Tweety and Babs’ Story
Dottie, Tweety and Babs’ mom, was found in Downtown Calgary after getting dumped by a family who no longer wanted her. A local in Calgary found her and took her home. After keeping her for a couple weeks, Dottie’s capturer soon realized she had been pregnant, waking up to a cage full of kits. We aren’t sure if Dottie got pregnant and dumped after, or if she met a handsome rabbit while she was a stray. WRRR agreed to take in Dottie and her kits to avoid them being abandoned once again.
Babs and Tweety are sisters who love each other very much. They’ve been with us for such a long time, and it’s unfortunate to see that they haven’t found their forever family. Their potential family fostered the girls for a long time, but their son was their main caregiver and with school became too busy to give them the love they deserve. Babs and Tweety are still working on becoming 100% litter trained, but their skills are improving each day with consistent training. They love space to binky and zoom, but they have been known to bite cables. Like most rabbits, Babs and Tweety will need a bunny-proofed space to make sure they aren’t chewing anything bad. Being bonded rabbits. their social needs are mainly met by each other. This is a great thing for families that spend a lot of time at work or school. They’re good in the home with respectful dogs and cats. Babs and Tweety would do better in a quiet home, they like to come to you and dislike people trying to chase them around and pick them up.
Pre-bonded rabbits can be ideal! Most rabbits benefit from having another bunny friend to spend time with. But more times than not, the bonding process can be very difficult. It’s uncommon for the rabbits to like each other right away, and therefore it takes weeks/months and consistency to bond rabbits, with no guarantee that they will ever get along. Rabbits bonded by rescues take this stress entirely off of the family.
A note from their foster:
Babs and Tweety are a package deal. While Tweety might be more confident to explore, with Babs quickly tagging along, Babs is more inclined to head scratches and pats. Their favourite things include: eating, clean litter boxes and freshly cleaned blankets, and free roaming access. Their favourite time is the weekend where they get access to the house and will binky about until they tucker themselves out. Babs will often demand to be set free with her thumps and Tweety will pull at the bars of their x-pen with indignant grunts in anticipation of being let out. They are huge fans of food. Pellets, hay and greens will be gone in a flash. They eat both their hay and greens in their litter boxes. If given pellets in their dish Tweety often will rearrange their dinner as eating off the ground is her preferred option. Tweety is a professional redecorator and will move, flip and rearrange her cage until it is 'just right'. They both are fans of cardboard things to munch and throw, as well as bunny-safe toys to play with. Brown packing paper is their current favourite. They love each other very much and will often flop down together to nap the day away or they can be found grooming one another. They are both very sweet girls that prefer to stay where their paws can touch the floor, and they can come to you. They are working on their litterbox skills and have come a long way! Currently they will pee 90% in their litter boxes and poop 75% in their litter boxes. They do the best when their litterboxes are cleaned twice a day.
Age: 3 years
Size: Small
Colour: White with black spots and white with grey
Intake Date: September 3rd, 2021
Spayed/Neutered: Yes