Angeline: the Bad Bun Chronicles

[Everose]

When I was growing up, we had indoor/outdoor cats, but their "indoor" was the garage since my mom was allergic. I'm actually allergic too, but I had allergy shots for 7 years and I'm doing well now. Anyway, growing up we lost so many cats that got hit by cars or just disappeared that I can't quite bear to let my kitties outside now. At least, the kitties I've had for years. This new house that we moved to in December had two feral cats. We got them fixed and now there are barn cats.
I think black is my favorite color that kitties come in

Everyone in my family has allergies to cats, and bunnies (makes going to shows kinda hard), and gluten. But we still have cats and bunnies...not gluten tho. Luckily we've never lost a cat to cars, we almost lost one to a crazy UTI.

On a random note, I love my Havana bunnies and they are pretty much always black...most of my animals are black. I'm just realizing this here's pics of snip and patch (patch is the broken)

 

[Isadora]

Everyone in my family has allergies to cats, and bunnies (makes going to shows kinda hard), and gluten. But we still have cats and bunnies...not gluten tho. Luckily we've never lost a cat to cars, we almost lost one to a crazy UTI.

On a random note, I love my Havana bunnies and they are pretty much always black...most of my animals are black. I'm just realizing this here's pics of snip and patch (patch is the broken)View attachment 2810962View attachment 2810964

They don't look thrilled that you're taking pictures of them

 

[Everose]

They don't look thrilled that you're taking pictures of them

They really aren't thrilled with me in general, we've been working on it though

 

[Isadora]

But we still have cats and bunnies...not gluten tho

No gluten. So much sadness in one sentence

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

She looks just like my blue otter rex that I used to have I named her mocha. Sadly she died do to her intestines

 

[Isadora]

She looks just like my blue otter rex that I used to have I named her mocha. Sadly she died do to her intestines

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. That is so sad.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. That is so sad.

I had her for about 4 months and she only liked me. Shortly after her death we went and got 3 more and had to get rid of them since the town ordinance changed

 

[Isadora]

It looks like I put a weird fuzzy filter on here, but I didn't check to make sure my phone lens was clean before taking it.

 

[Isadora]

@EverythingDucks What, in your opinion, is the proper way to hold a rabbit?

 

[EverythingDucks]

@EverythingDucks What, in your opinion, is the proper way to hold a rabbit?

I usually hold them like this, or with my bottom hand hold them around their chest and my arm supporting their feet, and my top hand on their back .

It's important that you support her legs and butt so she feels safe and secure.
Generally rabbits don't like to be held since it feels like they're getting picked up by a hawk, but some love it. It depends on the individual. But the more you work with them for short amount of time, the more they'll tolerate it. If it's an extra skittish rabbit you can first let them know you're going to hold them, then scoop them up and keep their head in your elbow before getting up. This will prevent them from seeing that they're up off the ground.

And while of course it's important to have control of them so that they can't fall or jump and hurt themselves, I like to let them get comfortable on their own rather than hold them in one place. Some rabbits may even like to be held like this.

Just be sure that her body is on you and you're supporting her. Obviously don't hold her out, by her ears or feet, and while some don't mind this, it's best to avoid holding her on her back like a baby.

If it helps, you can just sit on the ground with her so she can't fall and let her get comfortable so you can learn what she likes.