Category Archives: Everyday Life

First of all, I must thank Lindsey of 4 Kings Rabbitry for sharing photos of her rabbitry. It was through those photos that I got the inspiration to venture into another Proof Of Concept for the betterment of Meadow Haven.

I have just completed the DIY pee guard to improve the cages further so that it would be more effective in avoiding spills out of the bottom trays. So far it worked well for Luna, my first happy “customer”.

Luna seen here taking a “leak”

Success!!!

For the past eight weeks or so I was so busy with work, scheduling the breedings of BlueBerry and Noobie. And within a blink of an eye, half of BlueBerry’s kits has gone to their new homes. How fast time flies.

The day after BlueBerry’s kits “graduated”, I saw her doing some binkies and I could almost see the glee on her face. She is a good mother but like many of us, she does not go the extra mile like Noobie. Noobie likes nudging her kits and I am sure some of our bunny friends that came the other day noticed that.

I must say that BlueBerry is a little huge to do binkies and she does look a little unnatural while at it. LOL…

Although she is not that type that goes the extra mile and get all mushy mushy lovie dovie with her kits, she did a great job nursing those little rascal up to 8 weeks.

Coming back to the real intention of this post, we’re going through the dry season again although it has been raining cats and dogs every evening. There isn’t much happening in the rabbitry at the moment except looking at the daily growth of Charl and Mo.

I really do hope that the daily visit counts to my blog will increase because at the moment, I am not too happy with the number of visits. I wonder if some of the numbers has gone to the blogspot mirror blog and thus, diluted my blog hits. The problem was because I started off blogging at blogspot and found that wordpress has better admin interface. Little did I know I could do more with blogspot. LOL. Nonetheless, I do get constant hits and hope all my readers will spread the word. My main intention and objective for this blog is not to market or sell my rabbits. I would love to know if it is informative enough to worth a visit by my readers. And as you can see, I do not have much advertising on this blog and this is just done for sheer fun.

A few have left comments on my blog and I really do appreciate it. And I did notice that most of my readers that has left comments are not Malaysians. I wonder what happened to Malaysians. I can see that they are quite verbal when it comes to political blogs. I guess they are much more interested in political blogs than blogs about pets. Come on Malaysia, you can do better. I am inviting all of you to leave a comment. Stop being the shy type hiding behind the keyboard, monitor screen and a nickname. It is high time we speak up and let others know what we like reading or not.

As you can see, I am quite tired doing all the typing and it would be really nice of you to just leave a line for me.

Thank you in advance.

I finally felt the wrath of Meadow Haven. Can you imagine that when a meadow has an outburst of long-bladed grass? We have these long-bladed grass growing in Malaysia that are called “lalang”. They are really a nuisance if you ever need to walk across a plain filled with them.

Anyway, things have not been going too well with the entire shelving system. Due to space constraint, I found it very difficult to clean up the entire shelving unit especially at the back where the pipes are. I was contemplating the entire day for an effective strategy to execute this super spring cleaning. My wife has been complaining that I still take too much time cleaning the rabbitry up on a daily basis and asked if I could try reverting back using the bottom trays with newspaper.

So here I was after an entire day of daydreaming about cleaning up the rabbitry (literally), I started removing things and temporarily placing them in the dining area. And I was well on my way of cleaning up the rabbitry. Or so I thought. Mid way my treacherous attempt, I felt as if being choked by Meadow Haven. It is quite apparent to me that I have created a monster that I was unable to tame. I found it so difficult to remove even the first level of cages.

Trying to recall how I got the entire thing together, I realized that 2 adults are needed to put the combined cages together. And I thought to myself how should I proceed from here.

Feeling very overwhelmed, I just reach for spots that I could manage and try to clean them up the best I could.

All in all, I was only able to clean up BlueBerry’s quarters and also slotted the 2 bottom trays back under the cages.

I am too tired at the moment and feeling the drag that I have got to continue this crazy exercise first thing in the morning.

There will be loads of vacuuming and wiping before all the trays are slotted back in. It is really ironic how I am still looking for the best way to have an easy to manage rabbitry.

More improvements to be thought of but for now, I need to put my head down for a good night sleep!

If you keep multiple rabbits, I am sure you would agree with me that there sure to be one super favorite among the herd. My all time favorite is still Skor but he is molting at the moment so I am not giving him too much cuddles (I will die inhaling those fur). I can only spend time combing those loose fur out. Collected a bucketful today.

BlueBerry’s too pre-occupied with her kits at the moment so I am leaving her alone.

Noobie is busy being pregnant but she gets some pats from me everyday. She is as sweet as ever!

I must admit, Latara is the most neglected bunny at the moment. LOL! No physical abuse or anything just that she dun really like me touching her. That’s her behavior since young. She is high strung and does not like cuddles. I guess she has got more testosterones than progesterones (since she is the only doe that sprays). She is a little Tom Boyish. She does get her free run in the kitchen like the rest.

So I turned my attention to Holly Hope. I wanted to make her a full house bunny without the spaying but it is quite difficult to have fur and bunny poop around the house when you have a toddler around picking up every little thing that is in her path. There goes my intention of having a house bunny! LOL. Nonetheless when everyone’s in bed, I brought her into he living room and guess what!? She loves exploring the entire place!

The amazing things about Holly Hope is that, she is somehow very attached to me. I believe it was because I handled her so much since the day she was born, so much so that she sort of recognize me and is not afraid of me.

As for the title of this post, after reading through everything I have wrote so far, you must be thinking that Holly Hope is thus far my favorite?

You are wrong! I love all my bunnies the same! LOL!

And I am just so happy that I actually have more time to spend with them now as compared to previously when I only had the time to clean the cages.