I currently have Four Bonded Bunnies! Three Tans and a Lionhead. I swear, I should make a movie about them with this title. It's adorable, he's like the oddball out of everything. But I love him, they love him, he's my happy little rescue bunny.
So to begin introductions... we have Fleury!
Fleury is the BIG baby and always will be. Our first bunny ever. Nothing compares to the excitement and the confusion of bringing one of these little creatures home for the first time. And what you learn - if you have a dog or cat - it doesn't compare. My first bunny was like learning to speak sign language for the first time. Or having a kid. Just total chaos and confusion. So Fleury - (like the horrible humans we are) we made the decision to get a bunny right after Easter. (NEVER DO THIS or I will harm you). As many know, finding a baby bunny after Easter is about as easy as finding water in an ocean. We looked via breeders because we wanted a baby to raise from birth to old age (big mistake but thats for another blog post!). This is how we found our adorable, precious first bunny. We picked up Fleury the day before he turned two months old and have of course had him ever since. He's wonderful. He loves playing games with you. LOVES it. He thrives on his games. He's a total sucker for craisins also. I swear this boy will do ANYTHING for a craisin. His favorite veggie is kale and he's a total lovebug but hates to be held. Like I said before he's a Tan - a black Tan. He's a whooping 4.5 lbs. Gorgeous bunny to say the least.
Now, on to the second! Meet Sidney.
Sidney is my little (or big as she's the biggest bunny we have) diva. She is also a black Tan and probably around 4.8 lbs. She's is as about majestic as a bunny can possibly come. And I mean, MAJESTIC. She digs like she's a princess. Her paws barely touch the ground when she digs. And she walks/runs with a form that can't be beat. Being the only other girl in this house - she feels she is the queen of everything/everyone and is not scared to make you know it. Now, how did we end up with this second gorgeous girl? Like all new owners, we decided little Fleury just needed a friend. So of course, we did what all the bunny newbies do and got a girl. Because everyone says they're easier to bond (big baloney but again ... for another blog post.) So when Fleury turned 3 months old - we headed out for the hour and a half long trip to pick up his sister! As I said before, Sidney is a DIVA. She hates to be held, will sometimes tolerate pets, and is the boss of the house. Shockingly, she is still the nicest bunny in the house.
Which leads me to Tanger. The destructo bunny.
Tanger was the third bunny of the four in the litter. And the last one for sale. Our logic behind getting him? We couldn't leave him behind. He needed friends. And a loving home. And he had been up for sale for three months already so no one apparently was interested in this little man anyways. So when Fleury turned four months old - we went back and got his brother. Now Tanger, was a different bunny. Of all sorts. He wasn't scared like the other two had been his first night and romped around the whole house while he got used to his surroundings. He was put in his pen for the night and of course, when we came out the next morning.. the whole thing was destroyed. Destroyed is an understatement. His hay rack was flung across his pen. His water dish had been thrown and he was pushing himself through the hole in the 2nd level of his house when we first came out (where the water had been located). His pellets now soaked were flicked across every closet, wall, and door within a 20 foot radius. No lie. And when you came to let him out - he would NIP the heck out of your fingers. But this guy was our new lover Bun. He hates being held but boy does he love attention. And endive. And craisins. Actually, Tanger may just love everything. As you can see from his picture, he's a chocolate Tan and about 4.5 lbs also. He likes to think he's 20 though. He's constantly trying to push everyone (major brattitude this one has) AND he is quick to nip if you piss him off. BUT we love him anyways. And he keeps me on my toes, therefore keeping me young at heart. Love this little guy!
And last but not least - my Simba. Simber Bun. My handsome, handsome man.
Simber Bun is my little Lionhead baby and my total cuddle boy. If you've ever had a Tan, you KNOW they are NOT cuddle buns. Love to play and socialize but not cuddly in ANY sort. So that's what put us in the market for a fourth bunny. We wanted a lap bunny. And that's specifically what we were looking for - would take no less. So when we came across Simba - we knew he was perfect. He was found as a stray wandering around a playground at a school, alone and malnourished as he only weighed 3.2 lbs. Now this isn't small for a Lionhead since they are mixed with Dwarf but considering he weighs 3.8 lbs now and the vet says he needs to PUT ON weight - I'm going to just go out on a limb and say he was DEFINITELY malnourished. He also was found with an umbilical hernia so my boy went under surgery to fix his hernia and neutered. He was found around two years of age and spent a good nine months in rescues. (I don't know how someone didn't take him - he is absolutely perfect.) One issue got him sent out of the rescue he was at and straight into the arms of a volunteer rabbit rescue, Rabbit Wranglers. Simba was deemed aggressive after he bit a staff member at the shelter he was staying at - and sent to Rabbit Wranglers, an organization that specializes in behaviorally-challenged and medically ill bunnies. He thrived in his foster homes and that's how this excellent little man came to me. Rabbit Wranglers was AWESOME. They even let me foster-to-adopt this boy until I could get him bonded to my already bonded trio. As you can probably guess, he is now completely bonded to my trio and we just officially adopted him about three weeks ago. He has made the perfect addition to our family and will turn three somewhere around April. (We have decided to celebrate his birthday as the day he was rescued). He is obsessed with a wiffle ball he has dragged from foster home to foster home and LOVES Endive, Craisins, and Nibble Rings. And grooms and cuddles. He THRIVES on grooms and cuddles - from both human and bunny. ADORABLE to say the least.
So this is my little clan of four Bun Buns!
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