These buns are collectively known as The Royals, two white and a cinnamon.  They are a bonded threesome and live as a family.

These three beautiful bunnies were found as strays, running about on a hillside along with another two buns which were sadly never found.

Victoria (cinnamon coloured) is very cheeky.  She will let you pet her providing she gets to keep her feet firmly on the ground. 

Albert (in the far right of the picture) is the male angora and he's been neutered.  He's very sweet, doesn't mind cuddles and is very intelligent.

Alice is the other white one.  She likes to do her own thing and will potter about the garden, digging, munching grass and generally pinging about.

Victoria and Albert tend to hang out together more, but in their house all three snuggle up together, grooming each other.

Alice and Albert need to have their fur properly clipped on a regular basis to prevent matts developing, Victoria's fur is completely different and just requires regular grooming.

We did originally have the Royals up for adoption, and they were lined up for going to a wonderful home.  However Albert developed a jaw abscess which will require ongoing veterinary treatment, and we didn't feel it was fair to allow someone to take on a bun with a condition like Albert's, especially with the indefinite costs of keeping him healthy and comfortable.

We now have to improve their living conditions by building a covered run to attach to their house, and fill it with lots of interesting things to do for when they can't get into the garden to play.

Update:  Victoria sadly couldn't resist the pull of Rainbow Bridge and left us suddenly on 30th January 2007.  One minute she was fine and tucking into her breakfast, the next minute she was lying fitting on the ground.  We called a vet in but the prognosis wasn't good.  She died in her own time, lying peacefully in her Daddy's arms, cosied up on the bed, later that day.

~ Sleep tight little princess, watch over Albert and Alice until you all meet again.  We'll never forget your beauty and your character, your gloriously shiny head and feet, your tangle-free long hair, your cheeky 'regal' face.  Take all our love to the spirit buns, tell them we miss them so much ~

Update 12/07: Albert and Alice have started to have problems.  Albert has 'lost' a few molars and therefore needs to have the corresponding molars burred down occasionally but teeth growth has slowed down so this doesn't have to be done too often.  Alice, on the other hand, has all the vets stumped!  We noticed that her coat was quite damp and never seemed to dry out properly.  When she lay resting in one place, she would leave a bunny-shaped damp patch on the ground and her mouth would drip constantly, like a faulty tap.  Our own vet tried all sorts of tests and investigations with no conclusive results, she then referred us to the Royal Dick Veterinary School in Edinburgh for examination.  Alice spent a couple of days there undergoing further tests and investigations, they discovered a Strep bacteria in a swab taken from the back of her throat and she is in the middle of treatment for this.

Update 03/08: Alice seems to have overcome her dampness on her own terms, it's all cleared up now ..... very strange!

Update 06/09: Alice, sadly, left for Rainbow Bridge.  She developed a snotty nose around summer time last year and it didn't respond to antibiotics.  The pus quickly gathered behind her left eye causing it to bulge slightly.  On the results of xrays, it was decided that it would be best if she had her eye removed to try to get to the root of the problem.  This helped for a couple of months but then the snot came back and started to affect her breathing.  Again, she had a C&S test, she was given various antibiotics but nothing seemed to work.  Towards the end of her life she had to be nebulised to open her airways and loosen the snot, this only worked for a short time, ultimately she couldn't breath properly at all.  We had a post mortem done and the vet discovered that parts of her lungs had died off and she wasn't getting enough oxygen into her system.  My poor girl couldn't fight any more.

~ Binky free my beautiful white girly, run and jump once more, whole and healthy again.  Take our love to Victoria and watch over our Albert, he's missing you so much.  Till we meet again sweetheart ..... ~

The Royals are sponsored by:

Russell (as a birthday present from his wife!)

Auntie Jay