Hair Affair

Bailey’s hair seems to have a mind of its own and constantly rearranges itself  in different styles.

Here, Bailey wears his hair swept to the left. Very sleek and neat:

Here, there’s a wavy trail from the top of his head down to his nose. Reminds me of photos of winding pathways in the countryside:

The bunny version of a cowlick (bunlick?):

A diamond on his forehead:

King for the day! Look at the cute little crown, LOL:

Rebellious punky hairdo, although his face is one of pure innocence:

I think Bailey has the most interesting head of hair.. his ever-changing hair style never ceases to amuse me!

Also, I’m not sure who nominated us for the Blog of the Day Award, but I’d like to say ‘Thank You!’ to the person or bunny responsible

Yohji

Yohji hasn’t made an appearance on this blog lately. I asked him to show me some action, give me some nice photos to put up.. but he had other ideas:

All he wanted to do was s-l-e-e-e-e-p:

I left him for a while, thinking that he’d be up and about soon. But when I went back to check on him, this was what I found!

That’s some hard core floppage! I’ve seen lots of bunny floppage but Yohji hardly flops and he did it so well, he really gave me a shock! Turns out he was just very comfortably asleep:

All curled up inside his fiddlestick-tunnel:

He’s usually a very light sleeper, waking up at the slightest noise. But this time he was flat out. Makes me wonder if he was up to no good earlier.. only top secret shady bunny projects can cause a bun to be so very exhausted!

He moved a little, but only to change sleeping positions:

Finally, he woke up. I gave him nose rubs, massaged the base of his ears, ruffled that soft patch of fur at the nape of his neck..

.. nothing worked. He spilled no beans about no shady bunny project. Look at how firmly he’s holding his little mouth shut! Worrying, isn’t it? I should brace myself for some form of devastation around the apartment..

Buttons Strikes

Our tv cabinet has wooden boards which were made to fit nicely into each slot, keeping all wires  safely hidden behind the cabinet & away from the bunnies’ reach. In the lower right slot, there’s an extra extension cord in case we need to plug in other devices.

The other day, we needed the power supply temporarily so instead of going behind the tv cabinet which would have been a lot of hassle, we just plugged the device in through the front. Buttons, ever the alert, observant bun, hopped over in the blink of an eye:

Stern warnings to leave the wire alone were issued. Buttons quickly turned her eyes away, as though she hadn’t even noticed the wire. But those curious ears give away her intentions:

The she pulled her innocent face:

And tried to throw us off her tracks by pretending to focus her attention elsewhere:

What an actress! Well, we were not falling for all that. Trust no bun, no matter how innocent or nonchalant she looks.

Anyways, we managed to keep the wire safe from Buttons for many days. We’d unplug it whenever we weren’t in the room using it. But one fateful day, P forgot. He stepped out for a short while and and came home to this:

Buttons had accomplished her latest mission! Although she wasn’t caught red-pawed and it could very well have been Yohji,  Buttons remains the prime suspect. She’s usually the mastermind behind all massacre of household items. Luckily no bun got hurt chewing on this wire!

On a separate note, I think I may be getting better at giving sub-q injections. The last 2 injections I gave Hans went fairly smoothly. The resistance I felt previously could have been because I didn’t push the needle in deep enough, beyond the layer of skin. For the last 2 injections, I made sure I pushed the needle in a little further and it was a breeze getting the meds into Hans

Hans prays for a speedy eradication of the abscess, and an end to all these prodding and poking!

Jabs and such

Good news! The drug Hans needs arrived yesterday (thanks for all the good vibes, everyone.. I’m sure it helped us find the drug must sooner than anticipated!).

So off we went to the vet. Hans took his jab without flinching, what a man! I received a crash course from the vet on Jabbing Bunnies 101 and thought it seemed pretty easy.

Turns out I thought wrong. I didn’t do a very good job at giving Hans his jab today.

I had trouble getting hold of enough skin to pull up and away from Hans’ body, before injecting him. It was better after I tried a different site. The needle pierced his skin fairly easily and I was pushing the drug in slowly when suddenly there was resistance. The plunger wouldn’t move any further. Pulled the syringe out of Hans and tried to depress the plunger, which took a lot of force. Felt like the needle was blocked. When the plunger finally moved, the drug shot all over the table. Stuck the needle in Hans again to give him the rest of the dose. Again the plunger wouldn’t budge. Again it seemed as though the needle was blocked. Don’t know how or why..

Poor Hans. We decided he had had enough for the night and put the syringe aside.

Hans stayed still throughout the whole time. We even heard him ‘tooth-purring’.. how could that have been enjoyable for him? He purred yesterday at the vet’s, too. Funny bunny, but I’m relieved I didn’t inflict any pain on him.

I hope I get things right the next time, which will be tomorrow. Hans is getting a daily jab for the first 3 days, then every other day.

After my lousy injection attempt, Hans spent some time exploring our study table. He has never been to this part of the apartment before. The manga which Hans’ ‘dad’ was reading caught his attention:

Hans immediately put into action the kung-fu moves he just learnt from the manga:

He’s probably planning on using those moves against me when I try to jab him tomorrow!

Goodie

Our vet managed to locate suppliers of the penicillin which Hans needs. Now it’s just a matter of waiting for the drug to arrive and we can begin treatment!

Hans is so happy, he’s throwing his paws in the air.. well, not exactly in the air.. that’s not a natural stance for bunnies, so Hans is doing his own version – paws stretched faaar out on the ground. The message is still the same though; Joy, oh JOY!!