Ruby died about an hour ago. I think she ate that one lily plant in the kitchen and was poisoned. She hadn't eaten since Wednesday and feeding her baby food through a syringe just wasn't enough.
Anyway, we're all very sad. Hannah wants to go out tomorrow and get a new one. I have to admit that I do too.
Showing posts with label Ruby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ruby. Show all posts
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Ruby Update
Well, I managed to find a semi-holistic veterinarian. I didn't even realize those existed. One of the first questions on the new patient form was if we were willing to use alternative medicine. Of course, I checked yes.
Anyway, he looked Ruby over and does not think it's an obstruction (which is a relief since those are usually fatal for bunnies) but does say that she's got a lot of gas (probably from too many carbs) and potentially some sort of infection. He did give her an antibiotic and some pre and probiotics for the tummy issues. He gave her some of the medicine there and told me to give her another dose tonight. If she's not better soon, we need to take her back.
Poor Ruby. I just want her to start eating again. She's already lost some weight and only weighs 2.5 pounds. She can't afford to lose much more. I hope she feels better soon.
Anyway, he looked Ruby over and does not think it's an obstruction (which is a relief since those are usually fatal for bunnies) but does say that she's got a lot of gas (probably from too many carbs) and potentially some sort of infection. He did give her an antibiotic and some pre and probiotics for the tummy issues. He gave her some of the medicine there and told me to give her another dose tonight. If she's not better soon, we need to take her back.
Poor Ruby. I just want her to start eating again. She's already lost some weight and only weighs 2.5 pounds. She can't afford to lose much more. I hope she feels better soon.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Rain, Rain Go Away...
It's raining...again. As of 10 minutes ago, we've had 1.5 inches today. It's so wet out here that many of the farmers are becoming concerned that they won't get planting done. I hope we get a break soon. The good news is that usually the rain comes with thunderstorms...which is really awesome.
Hannah's teacher, Mrs. M, asked if Ruby could come and visit her class this afternoon. I said that it was no problem. So, Ruby was demoted from first grader to preschooler. We have a little cage that we used to take her to Daniel's class and she's grown so much that she barely fits in it anymore. We knew that she had been growing but had no idea just how much. She didn't seem to mind all of the kids and was just as happy after coming home as she was before we left, so I guess that's a good thing.
Oriana's feeling better now. She's back to only occasionally needing to go out and back to hiding out under the kitchen table during meals. I didn't really miss that part. At least she's stopped pooping on the floor.
Hannah and I got a little planting done today. We cleaned up some of the beds and put in some double marigolds. I think they look really nice. What's shocking to me is that my zinnias from last year seem to have re-seeded themselves for this year. I have a ton of zinnias coming up. I'm going to have to go through and thin them out. I'm just so excited to have so many things coming up in the garden beds. I'm not going to have to plant much in the way of annuals at all. Still trying to figure out what to put in my hanging baskets this year. I wonder how impatiens would do in them. Hmmm. I've still got some time, though.
Hannah's teacher, Mrs. M, asked if Ruby could come and visit her class this afternoon. I said that it was no problem. So, Ruby was demoted from first grader to preschooler. We have a little cage that we used to take her to Daniel's class and she's grown so much that she barely fits in it anymore. We knew that she had been growing but had no idea just how much. She didn't seem to mind all of the kids and was just as happy after coming home as she was before we left, so I guess that's a good thing.
Oriana's feeling better now. She's back to only occasionally needing to go out and back to hiding out under the kitchen table during meals. I didn't really miss that part. At least she's stopped pooping on the floor.
Hannah and I got a little planting done today. We cleaned up some of the beds and put in some double marigolds. I think they look really nice. What's shocking to me is that my zinnias from last year seem to have re-seeded themselves for this year. I have a ton of zinnias coming up. I'm going to have to go through and thin them out. I'm just so excited to have so many things coming up in the garden beds. I'm not going to have to plant much in the way of annuals at all. Still trying to figure out what to put in my hanging baskets this year. I wonder how impatiens would do in them. Hmmm. I've still got some time, though.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Some Bunny Has a Death Wish
Poor Guillermo. All he wanted to do was take a nap. Ruby thought it would be fun to walk back and forth across the couch...right over Guillermo. Guillermo only snapped at her once. Poor kitty. Ruby needs to watch herself! 
Hannah fell asleep (in her princess dress-up dress) on the couch last night...snuggled right next to Guillermo! I thought it was cute.
Hannah fell asleep (in her princess dress-up dress) on the couch last night...snuggled right next to Guillermo! I thought it was cute. 
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Cell Phones and Baseball and Bunnies...OH MY!
