Another list from Amy Spintman from Cats & Rabbits & More (http://www.catsandrabbitsandmore.com/)

• You replace your kitchen faucet for one with a pull out spray attachment because it looked perfect for giving “butt baths”
• Your linen closet is devoted almost entirely to fleece and towels for the bunnies
• You buy cornstarch in bulk
• You plan a “spa day”, but it’s for your bunny
• You shop in the infant department even though you don’t have any human children
• Your kitchen cupboard and refrigerator door both resemble a pharmacy
• You can recite from memory the names, dosage and proper usage of all of those medications
• All of the bowls in the sink have hard green stuff (Critical Care) stuck to them
• Your blind/deaf bunny gets excited because he can smell Critical Care when you walk through the door
• You’re dead tired the next day because you stayed up all night researching E Cuniculi on the internet til 3:00 a.m
• You never go on vacation because even the best bunny sitter in the world can’t care for your rabbit as well as you do
• Your rabbit has a papasan in every room…and you have a video baby monitor on her night table, in the kitchen and office so you can keep an eye on her no matter what you’re doing
• Your boyfriend is accustomed to spending the evenings alone on the couch while you spend hours medicating, syringe feeding, bladder expressing, massaging, tummy rubbing, ear cleaning and generally fussing over your little one
• Your bunny has more bath towels than you do
• You do 6 loads of washing a week and 5 of them are bunny towels
• You dont have any grandchildren but you are buying tiny diapers
• You just buy the bolt of sherpa fleece at the fabric store instead of having them measure out a yard or two
• You “forget” YOUR meds a day here and there but you never forget theirs
• You safety-proof your house for them more than you ever did for your child(ren)
• You clear your whole day’s schedule when a bun doesn’t look right, but your husband will be fine alone with H1N1
• You use a chef’s knife to cut pills because pill-cutters don’t work well with volume
• You stock up on supplies at the drugstore and it looks like every human in your household must be injured
• You take in another special-needs rabbit and you don’t have to stop anywhere for any supplies or meds before you pick them up
• You have a credit card just for the vet
• Everyone at the vet’s office knows your rabbit (but not necessarily you)
• You have a nice sofa, but spend every night sitting cross-legged on the floor until you can’t feel your feet
• You’ve done four loads of bunny laundry in the last two days, but you’re wearing a bathing suit because you are out of underwear
• You have company over and they ask if you are running a rabbit hospital because the spare bathroom is complete with IV poles, gauze, meds, needles, syringes, towels, clippers, scissors everything ready to roll when need be
• You are looked at with TOTAL shock and suspicion by visitors, when they see needles and syringes on the kitchen counter and no matter HOW many times you tell them it’s for a bunny, they say “Oh” as if they understand, but the look on their face says “Hmmm, who’s the junkie trying to kid”
• Your bunny has a pharmacy account in her name
• Your vet’s office keeps your foster records in a binder
• You walk into the vet’s office with your dog and they do not recognize you, but you walk in with a carrier and immediately they pull out the binder
• The center island in your kitchen has been replaced with the same kind of exam table your vet has
• You get that nagging feeling you’ve forgotten something if you try to leave the house wearing a shirt without a urine or cecal stain on it
• You serve dinner.. in 35ML syringes
• Your friends invite you out you have to check your calendar -to make sure it won’t interfere with the feeding and medication schedule
• You are known by list people/the vet’s office/the bunny boarding folks as “(insert bunny name here)’s Mom”
• Your husband doesn’t blink when you say you’re getting your sleeping bag to nap on the floor in the bunny room so you can monitor some-bun
• You don’t have a child but when a discussion at work breaks out on diaper rash creams/ointments you chime right in
• You are changing FULL bunnie diapies and coming up with new smelly poopie songs and daddy sings these to her when he thinks you’re not in ear shot
• You laugh and laugh when as soon as you take the full diaper off she pees all over the sink, counter, mirror and you just laugh…then you clean it up and she does it again
• The full diaper goes ‘thud’ in the trash can so loud you can hear it downstairs
• Cleaning poop from under your nails is just part of your daily routine
• You’ve been buying newborn diapers for almost a year and the checkers look at you weird
• You see and feel their gusto for life despite their not being able to get around anymore, and you make the commitment to be there for them for the long haul
• People can’t believe your rabbit is actually happy living like that when in fact they are very happy
• You let your rabbit have desert (blueberry baby food) before the main dish

This list courtesy of Cats & Rabbits & More (http://www.catsandrabbitsandmore.com/) Thanks to Amy Spintman for permission to repost!

