Introducing the newest Magnuson-Sauter

23 Mar 2009
Posted by Marisa
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Jordan and I are the proud new parents of Faraday Magnuson, a very pretty bunny we adopted from some people who work at Osan Air Base; we plan to call her Farah for short. After a scary (for her) two hour bus ride and shopping trip at Lotte Mart, she is settling into her new home on our balcony. She enjoys eating hay, spinach, carrots and apples, hoping around her new home, spying things in the distance, snoozing in her house, and shedding lots of hair (apparently this is a once a year thing, since it's started getting warm she's started losing her winter hair). Once she adjusts to life on the balcony, we plan to let her hop around the rest of the house when we're home. Bunnies can be trained to use a litter box like a cat. And by train, I mean they do it naturally, you just have to find out where they want to do their business and put the litter box there. She is also one of the softest things I've ever touched. It is very nice to have a very soft bunny on your lap for petting. Farah is still a little nervous around us, but already enjoys hopping around us and getting small pets. We are very happy to have her in the family.

Faraday

Michael Faraday was a famous physicst, who knew little math, but did amazing conceptual work with electricity. Farah is Arabic for happiness.

Here is a quick video about Faraday's first weekend.

Farah's fate

Well, I'm assuming that only you could have come up with such an excellent name for a lagomorph, but did she have a previous identity that you have changed? Well, I can't imagine a better name regardless. I can't wait to meet her.

Will you pass Faraday on to someone else when you leave Korea, or will she become a globe-trotting bunny?


I don't know if it's right to

I don't know if it's right to divulge the previous identity of a recently adopted family member, but her name might have been Babycakes.


Ouch.

Personally I'd be pretty happy with that particular name change. If I were a rabbit.


AH!

I want one!! We are thinking of getting a Persian cat. The big, fluffy kind. But your bunny is really cute!!


Yay for new Magnusons!

Ahhh! So cute. I've been telling all of my friends about her. I think they're a little confused as to why I'm so excited about a bunny that lives in South Korea, but whatever. :)


Sorry Matthew for never

Sorry Matthew for never answering your question: we will probably have to pass Farah on when we leave, because unfortunately I don't think we could carry enough food for her--she eats about her body weight every day!