little bunny candle

Some of you know that I hope to get a rabbit or two one day. In preparation, I have been dilligently reading some rabbit newsgroups to learn all I can. Reading alt.pets.rabbits in particular has been a great way to get an idea of what life with rabbits is like.

One of the regular posters has been dealing with a very sick bunny for weeks now. Zamboni had a bad case of fly-strike (maggots) and took a hard hit from the resulting toxins before they could get him stabilized. His back legs were splayed, and he was having a lot of trouble getting around. Still he was a fighter, and would make a lot of progress before sinking back again. He would drag himself around the house to try and keep up with his other house-buns.

Last week, he stopped eating. Michele finally made the awful decision to euthanize him today. As hard as it was, I think it was the right thing to do for both of them.

I have been following this little bun's story on a daily basis, checking in to see how he was doing. I never even met him, but I am so sad that he lost the battle.

Zamboni, I hope you are running and playing now on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge. Your "mom" did her best for you. You will be missed.

::cries::

Ready to go

All packed, except for DVD player, which is charging.

Hafta get up at 5AM, and leave at 5:40. bleh.

I have actually printed up little cards that read
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1. No, I'm not married.
1a) No immediate plans to
1b) Why, are you proposing?

2. No, I don't actually plan to have children

3. I'm a musician
3a) No really, I am. Would you like to buy a
copy of my latest CD?
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And if anybody gets too annoying, I'll just start handing them out.

I am taking a journal and fountain pen, so the "post-mortem" should be fairly complete.

I'm off LJ until Sunday the 10th, so I'll play catch-up then.

Y'all be good now....