Things for Bunny

I wanted to talk about some of the products that I have bought for Picard. In this blog I'll talk about toys and habitat. Next time I'll talk about food and bedding :)

This is something I bought today. I decided it was important because yesterday he made a mad dash for the space behind our t.v. consol. I have some stacks of video games and he just plowed through it and was hidden behind them. I got him out eventually, but he did not want to leave. 

I put down a cardboard shopping bag for him to crawl into, and he seemed to like that, but I thought it would be nice to get a real home for him. 

This is a large Farmers Market "Nature's House" by CritterWare. It was $24.99 at PetCo but we saved $5 because we have a Pals card. The good thing about this is he can munch on in as well as hide in it. 

This is one of the first things I got him, it's a ball of hay. He really likes chewing it but I am not sure if he knows he can roll it around... or if he even cares to roll it. 

When I first bought him, I got little apple sticks for him to chew on to wear down his back teeth because bunnies need to do that, but he still doesn't seem very interested in them. So, I know he likes the ball of hay, so I thought I would get a ball of sticks so he can chew on it and hopefully wear down his back teeth properly. This is made by CritterWare as well, it's a 4" Willow Branch Ball.

This is basically a cardboard octagon filled with hay. It's a way to keep the hay in one place, and it should also encourage him to roll it around and play. It's Peter's Hay Tumble; "exercise, toy, and treat in one!"

This is the little cage we have for Picard, it also had a top which we take off when we let him run around. He has a cute ceramic bowl for pellet food, and the bottom is covered in newspaper.

This is Picard munching on the straw house, his eyes are so pretty :D

Bunny in Motion

This is just a little snippet of video I took until I can edit together some of the longer video. He is so cute <3

This is Picard and my cat, Fluffy. Not sure how they feel about each other yet. 

I wanted to give a size-comparison to show how teeny Picard is. This is him next to my iPhone: 

And this is him again:

And on an un-bunny related note, this is my cat:

Isn't he just precious :3

Rings and Things

Most people who know me probably know that I almost always wear rings. I love rings. Especially awesome rings like this one with a bunny!

You know, I bet Charming Charlie would have bunny-related jewelry. I am now on a quest! 

Pinning Bunnies

So when I'm not doing work or playing with my new bunny, I'm wasting stupid amounts of time on Pinterest. I felt like sharing some of my favorite bunny pictures. Enjoy!

This one is my favorite :D

Party like it's Stardate 41153.7!

Last night I had 10 people over for a Star Trek Next Generation Party. We spent more time talking over the episodes than actually watching the episodes but it was still fun.
Before everyone showed up, I wanted to let Picard out to show my friends. When I took off the top of his cage, I moved the little rug to the side so he would just hop around for a bit. He must be learning though, because he saw the main area rug and made a mad dash for it, even though there was about 4 feet of linoleum floor for him to run across. He must be learning, I'm so proud! :')
He seemed to do well even though there were so many people, so that's good.
His surgery seems to be totally fine, and I keep trying to get him to eat spinach and play with his little apple-stick chew things, even though he shows no interest.

Poop.

Picard has decided that being outside of his cage is just like being in his cage. So he pooped on the rug. My dad didn't notice because he wears shoes inside. I, however, usually walk around barefoot. So.
Not quite sure how to train him so he doesn't go on the carpet >.<
Oh, the joys of having animals!

Hot Lava

So according to the vast interwebs and hours of research I've done on bunnies, they are supposed to get several hours of free-roam-running-around-time each day.
The first few days, I tried to have Picard leave his cage but he seemed to be completely uninterested by the rest of my living room. I picked him up a few times to put him on the floor and he would jump right back in his cage.
So, I would leave the top of his cage off to encourage him, and finally on Thursday night he jumped out on his own!
Come to Friday afternoon, I take the top of the cage off to let him walk around, however, he only would hop around on the tiny rug near his cage. It's like when kids play the hot lava game pretending that the floor is hot lava and you can only jump on pillows and furniture and stuff to get around.
I thought maybe he just liked the carpet more than walking around on our linoleum floors, so I carried him over to our big area rug. He loved it! He started doing the bunny dancing that I had read about, where he hops up and kind of wiggles. It looks a bit spastic but apparently it means he is happy :D
It took me forever to get him back in his cage so my dad and I could go get dinner >.<
Now it's after dinner and I moved the tiny rug and a runner to connect Picard's cage to the big area rug. He is running it like a track now!

He is doing really well and he isn't showing any signs of infection or anything from his neutering that occurred on Sunday.
When I put my hand near his head he almost nudges it to be pet.
I think he loves me <3

Bunny!

I decided on Monday, July 16th, that I wanted a bunny.
I have wanted a bunny for a very long time and have spent countless hours looking at baby bunny videos on YouTube and looking at the adoptable critters at the Arizona Humane Society, an organization which I absolutely love.

http://www.azhumane.org/artman2/publish/findapet/petsearch.shtml

I finally saw a bunny named Einstein (I wrote a musical inspired by Albert Einstein) who was white with black spots and whose picture looked adorable; it was destiny. I called to ask about him and they recommended coming down to look.
Once I got there, another bunny caught my eye as I walked into the tiny critter room. He was mostly black and had itty-bitty ears!
It was really difficult for me to make a decision between Einstein and the new bunny I saw. On one hand, Einstein had been in the shelter since the beginning of June and was part of the Hopeful Heart Club, which reduced the adoption fee from $35 to $20 because no one was adopting him. On the other hand, I wanted to get a bunny that I knew I would be happy with. It's hard for me to be at the shelter because there are so many animals; I almost want to pick the worst off ones in case they never get adopted.
In the end I decided to go with my gut and get the bunny I really wanted. I bought "Shade" for $35 and bought the Rabbit Starter Kit in the shop at the AZHS Campus for Compassion store. Originally it would have been $55, but when you adopt you save 20% so it was only $44.

Bunny: $35
Bunny things: $44
Happiness from staring at my bunny hop around: Priceless.

(This was taken with my iPhone and I had the flash on, so I promise to have much better pictures later :P)