My Rabbit story

Two blogs in one day! Wow!

But seriously, I just wanted to bring some light onto my rabbit story just because I don't want people to get the wrong idea on how I raise my buns.

So a year and a half ago I moved from Pathway to Weston Super Mare with my boyfriend, it was my first time moving so far from my family and friends and I was very nervous
 I have anxiety, so I don't really do well in new situations and I wanted a pet that I could throw my spare time into. At the time, I had a 2 hour cleaning job lined up so I had lots of spare time. I went through so many options of pet, and I decided on rabbit because I'd had a rabbit before so I thought I knew what I was doing.

I brought Izzy from a lady online, and I was shocked at how he was living. He was in this tiny cage with his mum and sibling, there was a child that wanted to constantly pick him up and it just seemed so stressful to the poor buns. I am not skating the owner here, she did explain that it was an accidental litter and from what I could gather, she wasn't 100% confident on raising baby buns. So I brought Izzy home and it seemed perfect. He was a very destructive rabbit and refused to use his litter box, even after getting "done". This meant I spent a lot of time sweeping and mopping, but I loved every second of it. I spent so much time with Izzy that we formed the most amazing bond.

Fast forward a few months, one of my friends called and said he had a litter of baby bunnies ready to go to new homes and asked if I wanted to go see them. Obviously, I did. By this point I had done so much bunny research, I was dreaming about rabbits and every thought seemed to be rabbit related. So I arrived at my friend's house, and went into the back garden. And looked into the hutch to see this adorable baby mini lop staring back at me. She was gorgeous, all big, brown eyes and fluff. But she was the only one, and my friend had said there was more than one. I asked where the others were, and he told me that he'd let them go. As in, go wild.

I was so upset and angry.

So I asked, why didn't she go too? And he replied that she was going to the next evening. Now this might not have been true, it probably wasn't. But I knew I couldn't just walk away, so I put my foot down and said that I would take her and find her a new home. The next evening my boyfriend and I picked her up.

It honestly was my full intention to re-home her, we took her to the vet and got her spayed, kept her on a healthy diet and gave her lots of love. And she ended up staying and bonding with Izzy. We called her Mimi. We now had two house rabbits and two adults living in a very cramped flat, so we made plans to look elsewhere to live on e we'd saved some money. I had just started a new job with more hours now that Izzy had a companion. But then we got the notice through our door, saying that our 6 month tenancy would soon be up and we would have to leave.

My boyfriend chose our current flat, it's a huge improvement over the last. The only problem is that I'm technically not allowed pets. If you are an animal lover and you rent, and your rent agreement says you're not allowed animals, DO NOT GET AN ANIMAL! This is important for you and your pet, if you get kicked out, so do they! Luckily, our landlord agreed we could keep the rabbits but they would have to live outside. No indoor rabbits allowed.

I was heartbroken, all I could think about was the cold rain and wind of the winter months. Surely I couldn't put my rabbits in that position? The deadline was looming closer each day, and it felt like a huge, heavy shadow leaning over my shoulders constantly. I briefly considered rehoming, but what if the home my rabbits were put into were exactly what I feared? How could I put that trust into a complete stranger?

I couldn't.

So I looked at the property again, it had a garden, but it also had a garage. A lightbulb went 'ding!' inside my head. The next day, I went to my vets to ask their opinion. I put my idea forward, and they agreed it was the next best thing.

Now my rabbits free roam in the garage during those cold, winter months.

If you are considering getting  a rabbit, I would defy recommend letting them live inside with you. Rabbits are amazing, beautiful creatures who deserve all the love you can give.

And someone has to be wondering, in your other posts you keep referring to Rose as Izzy's wife bun?

That is because Mimi passed away, and that is not a story I want to tell right now.

Please follow the link to my garage video on YouTube, so I can show you how I house my rabbits.https://youtu.be/AFNtTjSL_t4