Jenny’s Blog

Now we have 3

Thursday, August 4th, 2005 |

Last night, my husband and I went out to adopt a new bunny to be a friend for our Holland Lop, Honey Bunny. For the past several weeks, I have looked for potential adoptees on a wonderful website, Petfinder.com. The great thing about Petfinder is it allows you to search by Zip code, and brings up all the animals in your surrounding area. You can pick out what kind of animal to search for, what size, age, and gender. I finally found a bunny that seemed to have potential, and she even looked like my very first bunny, Bonnie Bunny. We went down to the West Jordan, Utah Animal Shelter to look at her. We brought Honey along to meet the bunny, to see if they might be compatable. Unfortunately, they were not. I was beginning to be frustrated because we had brought another bunny home a few months earlier, but that proved near disastrous when Honey needed 5 staples to stitch up her neck. This bunny, which weight in around 2 pounds, seemed crazy. It was growling and snapping at me and Honey, who, although is three times the size of this bunny, seemed terrified. We decided against this bunny, and chose to look elsewhere.

We ended up at the Utah Humane Society, and they had several adorable rabbits to choose from. We found a couple that were really cute, and decided to see if they would get along with Honey. They all got along, although Honey seemed a bit intimidated. We decided to adopt the two - they are brothers, and so now we have three bunnies. We named the boys Jack and Thumper. They are very sweet, and the three seem to be getting along. Honey still asserts her authority, and lets them know that this is “her” home, but I’m amazed that they are all gettling along so well.

I have done a lot of research on introducing rabbits to each other, as they tend to be very territorial. The best resource I have found, by far, is the House Rabbit Society. They give great tips on how to introduce rabbits, care for them, etc. I was prepared for there to be more aggression, but the bunnies have surprised me.

I love having my bunnies as pets. My husband likes them because they’re small, quiet, and they can be litter trained. They’re very clean, and they don’t smell, as long as their cages are cleaned out daily.

I want to mention that all of my rabbits are either spayed or neutered. There are so many sweet animals that have to be enthanized each year due to pet overpopulation. I would encourage anyone looking for a new pet to check out their local animal shelters - there are so many sweet animals in need of a good home.

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