Our new additions – Mummascribbles

Firstly, wow! Apparently when I write an extremely sad and emotional post (here), you all come a flooding in visits and tears! I have had so many page views and so many amazing comments on here, Facebook and Twitter that it’s made what was a very difficult day, a little bit easier. So, thank you

Secondly, despite the sadness, something exciting happened yesterday – we welcomed these two beauties into our home.

It’s all been planned for a couple of weeks. A friend of mine is moving house and she could no longer have them. She put a post on Facebook asking if there was anyone that would like to rehome them. I have wanted rabbis for ages but we couldn’t afford to buy any and so I’ve used our trips to Pets at Home to ogle at their cuteness. So when I saw this post, I was immediately interested and contacted her to find out more details. I mentioned it that night to the other half but he didn’t think I was serious! When the next morning I’d found out even more information, I dropped the other half an email with their photos and informed him all about them! He realised at that point that I was indeed serious and a telephone conversation took place where I told him that they weren’t massively expensive to look after, were lovely animals and that yes, of course I would be the one to take care of them and clean them out! At that point, he gave me permission to go ahead.

And so yesterday afternoon, I had a man with a van booked to pick up their mahoosive cage and bring it back to our house, and I was due to go over and pick them up, Of course, this was until I got a flat tyre and Millie needed the emergency trip to the vets. I therefore had to draft in my poor sister (who really isn’t keen on small animals), to go and pick them up for me.

When I got home from the sad trip to the vets, they were waiting for me We took them out so they could have a cuddle with their new owners and so that Zach could meet them properly (up until they arrived, he didn’t know we were getting them!), and then settled them into their cage for the night!

Today, my sister and my nephew came over as me and the sis were to do our first training walk for our 20 miler (more about that here!). We managed 6 miles and then had lunch back at ours. After lunch, it was rabbit time – proper rabbit time as the previous night had been brief. It was time for them to explore their home, have a play indoors and to find out that we are nice humans! I think it’s safe to say that they have well and truly settled in very nicely!

So now we have two new furries to look after. We all still miss Millie immensely and it’s been hard when Zach has been searching the house for her, but these two beauties have been a welcome distraction for him and us. I love them, Zach loves them and after all  that huffing and puffing, the other half loves them too. I just wish Millie moo could have been here to love/hate them. I was looking forward to having three furries but life decided to take a different turn.