Claire's Bunnies and Bees

All about my personal obsession with House Bunnehs (and maybe some occasional ramblings about my obsession with Honey Bees, see "RFBs Bees" on fb)!

**This is a page all about 'hoomins' and 'bunnehs'; a peek into my family's bunneh world, and the lives of our 4 rescued house-rabbits (our bunnehs). We live in the Rancho Penasquitos area of San Diego, Ca.

[1] Eadie (short for Eadie Van-"Hay"-Len) is a Black Havana rabbit (female/spayed), and weighs about 4.5 lbs. She was born in July 2011 and adopted from the Western PA Humane Society in Pitts

burgh, PA in March 2012 by our daughter who was living there for College. Eadie had been "abandoned" at an area pet-store, and was turned over to the Humane Society. She moved in with us in San Diego in May 2013 when our daughter graduated and went on to her first "big girl" job, and an apartment that wouldn't allow rabbits. And so, the 'Crazy Bunneh Lady' was born.

[2] In September 2014, we adopted Trixie (short for Trixie Tang - a Fairly Odd-Parents character) from the San Diego Companion Rabbit Society, Inc (female/spayed); she was 8 months old, putting her birthday sometime in January 2014. Best guess is she is some kind of Dwarf/Petite-mix; She weighs just under 3 lbs, has Agouti coloration and looks just like a wild cottontail. As a matter of fact, Trixie became a shelter rabbit after she and her sister were mistaken for a couple of orphaned wild cottontail rabbits, and turned over to the Wild Animal Services. They could not continue to care for them as they were determined to be domestics, and not wild rabbits. Trixie's sister found her forever home shortly before I met Trixie, who was then left by herself at the SDHRS shelter without her sister. It took about 5 days of some intense territoriality for Eadie and Trixie to bond, but bond they did and they have not been apart since. We refer to them together as "ET".

[3] On January 2, 2015, we adopted Romeo - also from the San Diego House (Companion) Rabbit Society (male/neutered); he was 3 years old, and we designated his "birthday" as December 22, 2011. He is an all white Mini-Satin with short pointed pixie/elf ears, and weighs about 3.25 lbs. He had been adopted a month earlier, but returned to the shelter due to a failed bonding - so we are giving him his own space, and alternating him with Eadie/Trixie (aka ET) in the "common area". He is happy just snuggling with us on the couch while the other 2 bunnehs roam around, but for now, there will be no unsupervised community time, and there are no short term plans for group housing of the 3 of them together. Fast forward a few months, and the 2 girls on one side of the wire separation and Romeo on the other started showing signs of wanting to be together. So we cautiously allowed them limited time together, mixing Romeo with one - then the other, and sometimes all 3 together. It took a little patience, but over time it was clear they could be housed together, and by the end of the summer 2015, separate living areas were done away with. The "3-Stooges" were born!

[4] In mid-August 2016, there were some large bunny-rescues here in San Diego all at the same time, putting stress on all the area shelters. I volunteered to foster some of the rescued babies that no longer needed to be nursed by their moms to give a little relief to Shelly's Shelter Rescue in Bonita. There were 5; 2 5-week old brothers, a 6-week old boy, and 2 8-week old sisters. They were "named" A-B-C-D-E, and over time, each evolved a foster-name beginning with their letter. A & B, the 2 sisters, were taken into one of the larger shelters in the area fairly soon after they came to us, as they were older. C, D & E, the 3 boys, stayed with us for a month, and in mid-September C & D went back to Shelly's Shelter, while "E", being the littlest one, stayed with me for a little longer (C & D were both adopted in fairly short order)! E became Baby-E, and then became Baby-Eeyore. Over the next month, we noticed that the now 10-week old white Lionhead with beautiful red eyes was making himself right at home with our "3-stooges", and they seemed to be accepting of him without much effort on our part. As a matter of fact, once he was the only foster here, he seemed to have brought a "balance" to our existing 3 bunnies. As a family, we decided he was meant to be here, and at 3 months we formally adopted him and designated his birthday as early July 2016. The "3-stooges" had become the "4-musketeers". Eeyore had his "big boy" surgery in mid-October 2016, and has joined the other house-buns wonderfully. So welcome to the world of the "Crazy Bunneh Lady", Queen Eadie, Princess Trixie, Prince Romeo, and Baby-Eeyore!

