this weekend we went to the homeless rabbit shelter (aka the house rabbit society) to help out with the bunnies they have there. we cleaned the cages in the quarantine room and then we were able to play with (help to socialize) the rabbits for a few hours. There weren't any at the shelter that we were extremly taken with which is a good thing, but it was sad because they rabbits are all in cages or smallish habitats and they don't eat very much at all because they don't get much excercise. Macy, on the other hand eats all the pellets he wants and gets a fresh salad every morning and multiple treats in the evening. Macy also has free reign of the house and can run around at will. i know he spends much of the day lounging about, but he has the option. these poor little fellows don't get any treats and get one small peice of carrot and green vedge a day. it makes me sad, but it also makes me feel good that we were helping out.
many of the rabbits are taken from abusive homes or from shelters where they are on death row and this is their last option so many of them are not very friendly with humans. a big part of what we did was play with them and help to get them used to (if not comfortable with) us. we try to teach them that we won't hurt them and that we take care of them. it was hard becasue many wanted nothing to do with people and i just wanted to tell them that they are safe and that i won't hurt them, but instead want to love them. some of them were friendly though and were happy to just be held.
macy wasn't too thrilled when we came home. not only did we leave him home alone, when we came home we smelled like other rabbits (which he hates!). he was kind of pissy with us for awhile. i think sometime we might have to take him to try and get him to see that we aren't bringing another one home and also try and see if we can get him to socalize with his own kind! :)
other than our fun rabbit outing on sunday, our lives are pretty boring. f has a mediation today and i am just doing work stuff. i am hungry. i want some lunch, too bad it's almost 5. i think i will go eat a few cookies, finish reading my fun paper on N-WASP FRET for journal club tomorrow, finish my midi prep and then head home for some dinner.
bye bye
