Okay, Okay, I Give!

Gotta give the peoples what they want! Apparently even though I have a charming personality and many great assets, the only thing you vultures care about it my ears!

YES they are fabulous and unique, and really quite impressive! But I just want to be loved for who I am! Anyway, if you'll notice, Flopsy (the left one) now has taken to dipping to the ground, while my right ear is now more the center-of-my-head ear! He really should get a name also...

Tuesday Toesies

I thought you would all enjoy a picture of me with my wonderful toes stretched out. It just feels so good to get a good toe-stretch doesn't it! If it's one thing I've learned from kitty-cats, that would be it. Smart kitties!

I also want to thank everyone for their response to my buddy Benji, he and his family are well on the way to getting the surgery that they need. I'll be meeting him in a few weeks at BunFest 2008 that is being put on here by the group mom volunteers with, Rabbit Rescue. Benji is going to be there too so we will be sure to get some pictures to share!

Benji Needs our Help

Hi Everyone! Today I am posting to ask that you please visit Benji at his blog. Benji was adopted by a loving owner from people who couldn't be bothered to care for him. After the adoption, the new owner found that he has had an ongoing problem in his eye. Had it been treated in the first place, he would have been fine. However, since it has gone on and on, the eye is now so badly damaged that it is blinded and needs to be removed. 

The surgery is extremely expensive. The owner and Benji are in my area and using the vet that Rabbit Rescue Inc. uses, and the surgery for this will cost $1300. 

Please visit Benji to see his story. Luckily he is in a very happy and safe, loving home. He has been bonded and is well cared for and loved. He will get the care he needs, the owners just need a little help! Thanks everyone.

Fez's Mom

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's...

SuperFez!!! All I need is a cape! How awesome would that be!? Okay second thing, if you all notice, my ears. How could you not? Anyway, the left one there, Flopsy, he has always been a bit floppy. But now, it's like both my ears are just lopsided! My right ears likes to stick stright up on top of my head, while Flopsy tries his hardest to be a loppy ear! Hah!
 

Munday Bunday

What's better than a bunny in a full on DBF? Nothing I say! Here is my good buddy Norbert demonstrating. He didn't even wake up when Mom took the flasher. Norb and I are getting along pretty good, he is still a bit scared of me when I move too fast! He told me, "Fez you see, I lived in a small cage with other boy bunnies and it was too small for all of us, so sometimes they would fight with me to get more space. You are so bouncy and my nerves just aren't used to it yet!" I hope he gets used to it soon so we can all live together! Well also, Abbey doesn't approve yet. Norbert doesn't understand that she is the princess, and must be groomed first, so he asks for grooms, and she gets mad and boxes his ears! He was older when we got rescued, so he has lots more bad memories than I do. Mom says he is doing great because he loves people and likes to be around us bunnies too, so I think soon we will all move into one huge condo! Yippee!

Bambi's Illness

Hello all and thank you so much for all the well wishes for sweet Bambi! I should have mentioned that her condition is chronic. She was living with a lady with an apartment down the hallway, and the lady asked me to come and help her clip her nails last October. Over the course of hearing about the rabbit, who was presumed to be male by the way, I heard how she had been bounced around several homes, and then her owner asked this lady to care for her while she went on vacation. Well, the owner didn't return from her vacation and so this lady was trying her best to care for Bambi. 

I went over armed with my nail clippers and a few other things to help. There she was, in a tiny cage, full of pine shavings. As I approached she ran to the bars and looked at me just begging for some attention. I reached in and scooped her up and... gasped.

Her stomache was rounded, very hard, and huge. "She needs a vet," I told the lady. "Really? She is sick? What can we do?" I called my vet and made an appointment. It was decided that Bambi would come and stay with me overnight so we could go early in the morning. The lady told me there is no way she could be pregnant, and that she would cover the vet bills. Yeah, right, I thought.

Bambi went in, she had advanced pyometria, they dealt with that and spayed her as well. She had to stay at the clinic for a full week and had a rough recovery. After that, I picked her up and paid the bill. I called the lady, who had now convinced me that I should just take Bambi in to my crew, and updated her. She asked about the bill, and I told her how much it was. Shortly later, a knock on my door. There she was, cash in hand, to cover the cost. Imagine my surprise!

Now here she is, she came with several other problems. Her breathing, as described, is laboured at times and usually wheezy. A result most likely of living in pine shavings for her entire life. She likely got a small infection years ago which didn't become life threatening,  but without treatment has damaged her lungs. Also she is a bit fat, she has lost about 1/2 lb. since I've had her. It's hard since she doesn't move around too much. Bringing me to the third issue, her back leg muscles are very atrophied, result from having such a small cage and lack of exercise. Here, she is happy though, she has her favourite spots, she is free range. Finally I think she is secure enough to start treating her lungs, and so we have her on an aggressive course of antibiotics to see what we can repair. X-rays show extensive damage. She is 10 years old  by my calculations of bouncing between homes. Despite all, she loves people, Fez takes very good care of her and has made her fur gleam, and she enjoys lying stretched out. So that is Bambi's story, a long one but with a happy ending! However long she has with me, I am happy to have known her and to be able to offer her some late-life comforts.

Mom needs to quit her job...

