The Bonding Of Evie and Martin, Magik

So far, looks good with these guys, stayed overnight in the guest room with no problems, and I don't foresee any issues, unless other rabbits get them going. They will be taken to Linda tomorrow who will house them inside for a week just to make sure all is well before going back outside! YEAH FOR MARTIN AND EVIE! I may try Moody and Casper next! Things are going ok today, Linda isn't feeling up to herself, and I think the rain just makes me tired, although it's been a very busy past 7 days! We have a new big boy that will be coming in, a fawn colored New Zealand, gorgeous male. The family that found him and nursed him back to health have offered to help with his neuter, THANK YOU! He is has that awesome fat-face that Jet and Cadbury have. I love it! We need a new name for him. They were calling him Lucy and were shocked when I said they might want to consider another name. Help me out here guys, I was going to name him Magik. Ali or Michelle L. will just change it anyways! Hope everyone has a wonderful day, I am going to pick up another book to read, like I have time! Oh, for anyone who doesn't know, I found a lump in my Rusty's chest and took him to Dr. Pieper yesterday, it's just a fatty tumor which I had thought anyhow, but can't remember if I mentioned it. Well, crock-pot is going (chicken, cream of broccoli soup, broccoli, onions, carrots and potatoes) so the house will smell great when I get home tonight, I'll have a book, a blanket, and animals will be done. Blackberry's month of Marquis is just about up, we'll get blood-work done next week and see what happens. Keep your fingers crossed!

Brandee

Baba's Passing

Darling, sweet, gentle little man. Yesterday at 4:30 after having cancer surgery in August and battling to continue on ever since, Baba Bunny was put to sleep. He tried his hardest to be the best bunny he could, to pull through for those who loved him. He attempted to use the butt-cart and to keep himself cleaned without the use of his hind legs. Baba was tired, but a trooper straight to the end. Yesterday morning it was believed that Mucoid Indonitis was beginning, which would mean hemorrhaging would come next. His appetite was nil yesterday. He was done. My friend Deb and myself sat outside for 3 hours in the grass and sunshine with Baba so he could be out in the world one last time. I always feel closer to God outside in the Fall. The Farlekes Family is away, and after receiving their permission, I, along with Ben, the 10 year old I nanny for who offered to come with me (very compassionate) went in with Baba and held him as he went peacefully to sleep. He will be very missed. My condolences to the Farlekes Family.

Hopstock/Hollow Stock - REMODEL OF THE HOLLOW!

What we got accomplished today was unbelievable! We showed up around 9, moved all bunnies to carriers and smaller cages for the day with their name cards and info, and moved all the cages out of the Hollow. Everything was sterilized with a betadine solution (through a high powered washer), washed, put through the washer with bleach or just thrown out. We had a dumpster donated by the Malone’s (Malone’s Rental Services), who also bought a ton of soda &, water for the volunteers and lettuce for all the bun’s. Their son’s Matthew and Alex were there to start with the clean up by getting all the toys, food dishes and water bottles prepared for the bleaching. Thanks Boys! All the shelves and other loose pieces were taken out of the cages and discarded.
Greer drove up from Long Island, Ali from Stratford, and Jess from Wallingford. Harvey (Fairfield Hardwood Supply & Chelsea Carpentry), Chris (LaCava’s Martial Arts & Westport Acupuncture Center) and Stan took care of the new sub-floor and tiling. Michelle M. was there to clean and Virginia and Jim came as well to help take care of things! So much happened so fast today… Harvey even ripped the fireplace right out to add to our space! WOW! The following pictures will show our day. The Hollow is amazingly more roomy, sterilized, and GOOD TO GO! It was hard to believe we had so many cages that we had enough to leave 27 cages out on the back porch in the shade for the day while the other 27 were getting sterilized! God graced us with perfect weather! Everything was catered by Letizia’s Pizza in Norwalk (AMAZING SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS!). Thank you Dennis, Michelle & Madison Letizia!
Fantasia stopped by to have Billy and Zula’s nails clipped, we clipped all the shelter bunny’s nails today and Vicky stopped by with her 12 baby bunnies from 2 litters so far (THANKS AGAIN TO PETSTORES!) to be sexed. Greer took 2 home to foster. They are SO GORGEOUS! They all look like either Jersey Woolies or Lion Heads. We are going to try to help with getting them altered and into good homes. (Pictures to follow!)

Terri Saumel has donated SEVERAL (like 20) books on tape that will be now available to listen to at the Hollow. We’ll have a tape player and CD player there for passing of time. THANK YOU TERRI! Terri donates items on a regular basis, but I have to mention that she donates these wonderful little cardboard items that when folded together make the perfect houses, she also donated all those cardboard boxes with lids on them that we tote our stuffed tubes (and she donates tubes/treats too!) back and forth in. Please say a thank you and prayer. One of Terri’s bun’s Gray-C that she adopted from us had a abscess in her neck that was just removed. Pray she comes through fine, she is in a very pampered and spoiled home and bonded to the very handsome Asher bunny.
Thank you everyone so very much for showing up and helping out. Everyone did so much work, and we accomplished so much! We are still collecting Ink Cartridges (No Toner Cartridges) and Cell Phones, please remember to collect for us! Also, we are still in need of Vinegar, Bleach, Laundry Detergent, Large Black Garbage Bags and Paper Towels.

