The Bunny Diaries

I am a bunny mama to 3 house rabbits. Benjamin my first ever rabbit, Gizmo my second and Roly my third. I'm here to share my experiences with you all, feel free to ask me any questions! ❤

[regardingcomic]

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[across-the-sea]

Hi, I just wanted to warn you in case you didn't know that one of the bunnies in your last video looks pretty sick. Head tilt like that can be an indication of a number of serious conditions.

Thank you for your concern… If you read back in my blog (Edit: Didn’t realize your post was on my personal tumblr, but I have a post on my bunny tumblr about it. http://bunblr.tumblr.com ) a bit you’ll see that Phoebe developed head tilt a few years ago due to a respiratory infection.  She actually developed it while under veterinary care.. we took her in the moment we noticed a tiny amount of mucus under her nose.  She was already on antibiotics when the head tilt started to happen and it eventually became so severe it’s a miracle she pulled through.  It was months of treatments, and many late nights staying up helping her know which way was up to get her where she is today.  She functions just fine and is happy but the head tilt remains.  If you watch that video you can see she’s just as boisterous as ever and gets around just fine- for being sideways.

This is very important for all of you bunny owners out there, because bunnies do not show symptoms if something is wrong.  They are prey animals and it is their instinct to hide any weakness because of this.  You need to be very observant of your buns and at the slightest sign of something off, take them to the vet.  Buns should never have mucus, running eyes or any other sort of cold symptoms.  We took her at the first sign of trouble and she still developed head tilt, I’d hate to think what would have happened if we didn’t notice something was wrong right away.

[bellebunnies]

I need hugs

[musicalbunny]

I think this is necessary to post. I see a lot of people “saving” bunnies.

“*Bunnies are one of the most frequently “kidnapped” mammal species. *Mothers dig a very shallow nest in the ground that is easily uncovered when mowing or raking the yard. If you find a rabbit nest-leave it alone!! *Mother rabbits only return to the nest two or three times a day, usually before dawn and right after dusk.  *To determine if they are orphaned, either place a string across the nest in a tic-tac-toe shape or circle the nest with flour. Check the nest the next day. If the string or flour is disturbed, the mother has returned. If not, take the bunnies to a rehabilitator. * A bunny that is bright eyed and 4-5 inches long is fully independent and does NOT need to be rescued! *If you find a bunny that does need to be rescued, put it in a dark, quiet location. Bunnies are a prey species and while they may look calm, they are actually very, very scared!”

[flashinglightsandecstasy]

Never knew this, keeping this for reference

[kazuha159]

As a student of Veterinary Medicine I can completely confirm this! Do NOT take them out of their nest unless you’re 100% sure that the mother did not come back for them after at least one day!

[bellebunnies]

My human pillow

[bellebunnies]

Nap time

[bunny-boops]

Happy birthday to my little man 7 yrs. I wish I was with you.

[aumonique]

Can we appreciate how cute Google is today?! 

[fortunas-sands]

Leap Year 2016

It's the 29th of February! #leapyear #GoogleDoodle

I approve of the Google Doodle for Leap Day!

[magicmetalbird]

[foinz]

At the vet for teeth check up

[bellebunnies]

Love me right naow pls

[bellebunnies]

Cat cafe London

[bellebunnies]

I missed you human

[fortunas-sands]

Three years ago today, I brought Bree the Bunny home with me. This was, I think, the first picture I took of her after she got here.

[360anity]

It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, hope, dream: to be– to be, And to lose. A thing for fools, this, and a holy thing, a holy thing to love. For your life has lived in me, your laugh once lifted me, your word was gift to me. To remember this brings painful joy. ‘Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love what death has touched #Benji #IllLoveYouForever #MyFurBaby

[fortunas-sands]

Ash and Gordon at the Georgia House Rabbit Society