And to focus more on US! She is TOO BUSY! Here is a very adorable picture of me though. We are all doing great, Bambi had to go to the VET and get lots of medicine to try to help her breathe more easily. So far it isn't helping much, but she is doing okay. I am taking really good care of her.
I'll catch up on everyone's blog over the next couple of days!

Helpful Bunnies

Yep there's me and Abbey, we are helping Mom unpack the groceries! We took care of the veggies. We are extremely helpful, that's why Mom loves us so much.



We have had a busy week, after the awesome award we got last week, Mom kept on trying to make me and Norbert friends. I don't mind him so much, but he sure is a scaredy-bunny! Every time I move when we are out together he runs so fast and hides in the tent! Sometimes he thumps his foot at me too. Basically I just ignore him. He's only 9lbs anyway, and I'm like, 9.2 lbs already. I'll probably get even bigger. I've found out her tricks of trying to pick me up and take me to the bathtub room to find out how big I am. I haven't let her do it for weeks. She told me I'm looking bigger than Abbey! She is 9 lbs right on... She said this picture makes my butt look big!

 

Not Served for Dinner... and an Award

So, since this new guy came on the scene my life has been different! He gets this big pen set up in the living room, and he goes on bathtub dates with MY Abbey. Plus, every night I have to get put away in my condo while he gets to run around! I am telling you, it sure is a pain in the ears. Abbey says he's a nice guy, and Mom says once we all bond then we can be out all the time... TOGETHER! Sheesh, now I have to share everything with him. 

I mean, he is kinda familiar. We are probably related somehow because we both came from the same place. Can you believe that if we hadn't been rescued, we would both have been someone's dinner by now? Mom says she can hardly believe that someone would have eaten us without even knowing that we had our own wonderful personalimities. I'm kinda glad that Norbert is here and not in someone's belly, I guess. I think we will get along as long as he learns the RULES... MY rules! He might be older but I was here first!



GOODNESS! Our First Award!



Tyler and Sydney and their Mom have given us the Brillante Weblog Award! We are all very excited for our first award. Now to choose who to pass it on to, not an easy task that is for sure! We will nominate:

1. Furrybutts! The story of three bunns and their, well, furry butts.

2. Zinger: because he has to put up with BDP.

3. Diva Kitty and the Bunns, for bring out the diva in all of us.

4. Fluffy, Binky, Ella, and Scooter - our Rabbit Rescue buddies!

5. Belle, Ferdinand, and Cornelius, ever entertaining.

6. Mario, our new friend over at RoadBunner, who has a funny taste for sitting on things.

7. Hugo and Eve, even if their blogging skills lapse during the summer!



So all you nominees, head over to pick up your award here.

Please take this as the honor that is is and pass it on to some of the sites you enjoy. The rules of accepting are as follows:

1) Put the logo on your blog.

2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4) Add links to those blogs on yours.

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.



Thank you very much Tyler and Sydney for our first ever award!

Monday Bunny-Bumday

Abbey saw the picture at DKM's site featuring Orlando's bunny 'tocks, and of course wanted to show him up. Abbey is forever displaying her round rump for all to see! 



Fez has rested up and is settled back in here, Bambi enjoyed some nice snuggles with him. He has been entertaining us with stories of in-flight shenanigans and memories of beloved TidBit. 



Jack enjoyed everyone's comments on her blog but doesn't understand the confusion as to her gender - I know her name is deceiving but so is her sweet face.



Lots going on with the rescue this week, putting something special together and getting out three shelter bunns that now won't be euthanized, but will have a second chance. Also getting settled in with a new foster bunn here, she reminds me a lot of Archi Ann, though I never met her of course. She is a fiesty little dutch with bunnitude twice her size!

Queen Jack

That's me. Queen, get it? If you forget, I will bite you, so take care to treat me as the royalty that I am. Since Fez returns tomorrow, unfortunately, I thought I would take the chance to let you all know and adore the glory of me before you have to go back to listening to his stupid musings. I have been here the longest, I was rescued after living with a family that let their dumb dogs chase me around. I don't like anybunny in MY space, and I especially do not like sharing Mom. I am forced to however, with this ragtag collection of sorry sad rescues. She is such a sucker, sometimes it makes me sick. Mostly I just wish she was with me all the time. She through I would like a friend, and tried to get me to like Norbert. Well I did not like him and his stupid nose poking in at me, trying to be friends, so I bit him. Finally, she got the point. Mom is a little slow sometimes, so I have to encourage her to do things by way. I hahve her pretty well trained now and hardly ever have to bite her. I've got to get going, I do need my beauty sleep. Better get it while I can, once Fez gets back the whole house will be back to chaos. Ta-ta for now.

The New Guy

Hi everyone! My name is Norbert. I am a New Zealand White rabbit! I'm related to Fez, somehow... you see, I am from the same farm that he came from. We were both rescued by Rabbit Rescue Inc. after the farmer got caught keeping us in awful conditions. We were all being raised for meat, but Fez and I are two of the lucky ones.

