, but his ears WERE intact. They were in separate cages, just because the shelter couldn't afford cages big enough to put both of them in together.
I hadn't really wanted a "bunny," I wanted a lean, mean, running machine, an agouti colored, long-eared, wild-looking RABBIT. But... I fell in love. :rollseyes
I went back about a week later to pick up the buns... and Rabberta, the earless rabbit, was gone. Disappointed (and also upset that they had been separated,) I decided to just adopt the male anyways. I adopted him, brought him home, and named him Teddy (after Theodore Roosevelt, that dude was awesome, and partly because he was so cuddly). He was super, super happy.
Well, two days later, I took him to the vet to make sure he was in good health, and whaddaya know, Teddy is a girl. Well, three months later, here we are.
So what about you guys? I would love to hear your stories. :biggrin:
I had wanted to get a rabbit for months, and I was feeling a bit empty because my boys Pixel and Kentucky (rats) had to move to Boyfriend's house (I was too allergic but I couldn't bear to get rid of them.) So I went to the animal shelter to see if they had any buns. (I am a very, very strong supporter of adopting pets. I think it is important to give homeless animals a loving home.) They had two, both fuzzy lops. I asked about them and the lady said they had been brought in as strays, but the people who brought them in obviously owned them and didn't want to pay the surrender fee. One was female, and the shelter had named her Rabberta. Her ears were gone, due to reasons unknown by the shelter. They guessed it was abuse. The other was male and didn't have a name, but his ears WERE intact. They were in separate cages, just because the shelter couldn't afford cages big enough to put both of them in together.
I hadn't really wanted a "bunny," I wanted a lean, mean, running machine, an agouti colored, long-eared, wild-looking RABBIT. But... I fell in love. :rollseyes
I went back about a week later to pick up the buns... and Rabberta, the earless rabbit, was gone. Disappointed (and also upset that they had been separated,) I decided to just adopt the male anyways. I adopted him, brought him home, and named him Teddy (after Theodore Roosevelt, that dude was awesome, and partly because he was so cuddly). He was super, super happy.
Well, two days later, I took him to the vet to make sure he was in good health, and whaddaya know, Teddy is a girl. Well, three months later, here we are.
So what about you guys? I would love to hear your stories. :biggrin: