Mayin Kindled - April 12, 2008

Mayin has kindled, early this morning.

She has three kits.

She has gotten aggressive with Miffy. Need to find a place for her to go. BUT AH!!!!! where do I put her????? Rather disappointed in that, as these two were so friendly and nice with each other. Ah well.....

Blaze - Dutch Doe Kindled - April 6, 2008

So my dutch doe (decided just now I can call her Blaze) had some babies born yesterday.
She kindled in the afternoon while Justin and I were playing in the backyard. You can see her picture here.

When I first checked up on her I thought she might have 8 babies, but turns out that she didn't. I think she has 5 babies there. Which is okay for an unexpected litter and for a first time mom. We'll see how she does.

This litter is the result of me unexpectedly discovering that her sister was actually a brother. He was immediately removed from their cage and given his own housing. Silly bunnies!

Ah well, so I have a litter of dutch bunnies now. Blaze is being a little aggressive. We'll have to see how she goes.

Lop Hop

Lop Hop.

He's my first buck. He's part of my real foray into the world a pet rabbit breeding. Sept. 2007.

I got him from a fellow who wanted some californian rabbits from a friend of mine. he had no use for Lop Hop and his sister Brown Doe (I know, real original name I gave her eh?). So he gave them to me as long as I gave them a decent home.

Lop Hop is in a temporary cage which needed to be buttressed a little. HE ESCAPES! Give this bunny a chance and he's off out. Outside he's fairly easy to catch, in a garage...COMPLETELY different ball game! :)
He's VERY people friendly. Gets along with anything and everything. Easy to pick up, pet, handle, move around from place to place. All around a good rabbit.
Breeds good bunnies that sell well.

I am very pleased with him as a rabbit.

Rascal - Lionhead Buck!

Another purchase from the London Market that no one else wanted. I took him (apparently, learned this today, she is a him!) home for $1.00. I've named him Rascal because it just seems to suit him. :) Double-checked because I noted my calm quiet buck that I had added to the cage with these young does was not being particularly friendly with this youngster and was actively chasing him away from the young does. And yes, the other two ARE young does. :) I had wondered what was up with that and now I know. ARGH....mental note...Do not trust other folks. Check them out yourself just to be sure.

Solid grey, with a mane. Have NO clue how old he is. He is tiny. Based on how he acts I'm guessing that he's around four months old. Late developer for sure. Everything is very small on this young buck, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that he was thought to be a she!

VERY skittish. Hoping in time he'll settle down. He's obviously never been handled.

Has a nice mane.

Today was the first time in two weeks that he's poked his head up to see what's going on in the big world around him. AND he's getting closer when I water him in the mornings. :) So perhaps he'll soon realize that I'll not hurt him and that life is pretty good around here.

Buttons - Pedigreed Mini Rex

This here bunny is Buttons.
She came as a trade from LilyLane rabbitry.
I traded one of my mini rex young does for her.
She has a pedigree, and if I bred her to a pedigreed buck I could show her babies! :)

She is a quiet doe who as she matures is showing more of the rex attitude that I just so enjoy. She is curious and alert. Will come up for pets and a treat. Her fur is really nice. She's a bit thin not as solid feeling as I like my rabbits to be, but that might be an age factor and we'll have to see how she does as she matures.

Miffy - dutch mix doe

Miffy came to me from a single parent home with a five year child, large dog and two cats. Mom didn't have time or finances for so many critters so a cat and the bunny had to go! I took the bunny and I had no desire for the cat. :) She came here in early March.


a FAT rabbit. I have never seen such a very fat rabbit before. wow! FAT. One could hardly pick her up she'd had too much food and not enough hopping! She's in better shape now!

I tried pairing her with a variety of does but they took "rabbit dislike" to each other immediately. I was starting to wonder what I would do with her and then...Mayin came along. These two bunnies like each other. They are often found grooming each other. Life is good. Hope that continues when Mayin has her littles. But we're hoping for good things. :)

She's a docile rabbit. Easy to handle. Hoping as she loses weight she'll be more curious as Dutchies are apt to be. She's starting to come to the door when I feed them now and let's me give her a nose rub. So... all is coming along. :)

I'm fairly certain she's a dutchie cross and her head seems dutchie, but her colouring/marking is off. Her body will tell me more when she loses the excess weight. :)

Mayin - chestnut lop doe

This doe I purchased pregnant at the London market. I got her because she was bred to a buck and their youngsters from their first litter had interesting markings. I thought it would be good to see the markings from this litter to be.

She's been badly handled/treated. I was unimpressed with the condition of this doe. This after talking with the lady who had owned her who had said that she needed to sell off her poor babies, and how could she part with them. They were her darlings etc... NOT my idea of how one should treat their darlings! Even the babies weren't in the best of condition. :( She needs her nails trimmed and to be brushed out a bit, but I'm letting her settle into her new digs first.
Anyways, she's being fattened up prior to her eminent kindling. I have her partnered with Miffy (a grey doe). They groom each other. It's like these two were meant to be together they get along so well. Have NO idea what to call her at this point - she's more of chestnut colour than my other female lop.