I was already an adult by the time I got rescued. I don't like to think about it very much. I was used as a "stud" and I'd like to leave it at that. I've had a hard time forgetting. At first I lived with a really nice lady before Mom came and brought me here. I was living in a nice pen beside another rabbit, a girl rabbit named Jack (I know, it's weird). Jack didn't like me though. Mom had to make it so that she couldn't even see me, because she would try to attack me through the bars if she could. I was sort of nervous in there, and I didn't like exploring. Mom was really sad, watching me still unhappy. She feels so bad that I have a hard time forgetting my past. I'm trying though.

A few days ago, Mom decided that Jack was never going to like me, and it would be best for me to move to the living room. She put the others away and let me out. I felt a lot safer out here, so I started to explore right away. Before long, I settled right in. I have met Fez, Abbey, and Bambi, and I think we could be friends someday.

I'm finally feeling comfortable here and I really like my out time every night! I'll keep everyone updated. I'm happy to meet you all!

While Fez is Away...

Hah! That trouble-making Fez is gone on the 7-bunny-7. Okay, I might be a little jealous, but Mom has been so busy that she completely missed the boarding, menu requests, pretty much the whole preparation for thee flight. Luckily, Rabbit's Guy knew Fez wanted to go so he got boarded okay. I don't think he packed though. He'll have to borrow someone's long-johns.

So, we haven't been properly introduced, my name is Bambi. I'm the mature one here. Being wiser, and slightly older than the others, I am much more calm and laid-back. The rest of the crew is crazy. Always trying to break out, chew, and generally cause a ruckus.

Mom brought me home last October, I had been living with a lady who was very nice, but didn't really know how to take care of me. My first owner took me there, and then just didn't come back for me. I was pretty sad, because I lived with her for 6 or 7 years and I though we had a good thing going. Anyway, Mom came to visit, and she saw me, and she brought me to a vet right away. I hadn't been feeling well, but I felt better after a whole week at the vet and then I got to come back to Mom's. Now I am good friends with Fez, and Abbey and I get along okay most of the time. This is a picture of me in front of our camping tent. It's very cool. I think tomorrow, we will let the New Guy finally introduce himself. He has been living here for a whole month and still a secret! Now, wait in suspense...

My Ears

...Are ridiculous! They are always getting in my way. Especially my left one, that is the droopy one. I call him Flopsy. Don't know if you can tell in the pictures, but my coat is changing a bit too. I used to be all black and now I have some white and brown tips on my fur. It's very disting-wishing.

I have been growing a bit still! Also I got moved in to a new big condo with my girlfriend Abbey. I feel bad because Bambi is all alone but Mom said that she needs some time to herself at night, to get her sleep and also so that I don't eat all of her food! So I give her extra snuggles during the day.

It's getting pretty warm here. We have a huge thingy that makes a lot of noise but helps keep it cool on the really hot days. Mom says it's a hair condishinner. I don't know what hair has to do with it, but it works pretty good!

We have not disappeared!

Hi Everyone!

I have a few minutes today and wanted everyone to know that Fez and I have not fallen off the earth. A few weeks ago I brought home another bunny that was rescued from the same place as Fez was, a nightmarish farm where they were being raised for meat. Norbert is a New Zealand white and he bears many emotional scars from this place. I have been slowly gaining his trust lately. In addition a good friend has suffered a terrible loss and illness in her rabbits, and I have been busy organizing a few things for Rabbit Rescue Inc. as well. I have some new pictures, Fez sure is growing! He is nearing 9lbs now! I will post a proper blog within the next few days, and have been missing all of your stories and hi jinx. Here is a Monday Bunday picture! This is Abbey of course, looking for treats. Hope you have some for her!

Fez's Mom

We missed Monday Bunday

Mom is FINALLY back! She came home to a great new decorating theme in the apartment, I liked to call it ContemPoo-ary Chic. Abbey and I went to great lengths decorating the long carpet runner with doots. We agreed it was definitely cutting-edge. However, Mom lacks artistic vision and insight. She threw our work in the GARBAGE! Can you believe it?

We did get treats though. To make up for missing Monday Bunday, please enjoy the videos Mom made of Abbey and I opening a box of raisins. I let her have most on purpose, actually, because I'm a gentleman.

Just a Short Trip?

That's what Mom says. A "short" trip. Away from us! She is going to be away somewhere tonight and tomorrow night, and then be back on the next day. She told me she will be back before the next Bunday.

I don't see why she needs to go somewhere in the first place. I mean, where is she going to sleep? I don't understand. She says she is going to HER Mom's house. She will be helping her sister find her webbing dress. I told her that it was her sister's problem, she is the one who lost it, she should look for it by herself! But she said it doesn't work that way. So I have to be without her, and I am going to miss her. It will just bee me and the girls, and the Dog-Bunny, and Dad who will take care of us. At least he isn't abandoning us too!

The other weird thing is that Mom is taking the foster bunny with her! It isn't fair that she gets to go. Betty lives in the kitchen, Mom takes care of her until she gets adopted from Rabbit Rescue. She isn't adopted yet, she is just going to a different foster home. So I guess she isn't going to be coming back. That is too bad, I really liked to bug her!

Mom says she is bringing home a surprise too! I hope it's something extra yummy!

Me-me-me Meme!

