Way Back Whensday

This is Bobby Dazzler. He is one of our *whispers* favourite ever fosters. We had him nearly two years ago!Bobby was probably born feral. He was trapped by a council ranger who noticed that he was carrying an injury when he was about 4 weeks old. The vets he saw weren't sure exactly what happened, but they think he was either caught in a fire or was in a car engine when it started. Part of his tail was removed in surgery. He did develop an infection in it after he came to stay with us, but we were able to get it cleared up. Bobby was our first singleton, the only foster staying with us at the time. It meant that Bobby was able to spend almost all of the day running free with us, including one memorable occasion when he tried to jump in dad's birthday cake, candles and all!

Did we mention he is cute? He is stunningly cute! He had wonderful tabby patterns in his furs, and delightful colouring. Bobby was quickly snapped up by his Forever Family, and we bet he is constantly reminding them of how much they love him. Because we just have to see a photo to remember how much we loved him:)

YEOWWW!

I love my nip cigar. It has magical properties.

It makes me feel wibbly wobby, flippy floppy and doo lally all at once!I had to fight off Suey and Lishy several times when they tried to steal my smelly goodness. I don't like Suey playing with my cigar because she drools on it! The only drool allowed on this cigar is mine! Life is good when you have a nip cigar to bunnykick:)

Kitten

This is Kitten the Vet Cat. He is the one who used to come into our courtyard and chew our cat grass and pull faces at us through the windows before it was enclosed. And also before mum and her black thumb killed off our cat grass. Mum loves Kitten. He rubs on her bag and gets his smells on it. As soon as mum gets home, I rub on her bag to replace it with my smells! Kitten was fascinated with Bertie, and Bertie was not bothered by him one little bit. Kitten even used to play with Bertie's poop... there is no accounting for taste! Bertie is now in his foster home with Greta, and is making friends with her kitty Raj. Raj slept the whole night outside Bertie's crate!

We had a couple of comments about Bertie's owners, and wanted to assure everyone that we tried everything we could think of to find them. He was not microchipped or tattooed, and did not have any other identifying features. He was on display for several days at the clinic to see if someone recognised him. There was a ring around of all the local vets to see if he sounded familliar and to register his details, and also of the pet search groups. Greta spoke with the shop and cafe owners up the road and to people who do a lot with rabbits. Mum has been scouring all the internet sites and classifieds where people commonly put lost ads, and backdating the date peramaters. According to the biggest search company, PetSearch, they get an average of two found bunny reports a day, but hardly ever get any lost bunny reports. They said most people seem to be of the mindset that once a bunny is missing it will not be found, and don't look.

The man who brought Bertie into the clinic said he had been in the car park for at least three days, which means he went missing at least two weeks ago including the time he was in the clinic. Because he was so sweet and seemed like he had known love, we really wanted to find his original owners. After he had been in the clinic for 10 days, mum and Greta were told to get rid of him or it would be done for them, so they needed to act. Being found at the golf course, mum also thinks there is a pretty good chance that he was left there and the original owners don't want to find him. It's a sad situation, but mum and Greta are just trying to do the best thing for Bertie. Knowing that it is hard to re-home rabbits, especially males, in Sydney (one of the rescue groups mum spoke with have had several available for eight months) they thought the best option was to get him into a foster care situation and listing him for adoption while continuing to look for an original owner.

Branching Out

This is Bertie. Isn't he cute! He came into the vet clinic mum works in last week. Some doggies sniffed him out in a golf course car park, and their dad was able to catch him and bring him in. Unfortunately, they haven't been able to find his original owners. It is sad because from his behaviour, he seems to be a bunny who has known a lot of affection and love in the past. He is very calm, and has a sweet temperament.

Mum's friend and colleague Greta will be fostering Bertie while they try and find him a new Forever home through his PetRescue listing here. He is going to know a lot of loving and affection while he is there, let us tell you! It will give him a good chance to fatten up, too, as he is a bit on the skinny side. We wish we could meet him. He probably smells really interesting!

Nearly Wordless Wednesday

Or, trying to go to work with dad day. Fui and Suey wanted me to say thankyou very much for their Birthday wishes. They had a super fun day:)

We Are Three!

Today it is our birthday! Please come and celebrate with us. We have grass to chew,a kitten to sniff,

and cubes to play in. We are feeling very grown up today:) We are also feeling very thankful that our mum's friend Kate found us after we had been left on a building supply site, and gave us the chance to grow strong and healthy.
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Our Birthday

Tomorrow we are turning three! We are quite excited, and are expecting lots of tuna flavoured Fancy Feast.

We hope you will be able to stop by:)

Oops!

My dad reminded me that Friday was not the first time I was allowed out in the courtyard.I went outside for my second monthday!I was so little back in those days. I hardly even recognise myself in the pictures!:)

My Happy Day

Today was a really fun day. For the first time, I was allowed outside into our courtyard. Mum was worried that I was small enough to fit through the trellis that closes off the gap under the fences before. I went out to help mum hang up some washing late this afternoon when it was shady. It was so much fun. You would not believe the smells!

The leaves felt funny on my pawpads too. Suey taught me about sniffing plants. It was also a happy day because my daddy got home tonight after a month away. He couldn't believe how much I had grown!

Have a happy weekend, everybuddy:)

Thursday Throwback

It didn't seem quite possible, and we had to check our old diary TWICE to make sure. Some of you may remember Angus, Ellie and their mummy Stella. Stella was our first ever mum cat, and came to stay with us with her litter of five babies- Elijah, Ellie, Angus, Daisy and Pablo.Unfortunately only Ellie and Angus made it to the point where they could be adopted.Today, they will be celebrating their first birthday!It seems like only yesterday that we had them with us in Townsville.We know they will have grown into happy, lovely cats, because they had the most amazing example in their mummy. Stella was one of the sweetest, happiest, most loving kitties we have ever known.
Happy Birthday, Ellie and Angus!!!:)

Wordless Wednesday

Bye bye baby

Handsome Freddie went to his Forever Home today. He happily jumped into the carrier his dad brought, and purred his socks off. He was an absolute delight to have staying in our home, and we love him a bundle. Freddie's departure marks an end to this round of fostering. It was a very experience this time without the 'safety net' of a shelter behind us, and we have the utmost respect for the people who go it alone all the time.

Freddie, we love you, and we wish you all the love in the world.

I'm a Lovely Boy

and I know it :)

Ronny's Special Day

Hi kitties,
Today is a very special day for me. It is my six monthday. As you may remember, I
wasn't meant to make it to this age. Instead, I am going strong! I thought this would be a good day for a little Ronny retospective.

One week old.One month old.Two months oldThree months oldFour months oldFive months old And this is me today, on my six month day. Needless to say, I am very happy to be here. I am also looking forward to the feast of Fancy Feast that mum is laying on for me tonight.
Happy days:)

Tail and Toesies

My friends Siena and Chilli asked to see some pictures of my tail.I have been very uncooperative with my mum in her attempts to get a good picture, and this is the best that she got. My mum says I don't have tail furs, I have tail feathers. It is the fluffiest part of me, where my furs are longest. Here is a picture of my toehawks. They help me to sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide across the tiles when I run really fast. I hope you have a fun weekend:)