Busy Bunny Blog

Don’t miss out on these spectacular savings!

We hope everyone is enjoying a nice long summer. We are running a 4 DAY SALE. All purchases between now and midnight September 1st will be 20% off*. This is a good time to stock up on your Busy Bunny favorites and also get a jump start on some of our new items.

We have two new Double Weave Sea Grass Mats - a large rectangular mat and a new oval shape. These are the best mats we have found for use inside cages. These mats are thicker, won’t slip or roll, and are a great solution to prevent sore hocks for bunnies in cages.

We also have a newly designed Hay Rack. Similar to the old hay rack but with squared sides and free-standing. We have a new little Unpeeled Pet Bed that is a perfect resting place for small bunnies, guinea pigs and other small animals - made of heavier willow for longer lasting chewing.

We also have a new little Heart-shaped Basket, a new Vine Star Ornament and this new Vine Heart Fling Toy.

The House Rabbit Society calendars have arrived!! These are our most popular bunny calendars and make an excellent gift for bunny people. Purchase of this calendar benefits the HRS of Missouri and other rabbit rescue organizations.
We also have these 2011 bunny calendars in stock as well:
Rabbits Wall Calendar,
Honey Bunny Mini Wall Calendar, and
Lop-eared Rabbits Wall Calendar.

And if this isn’t enough……imagined drum roll please……we will be including a Free Greeting Card in every order placed during this sale. Each card will be chosen randomly so it will be a surprise! 

A giant thank you to all our customers out there! You have kept our business hopping for over 23 years now! We have been proud to be a part of your pets lives. Please share this email with your family and friends.

*Sale prices are for retail orders only. If you currently have an order in with us and it hasn’t shipped, we will apply the discount and include a free greeting card.

Paul and I just got back from an amazing trip to Kenya. We were fortunate to see so much wildlife up close in the largest open space you can imagine. There were a lot of baby animals this time of year. Africa is one of the last remaining places to view wildlife in such large numbers.

When we got back from our trip we were delighted to find that some new items came in that we special ordered. We have a new Double Weave Sea Grass Mat in both large and small oval shape that maybe the most ideal mats for inside cages. They are thicker and they won’t slip or roll as much as other mats. This is the ideal solution for bunnies in cages to prevent sore hocks.

We also have a newly designed Hay Rack. Similar to the old hay rack but with squared sides and free-standing. We have a new little Unpeeled Pet Bed that is a perfect resting place for small bunnies, guinea pigs and other small animals - made of heavier willow for longer lasting chewing.

We also have a new little Heart Shaped Basket, a new Vine Star Ornament and a Vine Heart Fling Toy.


Our HRS calendars arrived!!(HR-2) This is our most popular bunny calendar and makes an excellent gift for bunny people. Purchase of this calendar benefits the HRS of Missouri and other rabbit rescue organizations.

We received this series of photos from one of our customers:
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Today we added 2 photos to our photo gallery (Ella and Bun Buns), 1 In Memoriam (Owen), and links on our Online Resources page & Blogroll for House Rabbit Society - Louisiana.

…and for those who have been waiting our Tent Tunnels, Cubes and Bowls are back in stock!

Happy Mother’s Day Bunny Folks!

HUGE savings on our Seagrass Mats!

Here is an opportunity to get 30% OFF on all 3 sizes of our ever popular Sea Grass Mats. This sale will last until Thursday, May 13 at Midnight. To take advantage of this Big Bunny Sale, just add one or more of these mats to your cart and you get the discount!

Extra-large Small Large

These safe and edible mats are made exclusively for The Busy Bunny® and come in three convenient sizes to suit your needs. Woven using natural sea grass (and nothing else!) these mats will protect sensitive feet from a wire cage floor or can be used in any of your pet’s play areas. Our sea grass mats are great for chewing, resting, shredding and the ever popular flinging.

Please feel free to share this email with all your bunny and small animal friends. Our products are natural and safe for rabbits as well as chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds and more!

Thank you for trusting us to keep your bunnies busy and active!

The Busy Bunny® Folks

*This special ends Thursday May 13 at Midnight PST and only applies to retail orders.

Well it’s almost springtime and we have many new items available about which we are very excited!

We have lots of wonderful new t-shirts, sweatshirts and cards created for Bunny Lu Adoptions. All of these items feature high quality images from a few different bunny artists such as Kristine Kasheta.

Your purchase of these cards and shirts benefits Bunny Lu Adoptions - a non-profit rescue group founded in 1999 and located in Haymarket, VA. Click here to read more about this organization.

We also have these hand-crafted wood cars that are designed for rabbits and custom-made for The Busy Bunny. A nudge from a rabbit nose will make these cars roll and they will provide many, many hours of safe chewing. Handmade in California, these are a must-have for those lucky, spoiled bunnies out there.

