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November 11, 2020
We bid a fond farewell to four more little Buns today. Patches, Noki, Harriet, and Oreo went home with their lovely new families. There was a lot of excitement and hearts melting with Bun-cuteness. We are so happy for each and every one of them and hope that their families fall in love with their new additions very quickly. Tomorrow, Cranberry and Romper will meet their new families! |
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November 27, 2020
It was a home-going day for five blessed little Buns. Crush, Frederick, Mushu, Fluff Nugget, and Honey Buns all went home with their wonderful new families. We hope that they will fully enjoy the new furry additions to their hearts and homes. There seemed to be a lot of love and happiness in the air at each pick-up appointment, so we are very optimistic that there will be some great updates in the future! We wanted to say a special "Thank You!" to Crush's mama, Madison, for making the beautiful custom welcome mat for us. We absolutely love it and are so appreciative of the time and care you put into making it. The really wonderful thing is that we actually needed a new mat, so this is perfect! Thank you so much, Madison! |
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November 24, 2020
All of the little Buns on the Available Bunnies page have new photos! We hope you enjoy them and are looking forward to seeing meeting our many new clients (and some familiar faces, too!) this coming weekend. Will-o the Wisp is settling back into life at Hot Cross Buns very quickly. She is doing well and we hope to list her for re-homing sometime next week. Here are some pictures of this little beauty! |
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November 19, 2020
We received a request to help re-home a little doe we placed, HCB's Will-o the Wisp. By all accounts, she is a very loving bunny and is doing very well with her litter box. The difficulty lies in the fact that she is not comfortable being picked up and, because her family lives in a multi-level home, they had the hope of scooping her up and taking her up and down the stairs with them. She, however, does not like that idea. Will-o is very friendly and affectionate when playing on the floor, so she would be an ideal companion for someone who is able to spend time on the floor with her and allow her to play independently when necessary.
She will be arriving back at the rabbitry (under quarantine) on Friday, the 20th. We will take some time to reassess her and create a new listing for her after we are certain we understand her and her needs. She will come with some supplies to help ease her transition into her new home. We will keep you apprised of her availability status.
We received a request to help re-home a little doe we placed, HCB's Will-o the Wisp. By all accounts, she is a very loving bunny and is doing very well with her litter box. The difficulty lies in the fact that she is not comfortable being picked up and, because her family lives in a multi-level home, they had the hope of scooping her up and taking her up and down the stairs with them. She, however, does not like that idea. Will-o is very friendly and affectionate when playing on the floor, so she would be an ideal companion for someone who is able to spend time on the floor with her and allow her to play independently when necessary.
She will be arriving back at the rabbitry (under quarantine) on Friday, the 20th. We will take some time to reassess her and create a new listing for her after we are certain we understand her and her needs. She will come with some supplies to help ease her transition into her new home. We will keep you apprised of her availability status.
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November 17, 2020
All the baby bunnies have updated photos to enjoy. :) Some of them are pretty blurry because they were quite wiggly this evening. Please excuse the poor lighting...it's a very busy week and I missed the best lighting of the day..again. Here's a sneak peek! |
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November 14, 2020
There are new pictures of Goldilocks' babies, Fiddle and Banjo on the Baby Holland Lops page. Here's a sneak peek! |
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November 13, 2020
Our beautiful Millie Bun is on her way home with her wonderful new family! We're going to miss her stubbornly sweet ways, but upon meeting her new Bun-Mom, Leeah, we know she is in excellent, loving hands. We wish them all the best and a long, happy life filled with love and laughter! |
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November 11, 2020
LET THE MATCHING BEGIN!!!!!
It took some extra time and effort, but we have gotten all of the available babies photographed, filmed, and listed on the Available Bunnies page. I though we wouldn't be ready to go until Thursday, but determination set in and we are ready to move forward.
As a reminder, each person/family on the waiting list will be contacted with a list of recommended Buns, based on the information that was shared on the New Bunny Questionnaire and in our subsequent correspondence. We ask you to respond within 24 hours because other families are anxiously awaiting their turns, too, and we don't want to prolong the anticipation/agony longer than necessary. :D
LET THE MATCHING BEGIN!!!!!
It took some extra time and effort, but we have gotten all of the available babies photographed, filmed, and listed on the Available Bunnies page. I though we wouldn't be ready to go until Thursday, but determination set in and we are ready to move forward.
As a reminder, each person/family on the waiting list will be contacted with a list of recommended Buns, based on the information that was shared on the New Bunny Questionnaire and in our subsequent correspondence. We ask you to respond within 24 hours because other families are anxiously awaiting their turns, too, and we don't want to prolong the anticipation/agony longer than necessary. :D
November 10, 2020
We have been plugging away at making videos and taking pictures of the Buns who will be available later this week. The hope is to finish up with Molly's babies tomorrow and then write all of the descriptions tomorrow evening/Thursday morning, so we are ready to start matching on Thursday evening.
