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    • WRXFamily
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        Sorry for the long post in advance.
        I am just very curious as to how everyone got their bunnies? I know everyone has a special story that comes with each furry family member ? I’m interested to know how people prepared for their bun, if it was spontaneous or planned, were they from a rescue shelter, breeder, or a pet shop, did you have to travel? I would love to know everyone’s individual story about their bun ?

        As for me and my family, my husband and I planned for Tonne & Kaleigh. We saw bunnies at a local pet store and became interested, after that my husband told me to research and find what i really wanted. So i set off on an adventure full of research into breeds of buns, preparation needs, and all about how to care for buns (this is when i came across BB). After a long while of decision making and planning we decided to purchase 2 flemish giants from a breeder located 2 states away. So it was a 24 hour straight drive with one person driving and the other comforting our 2 new companions. They both settled in quickly at home. We all are learning from each other and bonding more and more everyday ?


      • Wick & Fable
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          Wick was a surprise holiday gift, months in the making. In addition to finding a seller, a custom hutch was built out of an old dresser, all needed supplies (hay, pellets, bedding, containers for storage, etc.) were bought, and everything, including Wick, was moved into my bedroom while I was away for a week. While all rabbit breeds are great, the giver knew I really liked Netherland Dwarves, so they tracked down a breeder who stopped breeding them, but had one litter left to sell.

          The answers provided in this discussion are for general guideline purposes only. The information is not intended to diagnose or treat your pet. Seek the advice of your veterinarian or a qualified behaviorist.


        • ThorBunny
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            Aw I love this topic

            I had wanted a rabbit for over a year, but I knew I was moving across the country for school last summer, so I held off. In the meantime I thoroughly convinced my husband that it was a good idea, and did as much research as possible. When we moved, I started looking at our local shelters for rabbits. It took us a few months to accumulate all the rabbity stuff and rabbit-proof the apartment. Then the day after Christmas this year we finally went to the local HRS chapter (only about 30min away) to look at bunnies. I honestly wasn’t expecting to walk out with one, but Thor won my heart

            She was totally the opposite of what I thought I wanted, (I had been set on a large male rabbit, up eared for some reason?). She had been abandoned on the steps of the rescue and brought back 2 times after failed bonding adoptions and not getting along with small children.

            She has been a joy to us ever since, even though she is the world’s biggest sassy-pants <3


          • Ellie from The Netherlands
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              Off-topic: But Wick, Nethies ARE awesome! Of course the cute looks are a bonus, but I’m talking about all that personality, that sass, the drama, the way they clearly communicate their (many!) opinions. All that stuffed into a cute little body which looks so innocent on the outside I’m falling in love with our Nethie Breintje more and more every day because of all his antics, he’s really communicating with me.

              *Jumps on the couch Tap! Hey you there behind that PC! Hellooo? Thump! May I have your attention please? It’s already a quarter past 10 and you’re definitely late for my evening cuddle session! Tap! Tap! Get your butt over here right now or I’ll be showing you the butt the whole day tomorrow!*

              But back on topic: Breintje came to me as a wonderful suprise after meeting a wonderful guy. I started flirting with a student I met on our local uni campus while I was volunteering for my old student association. He’s only 2 years younger than I am, but I finished my studies very quickly so we never met on campus before. When we hit the bar, he asked me if I wanted to see his bunny. Interesting way to invite someone back home, but okay. So when we got to his room he took out his…. bunny! I knew then that I had met a really sweet and innocent soul

              He showed me his gorgeous little Nethie, and we knew that it was going to be a 3-way relationship from now on. He’s always been very attached to his pets, and he had to know for sure that I’d connect well to it before starting an actual relationship. You see, you can tell a lot about someone by looking at the way they handle animals. There was a cage in my house for Breintje after our second official date, and Breintje gradually moved in to my place. My BF thought he’d get more attention here because I’m home all day because of a disability. Breintje brings a lot of smiles and joy into my life, from cheering me up with his binkies on those bad painful mornings to massive evening cuddle sessions.

