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Name the Bun game

After losing my big sweet angora on the 4th, I considered my options.  The breeder I deal with had two adorable blues available, but my city only allows 2 outdoor rabbits.  And the rabbit I had left was not very friendly and had bit me before.  Although I felt bad doing it, I had to vote the unfriendly rabbit off the mini-farm.  If I can only have two I want them to be two I enjoy having around.  Not one that growls and stomps at me.  But it still ended well for her.  I found a woman to buy her as a show rabbit for her kids to take to the fair.  She left on Thursday, and Saturday my new arrivals moved in.

Bun 1 is grey with a dark grey face.

Bun 2 is dark grey with a black face.

They are both bucks and brothers from the same litter.  I don’t like the names on the pedigree (they are named after breakfast cereals, must have been running out of ideas), so I’m looking for help finding names that suit them.

What would you name these two boys?

First critter loss :(

I lost my cuddly German angora today. The noise of the fireworks all around in the city last night was too much for her, she must have had thoroughly lost it and threw herself around the cage trying to get away from it because I found her this morning with a broken back. I had time to comfort her and was on the phone with the vet when she died. She’s been buried in the back yard and I’ve since contacted the breeder to locate another rabbit so the French I have left isn’t all alone out there.  It looks like she has some lovely juvenile blues available.

I was a lot more shaken up then I expected.  I don’t do well with emotional junk and avoid it where I can because it gets me all weepy, so I think I come off as a bit cold in real life.  But I do have a tender heart and love me some critters. Still, as one of my homesteading friends reminded me, that’s how it goes on the farm…even a mini one like mine.

RIP Snowball.

New Additions

I worked hard all day yesterday building this horrible hutch. I tried making it first the right way with separate panels for each side and making sure all the wiring was on the inside to protect the wood. Although I had it all planned neatly in my head it didn’t come out that way once I had a saw in my hand. So I ripped it apart and ended up with this for now. I still have materials to build the second one, but I seriously need a rest after that!

Edited To Add: I was actually able to flip the doors and move the mesh on the ends to fix it…yay!

All that work was for a couple of new additions to my little urban homestead. These are White Cloud and Retreat from Paige’s Darn Kuties. German and French Angoras respectively. Now I’ll have new adventures to share as these big fluffies supply my city farm with fiber to spin and lots of fertilizer.