05/13/2024

Romeo and Trixie, from Feb. 2019.

Trixie crossed the Rainbow Bridge suddenly and unexpectedly on April 26, 2024 at the age of 10, knowing she was truly loved.

Happiness is a warm bun...

05/13/2024

Our new fur babies, Thumper & Flower. 7 month old sisters, about 3.5lbs each. Our Senior Bun Romeo (13 years old) has been a new man since the king has his new court!

05/10/2024

We've been a little (ok, alot!) off the radar for the past few years. There is so much to update, but until we have a chance to fill in the voids, here's our happy news! (updated names to follow)

Dumpling and Darling rescued from the Los Alamitos Race Track in early April were adopted today! They will be super spoiled by a very rabbit-savvy human. Yay!

Email: [email protected] if interested in adopting or fostering a rabbit(s).

Bunny bonding (when adopting from Kribs for Kritters), boarding and grooming offered.

Petfinder link:

https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/ca/lake-elsinore/kribs-for-kritters-ca1699/

Kribs for Kritters
Rabbit Rescue and Sanctuary

Lake Elsinore, California

01/22/2021

Flash-back Friday: A post from back in December 2018. Good to remember happy times.

Eeyore (white Lionhead) is SUCH a ham! (yes, we have 4, but the 2 "little guys" are not camera-hogs.) Eeyore was a foster-fail as a baby from Shelly's Shelter Rescue! Eadie was adopted from a shelter in Pittsburgh.

01/22/2021

This picture was taken at the request of a friend. It was taken only 3 days before Eeyore (fuzzy-butt on the right) passed away suddenly, and is probably the last picture ever taken of him. It is currently the banner on my personal page. I am grateful to my friend Shannon for asking me to take it.

Photos from Claire's Bunnies and Bees's post

01/22/2021

It is with a heavy heart that we said farewell to 2020 without my beloved Eeyore. Eeyore died suddenly on December 18, 2020 at the young age of 4 1/2 years old. The vet says it was an extremely rare event that took my fur-baby. I was with him all through the last 3 hours of his short life.

He became distressed one afternoon after aspirating some food into his trachea, something the vet says would only happen to a rabbit that already had something wrong with their gastro-digestive system and would already be in a weakened and compromised state (bunnies are VERY good at hiding any distress). I immediately recognized the emergency and had him at the vet within 5 minutes. Over the next 3 hours, he was placed on oxygen and the vets searched feverishly for any way this condition could be treated. Before anything could be done other than making him comfortable, he passed away after only 3 hours.

Looking back over various "weird" incidents throughout his 4+ years with me, I can in 20-20 hindsight recognize some very subtle signs that all lead back to somewhere in his eating system. One notable symptom that I overlooked was a very pungent smell to his urine starting about 6 months ago. With 4 rabbits living together, there was no way to know that one rabbit was having a problem, and I presumed that 4 rabbits living together make more smell and have to have their litter changed more frequently. We only figured this out after Eeyore passed away that with just the 3 remaining rabbits, that awful urine smell was gone entirely.

Eeyore started off with me at 5-weeks old as a foster, part of a very large rescue in August 2016. I took in 5 baby fosters at that time, and named them Baby-A, Baby-B, etc. The tiniest and most runt-like (see the second picture - that was right after he was rescued) was named Baby-E. It was soon apparent that he was going to be a foster-fail, and Baby-E evolved into Eeyore, though to the end he was frequently still called Baby-E. Babies A-D all found their furrever homes though the San Diego House Rabbit Society, Inc and Shelly's Shelter Rescue, but Baby-E became "my" Eeyore.

It has taken me until now, over 1 month later, to write this epitaph, so I apologize to all my Bunny-Friends that I was not able to let you know sooner.

Binky-free, my little Baby-E, binky-free.
🌈💔🌈🐰🌈

09/23/2020

Thanks, Bunya!

Yup.

08/18/2020

Yes they do.

Bunnies are great therapists❣

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07/22/2020

Wonderful sentiment, and so true!

We made this wonderful letter we received into a poster. We hope the message will be heard that 'Rabbits make great pets for parents!'
www.best4bunny.com

07/13/2020

I just got a call from Drs. Boyer and Mendez office at Pet Hospital of Penasquitos-Veterinary Specialist - they have the vaccine for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV)! My 4 bunnies will get it on Friday July 24TH! 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰

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