We decided to get our youngest daughter Milenia an early Christmas present- two bunnies, a male and female. (And yes, I know why that is not such a good idea.) When we got them home, Milenia was thrilled as were our other two kids. On our compound, we have a fenced area for the dog that we've never used. We thought it would make a good home for our bunnies. We took out Mrs. Bunny to see how she would do in the dog pen. After a minute or so our black lab Roxy crashed through the door of the dog pen. Mrs. Bunny screeched in terror and bolted toward the fence. Somehow she managed to squeeze through the wire, and we managed to get the dog away from Mrs. Bunny.
A short while later we noticed that Mrs. Bunny's left leg was not doing so well. That's an understatement- it was completely broken. We felt terrible and called the vet. They sent someone to have a look and determined that Mrs. Bunny needed to go to their clinic for further consultation. A while later, they called, and we concluded that our best option was to put Mrs. Bunny down. Our kids were sad, but it was the only thing to do under the circumstances.
So then we were left with only Mr. Bunny. He's doing quite well. We've managed to keep him away from the dog. He's been hopping around our house and enjoying himself immensely. However, we started to get a little tired of bunny droppings all over our floors. We decided a cage was in order. Suzy went to see our favorite craftsman, made a deposit, and the work began. Just today we went to pick up the cage. It turns out that our cage is more like a bunny house. It was quite obvious that it wasn't going to fit in our SUV. So we did what all good Africans do- we hired a boda boda to carry it to our house for us. In case you've never been to Uganda, a boda boda is a motorcycle that is used to transport people and things all over town. Last week I saw one carrying a full size refrigerator. Our bunny house is a little smaller than that, so we figured it could work. As they moved the bunny house over to the boda boda, people started to gather around to watch. A few guys jumped in to help load the bunny house on the bike . It was quite tricky for them to get it secured and balanced just right, but after about 20 minutes they had it all ready to go. It was quite a sight as I looked in my rearview mirror and watched a boda boda driver weave through traffic with our bunny house. As I chuckled to myself, I couldn't help but think about what a crazy, unique, and special place Uganda is!
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