Tigerlily

New addition to our family: Tigerlily! Sadly, we had to take Apricot back last week and I miss her but we have Tigerlily now. She's a calm (very calm) Creme d'Argent. Although she's Apricot's sister and somehow looks like her, she is very different. She is well litter trained and sort of aloof. She's also pretty big. Haha. She has a funny looking spot on her forehead but I could swear that it's gotten smaller.

Yesterday I took her and Romeo outside, during different times just in cast of a fight. I accidentally spooked her and she went crazy. Her ears were alert and she raised her tail ready to attack. She mainly just ran away (SUPER FAST) whenever we got near her. We had to trick her into a box to take her home and let her calm down. All in all she's very easily spooked. She's not at all as outgoing as Apricot and often just sits in the corner of her cage. I hope she's not depressed. She eats little and has different habits than Romeo.

The flaky stuff in Romeo's left ear that the people at LPS said was ear wax has clogged everything up. I e-mailed Suzi and she said she'll come over to treat him. (yay!)

As for Romeo and Tilly (Tigerlily's super cute nickname) bonding, it's going better than it did with Apricot. I put them in the shower everyday for about an hour and they groom each other. I can tell it's still tense at times but Tilly isn't much of a biter. Sometimes she'll nip him gently and he'll lose a little fur but he hasn't fought back. The reason we adopted Tilly was that Romeo seemed to like her a lot. He started grooming her the moment Suzi put her in the bonding enclosure. I have a feeling they'll be fine with time. As for now, they're separated in the cage and although their personal space is small they seem to be doing okay. They haven't fought between the grids and they can see each other at any time!

Romeo and Tilly chillaxin'

Exploring the shower

Tigerlily

it's been a long time

It has been so long since my last post and lots of stuff has happened since then. Romeo is doing great, of course. I'll update with the major events that happened throughout my absence from the blog!

First off, I have great excuses for not posting! First it was school, finals, broken laptop, then my internet was down for a week. Finally I have found time to update! The picture on the left is my mom and my failed plan to protect the window sill. We covered it in aluminum foil and pinned it down with thumbtacks. It did NOT work. Romeo only pulled at it and now it's a huge mess that we're too lazy to clean up. Good news though, Romeo doesn't chew there anymore, haha!

This is a fleece baby blanket my mom bought for
me to sit on next to Romeo. The tile is very cold. :) It now serves multiple purposes like catching stray hay and even bundling up Romeo! See how cute he is? :D




Romeo also has gone outside many times! At first he flattened out too scared to take a step but he started exploring after a few trips. Our enclosed patio is now one of his favorite places to play. In addition, he started to explore the rest of the house. He now has access to whatever place he wants to go! Of course, however, he only can venture out during his playtime. :)


The most exciting update of all is his new buddy, Apricot. She's a pretty tan bunny that we adopted at LPS three weeks ago. At first she was too skinny but she's healthy now... :) Suzi took her in from a shelter because the other bunnies picked on her. She had tiny nips all over. It's healed, and she's doing well. The most important thing, though, is how she and Romeo don't exactly belong together... At first, she would sniff Romeo's bunny butt and try to nip him in order to establish dominance and Romeo simply took it like the gentlebunny he is. :) But after a while, he grew tired of her picking on him and decided to fight back! They engaged in several bouts resulting in a bleeding nose in Romeo and two large tufts of fur fallen from Apricot. Poor bunnies. Another thing is that Apricot is not well litter trained! Suzi says that her peeing everywhere is simply her way of saying she's boss. It's a huge pain though, especially to my mom. After a long time of decision making, we decided to swap her in for a different, mellower bunny who might not lunge at Romeo! If all goes according to plan, we'll be visiting LPS next week. I'm slightly sad though because I really really like Apricot. She's really sweet.
The pictures are of when Romeo and Apricot were doing really great together. After Romeo started fighting back there was no more grooming to be seen.