The Blackburn Family

I think the drugs have worn off… and he seems to remember me taking him to the vet. He has been running away from me a lot more and he doesn’t like to come downstairs in the morning when I feed him. The day I took him to the vet I tricked him into coming downstairs by feeding him so he doesn’t seem to trust me yet. I have to take him for his followup tomorrow so his distrust of me will continue for awhile. Here are a few pictures of him from last week.

On another note I spent the weekend in Asheville with my friend Melanie. We spent Saturday and Sunday exploring Biltmore. I highly recommend going when the house is decorated for Christmas and you shouldn’t miss the house at night. We walked through the house during the day and also Saturday night for the candlelight tour. Then Sunday we went to the winery and farm. I just wish it wasn’t 4 hours away! Here are some pictures from our trip.

JD has been a bit out of it this week thanks to all his pain medicine. Extra loving and really sleepy (even more than usual). Well tonight Tuscan and Moose decided to check him out on the couch. Usually JD is scared of the bunnies and he freaks out if they get too close to him. He didn’t mind either of them sniffing his shaved back or walking all around him. Tuscan even gave him some nose kisses and stood in front of JD’s face for a long time sniffing at him. One time JD seemed like he was going to bop him on the head like he usually does, but he didn’t seem to have the energy or desire to do it. Those are some good drugs.

On another note, I cleaned downstairs tonight since Apple is gone. It is the first time in 1.5 years that I haven’t had bunnies downstairs and I don’t like it!! It is too empty down there without them.

Apple came to live with us a few days before Christmas last year as a short term foster. Unfortunately the family that was interested in him didn’t work out so he stayed here with us for almost a year. Everyone that came over and met him loved him. I have had 10 foster rabbits, 2 of my own rabbits and have worked with at least 30 rabbits at the SPCA over the years and none has been as special as Apple (don’t tell the others!). I know some of you don’t understand having a rabbit as a pet and it may seem strange to you, but they are wonderful pets with as much personality as any dog or cat. Apple is a very unique rabbit. He loves people and would always run over to get some love from anyone willing to pet him. He isn’t shy or scared of people like some rabbits. He always came running to greet me when I came home and would usually come when we called his name. I am so excited that he has such a wonderful new home, but I will really miss him.

JD is doing much better, but the drugs have him really out of it. He is extra loving while on his meds and extra sleepy. His fur isn’t growing in much yet, but no more diarrhea. He goes in next week for a check up and to check his urine. Hopefully the stones will stay away for awhile.

To see Apple’s flickr album click here.

I went to pick up JD today after work. He came home with lots of medications and not very happy. When I got him home we gave him his first round of medicine and gave him a bit to eat. He went to the litterbox about 20 times in 10 minutes to squeeze out a bit of pee. Then he went in and had some serious diarrhea. Luckily it was all in the litterbox and he didn’t get much of it on himself. So we had to put him in the sink to clean him up a bit and he seemed to be fine. He was on the couch with me for awhile and when I decided to come upstair for the night I set up the bedroom for him. After about 15 minutes we started to smell it…. Yep, he had another diarrhea attack downstairs. This time it was everywhere. In the litterbox, on the carpet outside of the litterbox, on the dining room floor and all over the carpet in the living room. The whole house smells like shit. So he is now locked in the bathroom. Poor little guy. I tried to clean him up, but he wasn’t too excited about it and I couldn’t get him very clean. It is going to be a long night.

I finally have all the trip pictures posted! Click here to see the Grand Tetons album. There are tons of pictures I didn’t post, but they tend to all look the same so I tried to pick the best.

JD is still at the vet. He did well during the surgery, but they had some issues when they tried to flush his system so he was under a bit longer than expected. I should be able to pick him up tomorrow after work. I went to visit him on Friday after work and he looked so pathetic. He was pretty doped up and is minus a lot of fur. I will get some pictures of the little patient when he gets home. He is still in a lot of pain and I figure he will be for awhile. When he had his teeth pulled he hid under the bed for several days. I am sure he won’t be too happy with us.

So my newest hobby is gardening. I have several books (thanks library!) and I seem to get more confused the more I read. Although I did go to Home Depot today to check out their plants and I actually recognized most of them! So maybe I am learning something. My newest problem is that I keep buying plants on sale and I don’t know where to put them. Or I plant them and then decided two weeks later to move them. The more I think about it and try to plan my beds the more confused I get about what to plant and where to put it all. I think I have too many hobbies…. I can’t really focus on any of them. There isn’t enough time! My latest hobbies include photography, gardening, yoga, jigsaw puzzles, the wii, the rabbit meetup, teaching/volunteering at the SPCA and investing. If only I was rich and didn’t have to work. I would have so much more time for my fun hobbies. There are several other hobbies that I used to do that I want to do again like playing the piano and scrapbooking (but I want to do them online instead of cutting out all the paper!). Not to mention my normal daily chores like cleaning, going to the grocery store, cooking dinner, making lunch and taking care of all the pets. I need more time! My goal is to focus on gardening before it gets really cold and then once it gets really cold I can do some of the indoor hobbies.