Meet Rosalie

From 11/9/10

 

This is Rosalie. Jeff & I adopted her last Thursday from Luna's House. After losing our beloved Piggy (guinea pig) the house felt very lonely so we opened our hearts to this gorgeous purple-eyed gal. Since we are planning to rescue a lot of animals we want to specialize in animals with special needs and Rosalie has a lot of anxiety and needs to be socialized. I've worked with abused bunnies before, so I hope that she will learn that we love her and won't hurt her the way someone in her past did.

She was found as a stray and spent a long time at the humane society. I guess when her time was up there Luna's House rescued her and she stayed with a foster family for five months after that. They told me that she used to cry when people reached into her cage. That just breaks my heart:-( She's been spayed (all people should spay and neuter their pets!). I heard that she had a little lipo done with the spay as she used to be overweight.

She was adopted with Kayla her stuffed "security" bunny that she snuggles with and grooms all day. I think I got too close to Kayla when tidying the litter pan and Rosalie attacked my arm. She drew blood, but it surprised me more than anything. I only clean her cage when she is having her hop time around the house. She's perfectly litter trained:-) I'm going to work with her and help her to trust us. We love her already. It's going to take a lot of time and patience, but she's worth it. If she never comes around we will just accept and love her for who she is.

We've enjoyed her already and have learned that she loves to tear apart willow balls, toss toys around, and run laps around the couch while leaping and twisting. She really wants to be friends with Comet. He's so sweet with her and steps gently when she's around. He doesn't always want her to be hopping around him so he gently climbs onto the couch where she can't get to him. It's cute how careful of her he is. He was the same way with Piggy. He's such a sensitive dog. The first night Rosalie was with us he wouldn't come to bed with Jeff & I the way he usually does. He saw us to bed and then went back to the living room to sleep next to her cage. I think he could sense how anxious she was and wanted to comfort her. She seems to like him more than she likes us right now.

She's fearful of us. She tenses up when we pet her, but not as much when she's out of the cage. I haven't been able to pick her up yet. It upsets her and I don't want to stress her out with too much too soon. I have to work slowly on that. She fights sleep. I think she may be too scared to sleep. I hope that our love and care will bring her around so she will be happy with us.

In the meantime I will allow her to slowly get comfortable being around us and getting used to the new sounds and routines we have.