My Bunnies
On January 25th, just 23 days after Chester hopped over the rainbow bridge, we picked up the trio and brought them home. Grilly (the little gray bun) was the first to come out of the carrier and explore. It took a while for the two girls, but slowly they emerged too. We used to look in wonder at having a rabbit running freely in our home. Now it was flat out amazement that we had 3!
This family was on the older side…parents being 6 and daughter 5. After 5 months and no interest from anyone to adopt them, they were deemed sanctuary bunnies and would live the rest of their lives with us. What a joy it was watching the 3 bunnies interact and socialize not only between themselves, but with us. Once they became comfortable and felt safe in their new surroundings, they loved to run and hop and play all day.
In Chester’s story, I started out by saying we were led to him by divine intervention. I believe we were guided to be his family so we could love and learn about rabbits. After all, timing is everything and it was just after Chester left us that we began our work with Hop on Home Rabbit Sanctuary. That made it possible for us to save these other precious souls and give them a second chance at life and love.
Avery was wife to Grilly and mum to Onyx. A beautiful standard rex, she had the most beautiful eyelashes. Avery crossed over the rainbow bridge Nov 1, 2021 at 8 years old. It was just 3 months shy of being here 2 years. Avery was the one out of the trio that we could pick up and snuggle.
She was very much the matriarch, very inquisitive and a naughty nu-nu (her nickname for chewing holes in our couch), yet at the same time the most loving, outgoing bunny. As much as I was mad about the holes at the time, I would gladly have a couch full of holes if only to have her back with us right now.
Grilly was Averys husbun. He got his name because at 6 years old he came to us as Lillian. Being a boy we wanted to give him a more manly name, but wanted the same intonation so he could understand when we called him. Since he is gray and was a lil, we combined them to be Grill!
Grilly was a “go with the flow” kinda guy, but his favorite past time was to sleep. (After all, he was 6 when he came to us).He was a mini rex that passed in October 2024 at 11 years and 2 months. Grilly was my special guy…he had severe arthritis and his hind end became immobile. I spent hours every day holding him with a heating pad while he slept.
Onyx was Grilly’s daughter who just passed January 2, 2026 at the age of 11 years and 9 months. She was a standard rex that took after her mama in size… and temperament being a naughty nu-nu too! She spent most of her days curled up next to her dad snoozing and grooming him until he passed. She declined after developing hind end arthritis and a thymoma (tumor) on her chest. That’s when she started getting the all day heat treatments as well.
Winter Nicholas had been discarded on the side of a highway, but luckily a good samaritan saved him. We were unsure of his breed, but thought he might have been part Polish. His name was Winter when he came to us, but I wanted to add to it. My son’s friends call him Nic Winter 005 (being the 5th rabbit and like James Bond lol)
We adopted him to bond with Onyx so she would have a hus bun. Although bonded, he and Grilly were best of buds! On June 19, 2023 within a 20 minute span Winter became quite ill, developed head tilt and other symptoms of E Cuniculi. He hopped over the rainbow bridge just 9 days later at approximately 6 years old.
Agnes Weir aka Aggie is a full figured Californian breed. She was named after my grandmother. (Her sisters were Hildie and Jane, like 3 old fashioned women!) She and her siblings were taken from aa abusive hoarding situation. She fostered with us for 5 weeks in the summer of 2020, healing her missing bitten ear-tip and gaining weight until she was adopted.
Unfortunately the adoption didn’t work (after only 2 weeks) so I asked to take her back in as a foster since she had already been through so much in her life. After 7 months of no interest, we decided to adopt her. We don’t know her age, but suspect she may be around 9.
Clover is my most special bun as we have a very special story you can read on the homepage. She is thought to be an English Spot mix and estimated to be around 4 1/2 yrs old.
Eleanor Rose aka Ellie. She is 4 years old and quite the nosey nillie! She is the only bunny that actually has gone up and down the stairs and wandered around the house! We are not sure of her breed, but suspect she has some Polish in her. She loves being on the bed and has giant footses! The minute I saw her she reminded me of a gray version of Chester and I knew I had to have her!
Milo Clarence, is another 4-5 year old bun that looks very much like Clover. (he really should have been named Dennis because he is a menace! Milo came to us through a round-about way. His owner desperately wanted to relinquish him, but there was a waiting list at the sanctuary.
Someone I know put her in touch with me through Facebook. We were worried she might resort to letting him loose so we took him in. He really is a love, but definitely highly active. He likes to play musical chairs in the dining room, hop onto the dining room table and run all over the house!