I've been tagged for a name meme by Sammy! In case you aren't familiar with The Naming of Cats, in the Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, by T.S. Eliot, we all have three names!
Here are the rules:

You must link to the originator of the meme (that is Tara), list the following rules, and then tell:

1. The name that the family uses daily (such as Peter, Agustus, Alonzo, or James)
2. The name that is particular, a name that’s peculiar, and more dignified (such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat)
3. What you are doing when you are thinking of the name that only you know, and will never confess (when engaged in rapt contemplation), that deep and inscrutable singular name.Then tag three cats (and let them know they are tagged) to give us their names.

Here are my three!

1. Fez
2. Sire Mister Fezzypants of the Floppy BigEars
3. A popcorn binky high in the air, with a half-twist to impress all who watch!

Hmm, I will tag...
Freckles!
Tyler and Sydney!
Fluffy! My RR Buddy!

Monday Bunday

"Sometimes the only good thing about Mondays is the bunny pictures." - Mom

It's hard to get a "disapproving" shot of Abbey. It isn't that she never disapproves (as she does, quite frequently) it is just that she is such a princess that she always approves of having her picture taken! Look at those eyelashes! She is so good at working those to get extra treats out of Mom!

Aw, Mom...

Mom is always getting me into trouble! It's just past 11am here and so far today here is a list of what I've gotten her mad over:

-Jumping on Bambi
-Trying to take Bambi's treat
-Jumping on the coffee table
-Pushing stuff off of the coffee table
-Jumping on the chair to lean over to the kitchen table to chew on some paper atop the table
-Trying to break into Abbey's condo
-Using the corner by Abbey's condo as a litterbox
-Sneaking into the bedroom to bug Jack
-Sneaking into the closet in the bedroom
-Climbing into the bookshelf
-Chewing books while in the bookshelf
-Moving the blockade in front of bookshelf books in order to chew books on the bookshelf
-Tormenting foster bunny Betty
-Chewing Mom's pants
-Digging in Mom's pants
-Chewing various cords in my way
-Trying to squeeze behind the TV table (I used to fit! They shrunk it!)
-Repeats of several of the above

Mostly I think it's funny to get Mom all, "Fez!" (claps her hands!) "Stop that!" Then she goes on a rant about baby bunnies being trouble makers... hey, who is she calling a baby!?

Monday Bunday

We are going to jump on the Monday Bunday bandwagon! Mom wanted to share a picture of her first bunny, Cappuccino. She says before Cappuccino, she didn't know that rabbits could be such great pets, and he taught her that she never wanted to live without bunnies! So we all need to thank this guy. I never got to meet him, he passed away in December 2007, and Mom says he was almost 12 years old. Mom rescued him when he was 8, and he was a very happy, laid-back guy. We miss you Cap!

The Coffee Table: Forbidden Fruit

There are certain areas that the bunnies shouldn't go. Tables, shelves, the toilet... and the coffee table. For some reason though, I just can not stay off of it! I love to jump up there, and push around the stuff on it, chin the books, and nibble mom's candles. They don't taste good, there isn't a lot up there, but it's just so enticing. Maybe it's because I'm not supposed to be up there! I bet everybun has a place like this, or a favourite thign to do, that you really aren't supposed to! Oh, I also like the back of the couch and the chair...

In Recubbery

Well, despite my efforts to "hop away," as 'Lando bun suggested, yesterday I got my nooter. Mom put me in a red box that wasn't easy to chew, and then she was carrying me around for a while. When she opened it, I was in a new place with new people. They all talked about how big my ears are and where I came from. Mom called it the "Vet" and everyone at the vet was very nice. Then they took me to a different room without Mom. I was a big scared but they put a tunnel on my face and I thought that was weird. Then I feel asleep. When I woke up, Mom came in and she said "it's over now!" So I guess I got my nooter while I was asleep. I don't know what the heck it was. My belly area feels a bit sore, but I got home and ate up all my food and Mom said that was GREAT and gave me an extra treat! Only, I have to stay part of the day in a cage, and I have to stay away from Abbey for a bit. Mom told me I'll feel better in a few days, after I recubber. She said that all the boy bunnies have to get a nooter, and the girls that I live with all got a spade. I wonder if they at least remember what the spade was, I will have to ask!

SomeBun more Experienced?

What is a "nooter?" Mom says I'm getting one on Friday... she keeps giving me lots of treats and saying it is going to be "okay"... Is it a scary monster? A big treat? I'm so confused...

Fez + Abbey = L O V E

Sigh. Love is such sweet sorrow. Wait, not sorrow. Love is great! I think most of you could tell that I fell in love with pretty Abbey as soon as I saw her. So, I've been breaking out of my condo so that I can spend more time with her. Along the way I also met Bambi. Bambi is a very cute dwarf that also lives in the living room. They are both so sweet, and I have found that I really enjoy kissing their lovely furry faces. Curling up beside Abbey and Bambi for naps is also a new favourite pastime of mine.

I broke out so much, that Mom finally got rid of Abbey's old pen and moved us in together. Yippee!!! She even started grooming my ears a bit too. We both like to sleep with our faces smushed up together, and it is just such a wonderful feeling to have somebunny there with me. Now I never have to be lonely anymore. What a lucky guy I am!

Look at me now!

Wow, Finally another update! Mom has been sick, and also she has been busy helping out the Rabbit Rescue. I wanted to show everyone how I have been growing! This is me when I first got here, at 6 weeks old...

