Another Bunny Birthday ♥

 Today, I celebrated one of my rabbit's birthdays. Poko, my gorgeous little lionhead, is now 4! We don't know the exact date of his birthday but we know it's at the end of October, so we always celebrate it at the end of the month/beginning of November. Since my Pets at Home order of treats and toys was due to arrive yesterday, I decided to celebrate it today. Everytime one of my bunnies has a birthday, I have a little 'party' and give all of them lots of treats! This time I bought enough to last for days! Here's what I got: 

I'll tell you all a little more about Poko.... When I first saw him, he reminded me of a little raccoon and immediately I knew I wanted to name him after the Studio Ghibli movie 'Pom Poko'. I thought Poko sounded like a cute name, but I pronounce it differently than the movie title (I say Pock-o). Out of all my bunnies, he is the smallest. He's so cute and tiny and shy. In 2013, I entered his photo to the Small Furry Pets magazine and he was chosen as star picture of the month. Here's his winning photo:

Late last year, Poko had to have an operation to remove his front teeth because he damaged one of them which caused them to start growing in an abnormal way. After having his teeth clipped a few times and a discussion with our vet that he'd have to continuously have his teeth clipped up to twice a month, we decided it would be less stressful for him to have them removed. Since he still has his back teeth, he has no problem eating his pellets & hay and we chop his vegetables up for him. I bought the hay mixes especially for him and I crushed the treats into small pieces so he could have some too. The pick & mix speckled rolls were really popular with all my rabbits! Here are some photos of him enjoying his birthday treats: 

I hope you all had a great day!

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Bunny Birthday ♥ | Lifestyle

If you follow me on instagram, you may have seen my post that today is one of my lovely bunnies birthdays. Malakai is 8 years old today, which is pretty old for a rabbit. We've been nicknaming him 'Old Man' for years now & now it finally fits! He's a gorgeous grey-coloured lionhead, and him and his littermates were the first lionheads I'd ever seen. 8 years ago, my neighbour took me to a little farm so we could both choose a rabbit and I fell in love with him instantly! He was sitting in the corner of the hutch looking all shy and sweet, and I thought he was just so beautiful. I have him to thank for my obsession with lionhead rabbits!

Everytime its one of my bunnies birthdays, I have a little party for them ♥ They all get lots of yummy treats and usually a chew/toy too, but because I've been ill I've not been able to go out and get toys! So they'll have to wait until I'm well enough to go shopping again, but at least they got their treats of brussel sprouts (one of my Malakai's favourites), swede, banana chips & I also thought I'd give these fancy hays from B&M Bargins a try. So far I've only tried the bunnies with the dandelion one, and only two of them munched it straight away!

To tell you a little more about Malakai... he's a grumpy little bunny and grunts at me all the time, but once you've picked him up he's calm & well-behaved. We think he looks like a koala crossed with a yorkshire terrier :) He loves to jump and is a terror when you've trying to put him back in his hutch because he tries to jump back in! Anyone who has a rabbit will have seen them throw themselves dramatically over when they want to lay down and relax, and know well the way they stretch out on their side to have a nap. Well when Malakai does this, he remains almost completely still and the majority of the time he doesn't move when you approach him or call his name... which is forever scaring us! 

I got his name from a horror movie :D haha I'm a big horror movie fan and when I was around 15, I really liked a movie called 'Children of the Corn'. One of the characters was called Malakai and I really liked the name! I'll probably end up naming one of my children Malakai in the future. In winter, the brown in his grey coat disappears and changes to a lovely pale grey and white colour. He also becomes so fluffy and resembles a pom-pom. He looks even more beautiful at that time of year ♥

Above are photographs taken of my handsome boy over the last 8 years (the middle shows him as a baby) :) I hope you all enjoyed this post. Please let me know if you'd like to see more bunny posts on my blog! 

Thankyou for reading!

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Do you do anything special for your pet's birthdays?