Our fridge broke a few days ago and we just bought an old one off of craigslist this afternoon. Needless to say, we didn't get back home until later. So I was unable to take care of the rabbits until about an hour or so ago.
In my daily routine, I usually feed the lop bunnies last. When I opened the hutch up, I saw what look like an explosion of fur! White fur...ALL over Cupcake's area.
My first thought was, 'why on earth did she do this? Does she think she's pregnant?'
Then I noticed - movement in the fur. Turns out, Cupcake WAS pregnant as she just gave birth to SIX adorable baby lops!!!
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| (I didn't have time to take a photo of them, but here's this picture of a lop :)) |
It must have been from that ride home when all the bunnies (male AND female) were together when I first bought them...
Anyway, the babies were beautiful...and a very big surprise to see!!! However, it's getting cold out. REALLY cold!!
So, I moved Ruby out of her hutch, cleaned it, added LOTS of woodchips for some added warmth, then put Cupcake and her babies in there.
I then put Ruby in Cupcake's old hutch area (after cleaning it out, of course :))
Mother and babies all seem to be doing well for the current time. Hopefully they'll remain warm enough. I'm so happy I've got six lovely lop bunnies!
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