RabbitPam 
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Florida
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| 06/22/2010 03:37 PM |
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Mutant Teenage Ninja Bunnies. Maybe they're banding together to do evil elsewhere....sleep with one eye open tonight.... |
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MirBear
Kitchener, Ont. Ca.
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| 06/22/2010 05:40 PM |
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O.M.G. LMFAO!!! ok im sorry but i though these bunnies were vicious little demons who hated each other..  and within what 3 days?? you have a quartet with a fith bunny risking a jail breakout to join lol!!! |
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| My Siamese Sweethearts, Hershey & Twix........... <3
And In My Attempted Un-selfish Thoughts I Find Myself Thinking... If This Is The Best I Can Do With Just My Thoughts, Than What Is The Best That Can Be Done By Someone Who Has Not Only my Thoughts But The Chance To Make Them A Reality? |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/22/2010 07:07 PM |
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OMG! I don't know what to say.
For four years these bunnies have acted like they're going to rip each other's throats out. I'm going to go back through my camera files and see if I can't find some footage of Pringles storming back and forth across the lower level, growling and snorting and jerking on the grids with her teeth and claws....lol And Toby and Daisy doing those aerial dog fights, jumping at each other and meeting in mid air, fur flying everywhere. I don't believe how they are behaving.
It's a plan to drive me crazy so they can take over the house, I tell you! and it's working!
Tonight the floor had maybe one third of the poo as yesterday and LOLA AND TOBY were snuggled together in the middle of the room with Pringles close by. Daisy was hanging out in his favorite litter box, out of camera range. They kinda sat up when they heard the camera, but I still got them together.
I'll just post the photos from tonight because I have no words...........
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/23/2010 07:37 AM |
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I'm very happy for you, krals! It is such a relief when the rabbits can share a space. |
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 "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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Beka27
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Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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| 06/23/2010 07:42 AM |
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I'm just... still in shock. Heck, I may go and adopt two more bunnies tomorrow. LOL!
So aside from Dawn in AUS (whose bunnies were siblings), is it possible that you may end up with one of the first documented BB quintets? (Is that the right word, I don't even know?) |
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Meadow.....
...... Max |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/23/2010 08:15 AM |
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Since you have five, this is my BB challenge for you then: make the first quintet. |
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| "what happened?
did something happen or can I just go back to my hay?" |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/23/2010 08:50 AM |
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I think I'm going to have too, Charlie has made it really clear that he wants in on it.
We may have to look at this as a four year bonding effort, since they had all that time to see and get used to each other before this. Without a fight Pringles has been acknowledged as queen and there have been no challenges. Although there's not humping or fighting, I do see her assert herself a lot. She might walk close to Lola looking a bit aggressive, back up and tail out, but Lola immediately hops away from her and it's over.
I do find it funny that Lola seems to have learned not to do that nananananananana to the others now that they could get to her. Maybe the curiosity factor someone mentioned smoothed a lot of potential problems over.
Heck, I don't know, I'm just very very happy.
There was an escape this morning. I was in my bedroom and heard the nic fence rattle and I saw Pringles, Daisy and Toby run by. The fence had been scooted too close to the rug and they were able to get traction for an easy jump. So I took the nic fence up and there are signs on both the bunny room doors reminding us to completely shut the doors now.
It was totally fun to pull around the house and see 3 bunny heads looking out their window..... ;-) |
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/23/2010 09:00 AM |
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Posted By kralspace on 06/23/2010 08:50 AM
I think I'm going to have too, Charlie has made it really clear that he wants in on it.
We may have to look at this as a four year bonding effort, since they had all that time to see and get used to each other before this.
 a four-year bonding effort... you are the most dedicated bonder then! I look up to you
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/23/2010 09:03 AM |
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Krals, you won't need the coyote calls after all, will you? |
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| "what happened?
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/23/2010 09:10 AM |
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| "what happened?
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/23/2010 09:21 AM |
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aawww, I love photos of your group! Thanks guys!
Keep the coyote handy, it might be a last resort.
I've also reserved my other Ace in the hole----my dog, Floppie. Just her walking through the room puts an end to any fighting and it becomes All Rabbits Against the Dog. When Lola and Daisy had hit that final level of bonding, but were still doing the petty squabbling, one visit from The Dog was all it took to settle that.
Multiiples run in my family ;-) my younger sisters are triplets, and within the triplets there is a pair of identical twins so maybe I was meant to have a group ;-) |
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/23/2010 09:24 AM |
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That's funny, my family has multiples as well ~ |
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mrmac
San Diego, CA
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| 06/23/2010 12:51 PM |
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Congrats Kralspace! I am so happy for your and your bunnies! |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/23/2010 12:57 PM |
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thanks mrmac! |
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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jerseygirl
Australia
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| 06/23/2010 11:55 PM |
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haha, that's funny that your dog has a kind of bunny name.
Congrats kralspace! After losing 2 of your precious bunnys you deserve some bunny related happiness. This has been great to see from afar so thanks for sharing it.
