Hazel and Fiver: A Brief History

For my first blog post I thought it would be best to introduce ourselves. I am the proud bunny-mama of these two adorable Rex rabbits, Hazel and Fiver. They are almost 5 months old, Hazel is a girl and Fiver is a boy (and yes they have been recently spayed and neutered…very important topic which I will probably touch on in another post).

This is the day I picked them out as mine! They were about 4 weeks old at the time!

First a little background…

I fell in love with rabbits about 16 years ago and have owned two other rabbits previously. Both I loved and lost. The second one, Mr. Sparkle, was especially dear to me and it was devastating when we lost him too soon. You can read more about their stories in Our Bunny Story. So much so that I wasn’t sure I could ever open my heart to another rabbit again.

But eventually my heart began to yearn for another pet. We talked about a variety of pets we could get (even a pig!) but I always kept coming back to rabbits. Could my heart take it? My husband wasn’t convinced. Then this past year, a friend of ours from church decided to try her hand at breeding her rabbit, a beautiful copper Rex girl named Little. In September 2014, Little gave birth to a litter of seven beautiful babies!

This is their birth mama, Little. Isn’t she beautiful?

Here’s the whole clan together for they all went to their forever homes.

My husband allowed me to go visit the babies and that was it…I was hooked! And he knew he had to give in! We knew we wanted to get a pair of rabbits so they could have their own companions. And we knew we wanted a girl and a boy…they tend to make the best bonded pairs.  After visiting the baby bunnies a couple times, I had my heart set on the two that had the most spots, The Twins, we all called them. And as luck would have it, they turned out to be a girl and a boy! I felt they were destined to be mine!

Once they were old enough, we brought them home and I’ve been enamored with them ever since! After much deliberation on the perfect bunny names, we decided to name them Hazel and Fiver. Where those names come from is a whole other blog post! So stay tuned!

My Hazel-girl on her favorite chair.

I love watching them play and interact together. I love watching how curious they are about EVERYTHING! And I love the little subtle ways they show their joy and affection to me. I even still love them when they are being naughty little fart bunnies!

My Fiver resting in his pen.

Owning a rabbit (or rabbits) is not without its complications and trials, and I plan on sharing those with you as well as all the cute things, but I wouldn’t change it for all the joy they bring to our house!! So I hope you enjoy my fart bunny adventures and I would love to be able to swap bunny stories with any other rabbit owners out there!