Snowflake the day she came to live with me.

Snowflake the day she came to live with me.

Friday, July 19, 2013

This was written early summer 2012 but I forgot to post it:

Hi Folks,

Don't worry I still love my bunnies and hopefully they still love me.
I have sold all of Snowflakes first litter. The last one went when he was about 6 months old. Micheal Jackson was the last to go. I was really getting attached to him. I think I waited to long.

Last Weekend we had a bunny wedding. Snowflake and Casper were wed. In attendance were, Cathleen, Eric, Haley and Charlotte Dennison, neighbors Chrissy , Grace and Maggie, Hope and her Mom Liz. Charlotte's BFF Allegra was also there wearing her finery with Charlotte. We had cucumber sandwiches, chips and salsa and cake. Also a little bit of the bubbly (ginger ale).

Update of my new bunny litters.

July 19th, 2013,
The most recent litters:  One was out of Mary Ann a Fawn colored doe and fathered by Hershey a chocolate colored buck. Born May 20th, 2013.   7 were born one died after a couple of days :( .  
The other was out of Nana a Seal colored doe, and fathered by Casper, a REW buck.  9 babies one dead at birth :( .  Mary Ann made an awesome nest, pulled fur to line nest, and eat really well right up to the birth and after, she gave birth right in the nest and has been a great mother.  Nana did not make a nest, and was not eating well about a week before and a couple of days after.  I put the nest box in and she gave birth on the cage floor.  I was monitoring them closely so right after they were born I took some of Nana's fur that I had been saving to line the nest box and put the babies in.  She took over from there.  She wasn't eating very much and I was concerned.  After a few days her eating improved.  Two of her babies seemed rather small.  I was concerned so I did something I had read about.  I took Nana's healthiest looking baby and took some of Mary Ann's nesting material and rubbed it all over the baby.  I then put it into the nesting box with Mary Ann's other kits.  It worked like a charm she adopted him without a problem.  All of Mary Ann's babies (including the adopted one)  thrived and grew big and round quickly.  Nana still was not eating as much as Mary Ann, but most of her babies accept one was doing well.  I tried taking the small one and holding Nana, to allow it to nurse.  This didn't seem to relaxing for Nana.  The next few days I tried nursing her on Mary Ann.  It worked much better.  You could actually see that she was getting milk.  After a few days the little bunny was catching up to the siblings.  I left her with Nana.   Mary Ann was doing so well, I didn't want to overwhelm her.  All of Nana's babies have survived and thrived. All of Mary Ann's have as well. They are all 9 weeks old and ready to go to their new homes.  Each Mama ended up with 3 does and 4 bucks.  Two of Nana's REW babies have gone to their new homes (a buck and a doe, I am keeping the other REW doe and naming her Crystal).  4 of Mary Ann's 7 have homes, one has left, a buck named Jaycee who was kind of interesting.  He looked Agouti colored (wild rabbit color)  but had a white stripe on forehead and a white spot on the nose.  I swear he had one brown eye and one blue.  He was very cute.  All of Mary Ann's babies had the white forehead stripe and the white spot on the nose.  The chocolate colored buck, Camilla (adopted from Nana),  and the grey and white female Willow are going home with a little girl at the end of the summer.  The fawn and white colored one we call Elle Woods is going home at a later date.  I am keeping one of the two black bucks.  Not only does he have the white stripe on his forehead and white dot on his nose he also has one white foot (like a little white glove) and some white on his chest.  We are naming him Michael Jackson.
These are Mary Ann and Hershey's babies born May 20th.  The little one on the far right and in the food bowl below is a doe and she is available for $25.  The one on the far left (with back facing) is  buck who is also available for $25.  They both have white spots on their noses and foreheads.

 The bunnies below are Nana and Casper's babies born May 19th.  They one in the food dish is a Doe, she is a dark grey/chocolate color.  The one whose head is almost out of the cage is a chocolate buck. There is another chocolate buck on the right which isn't to visible.  The one behind the first chocolate buck is also available, he is also a buck he has a mostly white coat with grey tipped ears, nose, tail, paws and some grey on his back end as well (same rabbit in photo with the girl in blue chair).  He is a favorite.  They are all available for $25.

 Another photo of Mary Ann's babies.  The one eating is a doe and is available for $25.