#cherryz post

Marshal, AKA, Mister Marshal Honey Bunny Baby Boy.

Ive never owned a rabbit before-- im used to cats, dogs, and farm animals like chickens, horses, and goats. Caring for such a small, strictly herbivorous prey animal has been a new venture for me. Cats are my favorite, and obviously you CANNOT treat a rabbit like a cat (despite how cat-like I've seen Marshal to be). If i play with him the way i play with my cats, he'll actually have a stroke. And i also cant share little bits of roast beef from my sandwhich. I wasnt sure I'd connect with him at first, but he's so cute and very sassy and grown on me fast.

If you've watched Bojack, think of Princess Carolyn's arc with Ruthie (the porcupine baby, Untitled Princess Carolyn Project). Idrk know what im doing but he cracks me up. He's even starting to play with my cats which is really sweet, and i think he likes the company! He was alone a lot at his previous home, and the cats are well behaved-- enough.

Ive got the basics down-- hay is priority for feeding, appropriate fresh produce to round out nutrition, they have weak spines to be wary of, they need consistent grooming (currently in my first molt with Marshal), fresh water as for any critter. I have a kennel that i can put him in for some outside time, though I'd love to get a pen with more square feet. He was completely un-groomed when i got him, so I've already had to bathe him (yellow stained feet and boonky, i did not submerge him and i dried him properly) and clip his nails that were long enough to start twisting.

Other than that, im a noob and advice is welcome! I've noticed he doesnt really chew on anything so i worry about his teeth, but he loves his hay and i havent noticed any issues yet. Not sure how to encourage him.

This might be in the process of becoming a deep cut, but surely Tumblr has folks who remember these guys.

I expect more of you to recognize Dot and Dash, the mascots of PBS Kids! who exist in easily one of the coolest, most unique, most 2000s art styles ever.

The 3rd guy is part of an intro sequence of hand-drawn animation by Edward Gorey and Derek Lamb for Masterpiece Mystery! which was a segment on PBS for noir and murder mystery shows. It was a core part of my childhood and I remember Gorey's animation far better than any of the shows tbh. There's a few different versions out there, the 20-teens was mine, but most of them have this silly little reaper and his knowing wink at viewers. He kinda used to creep me out, then became something I looked forward to every time.

Given our current political climate and the attacks on education, children's welfare, and public broadcasting, I've been feeling incredibly emotional and sort of in mourning. PBS raised me as much as my mother did, as much as my teachers did. Storytelling is everything to me. Storytelling is humanity to me. Even if I weren't worried for the future, I'd still want some sort of PBS tattoo, and this is personalized to me rather than just getting the logo. It's going to have to wait, though, because I don't feel right spending money on a tattoo when the community I'm supposed to be honoring with said tattoo needs funding. So until I can afford to at least match the price of my tattoo in a donation to them, this idea is going to have to stay on my pin board.

Its just her and one other hen, so i guess she figured somebody had to step up to the plate. This is a thing that just happens with chickens sometimes, if you didnt know. Either way, they were both nameless up until that point, so i decided to name her Butch. Her partner went unnamed for a while but after thinking for a second, i decided to keep the theme and call her Bambi.

So here's our gals, Butch and Bambi. Transmasc lesbo chickens. They take after their father