After we’d known our little bunny, Fern, for a few months it became apparent she wasn’t going to be a quiet little house bunny. No, Fern wanted to live outside and she made sure we knew it. We had hoped that as a house bunny Fern would be happy with our company, but outside in the garden we were worried she would be lonely. So, along came our second dwarf bunny Fawn.
We were at a large pet superstore that we don’t normally visit. Unfortunately they are the only place in our local area that sold something I needed for my rats. Fawn was this little black bundle in the middle of a good-sized bunny area, the problem was all the other bunnies were bigger than him and he looked terrified. Derek, being the big softie he is about bunnies, couldn’t resist.
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Who can live in a home without bunnies? Obviously not us and a gorgeous little bunny called Fern has joined our family.
We had decided to get another bunny a few weeks before Fern joined our family. Our intention was to adopt a full size bunny from a rehoming centre, who would live as a house rabbit and be spoiled rotten. We no longer had the run or cages we had for our previous bunnies, so we had to buy a new cage. We headed off to our local pet store, where we found a lovely big cage. There was only one problem, it was so big we couldn’t fit it in our car!
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Thumper & Flower were Derek’s moment of weakness, we went to stock up on supplies and came home with two bunnies.
Flower & Thumper
As Mars & Jupiter already occupied the garden we got to discover the fun of house bunnies. Flower & Thumper have a room upstairs and a large indoor bunny run, with a bunny door so they can easily come out and play. Derek made our bunny run, taking great care to listen to what the bunnies wanted. Thumper insisted on windows so he could keep and eye on what was going on. We used large cardboard boxes as tunnels and as Thumper likes to climb on things Derek made him a platform. With Thumper’s love of climbing we also had to fit a lid to the run to stop him jumping out.
Having house bunnies is a great experience. They are a lovely little pair, who entertain us with their antics. Flower is very sweet it is hard to do anything without him coming to help, he enjoys standing on our feet. He is not as adventuress as Thumper, and he often getting left out when Thumper goes climbing.
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My first bunny Thumper
Derek says he was inspired to get get bunnies because they reminded him of gerbils, just bigger! “It’s the way they hop about” he says. After six years of looking after bunnies he has learnt what complex little characters they are.
I’d had a rabbit ‘Thumper’ when I was little, and I’d told Derek many stories about the trouble he got into. While my Thumper lived in the garden and had a large run he regularly came into the house to eat the furniture.
Our bunnies, Mars and Jupiter, are Netherland Dwarfs, a little easier to handle than a full size bunny. We had wanted a pair of bunnies and thought dwarf rabbits would be more manageable, my Thumper had grown into a very large bunny and the thought of two of him was a bit much!
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