Mike was able to upgrade his phone last week. It arrived via UPS on Thursday afternoon. In true passive-aggressive form, I decided to make sure Mike got it...in front of everyone at TKD ("Hey Mike, your new phone arrived today...here it is"). Everyone at TKD knows how unhappy I had been with my 99 cent phone (it worked but was very annoying because it was so large). Well, the next day, Mike came home with a brand new cell for me. He had intended to get me the same model as his but they were out. The next one up was out as well. Soooo...I'm now stylin' with my new Motorola i880 camera phone (my previous phone was an i205, so this is quite a step up). Sweet. It's also the first time ever that my phone is better than Mike's. I love it!
Jacob started baseball practice last Saturday. We didn't play at all last year, so I wasn't sure how he'd do, but he was excited so I didn't think twice about just dropping him off and heading home. When I came back 1 1/2 hours later, I was pulled aside by one of the coaches and told that he cried through the whole practice. I then witnessed him throw his glove on the field and stomp off crying and saying that he wanted to quit (for that reason alone, we don't quit. Sorry but no). In the car, I asked him what had happened. Well, he has a new glove that's not broken in at all and, at one point, it fell off his hand. That led to the other kids laughing. Had it happened to Daniel, he (Daniel) would have been the first to laugh. Jacob felt that everyone was laughing at him and the practice went downhill from there. He said that everyone could do everything "perfect" and that he couldn't do anything right. I asked him if he got to bat. He told me, "yes, but I only hit the ball, like, 4 times." I certainly don't think that's not doing anything right. Fortunately, I know, from experience, that Jacob usually has a meltdown at the first practice and is fine after that. That knowledge didn't make me feel any better when I dropped Jacob off at practice last night.
When I pulled up to the field near the end of practice, I saw that they were fielding ground balls near third base. They had to get the ball and throw it to first. The first thing I noticed was that the other boys were far from "perfect" (I already knew that but it was nice to see it confirmed). I smiled when I saw Jacob, through at least three rotations, run right up to that ball and throw it to the coach at first. No tears, no problems. I was pretty proud of my little guy. I did get a little nervous when I heard the coach tell his son, "if you let the ball get past you this time, you're running 4 laps around the field!" This guy is very serious about baseball (he seems okay with the other kids but is nuts with his own), whereas the rest of us see it as a fun way to kill a summer. I hope we don't have problems.
Ruby got to be a first-grader yesterday. Monday, Daniel took a photo of him and Ruby to school to show everyone. His teacher hunted me down after school to tell me that Tuesday was going to be Rabbit Day and could Ruby come spend the afternoon with the kids? So, after Bible Study, Hannah, Ruby and I headed over to the school. Daniel was so proud as he held Ruby and I told his class about rabbits and how to care for them. What was cool was that even though we just got her on Sunday, I was able to talk about rabbits like a pro. The kids were shocked to hear that fruit (and carrots), to a bunny, is like candy to kids. They had lots of good questions and I had a lot of fun doing it. I had printed up a bunch of bunny facts, some specific to Ruby, and left them, and Ruby, with Mrs. H.
I got to the school a little earlier than normal to avoid the crowd while picking up Ruby. Mrs. H had printed up some pictures she took and showed me a flier she made of Ruby to send home with all of the first graders. Hannah and I then headed back to the front of the school to wait for the boys. I can see the first graders heading down the hallway and immediately look for Daniel, forgetting Ruby's sitting on my lap. Before I know it, I'm surrounded by about 30 6 and 7 year olds wanting to say goodbye to Ruby. Daniel's still beaming. After some prodding by Miss K, they all head outside. I see Jacob and some friends heading down the hallway and now I'm surrounded by a bunch of third graders wanted to see Jacob's new bunny. "Awww...is this Ruby?" I hear more than one kid ask Jacob. Jacob beams. They are all shuffled out the door and we begin to make our way out as well.
Had I remembered that I had to walk past the third and first graders outside, I would have chosen another way out of the building.
We are, again, overrun with children. It took us a good 15 minutes just to get out of there. It was fun, though. Granted, Ruby was not happy with me and hid in her igloo for about 45 minutes after coming home, but she seems okay now. She's such a sweet bunny.
Jacob started baseball practice last Saturday. We didn't play at all last year, so I wasn't sure how he'd do, but he was excited so I didn't think twice about just dropping him off and heading home. When I came back 1 1/2 hours later, I was pulled aside by one of the coaches and told that he cried through the whole practice. I then witnessed him throw his glove on the field and stomp off crying and saying that he wanted to quit (for that reason alone, we don't quit. Sorry but no). In the car, I asked him what had happened. Well, he has a new glove that's not broken in at all and, at one point, it fell off his hand. That led to the other kids laughing. Had it happened to Daniel, he (Daniel) would have been the first to laugh. Jacob felt that everyone was laughing at him and the practice went downhill from there. He said that everyone could do everything "perfect" and that he couldn't do anything right. I asked him if he got to bat. He told me, "yes, but I only hit the ball, like, 4 times." I certainly don't think that's not doing anything right. Fortunately, I know, from experience, that Jacob usually has a meltdown at the first practice and is fine after that. That knowledge didn't make me feel any better when I dropped Jacob off at practice last night.
