Bobtail Stories from The Busy Barn

SALE!

2010-03-29T01:13:00.000+08:00

20% off all Natural's herb products in the month of April! Grab a bag for your bunny today!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2010-02-12T14:46:00.002+08:00

Hoppy new year to all our Chinese friends! Enjoy the goodies and have a binky year ahead! Do hop by our online store after the 22nd Feb as we will be open then (we will be adding new items to the store over the hols). Gong Xi Gong Xi!

Online Shop Closed from 12th till 21st Feb for CNY!

2010-02-09T09:55:00.002+08:00

Please be reminded that our online shop will be closed from 12th till 21st Feb. If you have any last minute orders, please place the order by the 11th.

Binkies,
The Busy Barn

Dressing up a rabbit may stress it out

2010-01-25T21:55:00.000+08:00

Dressing up a rabbit may stress it out

Efforts to help pull the endangered New England cottontail back from the brink

2010-01-25T20:52:00.001+08:00

A medium-sized brown and gray rabbit is driving people on Cape Cod to crawl on their hands and knees through the snow, searching for signs of it. It is the New England cottontail, one of the rarest species in the Northeast.

“We know that they’re here. We just don’t know how many,” said Tony Perry, a field worker in the tribe’s natural resources department who has been helping with the cottontail project.

Since 1960, the rabbit has vanished from 86 percent of the places it lived, according to federally funded studies. The New England cottontail is now one of just two species at the highest federal priority level in the entire Northeast, from Maine to West Virginia.

Read more at capnewsdotnet.

Hoppy CNY!

2010-01-25T14:52:00.001+08:00

The Busy Barn will be closed from 12th till 21st Feb 2010 to usher in the new Lunar Year. Do enjoy all the bak kwas and pineapple tarts! Here's wishing all a hoppy CNY!

Warmth from an Angel

2010-01-21T11:53:00.003+08:00

A woman who escaped her husband after years of domestic abuse took one thing with her a pet rabbit named Ruby Angel for the angel-like pattern on its nose. The woman sought help from a shelter, but they wouldn't take her pet. So she contacted House Rabbit Society.

Click here to read this touching story...

Its freezing cold!

2010-01-18T17:41:00.002+08:00

Rabbit news from USA : Students returning to class at Fremont Middle School on Monday had a surprise visitor.

A rabbit dug a burrow in the snow outside sixth-grade social studies teacher Brandon Moore’s window and was sitting pressed against the window when school started.

Read more at The Freemont Tribune.

Lost in Maze!

2009-10-08T04:48:00.003+08:00

We have a great new toy in the store... *drumroll*..... introducing the Maze Haven! When we first set up the Maze for our bunnies, they nearly went crazy running in and out of the Maze. They had to stop after an hour of exploration, as they were just too exhausted! It was as great fun for them as well as for us to watch them.

We can't wait for other bunnies to get lost in the Maze as well. Hence, for this month, we are giving you a special discount of 15% off each Maze. So do hurry and get your hands (and bunny paws) on this great playground. Click here to read more on the Maze Haven.

The Cottontail Cottage and other Busy Bunny items are back in stock!

2009-10-05T00:00:00.000+08:00

Yes! Its all back in stock! Along with many other new interesting items too!

Keep a lookout for them while we do our quickest to unpack them from their boxes and have them back on the webstore.

Blankeys to the rescue!

2009-09-28T23:33:00.009+08:00

2 of our bunnies recently decided that the area outside their litterpans was more conducive for their bowel business. Perhaps due to the erratic weather, they may have been feeling lazy and just refuse to make the effort to hop into their litterpan to pee at times! Hence making such a pee mess around the litterpan everyday.

Fortunately, we found an ingenius solution! We sewed 2 pieces of the organic bunny quilts (L) together and placed it around the litterpans. It worked out great -the quilts soak up the urine without allowing seep-throughs (prevent stains on floors), allow Bunny Feet to stay dry and clean, and also stop Bunny Feet from spreading the pee mess to the rest of their home.

Whats best is that the quilts are washable and can be used over and over again, letting us do our part for the environment.

Do check out the Bunny Blankeys and Quilts in the toys section.

Auntie Em's Biscuit is Back in Stock!

2009-09-17T10:32:00.002+08:00

Yes! Auntie Em's Biscuit is finally back in stock! Sorry to keep you bunnies waiting. Enjoy!

Bring Your Own Bunny at Japan's rabbit cafe

2009-09-13T17:59:00.001+08:00

See how ingenious the Japanese are! : ) This is a bunny cafe located in the Japanese city of Nagoya. It allows pet owners BYOB (Bring Your Own Bunnies) or pay a 60p a minute to cuddle the "resident bunnies".