That is our Candy Girl with the Surfmobile. The Black fluff ball in the background is her mate Eddie. We adopted both of them several years ago from Donna Jensen at the Burrow Inn in South San Francisco.

We have some wonderful new treats from The Bunny Bunch. These items are hopping out of the door quickly since EveryBunny that is AnyBunny has to have them!

The Bunny Bunch is a non-profit organization down in Chino, CA. Purchasing these products help benefit this organization.
For those of you who read all of the way to the end of this post (retail customers only), if you type ‘Cowabunga’ in the coupon field you will receive a 10% discount off your entire order. This coupon expires March 31, 2010. We decided to make this available to everyone - check your email inbox. For those of you who are curious as to what ‘Cowabunga’ means, here is a link to the definition.

Here is our Busy Bunny Holiday Schedule and shipping deadlines:

1. For east coast and mid west customers, order by 12/14 to get your package by Christmas.

2. For west coast customers, order by 12/18 to be sure your package arrives by Christmas.
3. As always, the Busy Bunny elves work very hard to get all orders out as quick as a bunny!

We will be closed from 12/23 until 1/4 for a Holiday Rest and the Unavoidable, Horrible Inventory Days.

Seasons Greetings!
It’s time for our Post-Thanksgiving Door Thumper sale!

5 Day Sale! 15% discount on everything!

Hello Bunny Friends,

We are having a Holiday Sale for 5 days only here at The Busy Bunny! Orders placed online between now and Tuesday at midnight will automatically get a 15% discount. No minimum purchase required. Stock up on all your favorite toys to keep your bunnies joyful and busy through the holiday season.

Please Note: 15% sale is for retail customers only. Sale ends on 12/1 at midnight PST. Please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery during this busy time. If you have placed an order with us that has not yet shipped, we will apply the 15% discount if it qualifies.

Check out these great items!

We have some fun holiday shaped willow baskets such as the Star Basket and the Boot Basket - the Boot is either sold empty or filled with other willow items. We also have our ever-popular Willow Candy Canes and the Hanging Swirly Balls that can be hung in bunny’s cage or play areas. Of course, for that extra special bunny, we have our annual Filled Holiday Basket which includes a $10.00 BunnyBucks Coupon!


Don’t forget bunny related Christmas Cards and 2010 Calendars. These go fast!

We also have the collectible Arthur Court Bunny Ornament - every year Arthur Court creates a new Bunny Ornament.

During this sale is a good time to think about a fresh new cardboard bunny house such as the Magic Dream Cottage.

Thank you all for your business and support through the years. We have been honored to be able to bring a little fun into your pets lives! We wish all a healthy, happy Holiday Season!

Sincerely,
Lisa and Paul Matheson

Willow Star Basket
Boot Basket
Santa Boot with Snowballs and Candy Cane
Hanging Swirly Balls
Willow Candy Canes
Christmas Carolers Boxed Holiday Cards
2010 Rabbit Rescue Calendar
2010 Bunny Close-ups Calendar
2010 Arthur Court ‘Joy’ Ornament

Bam was having problems with loose stools. It was a continuous problem but after finding out a little more about his diet, Kelly and Kevin made some slow changes and now Bam is healthy and back to normal. They made a couple of important changes - more hay in his diet (not alfalfa, but a mixture of timothy hays, grass hays, oat hays etc.) and they slowly switched him to a plain timothy based pellet from a brand that had all those little treats in them like pineapple, seeds, nuts, etc. Although Bam is not really happy with the plain pellets (he misses the sugary, fattening treats), he is eating them and now has firm healthy poops and is back to his normal self. It is good to remember that bunnies should not have too many treats, especially as many as were in Bam’s old pellets. Treats are to be given once or twice a day in small amounts. Of course a bunny is going to want more of them, it’s like a kid that wants to eat candy all day. A little education on bunny health and a little discipline on the part of the bunny’s companions will go a long way in saving on costly vet bills and the emotional trauma of caring for a sick bunny.

Here is a link to other bunny diet suggestions which will help keep your bunny on a path to a long healthy life….

Bam

Lisa has been bugging me to add The Rabbit Haven to our links page for months now. I always have an excuse (I’m busy, I’m tired, I’m asleep, I’m hungry, we are still rethinking the link page paradigm, my toe hurts, etc) as to why I cannot, but once you go to the site you will understand why it needed to be done. Until we finish rethinking the link page paradigm, I decided to post it on our blog and add it to our Blog-roll.
Speaking of blogs and blog-rolls and link pages, we are getting ready to drop an improved site - minor tweaks as opposed to the overhaul we did last year, but exciting none-the-less.
In the meantime, check out The Rabbit Haven’s site…

We recently received these photos of Ruby. Ruby broke her back in February of 2009 and is being fostered while she is receiving on-going care from Dr. Harvey. Apparently she loves our baskets - so much so that her fosterer has to buy them in bulk! Ruby was rescued by the Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary.