We won!!!!!

With this picture and its story, exclusively written by Simon "Littlefeet" Galbusieri himself, Simon and Dandi won the most wonderful treat basket from Leith Petwerks.

Unfortunately, the stinkers wouldn't let me take a single good pictures with their new toys, but let me tell you, they love digging in the hay and flinging the toys all over the living room ... check those toys out for yourself at http://www.leithpetwerks.com/. Dandi especially recommends the Palm Shred-N-Toss Toy (with emphasis on SHRED):

A biiiiiiig bunny hug to the great folks at Leith Petwerks and especially to Amy. Maybe, just maybe, Simon will let you touch him for a second now ... hehe ...

Bunny Games

Spencer loves this cube. He loves pushing it, hiding in it and sleeping in it. Great toy for a bunny.

Darcy & Gabe

Hi all! I thought you might like to meet Darcy and Gabe. Darcy is a Holland Lop I've had for four and a half years, and we moved to Oklahoma from Virginia about a year ago. Her best friend is her Blue Ball, but a couple of months ago I decided she needed a bunny companion. I found Heartland, and met Gabe! He's a New Zealand mix (we think), absolutely sweet, and he and Darcy instantly took to one another. Gabriel was mostly ignored for the year he lived with his former family, so now he gets nothing but spoiling. If his love of binkies and racing around the room are any indication, I'd say he's pretty happy with his new home!

This is Darcy and her Blue Ball. Blue Ball goes wherever Darcy goes. Darcy washes it, pushes it around, and sleeps next to it. Even with Gabriel around, Darcy still loves her ball. In this picture, I had put it in a hole on top of a box while I was cleaning, and Darcy jumped up to "rescue" it. A minute or two after this photo, Darcy had pushed it back onto the floor.

To the right is the first meeting! Darcy and Gabriel did pretty well the first time they met, and they were bonded in less than a week.

A couple of weeks after Gabriel joined us, we all took a trip back to Virginia to visit family. Even though it's a long drive, being in the same carrier made both bunnies much calmer. Darcy, of course, knew that Grandma's house meant treats, and Gabe quickly learned! My mom spoiled her "grandbunnies" outrageously, and now whenever I go into their room (yes, they have a bedroom all to themselves), they expect treats IMMEDIATELY.

Darcy and I love having Gabe around. Darcy likes to be pet, but is picky about it. Gabriel, however, turns into mush whenever you want to rub him, and will snuggle up next to me and push his nose under my hand. Their new favorite thing to do is to squish their noses together so I can rub them both at the same time. I love walking into their room and seeing that they've been snuggling together, or watching them race around each other while I'm getting out the treats. Yep, they're spoiled, but that's just fine with them!

"Hey, What's Wrong With Shells....?,

turtles have them. If something is too scary I just hide in my shell."

Orchid's basket did have a bottom, but she took it out. And when this basket finally falls apart, we will get her another one. If we try to place her food dish by her door she grunts and pulls it right back in that shell of hers.

Becoming Texas Bunnies

Hello to everyone on the Heartland Bunny Blog. This is my first attempt to try to post a blog, so the format may be a little wierd.

Here are a few pictures of Rhoda and Joey in the back yard of their new home.

Andrea was wondering where I purchased the tent. It came from Target.

We made our first visit to the vet last week for a routine checkup. Joey is 5 lbs and Rhoda is 5.25 lbs. She thinks they are both healthy but Joey needs a little more exercise to tone up. He has been going outside in the evenings to play "Texas Ranger" in the backyard.


Here is a picture of their indoor home made by my husband.

I hope you enjoy the pictures.

We bunnies enjoy our cardboard boxes! They make for excellent digging and destruction:


Clearly, this is a favorite activity of mine!
They are also quite handy when we want to get a different vantage point in our world:



They also make for great cuddling!


As you can plainly see, we find many uses for our boxes! Reduce, reuse, recycle! That's our motto!
-Shadow Hayes

Okay.....mr bunny pants!

"look what you've done to your pretty Christmas present from Aunt Andrea." Good thing she doesn't mind. She said when this one's gone she'll get you another one.

How did you find me?

Albright thought this was a good place to hide.

"Pssst, dude, look at that ... there she is again with that flashing thing staring right at us. My advice to you: hide behind that wooden bridge!

Strange guy! Doesn't move a paw. Maybe he's frozen scared? Hey, dude, don't worry - she won't hurt you! She's just really annoying, that's all ...

I bet she can't see me under here ...

What is she laughing about now? Huh, turban...? What?

Ha! Now she's laying in the grass ... haha, my turn to laugh (or at least condescendingly smirk) ... lady, you ain't never gonna fit in here, but, please, do try!"

And all that was heard from the surrounding playpens were snotty bunny snickers ...

A Tisket a Tasket...

Two Bunnies in a Basket!
(Featuring Isa & Wuschel)

Mary's Art

The other day I tried to change a bunny’s mind. I know better than to try that, it doesn’t work, ever. Andrea had brought Mary a nice cardboard box and cut an igloo opening in it. However, Mary didn’t want it upright. She wanted it upside down. I found her sitting in it and chewing on it. I thought she was just going to pee in it. I kept putting it upright. And Mary kept putting it back. I finally gave up and forgot about it. The next day I went through with my usual duties, feeding and watering. I once again turned Mary’s box upright, thinking that this time I would win the battle (no I didn’t). That is when I saw the image.


I laughed and laughed. She had made an image of a bunny! Believe me I had nothing to do with this. It was entirely Mary’s work! Whether it was a self portrait or maybe just the little pudgy Dutch boy across the aisle, it was a good job. We think we need to round up some more boxes for her to express herself.

So....what do I do with this?

I thought the grass mats were perfect for covering a wet lawn and keeping a bunny's feet dry but Shoebox didn't see it that way. He did however, think it might make a good cave. But finally decided it was for chewing enjoyment.

Fun Bunny Toy!

Hi guys! I don't know if any of you are familiar with the baby toy peek-a-blocks (I think they're Fisher Price), but they also make peek-a-rounds, which are (you guessed it) round. They have different things inside of them and usually end up being somewhat of a rattle. Honey bunny tipped over my little girl's basket of peek-a-rounds and started pushing them around with her nose. She played with those balls for 45 minutes. I think she liked the different sounds they made when she rolled them. Check it out. Your bunny might get a kick out of them, too!