Clover demonstrating her good litterbox habits

Gus grooming himself and Cleome munching hay

Cleome (left) and Basil (right) on their box

We adopted our first bunny (Gus) in June of 1998, from a family who was moving and couldn't keep him anymore.

After getting to know him all summer, we decided that Gus was lonely, and set out on a quest in the fall to find him a playmate. We first tried looking at local Humane Societies and rescue groups. The Humane Society unfortunately only had male bunnies, and we had heard that bonding males to females was easier than males to males. We looked on the internet with the hope of finding a female adoptable bunny, and we found Cleome. After talking to her foster mom, we decided to adopt her and two of her six offspring, who were born on September 2, 1998. We have taken quite a few pictures of the four rabbits, and have set up a Bunny Gallery.

In the process trying to convince a skeptical family member to spay his child's rabbit, I compiled links to many articles about spaying and neutering, including useful bibliographical information about uterine cancer in female rabbits.

They are all happily living together in Gus' run, and bonded with Gus after only one week. We originally kept a journal for Gus, describing our experiences with him through time. Now that we have the four bunnies, we've combined our notes on all four of them, and keep a Bunny Journal. I've never been known for being concise or brief, but you're welcome to read the journals, if you have a few minutes (well ok, maybe a few hours... ).

Living with bunnies is awesome. Please write to me or Mike if you have any questions or comments about life with rabbits. Not that we know everything, but it's always fun to get mail about bunnies!

Here is a semi-organized list of bunny related sites on the web that I have bookmarked. Some are useful, some funny, some a bit weird... no guarantees! :) In the process of educating a relative, I came up with a list of similarities between dogs and rabbits.

We have composed our first (hopefully of many) Bunny Songs. Check it out! Here is a list of bunny-safe veggies and their calcium contents, alphabetically sorted, and sorted by amount of calcium. This list is compiled from several other lists available on the internet. Many bunnies have trouble with "bladdar sludge" or urinary blockages, and it is thought by some people that by decreasing dietary calcium intake, these troubles can be minimized. These lists are useful for meal planning, so we can avoid feeding the buns all-high-calcium veggies accidentally. Calcium *is* an important nutrient however, and its metabolism is a complex and poorly understood area in house rabbits, so I wouldn't recommend depriving healthy bunnies of calcium rich vegatables without a specific reason.

Happy Hopping!

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