Pigeon's Page
Interesting Facts About Pigeon...
Pigeon was born here at Hot Cross Buns on March 19, 2022, to parents Will-o the Wisp and Lil' Joe.
Her original name was Frosted Flake and her sister was called Mini Wheat.
She was renamed Pigeon because of her very fussy mannerisms and pretty frosty grey coloring.
We've never been certain of her official coloring, but call her a light squirrel/chinchilla.
Pigeon is a busy-bunny, through and through.
She had her first (and only) litter of babies in January 2024, but had been bred many times before that. She finally conceived and kindled five babies. Only two made it (the other three kits were stillborn.)
Pigeon was a devoted mama and even happily fostered Genevieve's single baby alongside her two kits, Froot Loop and Kashi.
Pigeon was spayed on July 23rd.
About Pigeon...
Date of Birth: March 19, 2022
Color: Solid light chinchilla/squirrel
Gender: spayed female (doe)
Parents: Will-o the Wisp (retired) & Lil' Joe
Status: Available to clients with approved New Bunny Questionnaire status
Availability date: On or after September 6, 2024
Placement Fee: $250 ($100 for Pigeon and $150 spay fee)
Pigeon is a beautiful spayed doe available for matching with a family who has gone through our application process and been approved as an HCB home. She will need to stay with us a while longer, as she was very recently spayed, and we want to be certain she has ample time to recuperate and allow time for her hormones to settle down before uprooting her to an entirely new (and more awesome!) life.
Because she is a very striking doe, Pigeon generates a lot of interest, but this girl is meant for an experienced rabbit-loving family. She has something of a dual-personality and can be incredibly loving and affectionate one minute, and then attempting to lunge or nip the next. We're hoping that having her spayed will allow her to fully embrace her loving, affectionate side and that her more aggressive, self-protective side will be a distant memory, after a month or two pass. An experienced individual or family with older children (12+), who can "read" a rabbit's body language is a must. She sent off so many mixed-signals during the creation of her video, that she had my head spinning. One minute she was accepting head rubs, the next she was trying to knock over my camera in an aggressive manner. I tried to make note of temperament shifts throughout the video.
She was the most cuddly little busy-body as a young doe, until her breeding hormones kicked in. After that, we never knew which side of her we would be greeted by. She was bred several times but had stillborn litters twice, and failed to conceive several times. She finally had a litter with two living kits in January 2024 (along with three stillborn kits) and fostered another baby. She was the most loving and doting mama imaginable and absolutely blossomed as a mother. We tried breeding her once more but she did not conceive, so we decided to retire her and focus on helping her find the softer, loving side of her soul again. Since her babies were weaned, she has been something of an ornery Miss Priss, but we are accustomed to diva Buns.
It's so difficult to describe how wonderful a Bun Pigeon is capable of being. We absolutely love her and long for to have a patient, understanding family who will earn her love and trust little-by-little until she melts into a puddle of love and sweetness, the way she used to. She has the potential for being a great bonding buddy for a neutered buck, but slow, gentle bonding should only begin after she has had time to adjust to being a pet bunny and after she gets comfortable with her new people.
Oddly, Pigeon tends to be more relaxed in a large cage space, rather than in an exercise pen. When in a cage space, she greets us and allows us to pet her head when she sticks her head out. When she is in only an ex-pen, she loves to flop on her side, but she tenses up when we reach in to pet her. She likes having a front door at which she can greet her guests. LOL We believe she would do really well with a large, comfy cage space that has an exercise pen attached to it, so she can have the best of both worlds: space to hop and binky, as well as a cozy place that feels more sheltered and protected.
Pigeon will go to her new home with a bag full of goodies including: a packet of bunny care information, a small bag of transition food and hay, a snack baggie of old-fashioned raw oats for treats, a toy, and a fleece snuggle mat.