Me at about 9 weeks old...

Me at 12 weeks old!

My ears are so big now, and they keep growing. Sometimes one is even bigger than the other one. Mom giggles and rubs them, and that feels good. I'm getting more used to hands now but I still get startled if they move too fast.

Happy Bunday!

I want a Birthday Party

This week we had a birthday party for one of the bunnies! It was for Dog-Bunny, his name is Bauer. He is 2 years old, that sure is old. I'm only 12 weeks old! Mom and Dad got him some peanut butter cookies from a really fancy store called Bark and Fitz, that said "Happy Birthday" on them. He also got a really big stinky thing they called a beef knuckle. Boy, did that smell disgusting! Bauer really likes to chew on it too. He comes over and plunks it down beside me and gnaws away, as if I would want him that close! Mom says he is trying to share, and since he likes it so much he doesn't understand why I wouldn't want some too. I was pretty jealous of all the stuff Bauer got, and tried to take some of his cookies! Mom gave me some delicious pieces of dried pear instead.

I've decided that I can't wait until it's my birthday! I have to wait a long time though, it won't be until next January. Being so far away, I will have a lot of time to think of things that I want for my birthday! A big smelly beef knuckle will definitely not be on the list.

A Big Event

I haven't been allowed on the computer for days! Mom has been really busy, getting ready for a big awareness event as she calls it. I guess she will be taking our foster bunny and some others to a place to meet people and talk about the rescue group she works with. It's called Rabbit Rescue Inc. She is telling me to write that if anyone is in Toronto today, it's in the Bloor West Village, 2100 Bloor Street W. at Global Pet Foods from 10-3 and there are cute bunnies and vegan treats.

I like vegan treats (since I'm a vegan, duh!) Mom gives me these cookies that are really for horses, but we all go crazy for them here in the mornings. Abbey even gets up on the couch and binkies back and forth! Today I dropped mine in Mom's shoe and had to call her back to help me find it.

Okay, I have to go, she is kicking me off again. Hrrmph! I need my own computer.

We're It!

Mom and I were tagged for a book meme! We got tagged by Freckles from her blog The Adventures of Freckles and Deb. It's our first time in a game of this sort. Here are the rules!

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to Freckles and Deb once you have posted it.

So Mom just finished a book called "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen and it has been sitting here on the desk. It is about a man who joins the circus during the Depression after going through an emotional upheaval. He uses his skills as a vet to get employed and tries to aid the animals on the show, becoming enamored with more than one circus member. Mom said she really enjoyed the book. It sounds fantastical and it is, but it was well-researched and she says she got really attached to the characters.

Here we go:

There's a shuffling, and someone shushing someone.
"What is it?" calls August.
"Did Clive feed the cats?"

Hmmm, are you intrigued? Now to find 5 people who aren't tagged... we are pretty new to blogging here so we need to find some!

1. Belle at Bunny Blog: Belle and Ferdinand (from Bunny Heaven) and Cornelius Too
2. The bunns at Happy Feet Bunny Blog
3. Fresh Parsley
4. Captain Rupert at Higglety Pigglety
5. The Fluffy Tribe

I don't know you guys too well yet but you've been tagged! Mom likes to read your blogs and look at the cute pictures.

Hide and Seek

There is a game that I love to play with Mom. I will find a really good spot to hide and wait for her to come and get me. It has to be a really weird spot, like under the radiator (too bad I don't fit there any more!) or I sneak into her sleeping room and hide under the bed, and I have other spots she doesn't even know about that I need to keep a secret. Then when she comes out looking for me, and I hear her calling my name, I know the fun has started! She calls a few times, then her voice gets all high, and really loud, and she rushes around the house looking in funny places like the closet. Duh, Mom, I can't open doors! Then I will pop out into the middle of the room and act like I have been there the whole time! It's so funny how she acts, I just shake my ears and giggle!

Sometimes I fall asleep waiting for her to come and find me. Then she really goes around rushing! By the time I wake up she is like a bunny herself, hopping around and sounding very upset. I don't know what she is thinking, maybe that I left her but why would I do that? I have pretty bunnies to play with, food and water, and even the Dog-Bunny isn't that bad. Anyway when I finally come out, she will say, "Where have you been! You are a bad little bunny!" She is petting me and usually gives me a treat so I can't be that bad. Jeez, Mom, I can't tell you where I was... that sort of ruins the whole point of the game!

I'm pretty sure I'm not a chicken...

and I'm also sure that both rabbits and chickens are animals - living, breathing, creatures. However, the USDA classifies rabbits as poultry. Why? Because "poultry" are excluded frfom the 1958 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.

This post is a bit different than usual, because we really want to raise awareness. Because not only are rabbits not covered, but obviously everything else that is considered as poultry. Please sign this petition to have these laws changed. There is one for rabbits as well as for poultry. There is also a video with more explanation, which is NOT graphic. The laws in the US and in Canada are the same, so regardless of where you live please sign.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/rabbits-are-poultry-well-then-poultry-needs-to-be-covered-under-the-1958-humane-slaughters-act

Thank you!

