It Was A Good Summer

It was a good summer...

Everyday I felt glad that we had a yard for us & the buns.

Hay In A Micro-Sanctuary

When the pandemic hit, our hay supplier was completely honest with us

and told us that he was having a hard time keeping up with his customers hay demands

and was also concerned with what was going to happen with the supply chain later on...

We appreciated that info, as the buns can go a spell without veggies & pellets etc

but they must have hay every single day, period.

So this is what $600 of top quality hay looks like!

We spend about $1400 at least on hay alone a year for 9 buns because we also supplement

this main kind here with other smaller bags of botanical, oat, alfalfa etc to liven up their options.

With 9 rabbits we go through 50 pounds of hay easily in about a month, sometimes more.

So we wanted at least a 6 month supply and

if any of our local bunny friends needed any we were able to share a little too.

We ordered only 2 boxes at a time about 2 weeks apart in consideration of the poor post carrier!

(Luckily our normal guy laughs and jokes with us when he brings these 50 pound boxes to the door).

We also got lucky in that the ladies at the store put bags of our usual Oxbow pellets aside for us too,

as apparently those flew off the shelves at the very beginning of this whole mess too.

We are staying on top of things, 6 month in, we still think there's going to another lock down!

It was scary at first, the ideal of not getting food for the babies and it was truthfully squirrely

for about 2 weeks at the beginning regarding fresh veg but we've managed...thankfully...phew!!!

Staying Home

We are so confused by some peoples flippant attitudes about Covid when this is happening 

(click here), sure this is in the US but the point is that this is how bad & scary it will get everywhere with things opening up, if we don't continue to be vigilant

and shelter at home as much as possible.

Almost half a million people worldwide have died so far & it's only going to get worse.

I admit, I am one of the ones hoping that the Ontario borders stay closed & closed tight and I

don't think that any kind of travel should be allowed period unless for medical emergencies.

Yes, I wanted to go to the Black Lives Matter marches so badly, but I just couldn't chance it.

Sure, I miss my people as much as the next person but not enough to put myself &

immediate family in danger of contracting this insanely efficient & smart virus!

It's frustrating to people like me who need to stay super safe because I live with a seriously immune-comprised individual...if my husband catches this thing, he's likely to die because he has so many other underlying issue, like chronic asthma, a low immune system & 2 lung clots!

I don't know about you but because I am able to stay home safe & sound, I am.

Everything we get is by contact-less pickup or delivery

and in both cases we wash everything that comes into the house like crazy.

And when we go out we always wear masks no matter how uncomfortable they are.

Masks should be made mandatory period...you don't wear one, off to jail you go....
I know that's an extreme view however this whole this is a very extreme situation!

People refusing to go without masks are putting everyone else being careful in danger.

I am hearing about teenagers actually having Covid parties where they know one of the kids is sick

and they sell tickets and whoever gets sick first & is diagnosed by a doctor wins the money pot!

How insane is that.

And people are always telling me how kids these days are so smart & a shining beacon of the future!!

Yeah right!!!  Hardly any of them are choosing to go vegan, so exactly how smart is the future!!!

I am truthfully finding it all disheartening & at the moment very hard to navigate...

In Northern Ontario our outbreak numbers are pretty good

BUT that doesn't make it any less scary for us, we've been through hell the past year

and I am finding a lot of people not understanding our hesitancy,

especially when they see everyone returning to normal activities and get together's etc...

you just don't know who is carrying this thing, that's the biggest problem, you can't trust anyone!

I don't like hurting people or being rude by declining visits & offers for dinner parties, barbecues, etc

but refusing everything right now is the only way we feel safe.

I hope your staying strong too out there & not letting anyone pressure you into being unsafe.

Good Luck XOXO

Happy For Our Yard

We are lucky to have a nice big private yard...

I feel for people stuck in apartments during quarantine.

We've been isolating for over 7 weeks now...

being out in the yard with all the buns makes it easier.

Missing You Betty-Loo

Betty-Loo...

Today marks 2 years since we lost her unexpectedly during routine dental surgery...

I am haunted by her little imploring face, in the carrier, as she was carried away from me...

she didn't understand what was happening,

I wish I could have had her know for sure that she was SO loved...from the first moment we saw her.

I promised her that she'd be okay & we were waiting to bring her home before she knew it.

We had adopted her less than 4 months before...

we didn't have a chance to make up for all the awful things this poor soul had gone through.

I am haunted by unfulfilled promises.

It was nobody's fault, her heart gave out, but it still makes me angry.

I miss her so much.  These are the very last photos I have of her...our Betty-Loo White.

I was just starting to get to know her...she was a quiet sweet wonderful princess in elegant white fluff.

Winter Wind Down

The buns didn't have a great winter this past season because of everything

that was going on with my honey, where there were so many unexpected rush visits to the ER,

I found myself too nervous to be bringing the buns out just in case we had to suddenly rush

to the hospital!  and not single one of the 9 are easy to get back inside,

you can beg & plead & try to convince but pretty much have to be patient & wait for them to tire out!

When they did get outside though they sure did have a blast.

Misa & Higgins have the most fun I think.

Because of the surgeries I was on my own alot with the shovelling so I am pretty proud of getting it all done on my own and so grateful for the times my Dad dragged his snowblower over too.

Things are melting pretty fast now...they are excited for Spring & for their sake, so am I.

Snow Play

Some snow fun at the end of winter...

I always admire the buns adaptability.

Barnaby's Surgery

Our little wild wookie Barnaby Fizz went through his neuter surgery yesterday.  He's healing well.

Any surgery for a rabbit is dangerous because of how fast their precious hearts pump BUT

It's SO important to get your rabbits 'fixed' because their chances of reproductive cancers are so

much higher without & their hormones rule their little bodies so so strongly & unkindly if you don't.

My Half Lop Love

All of the rabbits are special and amazing in their own very unique way, we love them all...

but my Misa, oh my sweet little half-lop love, she is a best friend to me, she's extraordinarily special.

Lydia & Her Room

Lydia and I are trying to figure out where to put our little pink Xmas tree this year...

Desk space is at a premium & we do have to keep light cords away from those nibbly teeth!

Epic Forts

Sometimes you just have to build your rabbits epic room sized blanket/box forts...

and after your done that, you have to make time to crawl in there with them too of course.