The bunny I am in absolute love with and who will be joining our household one day soon.
He turned up in a neighbors yard three weeks ago bedraggled and severely matted. The neighbour caught him, caged him and started bringing him back to full health. In that time she discovered that bunny was a neutered buck and also a longhair, a cashmere lop to be specific. We met by total chance and she offered him to me, and what could I say?
Due to our nutty landlady who allows messy parrots but not cavies or rabbits he'll be staying at the neighbors house for a bit longer and I'll be going back and forth in order to help with his grooming and care.
I spent a couple of hours with him this morning. Even after a professional groomer had gone after him he was still covered in matts and his old moulting coat was still tangled through the new. So we spent most of that time carefully brushing the whole lot out. He was amazingly calm and just went to sleep, didn't even twitch when I clipped his extremely long nails. I'll need to redo the nails as I was careful and cut well away from the quick as I wasn't sure about Bun's opinions on such an undertaking. Since he was so calm and content I'll shorten the nails when I see him next (probs Tuesday or Wednesday). I checked his weight as well and he's a bit underweight at 2150g, as a purebred cashmere lop he should be closer to 2500. He has mites but has been treated with revolution and they seem to be clearing up. My other big issue is the staining. His coat is not happy and his feet are bright yellow, so I'm looking at various remedies for that now. His eyes are also slightly crusty but considering his enviroment that could be anything.
So tomorrow I'll call the vet and arrange an appointment for a checkup and calici vaccination and I'll get them to double check for a microchip as well. I'll get him microchipped myself once we move.
So this is my lovely bunny. He's a blue butterfly cashmere lop and we've christened him Sir Luther
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