Daphne gets adopted, Cini goes on a diet, the Sheffield 5 (or 4, rather) pen gets a makeover

Daphne

I seem to be so behind on these posts.  Daphne (the foster bunny, see earlier post) got adopted a few weeks ago!  On October tenth, I decided Daphne needed a nail trim.  Not being experienced enough to do it myself, we brought her to Care Day that day.

Many bunny lovers attended Care Day that weekend, including a bunny owner looking for a partner for her bun (Coco).  She had already tried Daphne a few months ago, but it hadn’t worked out.  None of the other buns worked that day, so she decided to give Daphne another shot.  It worked!  They didn’t fight, they didn’t seem too stressed out, they even laid down together!  It was a match made in bunny heaven.  So, Coco and Daphne are now living together in Hammond (I think)!  You can find Daphne on the Happy Tails page of Magic Happens.

Cini

Coincidentally, a few days before Daphne got adopted, we decided that when Daphne DID get adopted we would bring Cini inside and put her on a diet.  When that happened, we put our plan into action.  Cini came inside, inheriting Daphne’s old home, and now she gets less pellets and more veggies.  We’re also trying to litter-box train her at the same time.  Maybe we’ll train all the buns at some point! 

Anyway, Cini is getting forgotten by the other bunnies.  At first, I tried to bring Cini outside every few days to mingle with the four.  But as Cini was already an outcast before coming in, she wasn’t accepted at all.  So it seems that when she’s down to a healthy weight, we’re going to have to treat her like a new addition to the family, introducing her little by little.  It’ll be worth it, though, to have a completely healthy bunny!

The Other Four

Now to Flopsy, Thumper, Jewels and Memphis.  We got them a new hay dispenser!  Their old one was basically chicken wire wrapped in a circle with a mesh bottom.  It wasted hay like nobody’s business.  So, I looked on Magic Happens’ website and found the Screwy Rabbit Hay Buffet.  Pricey, but a smart buy!  It spews hay MUCH less than our previous bundle of wire.  I’m so excited! :D

When it came, I had to rearrange the pen to fit it.  Our old dispenser was attached to the wall and was very small.  This one is practically a humongous box. 

To free up space, I took the wire tops off of the cages and made the bottoms into litter-boxes.  Bunnies poop where they eat, so I put them right where they would be eating hay, as you can see in the picture.

Mama put eye hooks in the fence so I could still hang the water bottles.

This is the front of the pen, where the bunnies can chew on the wooden boxes.  And also hop around in them.