We are retaining three of the babies for our rabbitry: Cornucopia (solid harlequin buck), Smudge (solid magpie doe), and Pea Pod (solid blue doe). We will re-evaluate them in another six weeks before making certain that they will be the best choices as parents for future litters. If not, they will be listed on the Available Bunnies page, but if so, they will be added to the Meet the Hot Cross Buns page.
There is a special Happy Birthday update on The Happy Results page! Check out which handsome Bun is celebrating his first birthday today!
We have been plugging away at making videos and taking pictures of the Buns who will be available later this week. The hope is to finish up with Molly's babies tomorrow and then write all of the descriptions tomorrow evening/Thursday morning, so we are ready to start matching on Thursday evening.
We are retaining three of the babies for our rabbitry: Cornucopia (solid harlequin buck), Smudge (solid magpie doe), and Pea Pod (solid blue doe). We will re-evaluate them in another six weeks before making certain that they will be the best choices as parents for future litters. If not, they will be listed on the Available Bunnies page, but if so, they will be added to the Meet the Hot Cross Buns page.
There is a special Happy Birthday update on The Happy Results page! Check out which handsome Bun is celebrating his first birthday today!
November 6, 2020
There are two new updates on The Happy Results! page. One is about bonded pair Button and Bow (formerly Albert), and the other is about Belle (Will-o the Wisp). Also, be sure to check out Tucker and Haven's Halloween costume pictures while you're there.
We posted the first photos of Goldilocks' new litter on the Baby Holland Lops page. Her little chestnut babies are doing great!
There are two new updates on The Happy Results! page. One is about bonded pair Button and Bow (formerly Albert), and the other is about Belle (Will-o the Wisp). Also, be sure to check out Tucker and Haven's Halloween costume pictures while you're there.
We posted the first photos of Goldilocks' new litter on the Baby Holland Lops page. Her little chestnut babies are doing great!
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November 3. 2020
We have new photos of all the babies born in early October posted on the Baby Holland Lops page. What do you think of the wooden pumpkins I made for their photo shoot? I used these plans and made three of them. We love how they turned out. The Buns look a little less than thrilled, but we will enjoy using one and giving the others as gifts. We also wanted to give a quick update on Goldilocks' litter. It appears that our initial assessment was correct. Four of the six kits turned out to be peanuts. Three of them have already passed and we don't anticipate the final one surviving much longer. Goldilocks has been doing well in taking care of them, so they have all known the tenderness of a mother's love. The two non-peanut babies are doing well. Both look like they will be lovely chestnuts. |
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November 1, 2020
It took some doing, but all of the babies have been given their Hot Cross Buns names. We know that most of our families will rename them, but we love giving them something other than a number when we write about them and discuss them with our clients. The names are loosely based on the cooler days of autumn (there's also a nursery rhyme thrown in there), and include such names as Butternut, Chickpea, Knick, and Smudge. In other news, we decided to place Cupcake's little chestnut buck, Linus, after realizing he would be happier as a pet than as a breeding buck. We looked through the families on our waiting list and contacted Liz, who was ready for a sweet, loving buck of any color. She was able to come meet him today and , although a very cold, blustery day, Linus warmed her heart and she took him home. We hope she is as blessed with his presence in her life as we have been. Also joining her wonderful new family is Nibbles (HCB's Priscilla)! She had the perfect temperament to be matched with a family who was looking for a gentle, loving little Bun to be a special friend for one of their children, but sociable enough to enjoy spending time with the rest of the family. We have a feeling that Nibbles is going to be a very happy little doe! We have a birth announcement to share. Goldilocks and Joey became parents yesterday. Although six little ones were born, we do suspect a fair number of them may be peanuts, so are not certain how many of the kits are actually going to make it. We are fairly sure that two of them have a hope of being healthy Buns, but only time will tell if the others have genetics working for, or against, them. |
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September 12, 2020
We wanted to share a reminder with our clients and followers that Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease V2 is still a threat to the rabbit population of the United States. Although Ohio has not had any new cases reported since the very first case of RHDV2 in the USA was reported in Medina County, OH in September 2018, it is spreading throughout the southern states. This disease has been fatal in approximately 90% of all rabbits who have contracted it. This article gives the most thorough information I have been able to find on the current situation.
Our hope is that all rabbit-loving families will be aware of the signs of RHDV2, develop and diligently practice bio-security measures to keep their rabbits safe, and to keep their bunnies housed safely indoors.
We wanted to share a reminder with our clients and followers that Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease V2 is still a threat to the rabbit population of the United States. Although Ohio has not had any new cases reported since the very first case of RHDV2 in the USA was reported in Medina County, OH in September 2018, it is spreading throughout the southern states. This disease has been fatal in approximately 90% of all rabbits who have contracted it. This article gives the most thorough information I have been able to find on the current situation.
Our hope is that all rabbit-loving families will be aware of the signs of RHDV2, develop and diligently practice bio-security measures to keep their rabbits safe, and to keep their bunnies housed safely indoors.