Our brave girls!

Apollo and Naomi went to the vet on Monday for their RHDV2 boosters and check-ups. Baby Apollo now weighs 2.2 pounds and Naomi clocks in at 4.8 pounds. Everything went well and they even gave the little munchkins baby carrots as a snack for being such good little girls! (This was Apollo's first taste of carrot and she absolutely loved it.)

Bunny spay and neuter day!

Naomi:  OPEN THIS DOOR, little human!

Amos:  [munching] This is a really good papaya bite.

Mr. Giraffe:  I'm just here for the photo op.

Amos:  Um, I think there must be some mistake...the door's closed and I'm out of papaya bites.

Naomi:  I'm gonna wreck this carrier if you don't let me out!

Mr. Giraffe, Esq.:  As your legal counsel, Naomi, I'd strongly advise against committing any acts of vandalism.  Especially if it's being recorded by the property owner, like right now.

Just dropped the little munchkins off at the vet.  They'll keep me updated on how Amos and Naomi are doing and I'll let you all know as soon as I can.

EDIT: 2:53pm Just got a call from Amos and Naomi's vet that they're both out of surgery and are recovering well. Everything went well and I'll be able to pick them up at 5pm today! 😀 🎉

EDIT-EDIT: 8:56pm Everybun is back in their own large cage to limit them jumping around and potentially injuring themselves. Amos was eating a bit on his own around 5:30pm when I was able to bring them home. Both accepted a papaya bite and cranberry once I got them settled (usually, that helps them realize they're hungry). Naomi just started eating some romaine, so that's a relief (the tech said she is stubborn and kept spitting out the critical care they tried to feed her)! Poor Amos is looking sad because he was cleaning and realized that he's missing something he had this morning.

Givin' the world bunny butt today.

No, I will not come out of here willingly.

River is so over this whole vet visit stuff.  The little munchkin took her second round of sub-q fluids like a champ and was very patient as the vet tech showed us how to do it ourselves.  She graciously accepted a banana chip as payment when we got home.

She is so gonna pee in my shoes for this.

Do you know how they take temperatures here?!

River was acting a bit agitated, peeing a bit more than usual, and wasn't eating or drinking well on Thursday, so we wanted to get her looked at.  I suspected she was dehydrated and fed a more liquid version of her paste, offered more fresh veggies and a critical care-pellet-water 'bunny Ensure' that she happily ate on her own.  We couldn't get an appointment until Saturday morning, but she had started eating better on Friday so we had that going for us.

She was a very good girl at the vet and got some subcutaneous fluids for the dehydration.  The vet was happy to hear about her being fed the paste food and 'bunny Ensure'. They also took some blood for analysis which the vet tech said, "She took that like a champ!"  They're checking to see how well her kidneys are functioning and looking for any age-related metabolic issues. We should get the results early this week.

River is feeling a lot better and is eating well on her own.  I've been making sure to offer lots of the 'bunny Ensure' to try to get more liquids into her along with extra calories, which she is loving and tries to pull the feeding syringe out of my hands!

They lied.

When I went on the field trip to the other room, they did not give me ice cream like they said they would.  They gave me something called subcutaneous fluids, which is the opposite of ice cream!  And don't think I didn't hear them talking about the metronidazole (an antibiotic for the gut) tasting like the most awful thing ever and that I'd have to take that twice a day.  At least they added banana flavoring to the other medicine (metoclopramide--a gut motility drug), so I guess it isn't a total loss.

Simon was a very good boy at the vet's and was complimented by the vet tech, who said he looked like a little bumble bee.  Later on, he mentioned that while giving the fluids, Simon was licking his hand.  Simon made a new friend today!

Big day out!

The bunnies were NOT amused when they found out we were going to the vet instead of out for something called  'ice cream' like I had promised.

The vet said that it was awesome that they were turning 11 years old next month and that their hearts and lungs sounded good and everything they checked during the exam felt okay.  River will be getting a different antibiotic for the next two weeks to help get rid of her snuffles.  Simon gets to have a week of ear drops in both ears because River is good at sharing love and cooties.

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you all have a great weekend!  Stay safe out there and we'll be back with more bunny cuteness on Monday.

I'm not talking to you.

River is not on speaking terms with me after having to go to the vet today.  She has a sinus infection and gets to have 2 weeks of twice daily antibiotics, though we were lucky to catch it early and her heart and lungs sound good.  Yay!

The big human and I just got our bivalent Covid boosters and a flu shot today as well, so it's just gonna be a whole house full of fun over here for the next couple days!  Modern medicine is awesome and if you haven't gotten your own boosters yet, definitely go do that as soon as you're able.

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you all have a great weekend!  Stay safe out there and we'll be back with more bunny cuteness on Monday.