              I’ve had and cared for rabbits in the past and I occasionally pet-sit other buns, but in comparison I know that Nethies really are the breed for me. There is the practical matter: they don’t weigh a lot. Due to my disability I have problems with lifting and severe loss of strength in my left arm/hand. Safely handling heavier buns is too tricky: I’m going to stop bunny-sitting for a 3-4 kg bun for exactly that reason. Further, there’s the matter of personality, activity level and looks. I love the active, curious and slightly skittish nature of the Nethie. Admittedly, it is quite a lot of work to build a bond, but it’s extremely rewarding if you do develop one.


            • Q8bunny
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                I was turning and tossing one night and got a message on my phone – someone had sent me a link to one of those cute animal vids. So one youtube vid led to another and after a dozen bunny ones, i fell asleep dreaming of bunnies. When I woke up, my mind was completely fixated on the prospect of adopting a bun so I went out and bought some bunny essentials. The shelter I volunteer at used to have a bunny room (my domain – yeah!) so I made the long drive into the desert on a weekend with a tiny all-black female named Selena in mind. Walked into the room and headed for Selena’s hutch and nearly tripped over a cage on the floor. A little guy had been newly surrendered, supposedly after a year with a family of expats who were ‘moving back home’. He was scrabbling furiously at the bars trying to get to me, and afraid he’d break a nail, I opened the cage door and picked him up. He latched on to my sweatshirt and nose booped my chin and has been with me ever since (poor Selena!). Turns out he was only a few months old when I got him. Easter gift, most likely.


              • WRXFamily
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                  Wick – my gosh! What a wonderful gift! That is so kind.

                  ThorBunny – that’s so sweet. Sometimes you just know ? I’m so glad you are giving her a happy home after some failed families. That’s so great.

                  Ellie – I love your story so much! That is so cute. I agree that an animal has the most keen sense of judgement when it comes to people.

                  Q8 – oh my! That totally sounds like the universe meant for you two to be together ?

                  All of these stories are so unique and fun! Thank you to everyone who has already shared ?


                • BanditCamp
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                    According to the Norco Animal Shelter paperwork my bunny was interred at 7 Weeks of Age and I rescued him for $5 at 10 Weeks of Age. According to the shelter manager he was the product of a rabbit mother who was pregnant and given to the shelter and was born in the shelter with 5 Kits (one died) and there are 3 more at the shelter sadly they had to put down the others.. .

                    I first found bandit on adopt a pet and I put in baby bunny as a filter. I also filtered out breeders as everyone said when I was researching for a whole year to save a shelter/rescue bunny. Cruising through the pictures I found a picture of a 6 week old bandit with a blue collar and super perky ears and his other siblings were huddled in a corner and ears back. People laugh but cops have a six sense when something is weight or wrong and this just felt right oddly. I called the norco shelter and they said he was still there and after making a spur of the moment decision I built him my xpen cage in 12 hours and I waited two days until the shelter was open. I also reached out to bunny bunch a local shelter and bought all the supplies and got some info and some toys amd things i woulf need to make him a happy boy.

                    On the day of picking him up I showed up to norco animal control 2 hours before it opened. After being questioned twice by the sheriff twice on why I was camping outside a city building and showed them my old police badge they laughed and wished me good luck. The shelter opened and I parked in and grabbed my kennel and walked inside and immidately asked for bandit and at first they asked if “that was a dog or a cat” and I told them no it was a bunny. They went silent and started laughing and I was confused and asked what was so funny and they said that they can’t imagine a former army guy ever getting something like a bunny. After some paperwork I went back and saw all 4 kits they were seperated in pairs and he was with another boy named nick with a red collar. When I approached the enclosure all the boys ran away and bandit ran up to the door and put his paws up and was super curious on the large army guy standing at the door. I opened it up and gave him a bet and picked him up and carefully put him in the kennel and he was in my opinion super excited and alert exploring the kennel with the soft bed and not the scratchy towel he had.