**However, I hope the cafe could provide some maize/floor mats on the wire grills of the bunnies' cages. I'm sure the bunnies would be grateful for that extra comfort to their feet whilst in their cages. **

Check out new products from Rosewood!

2009-09-13T16:20:00.007+08:00

We have got lots of exciting new products from Rosewood Pet. Pop by to check them out today!

Out of Stock - Bobtail Timothy Hay

2009-09-12T08:32:00.005+08:00

We will have to disappoint bunny fans of the Bobtail Hay. The latest batch of Bobtail Hay we received is of quite low quality. Hence, we are not taking any chances and have decided to return all bales to the supplier. Sadly, the next batch of hay will only arrive next month (Oct). We will update again once a nice fresh batch of hay is here. In the meantime, have some patience, bunnies! And do try out the other brands of hay we have in the store.

Wow, its Sep already!

2009-09-08T01:04:00.006+08:00

Its been really a long time since we managed to update our latest news here! It has been difficult keeping up with our updates as we had been so busy fulfilling your orders! However, no fret, we will try our very best to keep you abreast of the happenings at the barn. For a start, we are very happy that we have some new exciting products from Rosewood Pet to introduce to you! We will be adding them to our webstore very soon - so do stay in tune!

We hate to do this...

2008-04-07T22:14:00.004+08:00

We hate to do this.. but the inevitable has to be done..

We will be increasing the price of the Breeder Celect and Back to Nature Cat Litter very soon. :(

I know... so many prices are all on the rise - rice, petrol, bus fares - and now bunny supplies too. We have, so far, been absorbing the increase in price of the BC and B2N from our supplier but we are no longer able to do that due to our ever-rising operating cost (GST and petrol prices).

From 15th April, new prices for BC and B2N will be as follows:
6 litres pack - S$8.30
15 litres pack - S$17.80
35 litres pack - S$38.00

Still, there are reasons for some cheer. There will still be the Make it 2! Special, so buy 2 packs at S$67.50!

We want to keep you, our loyal customer, informed of the new prices so that you can make suitable arrangements before the price hike. Do let us know how we can help should you have any further queries. Thanks!

Pushcart for the month of Oct

2007-10-03T09:11:00.000+08:00

Dates for our pushcart at the NLB (ground floor of Event Plaza area) for the month of Oct are as follows:

* 6th & 7th Oct (Sat & Sun)
* 20th & 21st Oct (Sat & Sun)

We hope to see more of you there!

P.S. Do drop us an email if you need us to bring down any specific items.

The Busy Barn's very first pushcart!

2007-10-01T15:28:00.000+08:00

We survived our very first pushcart! :)

It was great seeing alot of our friends coming down to our pushcart to pick up a toy or two for their furry friends at home. We met some new friends too. We hope through our pushcart, you guys could learn more about us, our products as well as new tips on bunny care.

We will improve as we go along. So the next time you see us at our pushcart, I'm sure there will be new surprises in store.

Do give us your feedback too; help us to improve. We would love to hear from you.

And.. more of us this coming weekend at the National Library (Ground floor of Events Plaza area). Till then!

The Busy Barn is going places!

2007-09-06T10:46:00.000+08:00

We have been receiving alot of enquiries asking if we have a shop front or whether its possible to see/touch our range of products. We have been trying to keep our overheads low so that we could continue to bring quality products to our customers at affordable prices. So looks like setting a physical shop is not feasible for us at the moment.

But we thought a pushcart might suit us. We could move around the island, provide our products, services and rabbit knowledge to more people at different places in Singapore and yet keep prices down. So we grabbed the chance when the opportunity for a push cart at the National Library came along!

We will be having our very 1st pushcart at the National Library on 29th & 30th Sept. Do come and visit us. We will try to bring down as many items as our dear old mini car can take. :) If you have any item(s) in mind that you would like to buy or see, please inform us in advance so that we could bring those along.

So note it down in your diary-
A date with The Busy Barn!
Day: 29th & 30th Sept
Time: 11am till 8pm
Place: National Library, Victoria Street (ground floor of Events Plaza area)

Planning ahead, we aim to hold our pushcarts on at least 2 weekends of each month. We will be putting up the dates on our website (http://www.thebusybarn.com.sg/) once the date and venue is confirmed. Here are the tentative dates for the month of October, November and December.

October 2007 (tentative)
1) 6th & 7th Oct
2) 13th & 14th Oct

November 2007 (tentative)
1) 3rd & 4th Nov
2) 17th & 18th Nov

December 2007 (tentative)
In celebration of the festive season, we are hoping to have the pushcarts at the National Library for the whole of December!

Do come join us if you can. We would love your company.

We are back!

2007-08-22T17:29:00.000+08:00

Yes. We know our last post was on 2nd June!! Our sincere apologies! We hope you've not waited for too long.

