Okay, so I've had time to get back into drawing and everything so I wanted to come back to dA. The only thing is, I wanted a fresh start. So here's my new account. I will be bringing Soara and Samson onto this new account. I am doing gifts and trades and taking requests WAY more on this one. Also, I think my style has chaged a bit. So be sure to check it out!

Omigosh! It's been so long. I don't know if I was really missed a whole lot, but I'm back for now at least. I haven't even drawn a picture in forever. I've barely even doodled! What's happening to me?!?! But that's going to change. I'm going to start drawing again. In fact..I'm going to put my new (x-mas) sketchbook to use.

I'm sorry if you sent me a comment and I don't reply. As you can imagine. My updates are pretty clogged. If you have a picture or something you want me to see, you can send me a note.

First...If you haven't seen my youtube channel (besides my soaraspirit one) click this [link] This channle is for the non-art related things. You can see me riding and stuff. There are also videos of my bunnies before and after the attack. So check it out and subscribe if you'd like.

Second...I have a list of goals over the nect few weeks or so to help me get back in the art mode. (in no particular order)

1) Make an animation
2) Christmas greetings
3) Color at least some of my many sketches I have been collecting up
4) Gifts...to be announced in a later entry
5) Create a color wheel for horses (horse colors) -DON'T steal my Idea! or I bite you!! lol...jk......but seriously -_-

And for the quiz...
I've been wanting to make this for a while. Just a bunch of random questions. Feel free to copy this into your journal and fill it out. Be sure to credit me.


SOARASPIRIT'S True and False Quiz...
[behind each statement mark a T for True or an F for False according to your life]

*I have broken a bone. [F]
*I play at least one instrument (including vocal). [F]
*I can whistle. [F]
*I can snap. [T]
*I can rub my belly and pat my head. [T]
*I have a boyfriend/girlfriend. [F]
*I can cross my eyes. [T]
*I have been out of the state. [T]
*I have been out of the country. [F]
*I can roll my tongue at least 3 different ways. [T]
*I LOVE to read books a lot. [F]
*I watch a lot of TV. [F]
*I voted/would have voted for Obama. [F]
*I like doughnuts. [F]
*I have eaten something 'exotic' (such as alligator, frog legs, monkey brains). [T]
*I am a straight A student. [F]
*I prefer mechanical pencils over classic wooden. [F]
*I have siblings/a sibling. [T]
*I enjoy classical music. [T]
*I have been to Disney World/Land. [T]
*I have fallen off a horse at least 10 times. [T]
*I prefer cats over dogs. [F]
*I'd rather have pizza than taccos. [F]
*I like vanilla better than chocolate. [T]
*I like to listen to rap. [F]
*I believe in the 5-second rule. [F]
*I use the 5-second rule as an excuse. [T]
*I can lick my elbow. [F]
*I just tried to lick my elbow because of that last one. [F]

Sorry its been such a long time, I barely even have enough time to doodle lately. *ugh* I'm so tired of having a busy life. I guess it could be worse. Anywho...

The six bunnies are doing wonderful. Their wounds are almost completely healed. Their missing fur is growing back. They were at the vet on Tuesday and there are no major problems. The one that was seizuring, has, for the most part, stopped.
Two of the six will be adopted and taken to their new homes next week. I only hope I can sell the rest.

As for the deal with the dog and the owners....
We finally got a hold of the police officer and had a chat with him (around 10:30 PM). He contacted the owners who gave then our phone number. The following day, the owner called. My mom talked with him for about an hour. Here's the story on the dog...

He had just adopted the dog from the Humane Society. The dog was living a stray before that, so her instincts to hunt for a normal meal were still pretty strong. He was taking very good care of the dog, including taking her for a 1 hour run everyday (wow).

The owner was very sorry and very understanding. We asked him to pay at least the vet bill (a little more than $300). Let's just say that he paid that and more. I'm very glad that he was so nice and sucha genuine person. I'm also glad the whole thing is resolved and hopefully in the past. Though a part of me will always grieve for the loss of those innocent creatures. I still think about them at random times and feel overwhelmed with sorrow and grief for them. (In fact, I just deleted the four R.I.P pictures of the ones I lost. It was too much to see every time I logged in. Heck I'm almost crying right now...)

*scroll all the way down to see the edit*
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Okay... *sigh* So the six that are left are all doing alright, some better than others. I'll go in order of events...

1) Thursday night was the first night that we had to give them all their medication (pain killer and antibiotic). My mom and I were both running on fatigue and emotion and our brain function was definitely not 100%.

So we read the box on the pain killer medication and on the top line it .5 mL. So, we got that into the syringe and we both kind of looked at it and our instincts told us that it was wrong. It looked like way too much for a little bunny. But we double checked the bottle and decided to just give it. After giving two rabbits .5 mL of pain killer my mom saw that on the line under it... it said , on the side of the bottle, 'give .05 mL'. To make it short, we felt terrible and mortified.

My dad drove me and the two bunnies back to the vet clinic an hour away and they had to do subque (sp?) fluids to prevent all the obsorbtion. They also had to teach me, because I had to do it at home.

*subque fluids is inserting a needle under the top layer of skin between their shoulder blades and squeezing , for rabbits, about 20 mL of a saline solution.

(this is going to be longer than I thought *takes deep breathe*)

So they get their fluids. We take them home and the next day (friday evening) I do the fluids for one. But the other little rabbit was feisty and had less skin so I found it a bit tricky.

So we took them into the local vet this afternoon (saturday) to get it done again and make sure I was doing it right. Turns out I was, and the vet even had difficulty with the feisty one too. We eventually got 15 mL into her though.

2) While we were at the vet (we brought all the rabbits to be checked out) the vet took a look at one of the bunnies with some of the worst gashes. She found an open pocket where you could just pull the skin off the flesh and could probably fit a finger in there. For the most part it looked clean yet, but she was afraid of infection.

So now, to add to my home amateur veterenary practices I get to flush that out a couple times a day with a disinfectant. It's not difficult, it's just all this time consuming care.

Oh! And to keep him from licking it and making it worse.....he has a cone! Yes! A little purple makeshift cone around his head! He is the most adorable and hilarious thing to watch.

3) So while we were looking at the cone-headed rabbit. I noticed one of the little ones in the carrier was dozed off, but every so often..she'd jump. It was kind of like when you fall asleep and then all of a sudden wake up so quickly you jump.

Only she didn't wake up after spazing. She'd jump, lay there, jump more and then, as we were all watching, she kind of got up...her eyes were glazed and half shut...she swaggered around and then suddenly dropped on her back. My heart just about stopped! I rushed over to pick her up and she got right up again and was looking around as if nothing happend.

The vet said it was probably a siezure and she checked her heart, it sounded fine. We came to the conclusion that this poor little one has post-traumatic-stress and that when she sleeps she has nightmares. I'm going to be giving her so much love...

That's all that has happened in the last 2 1/2 days. I've been taking some videos of medicine time and all that jazz, so hopefully you will all get to see some of this soon. Other than all that they are doing fine. They're eating and drinking and playing and just being bunnies.

I want to thank you all for your sympathy and your input on this situation. I will post again as soon as we get a hold of the cop and get a hold of the owners of the dog.

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I have a video of the poor little Frodo with his cone...

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