Last weekend, Bao Bao was adopted from our home. I was away in New York and didn’t get a chance to say goodbye and it made me really sad.
When Bao Bao first came to us, she was not well because she was in statis from being in the cold for 2 days. After getting her back to a healthy state and showing her the right foods to eat and a comfy condo to sleep in – we developed a bond. She started to trust me while I have always loved her.
Nevertheless, she had to be adopted out to a more permenant home. She needed a mate and she needed more time to run around. It was heartbreaking for me but I’ve learned that to do the right thing, sometimes involves heartbreak.
Today, I got a chance to go visit her in her new home. She’s (hopefully) going to be bonded with a 3-yr old black dutch named Piglet.
When Joey and I first adopted Ginger, we broke the first rule of bunny bonding – we never introduce our existing bunny, JuJu, to Ginger before we adopted Ginger. The danger in not having them meet first is that the two bunnies might not get along and they might be unbondable together. Luckily for us, Juju and Ginger bonded (although not easily).
Yesterday, our foster bun Bao Bao had her first date. A gentleman caller named Brownie came to visit. The parents supervised of course but it went extremely well.
Here are some picture.
Bao Bao was very curious about Brownie. In the first 5 minutes of the date, she actually went over and groomed his ears. That’s an excellent sign!
Then we smooched them together.
Bao Bao and Brownie both groomed themselves while on the date. This was also an excellent sign that they can be bonded with each other because it shows that they’re comfortable with each other enough to let their guard down and wash.
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Now that Bao Bao is healthy, strong and happy, she is up for adoption through the House Rabbit Network.
She would be great in a home with a single bunny or she would be great bonded with a more submissive bunny. Bao Bao is quite the diva so she’d be great for an experienced bunny owner.
I have to disagree the the bunny “expert” in the second video. First, pellets should NOT be alfalfa based unless the bunnies are less than a year old or malnourished. Pellets for adults should be timothy based pellets. Their hay also should be timothy hay and not alfalfa hay.
Second, vegetables are NOT treats for bunnies. It should be made part of their diet, equal to pellets. I do agree that Hay should be their primary food source.
If you get hay at a pet store, it’s very expensive and comes in small volume. This might make you hesitant to give your rabbit lots of hay to lay on, eat and poo on. Instead, go to your local farm and pick up a bale of hay, which costs a fraction of what the pet stores will charge and will also come in a much larger quantity.
