This blog is intended to be a space in which I can ramble freely about my rabbits... a place through which to share the silly things, the sad things, developments in their learning, and interactions and growth.
I grew up with rabbits - aside from tadpoles, insects, fish, and two talkative little budgies - bunnies were the first real pet I was allowed. We had been living in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and one of the 'good things' my parents gave me to look forward to when we left everyone behind to move across the world to the Netherlands was the promise of a bunny - something I had wanted for quite a while. And so it came to be.
Amazing little bunnies I had - famous in our neighborhood - learned a lot and taught so much to many children through the community and international school. Whitie, Blackie, and Snow Drop. But those are posts and pictures for another day.
After 9 years spent in Rotterdam we moved to Brasilia - and after a year without a bunny I somehow came home with Buttermilk - a large cream rabbit who smelled like honey. What a character that boy bunny was - vocal, interactive, best buddies with my cat, Moomoo, and our Cocker Spaniel, Star. He even got along well with the lamb I raised in the courtyard right off of my room - tolerating her attempts at suckling on his large tail. Buttermilk was free range between the courtyard and my bedroom through a screened window that opened. More stories to come.
From Brasilia we moved to Florida - where my time was spent with Star and Moomoo and TielyTiely - a wonderfully sweet cockatiel. Eventually, in the weeks before we moved to Wisconsin, I added another 'tiel, LO, after rescuing her from certain death. And Sunlight, the horse I trained, came with us to the frigid north. Between school and travel and my other animals - there were no bunnies for a while. I had intended to have Buttermilk - the plan was to get settled in Florida and return for him - but he passed away very soon after I left Brazil. And left a large hole to fill. However, after a few years of looking I did adopt a little Harlequin Dutch bunny, Gingersnaps. Sassy and so sweet - spunky little girl who ruled the roost.
When she passed away unexpectedly - leaving Tika grieving alongside me - I settled my mare, picked up my cats, and escaped with them to Brazil for my family, public health projects, a return to some of my roots, and to move forward from a relationship that did not go as planned. Fast forward further and suddenly I was back in Wisconsin - love will do that. And after settling myself into a good job and more appropriate apartment - Derek and I decided to foster bunnies as I missed the lagomorph personality plus. Well, it only took our first sweet foster rabbit, Maddock, being adopted before I realized fostering would not work well for me if I didn't have my own bunny to closely bond to... and so after some searching I fell in love with Penney of Soulmate Rabbit Rescue. While she wasn't from the organization we fostered for - I just KNEW she was the one. And I was right. What an amazing little girl - I fully credit her with creating peace between my two cats and Derek's Poindexter after we'd been working at it for quite some time. She just had an aura about her that mellowed everyone out. Such a sweet honest little rabbit. But as there is 'bonding news' to report on - I'll return to Penney later. . (and our fosters) with photos promised. For now the 'necessary news' in order to get up to speed on the posts is that Penney fell in love with a little Dutchie blue - love at first sight and soulmate buns. We came to foster Licorice and I began toying with the idea of trying to bond a trio (fully confident it would not upset Penney and Theo in their love). First dates went well between Penney and Licorice and Theo and Licorice - and the car bonding dates were great as were the first neutral territory trio dates (though Licorice did attempt to charge and nip a bit which made me nervous as I had not dealt with that before). And then we lost Penney extremely unexpectedly. Robbed.
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