Bye bye, BunBun

Today BunBun (also known as Totoro) passed away. As I don't have insta or anything where I can write a little memorial message for her, this shall have to suffice. We don't know how old she was, I'm not even sure the year we got her, but I think we got her in 2015 and she may have been 2 or 3 years old. So my guess is that she is 9 or 10 years old. Hard to know, unfortunately she couldn't talk and tell us about her life before we adopted her, but even without talking, I feel like she understood what I was saying. And chose to ignore what I was saying many times too haha. She was quite funny actually. They may not make noise or have expressions, but rabbits still have individual personalities and I feel like the faces she made and the way she acted was hilarious at times. Maybe I imagined it, but to me, she was quite expressive. She was very nice too. Despite whatever she suffered with her previous owners, she would never bite us. She was quite scared, hence why we could never carry her, but she got comfortable with us over time and loved to be pet, hugged, kissed - as long as you didn't pick her up haha. She also loved going outside, so I'm glad she had a place to roam around for the last years of her life, and upgraded to a large yard with grass this past year. She was so soft, especially her ears and her head, and the rest of her body was so fluffy. I could've exploded from how cute she was each time I saw her. Everyone knows what a big BunBun fan I was, I think everyone I met while traveling knows about her and she was well loved. So in a way, she continues to live on around the world. She was mainly known for how enormous she was and how much she liked to eat. She was a big food enthusiastic, perhaps too much so. People also really loved the color of her fur. She provided company for my dad when he was alone in the house, and she would guard me when I was home alone (well sort of haha). It was nice seeing her everyday when I woke up and talking to her and visiting her throughout the day. We traveled with her numerous times during roadtrips, so she has seen the inside of many Motel 6s, what a lucky bunny! She's also moved a few times, but she has been there through it all. I really only started to get closer to her in 2020 during pandemic when I lived with my dad, and from then forth, I became obsessed with my BunBun. I would tell everyone about her, and I would be so excited to see her - I would tell people that she is the main reason for me coming back to California each time. The house won't feel the same without her, and it'll be sad not having someone to pet and hug and entertain us with her silliness and overwhelm us with her cuteness. I'll miss seeing her happily run around the yard - or more like, lounge under the bushes or bathe in the sun. I wish pets could stay with us longer, they are like living teddy bears and they deserve the best. I hope she was happy with us, but now she'll be back with Oreo. I love you, BunBun, I'll miss you, my bunny. ♥️Read more