Wanted: Rabbit Rescues & A Few Good Buns...

Hi, Thanks for stopping by. Rabbit Slippers is looking for some rabbit rescues and shelters to share some successful Rabbit Adoption stories to be featured in individual posts for the holiday season (potentially to be continued afterward). The rescues would be publicizing the great things that happen because one adopts a bunny and the ripple effect of benefits of these adoptions.

These stories would also provide exposure/publicity for your organization for free. You can provide all types of info to share, perhaps even a couple of adoptables also. Rabbit Slippers would provide you with a simple questionnaire to use as a type of guideline & to make it easier to save you time . You, as a rescue, can provide photos too or links to them.

Please leave a comment in the comment section below with an e-mail address for me to contact you w/more info & the questionnaire. I heavily publicize my posts through social media also. I will especially heavily publicize these to show how adoption is a great thing and to show how your work helps the bunnies avoid bad situations/death and find real forever homes.

Looking forward to hearing from you!
Mary Ellen

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Two Creative, Unique Bunny Video Series

Hi there,

There are some great bunny video series on the web that you may or may not be aware of. Here are a couple of my favorites.

One of these are the 30 Second Bunnies which plays popular and classic movies in 30 seconds "performed by a troupe of bunnies".  They are creative, funny,and quite entertaining. The website is at Angry Alien Productions: 30-Second Bunnies Theatre. 

There is a good chance you will find one of the movies you like by going to the YouTube page that one of these is posted on if you don't like my small sampling.

There are several of the videos posted on YouTube to get a sampling:

Titanic:

 

 
Rocky Horror Picture Show

Jaws:

The Shining:

Then another one of my favorites is Rabbit Bites starring Buns and Chou Chou bunnies.  They are a partially animated "talk show" of bunnies interviewing or reviewing different celebs or aspects of popular culture. They are funny, retro but modern and hip, cute as all hell, a bit sarcastic and creative. I would rate some of their material as PG-13 for there are some mild adult themes and some language, but are generally pretty safe. I just don't think some stuff you'd want to show your very young kids.

There is nothing like these bunnies out there. Buns is supposed to be a male, experienced British bunny talk show host and Chou Chou is the cute and sweet on-the-spot less experienced American bunny talk show host. They are celebrities who "broadcast" their show from Hollywood.  Here is their website:  Rabbit Bites

You can find their YouTube Channel at: Rabbit Bites/ Buns and Chou Chou

Here are some of their videos:

Florence Henderson Hair:

Sarah Palin: Queen of the Wild Frontier

Bionic Buns:

Have you heard of either of these before? Are you a follower already? Are they new to you? What do you think of them? Do you have any favorite videos out of 30-Second Bunny Theatre or Rabbit Bites?
Please let us know in the comments below!

Do you have any favorite bunny video series you would like to share? Please let me know and I will feature it here!

Hope you enjoyed these. Have a Bunderful Day!
Mary Ellen

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Dealing with Reminders of Lost Loved Ones during the Holidays

Hi, I just it might be nice to share this blog post from my other blog about dealing with the absence of a loved one, who has passed on, during the holidays. I am dealing with that myself this year again freshly because I lost my father in May. I first experienced this type of thing with the death of my mother 10 years ago. I also suggest that whether or not it is an issue for you, you might somehow go a bit out of the way for someone who is dealing with this. Send a card, a note, spend time with that person near or on the holidays, have them to your place. I'm sure you can think of other things. Feel free to write suggestions in the comments section. Bless you all and I hope you do enjoy your holidays. The blog post I'm sharing follows this.
Mary Ellen

Anniversaries, Birthdays and Occasions that remind us...

Hello,

With the Holiday Season approaching in the next few months, it is a good time to look at how one might deal with "firsts" and the years that follow. In other words, facing the first birthday, Christmas, wedding anniversary without, the anniversary of the the loss of your loved one or any other significant date can be extremely difficult to say the least. The subsequent years can be difficult also.

Those days remind of the gaping hole that has caused our very essence so much pain and inability to function.  It is so difficult to picture that occasion without the person there in some sense in the case of special days such as birthday. Our loved one most likely had been a big part of it.

Then there's the other side-the anniversary of  that person's death or the event that eventually lead to our loved one's death. For example, on a grander scale, this is like the date of 9/11 to Americans who were alive and old enough to have observed and remember the attacks that happened.  It took away people's security in what one felt was how their world is or was.  Every year there is discussion about remembering those who were lost, the innocence of the people and a country were lost, the pain the event caused and the reminders of it all as the anniversary approaches.  There is also discussion about how the world and a country has changed since that day, how we've coped-everything from the feelings of the people to how we will try to prevent this type of event from ever happening again.  There have been many changes from that self examination. I think most people know what those are and that is not really appropriate to list here.

In both the cases of positive anniversaries such as birthdays and the more negative anniversaries such as the day of the person's death, there are ways to look at things to make things easier.It is important, first of all, to take care of yourself.  Make things simpler! Perhaps if you can spend the day with a different loved one or friend it will make the day go more smoothly.