Fez and the bunnies

Trimming the Roots

In my recent explorations, I have started to relax in a little area beside a big chair that Mom likes to sit in. I don't know what she does there. She looks at another picture box and moves her weird paws on a clicky thing. Sometimes she laughs at it. I have no idea what is so funny but I have already learned that the two-legged bunny people are a bit off. So I just relax here close to her and every so often she gives my ears a nice rub.

Lately there has been this thing like a root that I told you about the other day. It's one of those long cords that tastes funny. It's been right where I want to flop and it just hangs down in my face and hits me in the head when I move. It's very annoying. Last night Mom wasn't home and me and Dad were hanging out, and I showed him the wire. He didn't really get the problem, and laughed when he saw me bopping my head on it. So to better demonstrate my point, I grabbed it in my mouth and pulled it. To my amazement (really!) I bit it in half.

So Dad definitely stopped laughing then. He said something about a self-own cord and having to get a new one. But I don't think he was very upset, because when Mom got home, he showed her and they both laughed about it, and said I was silly. Dad went out and he said he got a new one and he would keep it away from me! That's great. That is all that I wanted, after all. He also told me that I owe him fifty bucks. Well, I said to him, I can't count that high! Then I gave him a foot flick as I hopped away. Hrmph, that's what I get for cleaning up their cordy-messes. Anyway I don't know what a buck is, but if it's anything like a binky I'm pretty sure I'll have it made up to him by the end of today.

Fez the Techno-Bunny

I have a few favourite places to take naps and play. Under tables, in the tiny space beside the couch, behind the chair... But my most favourite thing is to try to fix Mom and Dad's picture-box. It doesn't have very many shows about rabbits. It's a big problem.

One day when the Dog-Bunny was trying to lick my head (eww, stinky tongue!) I dove into a corner through some shelves, just big enough for me. I sure showed him. I realized that I was now behind the picture-box. Aha! Now I could fix it all up for Mom. I poked around at the long cords. They were kind of like roots, but had a weird outer layer. I checked it all out, looked at how the cords came in and out of the box, and thought hard of Bunny shows. I think I made some progress because Mom was making some excited noises at me. It was pretty warm back there and all that work made me sleepy. So I flopped down for a little snooze. Ever since it has been one of my favourite spots, and I'm sure Mom is delighted because she is always making those noises at me when I get back there!

The Most Beautiful Bunny in the World!

This morning while hanging out in my condo, one of the others came to visit. I had never met her before. She came over to my cage, and I was a bit sleepy. She poked her nose in to me and woke me up, and as I opened my eyes I thought I was looking at an angel!

I immediately stood up and pushed my nose against hers, trying to get as close to her as I could. It was nice to see a friendly face, and I wanted nothing more than to snuggle with her and take a long nap! But when I pushed my nose at her, she pulled back and started smelling my condo, and chinning it! Well, it is my condo, but I'll just chin everything myself later. For now I will share with her. I ran around the levels trying to get her attention, but after a while she finished inspecting my condo, and without so much as a backward glance she hopped a few feet away and stretched out! At least she knows that I exist...

New (Bigger!) Digs

This is a picture of me in my old cage, all stretched out. I was smaller than I am now. I also had been sleeping in the room where Mom and Dad sleep. Coincidentally, Jack sleeps in there too.

Now that she knew I was there, she was always trying to jump up to my cage. She was pooping all around her pen and Mom even said she tried to pee on her! I guess that Jack just really wants to make sure that I know that her pen is, well, HERS!

So Mom told me that I was going to move somewhere new. Voila! This is my new Condo!
See how much bigger it is? It has three levels. I've been having a lot of fun exploring it. Now I am out in the room where Mom and Dad work and watch the loud bright box. They call it TB or something. They spend a lot of time out here, and now Jack has stopped trying to use Mom as a litter box. Plus, out here, there are more friends! There are two other bunnies out here. Their names are Bambi and Abbey. They come to my pen and stick their noses in and say "Hi" to me. They seem really nice, and I want to get out of here and get to know them better! I really just want to snuggle, especially with Abbey, she is just so big and pretty, she looks warm and cozy too! I hope I will get to make friends with them soon.

My first friend! ...maybe

Soon after my arrival, Mom would take me out of my cage each day for some exploration. She put me down on this big, soft area where she and Dad slept every night. It felt strange under my feet, which were so used to the sharp metal bars of the dirty cages in my life before. I took very small steps, stretching forward to sniff out as much as I could before committing another tiny hop. I just had to be sure that it was safe. Also there were many new smells.

Mom let me explore this spot for a few days and soon I got more confident. I liked to climb over her lap (as long as she kept those scary hands away!) and also between two soft cushions where I could burrow down. Soon I tried jumping up in the air and flicking my feet. It felt good. Next Mom let me down onto a hard, slippery surface. It was even bigger, and the Dog Bunny liked to sniff me. I didn't like it much at first, but I tried to explore. Then I smelled something else... or someone else! I sniffed the air a few times and then hopped off in that direction without a second thought! It was another bunny. I saw her in her big pen, lounging in a pile of hay. She looked a lot like some of my other family members. I got right up to the bars of her pen and poked my nose through. She woke up and looked at me, and I saw her pretty black nose twitching. I think she liked me! She was coming to say hello! I was very excited to have a new friend.

