Pic dump and chew toy cupcakes for my oldest soft boi!
I adopted Kapi from San Francisco Animal Care & Control on this day 8 years ago. I hadn’t seen him on their website or social media as up for adoption, and went in thinking I’d end up going home with another bun, but there he was, sticking his nose out as I passed by, named BunBun.
I learned he had been surrendered just a couple weeks earlier during the holidays. We got acquainted and he was so happy to be around me, and I couldn’t stop thinking about him after I left, so I went back the next day to adopt him.
He’s chewed through so many different things in this house, but he’s gone from a small plastic dog pen in our living room in a corner that he could hop over and eventually chew through to a large space taking up the majority of our living, now with a friend! He’s still so energetic, it’s like he hasn’t aged at all. Only his nose hairs have gotten much whiter over the years.
No matter how many plushies, cords, or couch corners you nibble through, I’ll always love you, Kapibun. :_)
5 years ago, I found and adopted Kapi (formerly known as Bun Bun) at the San Francisco Animal Care & Control after my hamster—Pixel, who I also adopted from SFACC—passed away. Now, he’s becoming friends with our newest adoptee, Kylo, from the House Rabbit Society.
Please consider adopting if you want a fur baby in your life. There are so many loving animals waiting for their forever home and ready to be part of a family!
We took Kapi on some bunny dates at the SF Animal Care & Control and House Rabbit Society.
He met Qui Qui (Hotot mix with black ears), Lily (possibly Flemish), and Lulu (possibly Havana/Silver mix) at SFACC. Qui Qui didn’t seem particularly interested, but also possibly frustrated since she had been surrendered literally the night before, so she spent the time thumping every minute. Lily was a big no for us; she was lovely to handle and fun to play with individually, but did not get along with Kapi, who was scared of her and wanted nothing to do with her, especially since she was getting aggressive around him. She pulled a butt-ton (literally) of fur from Kapi, but thankfully no blood drawn. Lulu was super shy and was a beautiful girl, but we weren’t convinced. After spending a couple hours at SFACC, we called the HRS center and got there an hour before they closed.
Although having been an HRS member, this was my first time visiting the center. I really have to say, I loved the setup, the variety of toys and food and other things available in the shop, and just how knowledgeable everyone was there!
Kapi met another Lily (not pictured), who, I believe, is an English Spot with sarcocystis. She is roughly Kitfo’s size and a lovely girl, calm and willing to be around Kapi. The volunteer helping us and watching the buns on their date went over Lily’s needs as a rabbit in a study, and explained that she was currently off medications but if her condition worsens, she would be back on meds as a regular part of her diet though costs are close to nothing ($20 for a jar of powdered medicine that could last a year). Kapi got some fur from Lily, but their date went as normal as it could’ve gone (and better than what we had seen at the SFACC); we decided to try another play date just to see if Kapi was interested in becoming friends with anyone else.
Although Kapi had been meeting girls all day, we chose Quentin, a small black Rex boy, for perspective. This was also the first time Kapi would meet another rabbit his size.
It was a very promising 30-minute playdate. So we put a hold on Quentin and are planning on going back for a second playdate this week. Quentin has a gorgeous coat and is super lovable; we already miss him.
Kapi may be close to finding his BFF.
(Pictures of Qui Qui, Lily, Lulu from the SFACC website; picture of Quentin from the HRS website.)
We found this little duder on our way to get our tree just now. He was just still on the sidewalk with his wings splayed out. I think he must’ve flew into a window or something. I scooped him up and he was stunned and stressed but otherwise didn’t look injured. The nice lady at ACC said he was a Cedar Waxwing. He is so beautiful! His brownish feathers look like suede and he has a bright yellow undercarriage and wings. His wings also have some bright reddish orange marks too. And his little bandit mask! Swoon! Ooh! And he kept putting up his tiny mohawk! So cute!! I hope he’ll be ok. I’ll be checking in on him later. ❤️ #prettybird #cedarwaxwing #injuredbird #sfacc #sffauna #sfbirds #malecedarwaxwing (at Mission District, San Francisco)
