This Hay Is Your Hay

(To the tune of This Land Is Your Land) 

Yoshi: <keeping time with his back left paw>

A-one, a-two, a-one, two, three…

This hay is your hay, this hay is my hay

No your hay is my hay as well

From the garage to the bunny room

Throughout the kitchen and all over the floor

This hay is your hay, no it’s my hay

God blessed this hay for you and me

There was a closet door that tried to stop me

A note was sealed on it saying “It’s your hay”

But on the back side it didn’t say anything

So this hay was made for you and me

This hay was made for you and me

As the bunny crew was watching

I was at the hay box solo wondering if

This hay was made for you and me

Yes!

This hay was made for you and me!

One more time!

This hay was made for you and meeee!

In the Hazy Mist of Dreaming

<Button is lying in a deep slumber with a slight twitching of her legs and a silent snooze; if we could, let us look into her dream.>

“My legs are strong and my body is fixed.   I have a strong mind and I am ready for anything.  I run and laugh in the endless field with no danger in sight, not near or far.  It is peaceful with Maisy in the distance waiting for me.  I run so fast I cannot feel the ground.  I can stand up like my Dad does and I can stand still.  It is an amazing place in my dreams.”

<Button wakes up because Mom walks toward her, Button is so happy to see her and starts shaking her head and begins crawling towards Mom.  How happy a little bunny can be!>

My Name is Keebler

My name is Keebler because I am a dwarf Polish bunny who everyone thinks I look like Nico. I don’t see it.  Mom had her eye on me for a while and after I started having teeth problems, they just decided to adopt me.  I am so happy.  I get to run around with Maisy and Button every night.  We have different pens because Mom and Dad want to keep an eye on me and my pooping arrangements. 

For six weeks, Dad was syringe feeding me twice a day, but today, whoo hoo—I ate Critical Care on my own out of a bowl.  I still need a Pen-G shot every other day and Metacam once a day until my infection and teeth issues get fixed.  I have to go back every six weeks right now.  The lady doctor said I have the teeth of an eight year old bunny even though I am only about age two.  She pulled one of my teeth and another one broke off.  That tooth has been causing me issues and it is a S-L-O-W grower too.  Dependent on the infection, once it gets to a point—get it, a point (ha ha  I crack myself up), it will need to be pulled.

Keebler starts singing the Van Halen song, Right Now!

Right now, hey 
It's your tomorrow 
Right now, 
C'mon, it's everything 
Right now, 
Catch a magic moment, do it 
Right here and now 

Oh sorry, I am another Rocker Bunny!  Right now, I am better.  I have a lot to say.  Like the Van Halen song says; live BIG or go HOME.   I am having fun living the sweet life and I love my girl friends Maisy and Button.

Keebler

Oh yeah!  Dad calls me “Key” a lot.

Mini Me

Nico

Mini Nico?
(Nope, Keebler!)

It Isn't Easy

As most of you know, it isn’t easy losing a fur kid.  We aren’t looking for sympathy or anything, just a platform to share our thoughts.  Several people understand about losing a fur kid and others don’t.  We feel there needs to be a post out there to give those an insight on how it feels to those who don’t understand how it feels losing a fur kid.

A fur kid, if given a chance, will love their parents unconditionally with no regrets, with no second thought, and no changing of their minds.   Fur kids love us like Jesus wants humans to love other humans.  There are creatures out there, dogs, cats and bunnies that love their parents and would die for their parents.

A fur kid’s life revolves around their family.  For those who don’t realize, our fur babies feel emotions like humans, but deeper.  Humans are the “rulers” over God’s world, but we do a poor job of it.  There is so much abuse out there and it saddens this household that humans let abandonment and abuse happen physically, mentally, and emotionally on so many levels; human to human, human to creature, and human allowing creature to creature.

At work and other settings, it has not been easy for us (Two Bunny Blog Parents) to be proud of having adopted bunnies.  We receive cruel jokes and rude comments from humans who would never say anything if we had dogs or cats.  It isn’t easy, but WE LOVE OUR BUNNIES!  However, anything easy is not worth having most of the time and God shapes us the best when it isn’t easy.

I want you to imagine you are a hunted creature of prey and 90%+ of the world’s population is your hunter.  Would you be willing to love the thing that is the biggest threat to you?  Our bunnies do; humans are the biggest threat to them and they are willing to love us anyway.

