Whatchu doing, Nick?

My male bunny is always tipping over his water and food bowls. I don't get why. Last night, I poured him his water and he tipped it over right away! So I thought I was clever and put a bungie cord to either side of the bowl to keep it tight. That way it wouldn't move. It didn't work! The little f-er chewed it up! I really want to know what's going on in his head. Here's a pic of the chewed up cord.

Bunnies, bunnies everywhere!

I seem to see bunnies a lot more often than I did before. It's probably because they're on my mind more. Every time I see one on TV, I feel a connection to them. It's weird. Also, I see them in the yard and I sadly think about how much cuter they are than the ones I have. I want a wild rabbit, but that wouldn't make sense because it wouldn't be wild anymore. Ugh.

Annoying

It's getting really annoying going out to check my rabbits all the time, when she's NOT  pregnant!!! I can't tell if she's getting bigger at all, so I don't think she is. I'm planning on having them mate again soon. It's a bit discouraging, though. :(

Haiku Number Two

Hump, hump, like rabbits

Have kids, maybe five or six

Hump, hump, like rabbits

Haiku

Why aren't you pregnant?
I made you have sex two times.
You should be pregnant.

Good Vibes

Have you ever heard of the term "wear your heart on your sleeve" ? Well, that's exactly what rabbits do! They give signs on how they are feeling, actually my sister is the one who took note of this then I observed it and decided to do some research.

Mad Rabbit: Grunting, thumping, biting, and scratching 
Happy Rabbit: Running in circles, jumping and kicking their hind legs in the air, and just sitting in one place letting you pet them.

Scared Rabbit: They piss everywhere, their ears kinda flop over (if you have a lop bunny then duh the ears are always going to flop)

I'll add more when I notice more!

Baby Vid

http://youtu.be/FngsEak5Cb0

Watch this! It's not my rabbit by the way.

Diet? or STARVATION!

Some nights I when I get home late I forget to make sure my rabbits have enough food and water to get them through the night. This has only happened a couple of times and it's really not a big deal. Think of it the way I think of it. I fed them in the morning, gave them more food and refilled their water dishes at four. So in my opinion they have enough food to last them the night. They don't eat all their food at once either they nibble, they shit, they nibble. Life of a rabbit summed up in six words.

Pathetic Post

Post

Canni-bunny

Yesterday I went to take my pre-enrollment test at TC3. The test was kinda hard but I did pretty well. When I was there I had a lot of downtime between meetings and tests, so I was reading my book Rabbits for Dummies. I read some horrific things mother rabbits do. If she is stressed after birth or too much human contact occurs, it is possible that the mother rabbit will bite her babies' heads off. Well, okay, do what you gotta do but dammnnn ma please don't pull some Hannibal Lecter shit with me! I'm so afraid that she will because she has already started acting funny. Maybe it's just because she just found out she is going to be a teen mom... yeah that's it.

Interim Narrative Assignment

Kameron Eddy

WISE

Period 4 – Lord

4/9/13

Interim Narrative Assignment

Mentor Relationship:

            My mentor, Mr. Bowen, has been helpful by listening to me and not butting in too much, because he knows that it’s my project and that I’m going to do it the way I want to. We have had weekly meetings where we discuss progress and that has been going all right. However, Mr. Bowen wants me to do a post about Bugs Bunny, and keeps bothering me to do it. He says that Bugs Bunny encapsulates what Americans think of when they hear bunnies. This is something that I am completely disinterested in doing. I disagree that I should have to do it and I will not do it, although I will keep telling him that I will do it the next week. From this experience, I have learned that I don’t want to have to work with mentors because I really only do things my way anyways, so what’s the point of working with someone who gives me their opinions just for me to blow them off?

Research:

            My research has been through conversations I have had with other people who raise and breed rabbits. I have also read parts of the book Rabbits for Dummies. I have learned practically anything I’ll need to learn for my project through these two methods. The two people I bought my bunny parents from were a great help to my process as well. Hands-on experience and research are one in the same for me in this project. I learn more and more about rabbits the more I interact with them. I am satisfied with the variety of the research of my project. I have involved a broad perspective in my project.

Vision:

            So far the project has gone basically exactly how I planned on it going. I got my rabbits when I wanted to. I had them mate when I wanted to. Everything is on schedule. The only minute detail that I’m unsure of is if she’s actually pregnant right now (I’ll find out in a week or two though) and who I’ll give the bunnies to when they’re born.

Evaluation:

Hands-on experience: 4. I have been working with my rabbits everyday. More than 75% of my work has been hands-on at this point.

Research: 2. I haven’t looked up many answers to the questions I originally had, but I’m doing all the research that I need to know at each step. I have also gotten it from viable sources.

Journal: 3. My journal started out rough, but I’ve been posting more and more since my project has hopped off. ;)

Weekly mentor meetings: 4. The first week Mr. Bowen and I didn’t meet when we had originally planned, but we rescheduled and all was fine. Since then, we haven’t planned a single one of our meetings, but we know since he’s a substitute, he’ll be in every week. We have met every week and discussed relevant things to my project.

Time commitment: 4. At first I didn’t think I was completing my 8 hours, but then I thought about everything that I was doing: WISE class, mentor meetings, handling the bunnies, getting supplies, and the hours added up. I have been completing my 8 hours well.

Let's get it on

I'm not sure if this is exactly what I should show or if this is way too much

Safe Sex

Yesterday I bred my rabbits. Well, I didn't physically force them to breed I just made the opportunity available by letting them be in the same cage. When they first met each other they walked around in circles for a few seconds before finally cutting to the chase. I mean, hey, we all know sex is a part of nature but for Christ's sake at the very least ask for the person's name! Speaking of names, my sister and her friend named the rabbits Bubbles (female rabbit) and Bunster (male rabbit). After watching the LOVEMAKING I wondered if I could have possibly allowed my rabbits to transfer an STD. Well, after some extensive google searching (clicking the first link) I learned that rabbits can carry Syphilis. Gross. Can you imagine picking up your fluffy, floppy, surprisingly boring rabbit to find oozing sores under its fur that sadly look like a swarm of moths have devoured what's left of it. Anyways, the gestation period is 30 days so I will be posting more about how I am going to take care of the baby rabbits and what I plan to do next.

The Trip

Yesterday we drove about an hour to Erin New York where we got our new rabbit. After a few mishaps with directions, we arrived at a cute, remote log cabin. When we knocked on the door, the rabbit owners greeted us with a handshake and then their dogs greeted us, with plenty of slobbery kisses. They took us to their barn where they kept all the rabbits. When I first saw all the rabbits, I was so shocked by how beautiful they were. And they were maintained very well. They showed us Nick, a beautiful big bunny boy. He seemed a lot bigger than the bunny I have now, and I came to find out that the first bunny is a mini lop, not a Holland Lop. Hopefully this won't interfere with the breeding process. They showed us how to check the bunnies for health problems and then Nick was mine.

                                                                        Where are we?

                                                      Zelda made the car ride fast for him

                                                                        Kidnapped

                                                                     The cage setup