Suddenly she ran at the bars and rammed them with her paws, grunting at me, "My house! Stay away! I didn't invite you in!"

I was so startled that I fell back and there was Mom. I nuzzled into her lap and she rubbed my ears. She talked to me softly and from what I can tell, the other bunny is named Jack, which is a BOY name, but it's a girl. I guess that Jack really likes her house, and doens't like anyone else coming in or getting too close. Mom told me that she is a good bunny but likes to have time and space to herself. I didn't really understand why she didn't want to be my friend, and I felt sad and still a little scared. After a few minutes Mom put me back in my cage and told me I was going somewhere new tomorrow.

SOMEWHERE NEW??? I am not sure how I felt. Away from her? I looked at her and tried to say I was sorry for upsetting Jack, but please to let me stay. She smiled at me and kissed my nose and turned out the light. I hoped the somewhere new was a good place, a safe place close to my new family...

What I Noticed First

There were a lot of changes in my life when I got to my new home. The thing that I felt right away was the loneliness. I actually missed my family members. Before, there were times that I wished for just another inch of space, of clean air to breath. But now... all that I had was space. It was frightening, in a way. I could hear the air vibrating all around me, but it was full of nothing. I could feel my own heart beat in the absence of other bodies pressed against mine. Don't get me wrong, it is not pleasant to be confined so closely as we were. We were kept in our own filth and didn't even have enough room to turn around in. It was just such a big change.

Mom put a big soft Bunny in with me. Only she didn't move, and she didn't smell like a bunny. I decided pretty fast that she wasn't a real bunny at all. I still cuddled up to her, it helped me to sleep. Also I liked to climb on her so that I could see what was going on outside of my cage. I think it was nice of my new Mom to think that maybe I was lonely, and try to find a friend for me. I just wished it was a real bunny. I was sure that I could smell others in the house...

The Biggest Rabbit I've Ever Seen

So I live with some other rabbits, and this is a picture of me with Bauer. Bauer is the BIGGEST RABBIT I HAVE EVER SEEN! Now, I know I'm not very old yet, but when I was a baby I lived with hundreds of other rabbits. Mom said that they were all very big types of rabbits because we were being raised to be eated by humans before we got saved (some humans are GROSS! Who would eat a rabbit?)

Okay, so anyway the rabbits I used to live with were all really big I thought. But Bauer is at least like, 4 times bigger than them. Maybe even more. Mom says he is a "dog" but I'm not sure what kind of rabbit breed that is. I have only heard of a few breeds like lion-face, and New Zeppelin, or something like those. I'm not really sure, but the Dog Rabbit must for sure be the biggest kind of rabbit.

Bauer isn't really like other rabbits either. He doesn't use the litter box, Mom ties him on to a big rope and takes him outside to go to the bathroom. Also he always listens to Mom! What a sucker. She is like, "Sit, Bauer!" and he actually does! If she told me to sit I would just flick my feet at her, or maybe groom my face to show her that I don't care what she says! But then he does get treats when he does what she says. Maybe she doesn't feed him anything else, I don't see his food bowl. Also he chews on this big smelly thing called a Bone. He is always stealing me hay, but I don't say anything because he is so big. He isn't very good at chewing, I think he is missing his front teeth or something weird like that because he eats really funny. Oh, plus, he has this big long tail! Yeah, I know, it's so freaky! I like to run up and grab it, then run away really fast and go under the table. He can't get under there because he is so big.

I mean, he is really strange for a rabbit, but Dog Rabbits are pretty nice mostly, even though they are clumsy and kind of smell. He is a pretty good snuggler too. I feel like he'll always take care of me and make sure that I'm safe. So even though he is huge, stinky, acts weird and always does what Mom says and sometimes takes my hay right from my dish, he's pretty much okay.

Aha! A discovery

So Mom and Dad have these funny things instead of paws, they call them "hands." Anyway whenever these hands came close to me I used to be kinda scared. THe old hands I knew were really rough and smelly, and usually grabbed my family members and hurt them. But not here! I have started to realise that Mom and Dad have very soft hands and never hurt me. Still I sometimes run away when I see them, because I know they might try to pick me up and ruin the fun I've been having chewing the carpet!

Lately though, the hands come and start to rub my ears and face, so gently. It makes me remember how my Bunny Mom used to nuzzle me and give me kisses. Mom scratches my nose and makes a goo-goo baby voice. Don't tell her but I really like it, it makes me feel safe and loved. When she rubs my face, now I just lie down and close my eyes. I fall right to sleep! I never knew that hands could be so soothing.

Tabletops are for Food

So sometimes I get really excited in my condo, I just get this feeling of inertia and I have to MOVE! And sometimes, I like to jump off the top floor and out onto the Dog's Chair. Well, today, I jumped out another way... I landed on this big, flat surface. I've seen Mom and Dad sitting there sometimes. Most of the time it is just covered up with lots of papers though.

Anyway I was all full of spunk and excitement and finding this new place, and Mom was standing there, watching me with this little smirk like "Well, what are you going to do now?" So, being a bunny, and so full of joy, my feet started twitching and my heart started jumping and I started to binky like I was on hot coals!

Mom swooped in, caught me with one hand and promptly put me on the floor.

