Raisin is gone

He died this morning. I came out of the bedroom to start bunny breakfast and saw Raisin in his pen, on his side. I wrapped him in a blanket and put his stuffed bunny behind him for support. Told him he was a good boy and it's ok. I sat with him for a few minutes. Got up to call the vet and start bunny breakfast again, I think that is when he died.

He was one of the best bunnies we ever had. To me, he was also the prettiest, he was a Silver Martin.

He was bonded with Jasper, who died last year of something similar. Both were super sweet and mild mannered buns. They were not afraid of anything. I kept them (they did start off as fosters) because I knew they were special and I was afraid if they were adopted they would be separated.

They came to the shelter a mess. Skinny, dirty and stinky. They lived in our dining room with lots of light and space to play.

We did everything we could over the last few months to get Raisin better. I took him to 3 vets, even spoke to a 4th in California. 

I hope he is with Jasper now. We love you Raisin Man. I love you to the moon and back.

Special thanks to Angie at Special Bunny , Cat at Zooh Corner and Christina that volunteers at Heartland Rabbit Rescue.

The Raisin Man

So much has been going on the last few months, and I haven't had time to blog about any of it. Mostly what has been keeping us busy is Raisin. He has been sick for months, with a mass in his gut. We have been to many vets, had lots of tests, meds and nothing seems to help. Most recently he had an enema, which seems to have moved the mass, maybe even shrunk it, but it is still there. Now we need to concentrate on getting some weight back on him.

I am making a scrapbook with my neice, she comes over once a week. She will frequently take breaks and visit the bunnies, always sitting down with Raisin. He loves the attention he can get from anyone.

Raisin has also been hanging out with Dora during the day. She is pretty active, and Raisin is not, so they are not together all the time. They get along but aren't quite bonded, seems she could take him or leave him.

Dedicated to Fez

Fez over at http://some-bunny.blogspot.com/ died. I don't have details. His wonderful human slave hasn't blogged in a while so there is no update there. But I know some of us followed the blog at sometime and didn't want his passing to be missed.


Fez touched my heart from the beginning because he was rescued from a meat farm, and, I fell in love with his EARS. Much love to you Fez and those that took care of you and gave you a great life.

We are back! 


After a short stint of no internet access, we now have it again. I see that blogger has changed and I had to download Google Chrome to blog. Will take me a bit to figure out all the new changes.


On to more important news. Clint is doing great. He still had head tilt, but is otherwise fine. Except that Gerald (who is old and has arthritis) discovered that Clint is weak and can be picked on. I always saw Clint and Gerald as equal. I never saw one being more dominant over the other like I do with the others. I guess Clint was the dominant one, now that he has recovered from his illness he is no longer. Gerald has decided he can chase Clint and pull fur, because of this they have been separated. They are still in the same room together, just separated by a pen (Clint has to stay in the pen, Gerald is free run). A few times a week I will let them mingle together, but have to stay nearby as Clint almost always panics even if Gerald has no intention of doing anything. So this is their life  now:

It's sad, often Gerald will stick his nose in the pen for Clint's attention. Gerald spends most of the day laying next to Clint's pen. I have tried some bonding tricks, but the results were temporary. 


Clint's head tilt is not bad, and has improved a bit over the last few months. 

All other buns are still doing great. Including the other 2 Reno Rabbits, Bambi and Cinnamon.

I am also wanting to bond Hazel and Raisin. But Hazel is aggressive to all other bunnies, so this is as far as I have gotten with them...

That's all for now.

Some education

Every once in a while I listen to the New Mexico HRS podcasts. I love these and always learn something. You can find them here or on iTunes.

Something I recently learned listening to one of the podcasts: the Bunny Hop Line, a place to ask questions and have them answered by a vet. Here is the website: http://www.bunnyhopline.com/. The doctor also has a blog you may want to check out, but you have to register (free) to read it, so I can't post the link here.

For you entertainment here is Clint having some playtime in the office (Gerald decided to hide at the moment I brought the video camera out).

Clint is doing better

I have noticed a bit of improvement over the last month. My friend, Ann, who comes over and gives Clint his shot, has noticed improvement also.

Last weekend Clint and Gerald moved from the garage to the office. They have been in the house before, during wintertime. It took Gerald a few days to adjust, they both have now settled in just fine. It's nice to keep an eye on them and see what they do during the day (mostly sleep).

But in the last few days I have seen Clint in the box eating hay, not a lot, but it's something he is doing on his own. He is still on some meds, but I have stopped others. Finally getting some Critical Care has helped also, as Clint has lost a lot of weight and still won't eat pellets on his own.

Here are the boys from this afternoon.

From the beginning of Clint's illness I have had great support from the rabbit "community", including Thea, Cat, Christina and Angie (at Special Bunny), along with those of you that have sent messages and left your kind words here, all have kept me, and Clint, going, one day at a time. I thank you all for that.

On another note I want to mention that I had an article printed in the most recent HRS journal. I was so excited, until I read it, and reread it. The changes in the article, I feel, make the story confusing. I wonder what you thought of it.

No matter what I do I cannot remove all the extra spaces between paragraphs, really ticks me off...

Clint is sick

He has been for about a month now. He has an inner ear infection, which sounds simple, but in a rabbit it's not. We are still in the stage of not knowing if he is going to get better. He can hold himself up and get around pretty well. But he still falls over and has times where he doesn't want to eat. Right now he eats all his veggies every day and I syringe feed him twice a day, and he is still on his meds. So send him all your good vibes, he needs it.

For Clint's safety, and because of the cold weather, the boys had to be moved into the garage. It's more like they moved into the senior home.