It isn’t easy, but it is worth it,

The Parents

Tunnel

I love playing tunnel with Mom.  She comes in our bunny room or when we are in the living room, she takes a blanket and throws it over herself.  It is called “The Tunnel.”   I will play around, inside out, outside in, and bang on the sides.  It is a blast!!  Tokki loved it too, Yoshi and Piper not so much.

Nico

If We Were Superheroes

This blog entry was written before Tokki or Piper crossed the Rainbow Bridge.  We hope you don’t mind us sharing it with you.  Also, Piper’s results were inconclusive so we are treating everyone for e. cuniculi as a precaution as consulted by our vet.  Here is the story with all six of our fur babies.

I, Nico would be a Batman type of superhero.  I pledge to “do good” like Captain America, but I would not be afraid to push the unspoken limit to fight and defeat the villains.  I would use all of my resources to get that bad guy.  I am Commander Bun!

I, Yoshi would be a mix of The Flash and Gambit from X-Men.  I always have a joke and I am pretty fast; maybe not Speedy fast, but quick in my own right.  I would have magic powers like Gambit.  I would be casting spells and making jokes.  I am The Trixster!  (The spelling of my name would be like the 90’s rock band.)

“I, Tokki would be like She Hulk.  She is a smart lawyer in the real world and a beautiful strong super heroine.  Instead of turning green, I would turn a strong reddish blonde when I would need to use my powers.  I would be a Hulk of a bunny.  I am Bun-E!” 

“I, Piper would never care about being a super heroine.  Instead, I would be the ruler over these superheroes.  On second thought, I would have the power of Storm so I could control the weather and make it rain on those humans that try to pick me up.  I would have the powers of The Phoenix.  I would have complete control of the working mind and the most powerful superhero in the X-men realm.   I am Princess Leporidae!”

I, Maisy would be like The Raven.  She is an empath (capacity to recognize emotions) who can teleport and control her "soul-self," which can fight physically, as well as act as Raven's eyes and ears away from her body.  I am Braven!

And Button, my partner in fighting crime would be like Batgirl…not the cheesy Batgirl, but like in the “The Birds of Prey” comic series version.   She was disabled but still kicked villains’ butts.   We are cutting-edge super heroines doing right when others think we are doing wrong.  Button is Echo Knight!

Piper, Fly to the Angels

Lyrics taken from “Fly to the Angels”

“Pictures of you
Oh they're still on my mind
You had this smile
That could light up the world
Now when it rains it seems
The sun never shines.”

“’Cause now you've got to fly high
Fly to the angels
Heaven awaits your heart
And flowers bloom in your name.”

We always had Piper’s picture on our laptop.  She was our special girl.  We never said it, but Piper was different; she was very smart, but different.  For lack of a better way to describe her and we have no facts to prove it, she may have been slightly autistic.

We lost two sweet babies in three weeks; it is not fair.  On Tuesday, February 19, Dad came home at 3 pm to check on a couple of bunnies for which we were bunny-sitting.  Dad checked on everyone and all was well with Piper sitting upright in the litter box.  By the time we returned home around 6:30 pm, Piper was laying on the floor with no use of her back legs.  We gave her some Metacam and raced her to the emergency pet clinic across the other side of town.

We thought it might be a broken back or a stroke.  However, the x-rays showed no broken bones.  Her temperature dropped from 97 degrees to 90 degrees within ten minutes, even while she was in the incubator warmer with an IV, and Bupronex given to her first thing.  Nevertheless, after two and half hours at the emergency clinic with the vet doing everything she could do, Piper went into the arms of Jesus.

Our main vet did a necropsy and found something attacked her heart and lungs; we are waiting for the pathology results.  Piper had no symptoms and she was healthy for the two years we had her.  We take our bunnies in for a wellness check each year and everyone was due to go in on Friday, February 22.

We should have the lab results next week.  From the initial exam according to our vet, Piper did not have pseudomonas, which is what took Tokki away from us.  We are still in disbelief of having two bunnies leave us in three weeks from two different causes of death. 

We would be lying if we didn’t say that we haven’t been angry this time around.  It is our Job moment.  Job 19:25 (NIV) “But I know my living Redeemer and that in the end he will stand on the earth.”  This is just another reminder of how precious life is and why we should all show and tell our loved ones and beloved bunnies that we love them each day.

We will be back with the lab results…

The Parents

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