Dear Rabbit Slippers,
My name is Duchess, AKA Chocolate Bunny, AKA DuchessBunny. I was
adopted from Magic Happens Rabbit Rescue in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana....But I was actually rescued from another state!
It all started in Florida when a breeder had more
rabbits than she could afford, 77 to be exact. Because she couldn't pay
to feed us anymore, she was going to put us all to sleep with a homemade
gas chamber. The story then hit the local news where a zoo heard about
it, and offered to pay $8 a rabbit and take us all and feed us to
snakes!! Well she didn't want to do that either, so she was going to go
ahead with her plan, until Gainesville Rabbit Rescue stepped in and
offered to take in ALL of us, (with the help of other rescues) but this
breeder lady wanted some $$, thankfully rabbit fans helped out and they
were able to pay for all of us to get out of there! Since Gainesville
couldn't house all 77 for us, let alone pay for all our spays and
neuters, we were transported to various rescues, and I was
fortunate enough to head over to Magic Happens Rescue! Although I was
only supposed to stay there till I was spayed, and then head over to a
different rescue.
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The
Slave's Favorite Picture of me (She took that one a few days after I
arrived)
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As soon as Magic Happens Rescue fans heard that
there were going to be mini-rexes heading that way, a lot of
foster-to-adopt homes opened up, and lucky for me, there were more
"requests" for mini-rexes than there were mini-rexes that were going to
be staying at MHRR, so I got to stay!!
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| My first time in the run outside |
My Slave had been one of those foster to adopt
homes; you see, one of her first bunnies, Daisy had had a buddy, Maisy,
but she had passed away earlier that year. Daisy didn't really need a
buddy, and the Slave had tried to get her a buddy about a month after
Maisy had passed, but that bunny was NOT very nice to Daisy!! So the
Slave told herself that she wasn't going to try to bond her
again....Until she saw the pictures of the mini-rexes coming in!! So the
Slave ended up sending in an email, and was then asked which bunnies
she was interested in. Her first choice had actually been a tri-colored
mini rex, and I was her second choice!! (I still can't believe that!!)
Lucky for me, the other bunny already had a home lined up for them, so
after I was spayed, the Slave took me home. Sadly, Daisy became sick
less than a month after I had been there, so we didn't really get to try
to bond (Didn't want to stress Daisy anymore than she had too.), and
about 3 months later Daisy passed away, they still don't know why. The
Slave was heartbroken after losing her two bunny girls only 7 months
apart, she still misses them a lot. She had them both for around 5
years, she was very used to their habits, likes, and dislikes, so having
a "new" bunny was very hard for her. It was a struggle that first
month, but pretty soon I started growing on her. You see, I looooove
head rubs, I close my eyes, put my head down, and sometimes even flop,
which just melts any Slave heart, as I just enjoy them so much! I also
love to show off by doing binkies, and, of course, my diggy dance, which
I do on the bed. (I kick my back feet twice making this funny sound.) I
also get into silly moods where if a Slave tickles me, I'll binky. From
what we can figure, I"m between 2-3 years old, but we can't exactly go
on behavior since while I was with the breeder I lived in an all wire
cage and only had pellets. No toys, no hay, and only the bunny next door
for company. (Have I mentioned how much fun toys are? And how delicious
hay is? And I can't forget the greens!!)
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| Another picture from my first time outside (Also experiencing grass for the first time!!) |
I've taught the Slave a lot over these
past 8 months...Like how you need to hide wires, make sure anything
plastic is put up, books are out of reach, and, most importantly chairs
aren't out to where a certain bunny can jump on the table and get into
chocolate. I've gotten the Slave to create my own blog (theworldofduchess.blogspot.
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| My first Valentine Card 2012 |
I'm not sure if all the facts are completely right, you can read about it here. My name was previously Brownie, you can actually find my picture on there.
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