Hiya Bunny Lovers!

We just spent the most bunderful day at Bunfest held by RabbitRescue!  Bunfest is a rabbit educational expo where they also sell lots of amazing bunny stuff.  There’s cool things for your rabbit to do while you’re there, vendors to visit and educate you, bunnies and other small critters up for adoption and all of the proceeds go to RabbitRescue!

 

Last year was our first year attending and we learnt some important things.  The first being – if you see something you want, buy it!  Some of the things I wanted were sold out by the time I had made my second rounds!  Next up – one bunny is enough!  Last year we brought both Rocky and Ollie which proved difficult when we started all of our shopping!  This year we only brought Ollie who I held through our adventures while Hubby carried all of our purchases.

 

There are so many things to love about Bunfest!  First, you get to meet other bunny lovers and their rabbits.  The different breeds, colours, sizes and personalities always astound me!  There were teeny tiny buns that would fit in the palm of your hand and then there were 20lb flemish giants!  Most of all, I’m a fairly shy person and it’s great to have somewhere to go where you have something in common with others that bonds you together.  And let me tell you, Bunny Lovers are incredible people!

 

Next up has to be the shopping and deals.  The first 150 visitors got a free loot bag full of fun stuff like treats, toys and information booklets.  Dunlea farms handed out free ‘tidy feeders’ full of hay to everyone and a local farm donated hay which was being sold for only $5 per garbage bag!  To me, the $5 hay makes the whole day worth it!  Being a city gal, I get stuck buying hay at the pet store which is not cheap when you have 4 rabbits!  The nice Bunfest volunteers let us buy 3 bags worth!  And then there’s the toys!  I find it really difficult to shop for a variety of toys at pet stores and they’re often asking twice the amount the toy was worth.  Not only does Bunfest give you a great selection of all different toys to choose from but many of them are an excellent price!

 

Best of all while you’re shopping you can drop your rabbit off at the Bunny Lounge.  This is where about 5 ex-pens full of hay, food and water were set up.  You could drop your rabbit off for about 15min. or so to let them relax and nom away while you were busy shopping!  I had a hard time pulling Ollie away from the Bunny Lounge as he never stops eating when there’s food in front of him!

 

A craft station was set up where we got to make a free bunny rattle, a fling thing and a bunny loot bag.  Ollie enjoyed the loot bag best as I snuck him a few cranberries while assembling it!  They also had a bunny spa where you could pay to have your rabbit groomed and their nails clipped and bunny glamour shots were you could have professional photos taken of your bunnies!

 

After about an hour and a half I was still excited to meet and chat with people but our shopping was done and Ollie and Hubby looked pooped!  Another successful Bunfest down – countless more to come!