This is Brian. As many of you may know, Brian was a featured Bunday Sunday Bun back in July 2010. Sadly he passed away this week after a brave battle with a recurring phenomena. We will all miss you Brian (@BrianBunny). You may be gone but we will never forget you.
Below is the most beautiful message Karen wrote to her Twitter friends. In it she recounts bringing Brian home and her life with this amazing Bun. Take a moment to read her beautiful words – it is clear that Brian was one lucky rabbit!
“I loved Brian with everything I had, the hole he has left behind will never fully mend but knowing that so many of you loved him too has helped to ease the pain and even though your many messages and actions have made me cry more than I knew possible, they have not all been tears of sadness.
Brian Bunny was a lionhead who was a lionheart too. He was always my brave little soldier. I saw him in a pet shop that I went into with a work colleague (this is not something I would advocate now however and would always advise a sanctuary/rescue centre every time). I had never owned a bunny and had no intention of going home with one that day. But I saw this tiny white fluff ball sitting there looking completely different to all his siblings and it was love at first sight. I also knew straight away that his name could only be Brian.
And so Brian Bunny became our free range house rabbit and the centre of our lives for two months shy of his tenth birthday. The house will just never be the same without him.
Even though Brian was nearly ten, he was never really an old bunny, in looks or in character. He had a real zest for life, his eyes never losing their sparkle and often shining brightly with mischief or out on stalks at the mere whiff of anything remotely ginger smelling, running around madly and jumping all over the furniture and us. He was such a happy and well loved bunny, a real fluffy bundle of joy. I have always described Brian as a “nice” bunny because that is exactly what he was, so gentle and placid. He was soft to the touch and soft by nature and was a real attention seeker.
We tried to bond him many times when he was little, to find him a girlfriend, but he was never interested, he just didn’t like other bunnies! He bonded with us immediately though, and the bond shared between Brian and I was so strong that the pain at his passing that I feel right now will never truly fade.
I believe there is a unique bond shared between a bunny and their human, a special bond that only a bunny and their human can fully understand or appreciate. A relationship based on relative silence but one that can change lives. I will never be without bunnies in my life now and look forward to sharing my life with them again once my shattered heart mends.
I will always be left bereft and devastated by Brian’s passing but you, our Twitter friends, have helped me more than you will ever know. I will still use this account in his memory but will tweet as Brian’s Mummy and I very much look forward to chatting with you all, old friends and new. Thank you for being with us.
With much love from me, Karen, and I feel quite sure that Brian Bunny would like to give every single one of you a *heavenly big bunneh hug* too 🙂
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Brian my beloved little man, you were so very special in every way and you will be with me always.
RIP Beautiful ❤ “