Hrmmph. I flicked my feet at her and ran under the coffee table, feeling sulky. She peeked in to me and said, "FEZ, Tables are for food, not for bunny binkies! What if you fell off the edge?"

I was still sulky so I turned my back on HER until she went away. But I checked over my shoulder at the Table. It really is high. It's higher than my condo and the Dog's Chair. I guess she's right. Just... don't tell her, okay?

Hello World!

Hello out there. It's very nice to meet you and I would like to tell you about myself.

My name's Fez, and I am a rabbit. I'm almost 9 weeks old! Very nearly my name was rabbit stew though! Luckily that isn't the case and I have pretty much the best bunny life in the world.

But I'm getting ahead of myself! Let me start at the..... start.

I was born around the start of February. I don't remember very much, but I do know that where I lived with my family it was very crowded, and hard to breathe. It smelled horrible and a lot of my family members were sick. I was scared a lot. We saw people sometimes, and they took some of us away. If they reached in, I would run and hide under my mom, because their hands hurt, they were rough, and grabbed our ears and tails. We were so crowded that sometimes some of the other rabbits would fight, and bite or scratch each other because they were just so scared. One of my friends had a big cut on his nose from being accidentally bitten or kicked. I saw others with bigger cuts but I try not to think about it now.

Anyway one day people came, and we were really scared. They were taking everyone away, opening our cages and putting us into smaller ones, and then they would load us up in these big noisy things and go away. I tried to hide with my family but we got packed up too. But when these people picked me up they had soft voices, and told me it was okay now and that I was safe. I was still scared.

We were in the dark for a bit, then someone opened up our cage and took us all out to have a look at us. This lady was so gentle, oh! I have never been held like that, and she spoke softly and gently checked me all over. She said that I'm a boy (duh!) and that I was healthy. She put me in another cage with one of my brothers and said she would take me. I didn't know where she was taking me but they gave me some food, and I ate some and then fell asleep. I woke up later in the dark again and it was very bumpy, but my brother was there and I could hear others around us. We must have been in the bumpy dark place for a long time, but I tried to sleep.

The next thing that I remember is being taken into a place with lots of other people. They were peeking in, and making lots of funny noises! They were opening our cages, and they were PETTING us. Everyone they looked at they said something nice to, and were trying to figure something out. Each person took some of us with them. They kept saying it was okay, and we were lucky bunnies, and we were safe now. Someone opened up our cage and said, "Sorry baby, say bye to your brother, you are coming with me." She pulled me out and put me into another little cage with a soft towel by myself. I was still scared, ,I didn't really know what would happen. I missed my family, I felt lonely and thirsty, and I was just so tired. We went on another bumpy ride.

Finally the blonde girl took my cage and opened it up. She reached in and gently pulled me out. I was scared and I think I scratched her, but if I did she didn't get mad or anything, she was whispering to me and she nuzzled her face into my fur. Then, she kissed me! She said "What a long day you've had little guy. I'm going to name you Fez, and you are going to stay here for a while." She put me into a cage with soft towels, and food and water. After I had a big drink she brought in a big soft bunny stuffie. She said, "I know you must be lonely, you can snuggle up to this stuffie tonight." She gave me a little ear rub, and then left me alone. I fell asleep.

That was my first day of my new life. It was on March 12, 2008. I was 6 weeks old. Over the next few days, I found out all about my life before. The blonde girl is named Mom, and she lives with a tall boy named Dad. They told me that I was rescued by Rabbit Rescue and the SPCA from a farm where my family and I were being raised for meat, to be eaten! It makes me really sad to know that my family members were being taken away to die. They said my brothers and sisters found new homes too and that everyone that got taken that day is safe now. They said some of us were too sick and had to be put to sleep, but that it was better than being tortured and in pain. Some of us are still waiting for foster homes, but Mom says they are safe and fed now and Rabbit Rescue is working very hard to find everyone a spot. I feel very lucky. Here it is not crowded, and I can breathe, and no one is sick. I have clean food and water all the time and lots of space. At first I was so scared, I didn't want to move at all. I didn't know what to do with the food Mom gave me, so she helped to show me to eat pellets, and hay, and now I eat up as much as I can. She also showed me where to go to the bathroom. I'm still learning to hold it in until I get into my litter box but I usually make it for my pee-pees. But sometimes I'm too busy playing!

Mom weighed me the first week and said I was right one 1 lb. Now I weigh over 2.5 lbs. She had to move me into a bigger cage, she called it my condo. It has three levels and lots of room and I like to run around in it! Dad patted me too and said that I could stay here forever, which made Mom really happy. Before she said I was just staying here for a bit until I got "noodled" whatever that means. I guess now I get to stay here even after I'm noodled! I'm really happy because I love Mom and Dad. And they love me! They are my new family. I live here with 3 other rabbits, and a big dog. Also there is another rabbit that Mom says we are fostering until she gets a new home. All of my new family were rescued too. There is Bambi, Abbey, and Jack, the dog Bauer, and the foster rabbit is named Betty. I'll tell you more about them another time.

Well I'm really tired now, but you know all about me. As you can see I am very lucky, and I went from a hopeless life where I was doomed to having people who really love me. I can't believe it. Good night for now, I know that I'll have sweet dreams!