You must be wondering what we have been busy with..? We have indeed been very busy trying to get new and exciting stuff for your bunnies! We've included many new items over the month of July and Aug - Bunny bowls, carriers, willow toys, willow shelters, as well as some new treats and not forgetting our new straw mats. Do check them out on our website (http://www.thebusybarn.com.sg/) today!

Not forgetting our new batch of apple sticks which have finally arrived. We received many enquiries asking when they will come. Yup, they are back in stock now and please check them out on our website. Thanks for all your support and we hope all your bunnies are enjoying the fun!

We will be updating news of what have been happening so far at The Busy Barn over the next few days. So do stay tune!

Love,
the hay elves at The Busy Barn

One's Flurry is another's feast!

2007-06-02T14:41:00.000+08:00

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lwo Shih-hsiung, at a press conference yesterday, criticized the Council of Agriculture's initiative in promoting rabbit meat as an addition to the nation's diet.

PHOTO: CHIEN JUNG-FONG, TAIPEI TIMES

Click on photo to view full story.

New stuff at The Busy Barn

2007-06-01T16:58:00.000+08:00

Get some healthy treats at The Busy Barn today! They have added the dried apple and pear slices to their range of healthy snacks for your small furries. Try one today!

Dried apple slices fresh from the USA

Dried pear slices fresh from the USA

A natural and healthy snack for your little ones.

Dried. No Dyes. No Artificial Additives. Healthy. All natural.

Break the dried slices into small pieces and offer it to your furry ones as a treat. As with any treats, be careful not to overfeed. Treats should be offered as a reward and be a minor part of your pets daily food intake.

Suitable for rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas and other small animals.
Direct from USA for the highest quality.

Rabbit Soduku!

2007-05-25T13:36:00.001+08:00

Click on picture to go into Bjerner's website and click on Rabbit Soduku.

Unexpected Gifts (or should it be "Friends"?)

2007-05-25T12:02:00.000+08:00

Photos by German photograhper Tanja Askani

Click on picture to see the heartwarming video.

White Rabbit brand

2007-05-25T11:27:00.001+08:00

Remember the White Rabbit brand? Those sweets that we used to buy from the old uncle at the provision shop downstairs? These toys can be found at the Museum of Shanghai Toys. Find out more (click on picture).

This photo was found in the Yesterday.sg (see their widget below). They're a bunch of heritage enthusiasts who'd unearth treasure troves of stories and memories about heritage and museums in Singapore. Interesting.

Yesterday.sg

2007-05-25T01:34:00.001+08:00

Fortune Telling Bunnies

2007-05-24T15:50:00.001+08:00

Poor bunny! Is this considered ill treatment of labour?

The poor bunny couldn't even get paid. I suspect it doesn't get any treats for what it does for a living.

Anyway, this happens in Istanbul where bunnies are used for fortune telling. Here's a related article/short story from Kevin Dolgin, ranting on his encounter of the Fortune Telling Bunny in Instanbul.

My regards to you, little brown bunny.

Advice Bunny

2007-05-24T15:41:00.001+08:00

I found this interesting site, manned literally by a bunny. Enter a Yes or No question and the mysterious bunny will reply you! Try it (click on picture). :)

Always Look On the Bright Side of Life

2007-05-24T13:42:00.000+08:00

Not bunny related, just sharing a picture which my former colleague sent to me many years ago. The caption is abit small in the picture. It simply say - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

It still brings a smile to my face whenever I see this. and the song will float in my head.

Yes, always look on the bright side of life, no matter how hard it is!

Its 23 May 2007! [This one is for all rabbits in Singapore]

2007-05-23T17:30:00.000+08:00

Yes, this is 23 May 2007.

The day we decided to embark on this blog to tell the whole world more about bunnies; to add on to the already large myriad of websites and blogs on bunnies. However, I'm sure this is something slightly different - this is specially for bunny owners in Singapore; this is dedicated to discovering daily tips & tricks for living with house rabbits in Singapore.

I think rabbits are a highly misunderstood lot here in Singapore. Many perceive them as smelly, boring and can only live in cages. Others abandon them in reservoirs and parks, thinking that they would find "happiness" out there in the wild. Not knowing that they are in fact sentencing these rabbits a death parole by doing so.

Rabbits can be such bundles of joy if you take some time to understand them and know their natural habits. By knowing how to live with indoors rabbits, they can bring you much joy and fun. Many abandon these furry friends because they do not understand what rabbit needs and hence end up having the house in a mess. This is a very sad thing.

So this is what this blog is about - sharing my trial and error moments and how to find solutions to headache problems with my house rabbits. Let us learn more about bunnies and their REAL needs and how to take care of them in the Singapore context.