• Their grocery bill is higher than yours and every cardboard box you encounter is analyzed for it’s ‘bunny appropriateness’
• You don’t think twice when things end up with chew holes
• When people think of rabbits you immediately come to mind
• You know what your rabbit is thinking by the tilt of their head, their ears, etc. even when others think they’re just sitting there
• Every flower and every twig is considered for other uses as you walk in the forest
• You go on and on about how beautiful the Romaine lettuce was at the grocery store You thump when you’re angry
• You become obsessed with poop
• You go to the produce store and buy absolutely nothing for yourself, only for the rabbits
• You have hay EVERYWHERE
• You own at least 2 vacuum cleaners for the sole purpose of sucking-up hay and poops Your rabbit looks at you, wanting to be fed, and you actually hear a voice coming from him in your head saying, ” Get off your lazy rear end and FEED ME NOW!” …and he sounds like a NYC cabbie
• You make a special trip to the store just to get bananas
• You wear your nibbled clothing like a badge of honor
• The smell of fresh hay makes you think of home and your sweet-faced little angels (who toss it all over the house)
• The person at the desk at the vets freaks out over their 500 dollar vet bill, and you just snicker ’cause you know that’s just small change
• All your sheets have nibbles in them The TV reception goes out because the antenna cable was chewed off
• You talk about your bunny memories as often or more than you talk about other family memories
• It dawns on you that they are actually training you, instead of you training them
• You have to buy computer mice in six-packs because “something” keeps happening to the cords
• Your drink has a piece of parsley in the bottom of it
• You have a piece of leftover carrot in your purse
• You forgo the ownership of the $500 Dyson for the $50 shop vac ’cause the shop vac just sucks that hay up better
• You buy adult “pee” pads (and don’t blush while doing it) so your bunny can snuggle in bed with you
• You find you self saying “Don’t talk to me like that young man” to a rabbit..and thump back at them if they thump
• You call your vet’s office and just say “Hi” to whoever answers the phone -and they know who it is
• Everyone at the grocery store thinks you eat so healthy because half your order is greens
• When you meet another bunny person it’s like a gift

Thanks to our amazing group of rabbit lovers the Hop A Long Hollow now has a permanent heating and cooling system!! Check out all the pictures below!

No more worrying about fires with the portable heaters and unclogging rabbit fur from portable A/C units. This system will be vastly more energy efficient and effectively cool and heat the shelter all the way to the back room! The rabbits say thank you to everyone who helped to support this, and our
volunteers who clean the shelter daily also say a big thank you!

Every bunny loves hay (well, they should unless they’ve been eating fatty pellets full of treats), but have you ever noticed that as soon as you put hay in the litterbox for them to eat they pee in it and refuse to eat where they’ve peed? It wastes a lot of hay and can be a little frustrating. Doreen from Wabbit Works (www.wabbitworks.net) has a suggestion. She has put together the Screwy Rabbit Hay Buffet which provides buns with plenty of hay without the pee! During July there is a 10% off sale, check out their website linked above for more info!

Ok, that might be a bit dramatic, and these cases happen far too often, but Hop A Long Hollow just took in two of the bunnies from a seizure of 75 angora rabbits in Canada. A network of shelters in the U.S. have taken in the bunnies to rehab and eventually adopt out to wonderful forever homes. We now have a sweet little female, she has been spayed and is enjoying a much more relaxed life right now. She was very dirty and her fur had to be cut, but she’s cleaning up and seems very happy. We will have one more coming to us soon. We will have pictures up soon! If you are interested in becoming an adoptive parent please give us an e-mail or call to find out when they will be healthy enough for adoption!

If you would like to read about the rescue operation The Saint Croix Courier has an article here: http://stcroixcourier.ca/fullnews.php?view=260

or download each page of the print article directly. Page 1. Page 3.