Long time no post, haha. I had finals this past week so I've been super busy. The rabbits are doing great! My dad came back a few days ago so they've been getting a bunch of attention. :) These photos were taken a few weeks ago by my mom and I while we let them outside to play. Aren't they adorable? These pictures actually do them a little justice, haha.

Last week Romeo's stomach was upset again. I don't know why but he probably ate too much. He can't control himself. It happened at night and he just sat there looking sad and refusing treats. My mom and i were beyond worried. We gave him belly rubs and sat with him forever.The next morning he was his usual self again, yay!

P.S. Can you spot the mysterious rabbit ears in the first picture? :)

Today~

Today my mom and I renovated the rabbit cage! We extended out the NIC cubes and took down the ones we used to cover the top. Romeo jumping out isn't really an issue anymore because all he wants to do is be with Tigerlily. c:

Here's what it looks like:

It's basically the same thing but lots bigger.

They have room to jump around now! Anyways, the reason we did this is because today was the one month mark to apply Romeo's ear medicine. Before we put him back we have to make sure everything's clean so my mom and I just switched out the old carpet for new carpet! It's very clean and nice-looking. They're still exploring though and it's confusing to them. They're already much at home though! (I'm really happy because I've been trying to advocate more space for a long time now haha~)

Here they are, enjoying~

Look at Romeo!

This is my favorite picture!

Haha! Tigerlily is funny looking.

Aww. Tigerlily is beautiful.

They're so cute...

Aren't they perfect? So that's all I have for today. Hope you enjoyed all the new pictures!
I also took a video of them awhile back so I will upload to youtube asap and post it here.

 Yesterday I let Romeo and Tigerlily out for a long time. Romeo ventured out to the rest of the house, just like the old times! I was so happy that he was binkying again. In fact, as I was sitting with him in the living room, he scared me with a sudden binky of joy! It was great.

Tigerlily chose to stay in the hallway. She binkyed like a crazy bunny and was very interested in the shoes! She ran around fearlessly. My little bunny is growing up. :) She came over and begged for treats with Romeo and their cuteness made me spoil them with sweets.


Fear not, they are having a wonderful time!

Thanks for reading!

Last Weekend~

Last weekend my mom and I visited TARGET!

We bought stuff for and about bunnies so here are lots of pictures! (I know, I need to post more pictures. D:)

cute easter bunny bowl~ (that's olive oil inside)

Duct tape to try and fix the windowsill biting problem. ; o;

And here is the windowsill with the pretty duct tape~

Unfortunately they still bite the window sill. D: Tigerlily has especially taken a liking to it. But hey, we tried...again. :)

So yes, you're probably wondering how they got out. We let them out! We figured Tigerlily and Romeo really needed their exercise so I let them out. Tigerlily binkies on the welcome mat and Romeo follows her, haha. It's really cute and they have so much fun~


Okay, that's all for now!

Hay racks

My mom came up with a wonderful idea to make a hay rack! We found these "drawer organizers" for a dollar and bought two. They're made with the same material as the NIC grids. We tied the bottom to the cage with tie straps and use two clothes pins to fasten the top. This way we can easily add hay or grass! It works VERY well and they no longer have to eat their pee-soaked hay... (not that they do. We always end up throwing it away.)

Yumyumyum. (flash causes scary red eyes haha)

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.

the cage is almost done~

Today everything began to come together. In the morning, I received a response from Suzi.

UPDATE ON BUNNY ADOPTION:
It turns out that Carolina could not be spayed because she is too little. Bugs 2 and his siblings, because they are male, were neutered. Clara as well as the other 4 month old bunnies have been spayed successfully! They're healthy and ready to go home with their adopters! Unfortunately, I was really counting on bringing Carolina home; she's my favorite. I asked Suzi if she could bring her anyways and if I could adopt her and then bring her for spaying later on. She hasn't replied yet.I'm really anxious because Carolina is really too cute. ; o;

Grayson

Theodore

Anyhow, we will be visiting the Lafayette Pet Shoppe tomorrow and adopting a bunny. I hope I fall in love with one of them so I don't wonder all the time how Carolina is...

Tomorrow I will be seeing Clara, Bugs  2, Grayson, Theodore, and hopefully Carolina.