When I pulled up to the field near the end of practice, I saw that they were fielding ground balls near third base. They had to get the ball and throw it to first. The first thing I noticed was that the other boys were far from "perfect" (I already knew that but it was nice to see it confirmed). I smiled when I saw Jacob, through at least three rotations, run right up to that ball and throw it to the coach at first. No tears, no problems. I was pretty proud of my little guy. I did get a little nervous when I heard the coach tell his son, "if you let the ball get past you this time, you're running 4 laps around the field!" This guy is very serious about baseball (he seems okay with the other kids but is nuts with his own), whereas the rest of us see it as a fun way to kill a summer. I hope we don't have problems.
Ruby got to be a first-grader yesterday. Monday, Daniel took a photo of him and Ruby to school to show everyone. His teacher hunted me down after school to tell me that Tuesday was going to be Rabbit Day and could Ruby come spend the afternoon with the kids? So, after Bible Study, Hannah, Ruby and I headed over to the school. Daniel was so proud as he held Ruby and I told his class about rabbits and how to care for them. What was cool was that even though we just got her on Sunday, I was able to talk about rabbits like a pro. The kids were shocked to hear that fruit (and carrots), to a bunny, is like candy to kids. They had lots of good questions and I had a lot of fun doing it. I had printed up a bunch of bunny facts, some specific to Ruby, and left them, and Ruby, with Mrs. H.
I got to the school a little earlier than normal to avoid the crowd while picking up Ruby. Mrs. H had printed up some pictures she took and showed me a flier she made of Ruby to send home with all of the first graders. Hannah and I then headed back to the front of the school to wait for the boys. I can see the first graders heading down the hallway and immediately look for Daniel, forgetting Ruby's sitting on my lap. Before I know it, I'm surrounded by about 30 6 and 7 year olds wanting to say goodbye to Ruby. Daniel's still beaming. After some prodding by Miss K, they all head outside. I see Jacob and some friends heading down the hallway and now I'm surrounded by a bunch of third graders wanted to see Jacob's new bunny. "Awww...is this Ruby?" I hear more than one kid ask Jacob. Jacob beams. They are all shuffled out the door and we begin to make our way out as well.
Had I remembered that I had to walk past the third and first graders outside, I would have chosen another way out of the building.
We are, again, overrun with children. It took us a good 15 minutes just to get out of there. It was fun, though. Granted, Ruby was not happy with me and hid in her igloo for about 45 minutes after coming home, but she seems okay now. She's such a sweet bunny.
Monday, March 31, 2008
A Cute Story
Hannah gets to gymnastics this morning and has the following conversation with some of the girls' moms:
Hannah: I got a bunny this weekend!
Moms: A bunny?
Hannah: Yep. A baby bunny.
Moms: A real, hippity-hop kind of bunny? (looking at me with shock)
Hannah: Yep. She's cute.
Moms: What's her name? Hoppity?
Hannah: No. Her name is Ruby.
Moms: Oh...that's a great name for a girl bunny. Will there be a Max in Ruby's future?
Hannah: No. Mom says 'no boy bunnies.'
I just thought that was funny! They knew exactly who Ruby was named after!
Hannah: I got a bunny this weekend!
Moms: A bunny?
Hannah: Yep. A baby bunny.
Moms: A real, hippity-hop kind of bunny? (looking at me with shock)
Hannah: Yep. She's cute.
Moms: What's her name? Hoppity?
Hannah: No. Her name is Ruby.
Moms: Oh...that's a great name for a girl bunny. Will there be a Max in Ruby's future?
Hannah: No. Mom says 'no boy bunnies.'
I just thought that was funny! They knew exactly who Ruby was named after!
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Our New Addition
We stopped by the pet store this afternoon to get Jacob's toad more crickets and walked out with a new bunny. I know...I know. We just couldn't help it. She was just too cute. This one's a regular Dutch bunny...our last one was a dwarf Holland lop-eared. She's all of 9 weeks old. We will definitely get this one spayed (we didn't neuter Bumper and we should have). Her name is Ruby (her name would have been Max if she had turned out to be a boy...get it? Max and Ruby. Daniel and Hannah came up with that. LOL!). Guillermo's been very interested in Ruby but has been nothing but playful with her. Considering Bumper and Guillermo used to curl up together, I'm not too concerned. Here are some pictures of our new girl.
Hannah and Ruby
Jacob and Ruby
Daniel and Ruby
Guillermo tries to snuggle with Ruby
Hannah and Ruby
Jacob and Ruby
Daniel and Ruby
Guillermo tries to snuggle with Ruby
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