I just started this blog, and it's REALLY exciting! I'm looking forward to learning how to post pictures, scan my drawings so I can share them, and how to journal online. Thanks, Mom!
First, I'd like to tell you about my blog's name! The rabbit in the title pic is named Olivia. She was an answer to prayer! Each of my family members has a pet that they claim.
Sasha the tortoise shell cat belongs to Joshua.
Milo is the white shorthair feline that belongs to John.
Our dog Sugar adopted Mom and Dad.
That left me without my very own animal companion. I begged my parents for over a year for my own pet. A dog? A beagle would be great. "No!" came the reply from my parents, "Not another dog or cat!" How about a snake? "No way!" declared Mom. A frog? A lizard? No, I cannot snuggle with those. How about a beta fish? We had one of those one time that actually lived for a over a week. Having cats around the house kind of made that one a scary idea. So I just kept praying and trying to figure out what I could have for my very own.
One day while I was at Vacation Bible School (VBS), our neighbor knocked on the door. She wanted to know if the little white bunny in our front yard belonged to us. My mom spent about 30 minutes trying to catch the little thing which kept hiding under the bushes in the front yard, the backyard, and even under the car. Giving up in frustration, my mom went back inside the house to work, not trying any longer to protect the rodent from becoming road kill. The next day I happened to be home from VBS because I had a slight temperature. Again, our neighbor knocked on the door. Could you believe that the bunny was back??? Because my mom had gotten out a cage the day before, we were ready! Our neighbors helped us finally catch her with a fishing net. Gotcha!
My brother and I typed up fliers and passed them out all over the neighborhood, even putting them in mailboxes to be sure our neighbors would read them. We did research about how to care for rabbits, what to feed them, and what kind of habitat they need. After three weeks and no responses, my parents announced that I could keep her! Hurray! I had done such a good job taking care of her, feeding her everyday, cleaning up her messes, and so on, that they believed I could handle the responsibility of her full-time care--inside the house, this time.
We purchased a super duper rabbit cage that rolls and has a little nest box and all kinds of other cool features. Eventually we needed to add bungee cords to hold it together because it had some design flaws and because Olivia gained a bunch of weight. I guess I'm pretty good at feeding her regularly! Here are a few pictures of her in her cage. By the way, she really does have red eyes!
Isn't she cute? She eats grass and weeds from our backyard. Free food! She is especially partial to the dandelion juice! She also eats most veggies in our fridge, although she doesn't care for zucchini, broccoli, or green beans. We buy her timothy hay, cubes made of hay, rabbit food, and all kinds of fun chew toys from the pet store. She really likes to munch on pine cones.
Believe it or not, but she actually uses a litter box! Not the cat litter, of course--that would hurt her lungs. No, she has her own box in her cage with a special litter just for rabbits and other small animals. She immediately knew what to do with that the first time we put it in the cage. She was either trained by someone else or else God just gave her that instinct. Whichever the case, it sure makes cleaning her cage a lot easier.
I have a metal pen that I set up now and then so that she can have some safe exercise time in my room. If I don't keep her in the pen, she hides where I cannot get her and she chews on furniture. Bad Bunny! When I scold her for this, I call her Olivia Gwendolyn. Doesn't that sound official? A middle name always adds emphasis when you're being scolded. I can also take the pen out into the backyard (when it's not cold and rainy like now), and give her outside time in the grass.
As you can tell, I love talking about my beautiful bunny.
I added a gadget to the sidebar on my blog that provides a new Bible verse every day. Because this will change each day, I
have to show you what today's verse is!!!
Isn't this totally appropriate for today's post? God is good! No, God is always good awesome!
Bye for now!
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