listening..	having a quiet moment..	Zomo being proud.	What a handsome bun!
Zomo poised for a bink..	warming up..	Zomo in mid-binky!	landing..
Zomo looking over the edge..	curious..	pondering the great beyond..

Sad Note: Zomo died on Sunday, May 21, 2000. We still have no idea why - she stopped eating and drinking in the morning, and started panting and looking stressed. We took her to the emergency vet, and they gave her some subcutaneous fluids. She started pooping, and proceeded to exude a large amount of mucous covered progressively less formed poops.. ending with blobs of slurried yucky stuff and liquid. Over the course of about an hour, she lost her composure and strength, and slumped into a state of shock. They put her in an oxygen chamber, but she died. We're still shocked and confused.

Zomo is a funny bunny. These pictures were taken on May 17, 2000. As you can see, her adult fur has come in all over, with the exception of a little rectangle on her forehead. Her ears were always up, but lately, her right ear seems to prefer a semi-lop position. I think she's adorable. Zomo's mom, Cadbury, was recently adopted, and her dad, Elliot, is in foster care, and eligible for adoption.

Zomo was named after the rabbit featured in the book Zomo the Rabbit : A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott.

Zomo was born on March 1, 2000. Her mom and (presumed) dad had been left at a local animal shelter. Her mom gave birth to 12 babies! 3 were stillborn, and the other 8 died over the next few weeks. Cadbury (the mom) was very young and under a lot of stress. She gave birth in non-ideal circumstances (in an animal carrier on the way to her foster home!). Perhaps because of the birthing circumstances, or because she was so young and thin, she showed no maternal instinct and didn't lactate much at all. She peed on the nest that we constructed.. it was obvious after a few days that the babies were not being fed, and in spite of our best efforts to feed them, several died in the first few weeks. Zomo was one of the strongest from birth, and she is the only survivor. I fed her Eastern Cottontail formula formulated by Fox Valley Nutrition four times a day. I kept careful track of her feeding schedule and how much she ate and weighed, and will be posting that information soon. She certainly went through a difficult time, and never looked as healthy as bunnies raised with their mom, but she has come through with flying colors and continues to gain weight and flourish.

If you have any questions about Zomo, feel free to contact me.

Here are some photos from April 11th, 2000 - see how much she's grown!

The cage she is seen in was generously donated to our rabbit rescue efforts by Pet Smart. It is about 32"x32"x30" or so, and has several plastic shelves that can be moved around in the cage. I think it was designed for ferrets, but it works well for rabbits (though the door is small for litterbox traffic - I pull the box out from the top).