Thursday, October 30, 2008

Jumping moment!



Today's weight: 1.80



She can jump so high! It's hard to take picture of her jumping but I finally caught a moment.








Here is picture of her in a tissue box!

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Fluffy






Today's weight: 1.77

Poochie's weight gain is slow but her fur is getting longer fast.
White undercoat is developing and she looks less black and more gray now.
I have to groom her so that she would not swallow too much hair. I use the cat groomer called "Zoom Groom" (rubber) and regular rabbit brush.
She is not shedding a lot so far. She does not like to be groomed and trying to run away all the time!


















Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Happy one month anniversary!







Hey, I am hanging out!















I am eating Timothy hay!







It's been one month since we welcomed Poochie to our home.

We got a great news today. The result of fecal check comes back and she does not have Eimeria (Coccidia) anymore.

It is the result of our hard work: giving medicine every day, clean up feces, disinfect area with ammonia, and wash litter box with hot water every day.

Us and Poochie accomplished a lot this one month.
  • Beat two diseases (lice and Eimeria)
  • Trained litter box almost perfectly
  • We become really good friends!

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Snacks






Yummy!





























No, I am not Poodle!









Today's weight: 1.71


Poochie likes these snacks:
Banana
Cabbage
Quaker Oats
Dried Papaya

Poochie does not like:
Carrots
Cilantro stem

I don't have a chance to give other vegetables yet but I'll slowly find out.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Playful rabbit




Mmmm... feels good!













I love this tunnel!

















Munching hay in the tissue paper box


















Is there anything for me?


















Gimme!!!









Today's weight: 1.70

Her weight is not increasing for several days, and it worries me .
I got her local meadow hays (only 2.99 and very fresh!) the other day, but it seems like she likes timothy hay better.
It's good thing considering timothy hay is more ideal for rabbit.

Yesterday, the vet checked Poochie again and confirmed lice are gone!
But she is scratching herself often, so we keep watching her.

Today, she was very playful. When she saw me calling her, she jumped out from the cage and
climb up my knee and gave me kisses.

I have a tunnel made from IKEA plastic bag storage ($1). She enjoys it.
I took a lots of picture but it's hard to take good picture when Poochie is moving around.
Her eyes are really red in flash or even daylight. I have to Photoshop it using a red eye reduction tool but sometimes it does not work since her eyes are even yellow sometimes!

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Toys

Today's weight: 1.69

Like human baby, rabbits likes and needs toys.
You can buy all kinds of toys at pet store or online, but it costs a lots and bunnies may not be interested no matter what it looks good to us.

So, I try to make healthy and affordable toy.
The first one is toilet paper core stuffed with hays. This is recommended by many rabbit owners.
Poochie likes to nibble hay from here when she is too lazy to eat from hay stack on wall.


I also gave this vine wreath bought at Dollar Tree. She likes this too at first, but she get bored quickly.

Since Poochie is not crazy about hay, I wanted try new and different hays.
So, I got new hay from a local store.
The store sells meadow hays from local farm in addition to Sweat Meadow brand hays and it smells good and very affordable.
Poochie seemed liking it at first but after while, but after 30 min, she was not really interested so much.
so, I wove hay to make something interesting, ended up wreath like the picture.
But Poochie liked it. I moved the wire hook near the litter box so that she can munch while she is in the box.





Glooming her feet.















She is trying to get out from cage!
As you can see, she is skinny when she is stretch out.








Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Hanging out

Today's weight: 1.7 lb

She likes to jump around in the playpen we setup outside the cage.


But sometimes she just wants to chill in her cage and never comes out.
This is a disposable bed I made from shoe box.
It's getting cold, so Poochie likes to hang out inside and chew it.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

What she likes


Today's weight: 1.62

She like to be petted.
She sniffed my hand and then lower her head under my fingers.
It's very funny.
Although she does 30% of poohs outside the litter pan, she is getting very good at peeing in the litter box.
But sometimes, she is temperamental and pees outside the litter pan.
She did it about 4 times today. She is up to something...
I have to remove the soiled newspaper and wipe with vinegar.



Monday, October 20, 2008

Memory of Buddy

It's been 1 month since our late rabbit, Buddy died in neuter surgery.

He was just 5 month old.

We bought him from local pet store and he was the first real pet for me.
We did not know anything about house rabbit, we just thought it makes good pet for us living an apartment.

In the pet store we visited, among several kind of rabbits, there are this strange fur-ball looking, hairy small animals curled up in the cage. The sign reads "LIONHEAD RABBIT, $49"
However, since I wanted a rabbit with floppy ears , so we left the store to look other store.
After we visited other stores, we could not find exactly what we looking for so we decided to take a look at the fur ball again.
This time, there is only one lionhead rabbit left.
Someone bought it in 1 day.
The leftover lionhead was not curled up this time. He was moving around and it was cute.
So we asked store staff to show me the rabbit.

He was afraid, this picture is taken just a couple of days after we got him.

He was a little bit wet nose, but I did not know it's not good thing.
Also, I see his ear has a little scratch.
We asked them how old the rabbit is, and she said about 8 weeks.
They did not give us his birthday.

I really wanted to get a rabbit that day, so we took him home.






He was a timid bun!











But curious, he likes to stand a lot.












It took a couple of weeks for him to warm up to us.


His hair is very long and soft.
He was really special bun for us.










He was so cute!














About 5 months old. He loves climb up top of his tunnel.

Saturday, October 18, 2008