I'm curious to know what the other Bunny Wrangler (aka your son) thinks of all this? |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/24/2010 06:30 AM |
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Michael likes it. They like to play chase with him and now they have more room to run. He's also noticed how they come right up to us for attention now.
I'm not sure what to do about Lola. This morning there were several tufts of rex hair around and she was very pushy about not wanting the others to come up to me or have any of the food, which I put in 4 different piles, or the pellets, or the water or the toys. It was mine, mine, mine about everything. She got into some circling with Toby and Daisy until they just left. She tried it with Pringles twice, but Pringles just kinda fluffed up real big and went into that aggressive stance and Lola hopped away.
Lola stayed on my heels so I let her follow me into the kitchen where she supervised breakfast. She's gotten very demanding of pets from me since the change. I"m still adjusting the all their new attitudes since being free range in the room, but she's a bit puzzling.
Do you think she needs more attention from me or time in the box with the others? |
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/24/2010 07:31 AM |
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yes, Lola is needing some one-on-one with the others in paired sessions. It is normal in a group that one rabbit tries to get belligerent... if you deal with it early on it won't be a big problem. |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/24/2010 07:38 AM |
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Now I understand why Pringles would want to whop her little butt. |
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/24/2010 02:59 PM |
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krals, the other thing you could do now is take the four and confine them in a neutral enclosure such as a 3 by 2 NIC cage for long sessions. Or if you made it big enough you could build a cementing cage.
Sometimes in a large space such as a romm bunnies in a group develop camps and you don't want that. |
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MimzMum
Interior Alaska
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| 06/24/2010 07:15 PM |
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Wow...I'm just getting to this now, since for me bonding won't be an issue for awhile yet. Most of the pix are not coming up for me at all.  Can you give me a head/color count so I can picture all this in my mind's eye, please? I have to say kralspace, this gives me great hope that after almost three years together in the same room, but with separate pens, perhaps Mimz, Pip & Fiver may eventually have a trio. Pip is like my version of Pringles it would seem. She is the ringleader and most likely to take a chunk out of someone's butt if they give her starch. I am not sure if a combination would make Mimzy do the Lola thing, or Fiver. I'm mostly worried about the two boys fighting, but I'm starting to think this really can be done, nonetheless. Let's pray the others don't take on a pack mentality towards Lola. I had a group of chickens that did that to the runt of the flock and I always had to carry her around in my arms at feeding time so she wouldn't be pecked to death. She would seek me out every time I came with the feed, like a drowning man with a lifeguard en route. Going to stick this thread in my faves for future reference. This is great news that they have all come together so well. I'll add my congratulations, but also warn you to check for four little bunny pods under their litterboxes. This group seems a little E.T. to me.  Also what kind of dog do you have? I don't recall you mentioning him before. (probably just my lousy memory) |
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Mimzy, Pip & Fiver...yup...my day is all about them. :)
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Elrohwen
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Danbury, Connecticut
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| 06/26/2010 07:15 AM |
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Wow, this is absolutely amazing!! I'm so excited for you and the new quartet. Can't wait til you get all 5 together. I've read that once you have that many, you can introduce the new guy during feeding time and the others won't even notice ;-) |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/27/2010 06:12 PM |
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Elrohwen, I want to know if this is true. |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/27/2010 06:50 PM |
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mimzmum, Floppie is an 18 yr old black someone-threw-her-out-of-a-car-and-she-was-pregnant dog. She was starved, skin and bones but she wouldn't let anybody near her. The guy that saw her thrown out really wanted her but she was terrified of him. On a freezing day she was on my porch and let me feed and make her a bed and she's never left my side since.
I can't imagine someone throwing her out, she's smart and understands everything you say but is still frightened by men so we wonder what happened to her. The vet did some xrays and said she had several broken ribs and other bones that kinda healed but it hurts her to pick her up. Everytime you looked at her she would roll over on her back, hence the name "Floppie", I know not very ladylike.
She's pretty much blind and deaf now, but she rules the backyard and still refuses to stay in the house. Her way of dealing with the other animals is to look at the ceiling and mumble, 'this is not happening'. I used to take her to the barn with me and she would lay down and freeze when the chickens came running over. They'd sit on her and she'd never move a muscle.
Yes, I love her to death.
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/29/2010 10:55 AM |
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Your dog is 18? Can you you tell me the secret to such canine longevity? I really want my dogs sto live that long! |
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kralspace
West, Texas
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| 06/29/2010 11:12 AM |
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I have no idea, Petzy, must be her mutt genes. My horse lived to be 49 so I'm used to my pets living a long time. The rabbits and guinea pigs have been a bit of a shock in that area, I want them to go on for years. |
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My Bunny Burrow is full! Pringles & Toby, Daisy & Lola, and my senior citizens Hershey & Simba.
The piggies are back, add Brownie and Sweetpea to the mix. |
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Petzy
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Northern AB Canada
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| 06/29/2010 11:22 AM |
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That is outrageous! Maybe it's the place you live in? The water? I am shocked. so I guess you'll live to be a hundred-and-fifty years old. |
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