Emmett & Korra Sitting In A Tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G

So amidst our difficult times and sadness over these last few weeks,

we've had goodness and beauty too in the form of two of our babies falling in love!

 

We've bonded many rabbits in our 20+ years of rabbit parenthood...

Ella and Roo, took 6 months to bond.

Noodle and Hobbs took about 1 or 2 months.

Sisters Jinny and Hazel took several months to bond to Jaks
And once the boys Jaks & Roo lost their partners they actually bonded in about 1 month.

Teela and Yuuji took over 3 months...

and Teela, Yuuji and Frenwyck took over 2 years!

 

Well our newest couple took ONE DAY!!!

Now we happily get to sing the ritual

"Emmett & Korra, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G" ha ha.

 

We originally adopted Korra-Soleil because, well she was just meant to be part of our family,

but secondly because we wanted to try to bond her with Frenwyck.

She had a bonded mate before but he died when they were transferred from one shelter to another,

Frenwyck was clearly desperate for friends but Yuuji & Teela were just taking too darn long.

So we adopted her but her & Fren just didn't seem to like each other & they had to remain separate.

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

On the other hand,

whenever Emmett would get to see Korra-Soleil he would spring to life, literally!

He'd bounce and dance and put on quite the show in her honor...

and she respond in a way she never did for Frenwyck,

She would popcorn at the gate beside him and wiggle her tail at him constantly.

She was SO aggressive with all other buns, including us and Min is so mild mannered,

well we didn't even consider it at first...

than just before Xmas, when Fren was finally with Teela nd Yuuji fulltime,

I said 'Hey let's take those two for a ride in the truck and see how they do'.

Well that ride went super well,

in the same day we found ourselves going from the truck to the living room,

than to an even larger space into the hallway and that lead into time in their respective rooms

and well, it happened in one day...no fights, bonded straight away, it was love at first sight.

What I find funny is that these two rabbits were at the same 2 shelters together.

First one in Quebec and then the one in Toronto where we found them...

I joke that maybe they both speak French, ha ha!

It just goes to show that rabbits are soul mates just like people...

don't you just love that.

All About Bunnies

It's been about basking in sunsets before rushing back home to the babes...

 

 

It's been about evenings with no time for anything but bunny bonding.

Teela & Fren were 100% bonded some time ago and Yuuji is behaving 99% , we're almost there!

 

It's been about preparing yummies for the bunnies whale sized tummies, like dehydrated carrot tops...

 

It's been about homemade healthful Vegan loveliness inspired by a love for bunnies... 

 

 

Bunnies...bunnies...bunnies...

life is very rabbit-centric indeed but we wouldn't have it any other way!



Finally!...Well Atleast Half-Way!!

It's finally...finally...happened...

After almost 2 years of trying on & off to bond these rabbits.

After 3 to 6 hours every single night for the past 1.5 months

whether we wanted to work on bonding or not...

We now consider Teela and Frenwyck buddies.

 

 

It's so so awesome to see Frenwyck have a friend finally...he's just soaking it up.

We really expected Teela to be the problem...

But we were wrong, it's Yuuji that is the current 'problem-child'!

So we're half-way there atleast!

Now Mr.Yuuji-san must get with the program!

 



Alot Of Our Time & To Be Clear...

A lot of our evening and weekend time looks like this...

 

In our Jeep with Frenwyck, Teela and Yuuji trying to bond and forge a fuzzy trio!

They want to be friends, we can tell by certain behavior,

but Frenwyck just isn't 100% sure about how to go about it.  He's really trying though.

We've made progress and some kissing has been going on the last few times, which is a great sign.

 

 

We do so in the truck because it's a neutral space,

which is important because rabbits are very territorial.

And the movement of the truck usually takes their minds off attacking one another and instead

they will often seek comfort from one another, which allows them to get used to another bunny moving around them etc and eventually hopefully leads to the epiphany that 'hey I am not being hurt'.

 

You can't just take rabbits and throw them together and expect that they'll get along...no way!

As cute as rabbits are,

they can be very very vicious towards other rabbits...

so one has to be careful, know what they are doing & move slowly to ensure no one gets hurts.

It's time consuming & doesn't always work out.  You have to be prepared for that.

Some times years will go by and suddenly a rabbit will fall in love with a certain furry

when all others before them were refused.  Rabbits are strange & confounding that way.

 

 

We'll be doing this routine with Jaks and his new little buddy really soon,

hopefully it doesn't take long, hopefully it happens, we know Jaks is typically a friendly dude and it sounds like the new buddy we picked out for him is a nice little guy, but you just never know.

(So we indeed do have a back up plan incase the 2 boys don't bond)...ugh!!!

  

We're pretty confident in knowing when to keep trying and when to give things a break.

 

Teela and Yuuji took months of trying before they just suddenly decided they loved each other

and now they are thick as thieves and completely adorable...

and unless you've been around a bonded rabbit pair,

well, it's hard to describe just how heart tugging insanely sweet it is.

 

(And because Easter is around the corner and sadly parents will be buying rabbits as presents)

I must stress that rabbits NEED loads of company,

they are NOT solitary animals...

if you have a bunny who is alone a lot, they will be very unhappy little creatures.

If you don't gently interact with them on a daily basis like I do with mine,

you won't have snuggle buns like you see on this blog.

AND sometimes even with all the love offered up in the world,

they still may never be snuggle buns...some rabbits are just not friendly,

some are grumps, just like people!

We've had a few of those in our time thus far & though disappointing we just have to find

happiness and satisfaction in knowing that we are keeping them warm, safe, healthy and loved.

 

Also if you cage a bunny & don't allow them time out of the cage to stretch and play

at least 3 or 4 hours a day, you will likely NOT see their wonderful personalities.

Bunnies need to be bunnies...

they need to run & get lots of exercise for healthy gut motility & happy spirits.

 

The only reason Jonathan and myself are comfortable having so many in our home

is because we both work from home (most of the time), we don't mind mess & destruction!

and we're both real homebodies & just spent a lot of time at home with them.

 

Life with rabbits isn't for everyone...

I must point this out because I know my blog makes bunnies very tempting for some people.

 

So help me spread the word. 

Be kind....do NOT buy a real rabbit as an Easter present.

(Unless your completely aware of the big commitment they are)

Make sure your advocating Chocolate Easter bunnies & feel free to spread this post around.

Thanks XO