Cassie is about three and a half years old and came to live with me just before Christmas, along with her son Bart. Before she came to me she had been at the Mayhew Animal Home in London, and also had a spell at Bobtails rescue. This is her story...

Cassie was abandoned in a box outside a pet shop in London. She was in the box with two other bunnies called Robson & Rosie (who may have been her daughter). The pet shop took the bunnies in and tried to sell them... this didn't work, and the bunnies ended up at Bobtails... and by this time Cassie had become pregnant. Apparently in her early days at Bobtails she was a very shy, quiet bunny. God knows what she had had to endure before she reached the safety and love of the sanctuary. She had her litter and was a very loving and attentive mum... she had four little girls and one son - Bart. Her daughters were rehomed in pairs and Cassie and Bart stayed together. After a while they moved house to the Mayhew Animal Home where they stayed for a whole year until one day I spotted them on the Rabbit Rehome website.. and fell in love! I couldn't understand why they had been there for so long because they are so beautiful. I remember the first time I met them - it was raining and they were in an outside run... I remember standing there in the drizzle looking at these two HUGE brown bunnies and my heart just melted.

Now me, Cassie, Bart and new addition Humphrey live together in a little house in Pershore. Cassie and Bart live together in their bunny nursery - complete with baby play pen, baby blankets and lots and lots of toys!

Over the last few days Cassie has been working very hard on putting together a little CV for you all to read all about her... and this is what she has come up with!

Dear Linzi and all the nice people at the rabbit group,

Thank you very much for my prize, I am very happy and excited and did lots of binkies when my mummy told me.  AND we had a carrot tops tea party and lots of toast. And because I have won my prize mummy now does everything I ask because she is so proud of me.

Here is my CV that mummy asked me to write.

Lots of love
from Cassie

Name: Miss Cassandra Rabbit

Address: Cassie's Tunnel, The Baby Play Pen, Bunny Nursery

Date of birth: oh dear I can't remember,  but I know I am 3 years old!

Qualifications: 2nd Prize in Bunny Photo Comp 2004

Work Experience: full time mum to Bart since 2002, duties include lots of grooming, sharing my food and encouraging him to get up to mischief to annoy our 2foot mummy!!

Hobbies: eating lots & lots & LOTS & lying on my back SNORING!

Additional Skills: jumping on things, nibbling skirting boards, stealing my mum's toast, and knocking down any barriers erected to keep me out (he-he-he!)

And a few more personal details:
Favorite Food: mmmmmm yummmmy toast
Best Friend: Bart
Favorite Memory: The time I found my rabbit food and ate my way into the bag

I got Poppy on St Valentines day 2003. My partner decided to get me a baby bunny for my Valentines present, to grow up and be a partner to my then only bun, Biccy. Off we went to the petshop and there were 3 baby bunnies in the pen. While we were choosing, a lady with hundreds of kids came and brought the prettiest of the 3 bunnies. I decided on the most active of the 2 left. This was Millie. On the way home, I could not stop thinking about the bunny we left behind, and as soon as we got back I got in my car and drove straight back to buy her and stop another rag-tag family from taking her! This quiet little bunny who sat in the corner of the pen was Poppy. When i got them both home, i checked them over and found that they were covered in bites and scratches. Another bunny in the pen had been attacking them. It soon came clear to me that Poppy was a very intelligent inquisitive bun. If anything was going on, she was in the middle of it! She was forever escaping from her run and i could never work out how she got out. Unfortunatly, Poppy and her sister have recently fallen out, so we will eventually be looking for a boy bunny to be Poppy's mate. This picture of her perfectly shows her personality - a cheeky but clever little madam!

Read all about Poppy and her friends at http://www.livejournal.com/users/the_furry_gang/

and see many more pics of her at http://community.webshots.com/user/linzi_4444