UPDATE ON CAGES:
WOW OH WOW OH WOW. Today, my dad, mom, and I embarked on an excursion to find a cage for bunny! We initially visited the Home Depot to see if they had any alternatives to the wire storage cubes. They had a lot of wire things but they would have been difficult to put together and it would have amounted to be more expensive.
We ended up purchasing one of these Design-A-Cube wire storage boxes with 4 cubes and 2 shelf dividers from Bed Bath & Beyond. It was originally priced at $19.99 but we had a $5 coupon floating around. With tax, the package totaled $16.49. That's pretty cheap, considering other cages at $39.99. It has 17 grids and an extra 2 shelf dividers (it's a grid with 4 hinge things to clamp onto). It also came with 20 handy connectors that I ended up using as oppose to tie straps other people online used. The grids are very, very sturdy and well made. Often I have bought things that don't even work because of the terrible craftsmanship. This product turned out to be the perfect material for a cage.

This is the cage. It's a two story 2 x 2 (each grid is 14 x 14 inches) "condo". It is humongous. I keep reading about people who made theirs 3 stories with 5 x 4 grids and I think "how does that fit in the house?" It's even more surprising because most of them live in apartments! Anyhow, bunny's probably pretty little and she won't be needing that kind of space any time soon. The top of the cage is open except for the area that's on the second story. My mom and dad still think the cage is way too big but I think it's perfect. I'm going to be putting lots of rugs and mats underneath. The little covered section on the first story is where her bed will go. I had a lot of trouble making the door that can swing out for bunny to come in and out of. The grids, once connected, are unmovable so I had to improvise. I used these wire tie things that come in some packages (who thought those would ever come into use?). That way, it can swing out. Instead of using a latch, I'll be tying some sort of string to close the door.The cage turned out pretty well if I do say so myself. I must be unbelievably talented. :)



So that's the cage. It's definitely not as extravagant as some of the NIC cube cages I've seen on Youtube but hey, it suits it's purpose. c; These cages are often used for Guinea pigs as well as rabbits. If you're thinking of getting one, I'd advise you to make one of these. You can customize it to fit your space and the result is pretty darn good. I think bunny will be enjoying the space. :)

AND THE CANDIDATES ARE...

      So basically, I'm getting a bunny in a week or two. I've been looking forward to this for a month now and I have literally been to all of the rabbit related websites, reading and learning. My new bunny will live in a fair space that my dad will construct. It's probably going to be wire caging and a rug or mat on the bottom. Once it's done, a new bunny can come home. :) The search hasn't been easy. I'm unfortunately allergic to many pets (cats, dogs, you name it) and hay (a huge part of a bunny's diet). Thankfully, I'm going to try my way around it by buying cleaner hay and supplying it as neatly as possible. The allergy specialist thinks I'll be fine, and I think I'll be fine too.
      Now, all I need is an adorable, fun bunny. I visited HRS in Richmond, Rabbit Ears in El Cerrito, and ARF in Walnut Creek but I haven't met the perfect bunny for me. Next week sometime, I'm going to be meeting three bunnies from the East Bay Rabbit Rescue that I saw pictures of online. All three are adorable babies whose mothers were abandoned:

Carolina;

Isn't she cute? *o* She's a 8 week old bunny with the cutest little white patches on her nose and paws. She'll grow up to be about 4.5lbs and she's 2lbs now. I really like her, she's so cute. c:


My mom thinks her coloring is too much like a wild bunny but I think that's what makes her beautiful!

Seriously though, she's gorg.

Bugs 2;

He's a suuupperrr-cute gray bunny who's from the same place as Carolina. They were both owned by a bunny-hoarder who ended up selling his about 200 bunnies or giving them away. Their parents were abandoned like so but these two have been showered with love since birth. :) 

This little bunny is the same size as Carolina! He looks a lot like the bunny my dad had in China. They're both gray, small, and absolutely huggable. *o*

Unfortunately, this guy definitely needs a name change. ; o;

Clara;

Oddly enough, Clara is one of the names my mom wanted to name me. Hahaa... ; o;

Anyways, I really love her spots and her English Spot breed is one of the best family bunny breeds because they have great personalities. I can't wait to meet her !

My dad doesn't like her spots though. Whats the matter with him? D:<

     So those are the candidates. I wish I could bring all of them home but I'm satisfied with one. It took forever to convince my mom anyways and I'm afraid that if I ask for more, she'll take everything away, haah. c:

Wish me luck~