                     Bandits adoption went very smoothly and the first thing I did was remove the rope collar around his neck as I did not want that to choke him at some point or worse try and scratch it off. In total his adoption was 8$ and then we uave been bonding ever since. At first he was a cage bunny but once I realized althat he was super good with his litter habits more and more I allowed him full roam of the house and eventually as of now he’s a free roam bunny and is moderately social with pets and treats. He allows short pickups and let’s me touch his paws briefly but doesn’t like sitting on my lap but will lay on my back if I’m on my stomach watching tv.


                  • BunnyFriends
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                      Well… my rabbits were not rescues which is now a choice I would make differently but I wouldn’t trade them for anybun ^^

                      Licorice I got at the county fair under impulse… not much to his story but he came from a teenage girl who didn’t pay him much attention. Winter I got from a Himalayan breeder. They seemed to be slightly scared of her but said she loved attention. Well, she was the sweetest bun ever when I met her. Nibbled on my shirt then went right onto my lap asking for pets. Breeder was mom and her daughter (bred Winter from show winners) but they seemed to think she’d bite when picked up. Nonetheless they picked her up, but she enjoys it and doesn’t bite…. weird how bunnies change. Also got her out of her cage aggression with us.


                    • Hazel
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                        Awesome topic, I love to hear everyone’s stories.

                        We had been looking for a bun for a couple of years, there were literally no rabbits to be had around here. We ended up trying to get a Flemmie from a breeder, but in the end we felt kind of jerked around by them and called it quits. Then I saw Oscar on petfinder and inquired about him immediately. He came from a breeder that was selling them for snake food. A woman ended up buying three babies to save them, but she couldn’t keep them and brought them to a local rescue. So I guess I did jump on the first bun that came my way, and as could be expected he turned out to be the most unfriendly, grumpy bun I ever had, but that’s okay.


                      • foreverfluffle
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                          I love your stories!!!

                          Marshmallow: I was given Marshmallow (REW Nethie) on Christmas day when I was 8 years old. I had wanted a furry friend seemingly since I opened my eyes… I loved him very, very much, he was extremely fearless and we had a lot of adventures and cuddles together. Without Marshmallow I know my childhood would have been a lot less bright, I am so thankful we met. (I see with most kids, a pet rabbit is a bad, bad idea…)

                          Charlie: (Supposed to be my sister’s rabbit, but she really doesn’t look after him.) About four years after Marshmallow left me. I had been wanting another bunny for a long time, and my sister joined in. Someone we knew had a couple of unexpected baby rabbits from her pet, who had been let to run outside.The father most likely wild. Sister asked, and Charlie was brought around to us.

                          Aurora: I was still looking for a bunny… Our city’s SPCA does not always have rabbits. Usually just cats and dogs. A few months after Charlie’s arrival, I found a lady selling a litter of mini lops in my city, 7 boys, 1 girl. Back then, we believed Charlie was a girl and I had been searching for a girl (uneducated hopes of bonding unaltered females). Her name is really special to me… I had a lot of thought of whether to give this name to her or to reserve it for possible future. It was a good choice. <3


                        • BunnyFriends
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                            Foreverfluffle – I also got my first rabbit as a kid. I was 7.


                          • Blue Moon
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                              I got Cedric from a mini rex breeder near my home after my previous rabbit died. I was set on getting a mini rex after I got to pet one at a show. so 2 days after we got word from the breeder we got the little Ced bunny. we had all of the essentials when we got him. the one condition to getting Ced was I had to clean my (hell hole) room.

                              for Poppy I was determining the gender of baby bunnies in her litter (accidental) and the person (a friend) asked if I wanted her. of corse I said yes!!!!!! especially after I brought Cedric downstairs and they started cuddling. at that point they (the litter) were only three weeks old so I had to wait 2 weeks to get her. when I did she just cuddled with me the whole time.