Keeping things simpler, asking others for help or accepting it if someone offers it, are good things to do. The first Christmas after my mother died, I had my father over to my place so he and the rest of the family wouldn't have to spend the holiday at the place we always spent it with my mother. All the right people were there, but there wasn't the constant reminder that she wasn't there. We talked about her a lot, but there was less pressure. It was very low key but very warm and loving. It gave us the most important part! This was what the holiday was really supposed to be about anyways!  It wasn't about the decorations or the presents, but rather "presence".

My father lost his own dad on Thanksgiving Day, before I was born. It was kind of a tough day on my father every year.  He would often work at work if asked or sit quietly. He would help with the Thanksgiving Dinner, but would often feel sick to his stomach, throw up or have diarrhea on that day. It was a strong trigger for him. Well on December 2nd, 1992 he suffered a stroke. It was a difficult recovery.  He did quite well though in the long run. The point in mentioning that was that on Thanksgiving 1993, he started having symptoms that appeared as if he was having a stroke.  In the long run, it turned out to be a panic attack or similar- perhaps PTSD.  He associated his stroke from the year before with his father's stroke, and being so close in time.  Here is a link to a post in my other blog telling the story of what happened.

As a result of that day, we stopped preparing Thanksgiving at my parent's house and started going out to eat.  It was great. The pressure of cooking was off of my mother and helped make it all much more pleasureable. The cost actually wasn't much more than that of preparing the dinner.  One thing that was a fringe benefit was that it helped set time limits on how long people would spend with us-such as a cousin of my mother's, my dad's friend and my maternal grandmother. It was as easy as picking up and dropping off people, without having to deal with lingering house guests who might wear out their welcome with my dad and his sensitivity involving the holiday.  He would still get some stomach issues, but they generally more at ease.

Something that people could do in dealing with negative or positive anniversaries is to not necessarily change everything you do on that day through the years, but follow your instinct. One can adjust or change certain traditions.  One could start a new tradition that somehow honors the memory of the person not there.



This issue will be addressed more in the future. I would love to hear your thoughts, comments, experiences or perhaps suggestions to be added to this in the comment section!  Please don't be afraid to share!

I hope this day finds you more and more at peace!


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Love at First Bite? Nestle Frey Tells All

I am  lucky to have an interview with a special guest today! He is Nestle Frey, a handsome lop rabbit that lives with a human, "The Girl", and a significant other female lop (practically Nestle's twin), Merilee.  Nestle has several friends on Facebook that treat him with celebrity status as he keeps us glued to all he shares of his life with Merilee, the girl and others such as "the baby". Nestle shares candidly about all we want to know of him.

RS:  How does it feel to be an adopted rabbit?
NF:  I cannot lie, I came from a pet store 4 years ago…the girl said she knows better now and will only get a shelter bunny in the future (like merilee) but she saw me and fell in love with me and had to take me home!

RS:  Would you share your story with us-about adoption, ect.?
NF:  I don’t have much of a story. I’ve been with the girl since I was a baby bunny! Merilee, my significant other, was adopted though.

RS:  How do you get along with the baby that visits in your FaceBook pages?
NF: The baby used to scare me! She used to be on the floor all the time and there was always drool coming out of her mouth, yuck! And sometimes she would just scream really loud and I would always hide from her. But now she is on her feet and she knows how to give me food and that’s good! I love food, I beg every chance I get. I act like I’m starving but I’m obviously not because I’m supposed to be a mini lop but at 7-8 pounds the girl says I’m a maxi lop! The girl says the baby is a “niece” whatever that means…

Meeting Merilee!

RS: How did Merilee come into your life?
NF: The girl was online one day on petfinder and she saw this girl bunny who looked just like me and she was at a shelter in RI and that’s only about an hour away from us (we are in CT) so next thing you know we’re in the car going to see her! And I was annoyed about the whole thing because I don’t like the car and really didn’t want a “girlfriend” I had this nice routine of eating breakfast in the a.m. and then I’d go in the living room and spend the whole day under the couch doing NOTHING and then I’d come out at night when everyone was in bed. The girl thought I was lonely but really I was fine. Eating and sleeping are the only things on my agenda.

Merilee as a foster bun- she-s penned & I'm not!!

RS: What is her story?
NF:Merilee is about a year older than me (she’s about 5) and the girl said she has been in and out of the shelter (Sweet Binks) a couple times. I think her family was moving and couldn’t take her one time and then I don’t know why she was returned a second time? It could be because she has a real attitude problem…that’s what the girl says anyway. She snaps and growls at people a lot. I told her she shouldn’t do that but she doesn’t listen to me either. She bit the girl on the butt recently when she was cleaning our litterbox. I told her that was a bad move but she wasn’t sorry. She doesn’t want the girl in our area or touching our stuff at all. I know the girl is just helping us but she doesn’t know that… I think Merilee is just angry because people haven’t always been nice to her so she’s not always nice to people!

