Not sure that the sore hocks are actually sore hocks, or if they're callouses. Gonna haveta find my camera and take photos of them, to get other opinions.
So now, the story of me going to get them.
Friday night, I could hardly sleep. I was too excited!! I was bouncing because I was finally going to get my rabbits, after all the issues with transport, changing dates, uncertainty. I got maybe four hours of sleep before I had to be up for market. Went to market, which goes by pretty quickly, and worked hard the whole time... Which, of course, makes time go faster! My mom kept teasing me because I couldn't hardly sit still, but she knew how long I'd waited for these rabbits and how excited I really was.
Pack up time came, and I ripped through the pack up - we were done a full half hour before we normally finished! We went to my house and dropped off the dog, as it was fairly warm and I didn't want to leave him in the truck while we did some shopping. We left earlier than we needed to, so we could go to TSC and get feed, and Canadian Tire because mom's boyfriend wanted to get a lure.
After 10 minutes on the highway... we ran into this...
Stop and go traffic!! My stomach was turning knots and I was so worried we'd be late. It took us about half an hour to get to the next exit and get off the highway(we were only about 5 minutes away on a normal drive), and then things went smoother. It was a longer drive, but much prettier, and moving at a steady pace.
When we finally got to the meeting place, we were actually a couple minutes early... but we had skipped a few stops that my mom and her boyfriend wanted to make. Had to wait for the transporter, no big deal. I got everything arranged in the truck, ready for the rabbits to go in. Then, I finally got to see my rabbits.
My first impression? "Oh my gosh, they're huge!!". Finn is youngest and smallest, and he's still bigger than my lions. Then I touched them... Rex fur, there's no way to really put into words how it feels. I thought it would feel maybe like crushed velvet, but softer? No... It's kind of what I would imagine petting a cloud would feel like. I pet each of them, gave them a brief once over, checked ear numbers to make sure I was getting the right rabbits, then away we went.
I was just quivering everywhere we went. I wanted to be out cuddling my new rabbits!!! We left the truck running with the AC on while we went into stores - they have 2 sets of keys for the truck, and could lock it. I was strictly informed I was NOT allowed to sit in the truck, since Mom was worried about getting bunny poop in the truck. If I'd have had my way, I'd have had a rabbit on my lap the whole way home!
Once I FINALLY got home, though, it took 5 minutes to unload my rabbit food, the rabbits and the rest of my stuff. Everything was forsaken while I let the buns out to stretch their legs and have a quick graze.