                              I totally lucked out with these rabbits (nibbles was HORRIBLE!!! she was abused)


                            • BunzMom
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                                Well, Me and my mom decided we were getting a rabbit. So on FB I came across this bunny named Bunz a girl was giving away, cant remember the reason why, But anyway, So we were interested and she said she would drop her off tonight, So we waited for her and she showed up, she came with Hay, A simple carrier, a hutch and treats. The hutch was NOT a suitable hutch for a rabbit, so we decided to move her into my room with a bit of a smaller cage. Bunz seems WAY more happier that we have moved her into my room and into a smaller cage! (I guess because she gets more attention where im up there a lot.) Bunz is litter trained but the cage is too small for a box. She has learned to poop in her chafe and we change it very, very often. She will get pretty angry if you remove her drink bowl! She gets hay daily, a treat daily and I change water daily.
                                She is a very happy bun.


                              • LunaLove
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                                  Awesome topic! I’m a new bunny mom. I’ve been wanting a bunny for about 5 years. My husband and I have 2 dogs, and he wasn’t so keen on getting another pet. I finally made the decision 3 weeks ago to try and convince him again. He wasn’t happy about it, but he agreed. I looked into breeds for a couple hours and decided that a Netherland Dwarf was the perfect breed for me! I knew I wanted a female named Luna. I searched locally for a place that had baby Netherland’s and came across a rescue farm farm that had a few different breeds, and about 30 new baby rabbits. I went to the farm and the owner took me to the rabbits. I asked to see the Netherland’s. He only had a few left, but the first one he showed me was love at first sight. I didn’t care what gender it was, I just knew I wanted that one. It was in fact a female, and she was 7 weeks old. The farmer is typically weary about letting rabbits go before 8 weeks, but he has his kids handle all of the pets so they’re used to human interaction, so he let me take her home a week early. Now 3 weeks later she’s opened up to her new home, the dogs, and even my nieces and nephews. Best part of all? My husband loves her! She’s such a great addition to our family. She’s still getting used to her new life, and learning how to use her litter box, but overall she’s doing really well. I love her so much!


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                                    How Hazel came home to us:
                                    We were depressed after losing our Georgie. We had packed all of the toys and condo away. Donated the critical care and hay. Even my coworkers knew I was down, I was midway through a joke about dust bunnies when I heard myself say Bunny and stopped cold. Which is to say we weren’t looking…
                                    A friend was telling me about her exciting morning; she had to bike to the humane society because she had found an abandoned baby bunny! ” ! ” “why didn’t you call me?!”
                                    The rescue was still on my mind 2 days later when I had the day off work, so I went to ask about the little one.
                                    When I got to the shelter they were very busy. I had to wait for someone to become free so I waited by the rabbitry. There aren’t always buns there but that day there was. I spent time reading their charts. This one is hiding. I read her chart; cage aggression & declawed… Oh gosh- this one had it rough, no wonder she’s hiding. The picture on her chart was warped and stretched, when she got used to me being there and hopped out she was a surprise cutie
                                    I took her pic and texted it home to my bf. Then I sat and watched her and an adoption for a bonded pair of adult albino buns go thorough at the desk
                                    Hazel was being curious all over her enclosure. I called Andrew about her and he encourage me to meet her. She wouldn’t come out of her space. She boxed the adoption counsellor and hid in her cardboard cave. I asked if I could sit in with her; it took over 10 minutes for her to get curious about me but she came out and booped my knee. I called Andrew WHILE sitting in the enclosure and convinced him to come meet Hazel.
                                    Once Andrew arrived, Hazel let me pick her up and we got to take her to a meet&greet room. She was active and curious. We were allowed to pet her a bit and she periscoped everywhere.
                                    We put a deposit down for her that day and a loooong bunch of talks all weekend.
                                    After work on the Monday we had an closure set up and the essentials. We brought her home.

                                    The final hurdle of grief was overcome by the fact that Hazel was surrendered the same day we lost Georgie. For everyday that I debated if I was ready – she was a day longer without a forever home.