RS: Did you like being a bachelor? Is it better being in a committed relationship?
NF:YES I did! I don’t know why the girl insisted I had to have a girlfriend… I mean sometimes it’s nice when it’s cold and we snuggle together or when she grooms me because there are certain places I can’t reach (like the top of my head) but sometimes she’s bossy and tries to tell me what to do and I don’t like that. I guess it’s like human relationships and some days you love your significant other and some days NOT so much!

RS: How did you choose Merilee?
NF: Well, it was not love at first sight that’s for sure. I know the girl thought it would be cute to have matching bunnies and all but Merilee and I both have strong personalities (Rabbitude the girl says) and we were not going to get along without a fight. The girl brought me to Sweet Binks and put me in a pen and then put other bunnies in to see if I’d like them, UGH! I did not like any of them including Merilee. So I went home alone and remained a bachelor for a few weeks. Back to hiding under the couch all day…until one day when the girl brought Merilee home and put her in a pen right in the middle of MY living room! I was so mad! It was a good thing the girl put 2 gates around Merilee because I wanted to rip her tail off! Merilee stayed in the pen for a couple weeks and then the girl decided to put us in the dry bathtub together to see if we could get along…brilliant idea, Merilee pounced on me and kicked my butt! She bit my ear and made me bleed and that’s when I started to like her just a little…she’s spunky!

RS:  Do you have anything that you want to add?
NF: Yes, the girl had her “bunny whisperer” friend come over and have a chat with Merilee and tell us what was bothering her…she told us that Merilee was feeling scared and insecure and that she was mad because she was locked up in the pen and I was running all over the house. So she told the girl to put ME in the pen…the nerve of her!? So the girl put me in the pen and let Merilee out and then had us change places every 12 hours or so…she began to notice that the bunny who was “out” would stay close to the pen next to the bunny who was “in.” Sometimes they really couldn’t tell who was who because we look so much alike. (but Merilee has a scar on her right ear and her head is much smaller than mine!) Then we started lying side by side with the pen in between us. And once we started grooming each other through the pen she knew it was time to take it down and let us be together. We have been together ever since and that was almost a year ago. We have never had a fight since the bathtub incident! Oh and the girl’s friend Deb (the bunny whisperer) turned out to be a nice lady who happens to run “The Lagomorph Lodge” which is a vacation spot for bunnies. The girl went away this summer and we went there for 10 days on vacation too! It was cool, there was good food and lots of room to run and other bunnies to say “Hello” to…but I could have done without the nail clipping, I don’t like that!

RS: Did you use the bonding service at Sweet Binks Rabbit Rescue?
NF: No, we didn’t go back after the girl brought Merilee home.

RS: If you did, What was it like?
NF:N/A

RS: Did you use any other services at Sweet Binks?
NF: No, but the girl bought some shirts and some calendars from them. I was in their calendar(s) last year because I am so handsome!

RS: I understand that you are a Calendar Bun. In fact, I have one with
you in it for 2011. What are your plans with that for this year?
NF: I plan to do it again, if they’ll have me! Also, I was asked to be in Little Miracles Rabbit Rescue calendar too and I am honored to do that as well.

RS: Is Merilee a Calendar Bun also this year?
NF: Yes, Merilee is in all the photos I submitted for the calendars, because that’s what it’s all about…helping shelter buns find a home like Merilee did!

RS:: Where can we find these calendars?
NF: I will be posting the links on my facebook page every couple days! We already ordered the LMRR one and the Sweet Binks one will be ready to order soon. I’m nestle.frey on facebook in case you didn’t know!

RS: Do you have any organizations you promote or support that you
wish to share about?
NF: I want everyone to help/support their local bunny shelter!

RS: What do you like about living with "The Girl"-that human who
brings food, toys and houses to you among other things? Any complaints
about her (LOL), I promise not to tell her!?
NF: I LOVE bananas! I get ¼ of a banana every morning and it makes me happier than anything in this world! I also like marigold hay and bunny crackers! (their real name is “Lil’buddy snackers pretzel sticks”) I don’t like when the girl hugs me and I really don’t like when she puts me on my back in her arms and sings “rock a bye bunny” to me…but I know she loves me and I know I am safe and I know I am loved so I let her do it…she’s lucky I’m so wonderful! And I guess I’m lucky to have her too and I just wish every bunny could know how that feels… ❤

Begging for Banana

Eating Banana!

 You can find Nestle on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/nestle.frey 
You can find the Rabbit Slippers interview with Pam from Sweet Binks Rabbit Rescue at this link: http://rabbitslippers.blogspot.com/2011/10/binkying-at-sweet-binks.html

Thank you Nestle for taking the time with us and also being so candid! Love your looks and personality!
Mary Ellen


Thank you for joining us here.
Mary Ellen
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