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Bunny Update

Journal Entry: Fri Apr 18, 2008, 11:26 PM
  • Mood: Hope


Sad but true, we are down to one bunny tonight. Thank you everyone for your kind words; it really helps, it does.
Luckily, Sanjuro won't have to spend tomorrow night alone.
Yes, we've already found her a friend!
She took it very hard; the worst of us all, and for good reason. So after we had calmed down a bit and had some lunch, we decided to go to the Western PA Humane Society (where we found Bentley) and see if they didn't have any bunnies who might be missing their friends. The WPAHS doesn't separate bonded pairs, but it's entirely likely that someone would have surrendered a bun who was one half of a bonded pair, or would have given one away and surrendered the other, etc. etc...
Anyway, we went down there and we looked over the bunnies. The most sociable was a really big girl - a Californian - named Cheeks. Next to her was a big boy named Rodger, and a smaller girl named Greta. Now, not only do we sort of need a big bunny, but I know that big bunnies are hard to find homes for.
We spoke with one of the workers to see about arranging a little meet n' greet between Sanjuro and their buns tomorrow, during one of their scheduled Bunny Romps. Normally that would have been cool, but they're having a huge adoption drive tomorrow (Saturday), with the radio showing up and all sorts of giveaways and craziness happening. In other words, it would be really loud and really stressful for Sanjuro.
We decided to go home, get Sanjuro, and go right back. Oddly enough, Sanjuro hopped right into the crate. I had told her before we got the crate ready that she was going to meet a new friend. She closed her eyes and ground her teeth at this; I seriously think she knows more English than we give her credit. Especially since she HATES going into the crate, but she went without a fuss.
Once we got there, we decided to start with Cheeks. Normally San is an aggressive bun, so we were kind of worried, but it went beautifully.
San and Cheeks were in separate halves of an exercise pen, both stretched out and grooming themselves in each other's presence. Basically ignoring each other, and that's a good sign with bunnies. At one point Cheeks put her nose on the ground, trying to get San to groom her and make friends, but San got offended. Sanjuro is the Queen. She doesn't give groomings, she gets them. Luckily, Cheeks realized that she had offended San and immediately started grooming her own ears and doing all in her power to make up. Sanjuro accepted Cheeks's apology, and put her nose on the ground to receive groomings and show that no harm was done. Cheeks tried really hard to groom San's nose through the bars; it was so cute!
Things went a million times better than expected, but upon reading the sheet that came with Cheeks, I can see why. She used to have a friend, too. Her owner surrendered her because "We can't afford them." The sheet mentioned that she gets along well with cats, and other rabbits.
Sanjuro looked really sad to be coming home alone, though. I feel bad that we couldn't bring our new bun home tonight, but we really need to clean and get a new litter box and everything. We know it might take a week or so before they can be unsupervised together (we can keep Cheeks in a pen) but considering how well their first meeting went, I'm not worried.
So, tomorrow our Queen will have an attendant. They will probably gossip about our past King, and Sanjuro will show her all the things they used to do. :)

I will probably spam my gallery tomorrow with pics - You are forewarned!
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ish sad to hear about bun bun, remember the story you posted of him killing the bird. am glad that you managed to find you bunny a new freind.

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awww what a little happy ending...:hug:

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It's great that you've already found her a friend, I really hope this works out

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Yeah - We're sad, but now there's hope.
We were really worried, because it's not uncommon for widowed buns to go into a deep depression and die of a broken heart, and San wasn't looking very good at all. Really the best way to prevent that is to get a new friend ASAP.

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Yeah, Bun-Bun had more adventures than most rabbits have a right to! But that's our boy.
Maybe someday I'll write them all down and post them.

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"Where there's a will, there's a way. And a maniac is matchless for invention." - The Marquis, from Quills
Yeah, we're really hopeful. She needs a royal companion, like a lady-in-waiting or an attendant duchess or something.

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"Where there's a will, there's a way. And a maniac is matchless for invention." - The Marquis, from Quills
Rabbit heirachy...good stuff. Good luck! :hug:

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I am definitely looking forward to photos of Cheeky and San now.. :) awwww I am so glad this worked out the bestest way!! :hug:

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:) i'm glad you found a new friend for her. that ought to perk yours and hers spirits up a bit!
It's so funny, but they really DO have a very strict heirarchy. Rabbit warrens in the wild have been observed to have complex dynasties, and their rules of etiquette are long and kind of hard for those of us without long ears.
Luckily, the buns understand that we're trying out hardest to speak their language, even though we have a terribly boorish accent.

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