                                    She’s a fluffy sweetheart with kibble extortion skills


                                  • Q8bunny
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                                      Ok, I might’ve teared up a bit toward the climax of your story…


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                                      • Vincent
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                                          Okay so I’ve had a total of four bunnies so I’ll do them all

                                          So, middle school rolls through and I get really depressed and closed off from all my peers and family (due to personal matters) so I decided it’d be nice to come home to someone I’d be able to lover and love me back and someone I’d have to take care of to help get me out of bed. I really wanted a cat, so badly, but my dad said that he forbid any ‘large’ animals in his house, so I got to have a ‘caged animal’ and looking through all the different animals I was allowed I decided a rabbit would be the best since they seemed more interactive then a hamster and lived longer then rats. (I never did have my rabbit fully caged they were all free run in my room)

                                          We drive to the pet store the next day, and there were like, 30 different rabbits all so tiny. They were 4 weeks old all of them and I didn’t really know better at the time.

                                          I’m looking at all these bunnies petting a few (they had this big pen set up that you could reach over if you wanted) and I had basically settled for this gray dwarf bunny with the biggest eyes ever when Rascals hopped out of one of the many houses and I saw her. She was adorable, I asked the pet owner what breed she was, they said she was a corning rex, softest fur in the world, white, with brown spots everywhere

                                          So named because she had a knack for breaking out of her cage

                                          Fast forward to Rascals death and my depression got even worst with the loss of her that I wouldn’t get out of bed.

                                          About a year prior they made a law in my town that rabbits couldn’t be sold without being fixed prior to selling so rabbits basically vanished from my town, couldn’t find any rabbit breeders cause no one wanted to spend all thay monry getting all the rabbits fixed and not to mention all the extra time they had to keep them for until they were able to be fixed

                                          So I basically had decided I’d never be able to get a rabbit again. My mom wouldn’t let me get one from the shelter cause she thought all shelter animals were sickly

                                          Then one day my mom comes home a few weeks later and let’s me know a pet store got two neutured males in just that day selling for 200 dollars so she’d get me one for my birthday (I later found out she put in a special request for them to get rabbits and apparently that’s the only reason they got them)

                                          We rushed over and there they were, two mini lops a brown one and a white one with gray spots

                                          So I got to sit with both of them and the white one came over for pegs while the brown one kinda stayed away from me So of course I had to get the white one

                                          About a year goes by, I get a job save up and decide Abstract needed a friend because he seemed lonely sometimes without me there as often, so I am looking around trying to find rabbits, and this farm has baby rsbbits for sale apparently. So I go over go inquire about them and turns out, they are actually all claimed already.

                                          So I’m heading home, rather heart broken cause at that point I didn’t think I’d be able to find another rabbit, decided to stop at the pet store where I got Abstract to get some supplies, and it turns out someone else had requested bunnies a month ago and they just came in! Two neutured males again, and this time one was already claimed, the one was a gray lion head so I basically was only left with Sketch. Put a down payment on him, went right back home grabbed Abstract and did a bunny date, they sort of ignored each other so I decided it would be okay to take him home and since he was already neutured I got his vet appointment, then started pre bonding for a month, and then started bonding sessions right away. Long story short they never became fully bonded and became pen bonded (so they groomed each other and laid next to each other through the bars and played in neutral territory together) since Abstract was still territorial even if he was neutured.

                                          Fast forward again to Abstracts death, Sketch is devestated, I had been force feeding him pellet slush and water since he refused to eat, and vet suggested getting him a new friend right away

                                          No pet stores had any rabbits avaliable so I went straight to my local spca which only had three bunnies avaliable and the two were a bonded pair so I was left with Acrylic, she was so scared of humans thay even the spca couldn’t take care of her properly, since she’s an angora mix she should be brushed daily, so she just had all these matts running around in every direction wouldn’t let you pet her let along hold her.

                                          I felt so bad for her, and of course Sketch needed a new friend and this om was the only one within the town, so I took her home, bonded her to me for about a month before she would let me handle her, them started pre bonding with cage switching for another month, and then started offical bonding sessions with the two of them and they became inseparable within the month and I decided to move them into their new territory together, and they have been bonded ever since

                                          And that’s all my bunnies. Sorry for the really really long post.

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