Thanks again to ALL! – Brandee -

Check out Ali's Buns! Baba & Bugs, John S.S. & Merri & Blackberry

Let's get the bad done first... Baba has the cancer growth again - he has about a month maybe a couple of more. We don't know exactly what we are going to be doing so it will be day by day and God's will. All I can do is try to keep him eating and keep him pain free. Time will tell. Bugs on the other hand is doing great. His organ function is back to normal and it looks like he'll be able to be around for that bladder stone surgery next month. A very trying time all around. Blackberry's EC CBC blood test thingie came back with full blown EC. Good Call Dr. Pieper. She has already started the Marquis, our first bunny on the $200 a tube medication. We are hoping for good results - blood work again after one month of being on the meds.

On a good note, Leenie went to her new permanent home with Wiggum and Nugget yesterday. They are doing great so far, Congrats to proud mama Christine. I'll post pictures when I get some! John S.S. and Merri are in the process of being bonded to go home with Chelsea (S.S. was hers already and needed a friend) and it seems to be going well, but again, time will tell!

NOW!!!! THE MOMENT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!! LET'S TALK ABOUT ALI'S BUNS!!! Fluffy, and furry and round... Ok, come on, get your minds out of the gutter! Scout and Alex are trying to work it out to accept Mr. Uggs into their lives! Look at all the cute Bunny butts! All Ali's! (Love you Ali!).

GREAT PICTURES!! Gussie, Elvis, Annabelle, Babies...

The following are pictures first of Gussie and Elvis together with their pet cat, and then some pictures from our event at WildOats where there were Pet Photographers that took some bunny pictures for us! I will get the name and post the organization on here, they were so wonderful!

Bugsy and Baba update/Victoria and Stormy - A letter from the buns!

Bugs had fun visiting Bah Bah today.....enjoy the photos....... We wanted the two boys to see each other and spend a little time together as we felt that would be good for the will to live in both of them. They finally had to be separated as Bugs felt pretty good and started to hump Bah Bah so we said enough of that stuff!! There is also a shot of Brandee doing a syringe feeding on Bugs. He is getting more cooperative each time thank goodness! Lori - tomorrow is the day that will tell a lot. Bugs gets a blood test at the vets. Just a short visit to have blood drawn by a tech and then he comes back home with me. If his kidney values are getting bad again after being off all intravenous fluids then there is no hope and it's time to give up. If they are still good on the Sub Cutanious fluids I have been doing on him then we start slowly cutting back on his fluids till hopefully they are completely gone. He can then go home to you and get stronger for his surgery.

Baba will also be going to Dr. Pieper tomorrow to drain an abscess he has near where his tumor was removed. I feel a lump and am hoping to God that it is only the abscess and not tumor regrowth.

hello aunt linda....... its us tori & stormy. we wanted to call or email you sooner but it has been so busy this spring & summer. we have been to the new vets many times, my mom takes us every time i sneeze (stormy). but we love our vet, she is so cool, she holds us and says we are very well behaved and very good looking. she says she may keep us one of these times mom brings us in to see her. her pet bunny passed away last year. but mom has also been very busy with our big brother lou the leaping lab, his allergies are so bad mom & the vets are trying everything. he was scratching his face so bad it has been bleeding, he cut his foot (pad) from licking it so much, so he had to have it wrapped (but we did not laugh at him mom said that would be rude).so poor lou sleeps alot since he has been on his new meds. they still are not working very well. did we tell you we love our brother he lets us do anything, even walk on him (instead of going around we go over him). and diesel our brother cat had to have his teeth cleaned by our vet and then he had to have 5 teeth removed. now he thinks he can get wet cat food everyday & mom says only for a treat, so he follows mom around yelling at her and mom just keeps telling its not going to work you have dry food to eat. then we have darbie we don't get to see her much except for when we are in phoebes room looking out the window. darbie lives in the barn dad says no goats in the house mom says thats not fair & darbie should live in house & dad should live in the barn. but we love our new house we rule the house.......we have free range of the whole house, except the kitchen we don't like the floor we can't get any traction. our cage door is always open we go in to sleep sometimes, but we do go in to eat, drink and poop. mom says she just love us. everynight we get a huge helping of fresh hay, a big fresh salad, and some fresh water. mom has come in the bedroom during the day to find us, lou & diesel all asleep on the bed together. but we always do it when aunt kimmy's camera is at her house. moms cameras are all broke. mom took some pictures of us the other night to send ot you but we need to download them mom said. so she said she would send them later. oh yeah by the way we rock at binkies. we are always showing off. and friday night phoebe & riley spent the night and we got to sleep on the bed with lou, diesel, mom, phoebe & riley. phoebe still wants to get a bunny she still talks about thomas, and we told her that he is a good friend of ours. but they are doing some work on their house so they need to wait a little while longer. but anyway we better get going to bed it is close to our bed time. mom should be making our nitetime salad soon. we love our mom she rocks, she lets us climb all over her and her new couch & chair. but best of all we love when she picks us up and cuddles with us and tells us how much she loves us. i wish you could come and visit us. mom said she would love to come and see how everyone is doing and bring out some gifts from us.we love and miss you and thank god everyday for you and brandee.

all our love tori (two-ton-tori) and stormy (stormer)