Young Lion Heads

Kayla's litter of 4 are beginning to open up their eyes! I tried to sex them today as well, but they're still really young and it's definitely not easy.  However, I believe one's a definite female, and one's a definite male :)

Here's this little white one with grey spots, which I think it's really cute!

Then this little one with black spots around the eyes, but white ears :)

And this little one, with black ears and black around the eyes.

Then last but not least, a pure albino! All white with red eyes :)

They're so adorable! I might have to keep the grey/white spotted one if it's a girl :)

Kayla's doing an awesome job!

I had been worried about her, since she lost her last litter after a few days. 

But luckily, she hasn't let it keep her down and has been an awesome mother to this little litter :)

Then Kizzy's doing well with her 2.

The little albino female, who I'm definitely keeping.  She's so cute :)

I know the red eyes really creep some people out.  And well, it creeped me out originally too! But since I've now owned so many different red eyed bunnies, I've come to realize that they are probably some of my favorite :)

So here she is, the little girl :)

And of course we cannot forget the little Lop of Bonnie's which Kizzy's been raising as her own :)

This little black/white spotted male is really cute! Although he's definitely not the social sibling out of the 2.  But he's still very sweet and good about being held :)

Ice Ice, Bunny

The other day it literally went into the low hundreds.  And even though my bunnies are in the shade under lots of trees, it was still REALLY hot!

And luckily, very close to our place is a man who sells 10 pound bags of ice for $1.50.  So, I bought 40 pounds, and basically used 37 of the 40. 

I was feeding it to all the bunnies in bowls.  As it would melt, they had ice cold water, before that, they could chew on it...some dumped it out and laid on it, or others would lay up against the bowls full of ice. 

Single bunnies got smaller bowls...

...while I gave litters large bowls. 

And well, it was a huge hit! Especially after losing Bonnie to what I believe was the heat, I wasn't taking any chances with any of my other bunnies.  And I feel this was the least I could do to help them stay nice and cool. 

So I pulled out a bunch of fans from our garages and hooked them up. 

It makes it slightly difficult with feeding/watering, but I'm okay with that. I just want my bunnies to stay as cool as possible in this heat!

Even my puppy Dixie was enjoying the fans :)

She was panting in these pictures (I was feeding her ice too), but it looks like she's smiling :)

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I set these fans up a few days ago,  but they're still up and running as it's been in the high 90's every day the past few days!

And I put up my rabbit tractor on craigslist. 

I never used it.  Not even once.  It's just taking up space in the yard at this point.  So hopefully someone else will be able to use it. 

I have it up for $40, or trade for either 2 Double Maned Lion Head females between the ages 5 months and 2 years, or for 2 Mini Lop females between the ages of 5 months and 2 years. 

Hopefully it will go quickly! Although if it doesn't, I think we'll start using it for my sister's chicks which she hatches so they can fertilize the grass. 

Cora Gives Birth!

Late last evening, I checked on Cora to see if she had any babies.  There was nothing.  She was just relaxing and only the fur she'd ripped out earlier lay inside the nesting area.  But this morning I was selling a bunny around 9.  So I got up early to make sure everything would be ready and checked on Cora while I was out in the rabbitry.

And well, she had JUST had her babies! And here they are, her beautiful, first litter ever...

Cora gave birth to 6 adorable, little babies :)

And it looks like there are spotted ones! I'm excited...I'm sure, (as all baby bunnies are) they will be very cute and very popular :) 

Goodbye Bonnie

Last year I got a female Mini Lop, who I named Bonnie.  When I got her, she was about 8 months old and it was in the same trade when I got Bubba and Gorman.  Anyway, she was a very moody rabbit.  Sometimes she would act sweet and let you pet her, then ten seconds later, she's try and bit you.  So in that respect, she definitely resembled the personality of a cat.

Anyway, the day before yesterday, I went to fill up her feed dish to see it still had lots of food in it.  I figured there had been more than she needed to eat, so I ignored it and moved on. 

Then yesterday I went to feed her again, to see her food had been untouched.  This is when I knew something was terribly wrong.  I opened the cage and she wouldn't even look at me.  She just laid there.  I picked her up and re-positioned her.  Still, she didn't even once grunt like she normally would. 

I noticed her water hadn't been drunk at all.  So I quickly filled up a bowl with fresh water and put her mouth next to it.  She realized what it was and began to drink steadily.  Then I ran inside and got about 8 ice cubes, and added them to her water, which she then found even more to her liking and started drinking like crazy.  She even started sticking her feet in.  I figured she was suffering from the heat.  

This morning, she was moving around, nibbling on greens, sipping water, even feeding her babies.  We then left for the day to get supplies to build another structure for hanging cages.  We knew it was going to be hot, so I called home and had my sister hook up fans in my rabbity to keep the bunnies cool in this 90 degree weather. 

The above and below pictures were taken yesterday, when the babies were with Bonnie.  When we came back home from the hardware store, Bonnie had died.  

Of course I was saddened, and to some extent, shocked.  But in a situation like that, the biggest concern immediately goes to the babies, who turn exactly 4 weeks old tomorrow.  I put 5 of the Lop babies in with Dadooshka, who excepted them as her own. 

I had to rub them down in her fur which she'd pulled out to build her nest, 5 weeks ago. 

But it worked.  I also used my Thieves spray to spray on the babies and Dadooshka to help blend the scents, so she couldn't tell they weren't her babies. 

All the babies, both Lops and Dadooshka's.  I put one Lop baby in with Kizzy, who ignored it for 10 minutes, then began attacking it.  Luckily I was out there and grabbed the baby before any damage had been done.  I was able to stick that little baby in with Dadooshka as well. 

Bonnie, just a few days ago.

Then in with Bonnie's litter had been a caramel colored, smaller baby.  I always figured it was actually my female, Saffron's.  And so I put that baby in with Saffron and her litter.  And luckily, Saffron has excepted it back as her own. 

I'm really glad that she did except the little baby, especially since I honestly believe it was actually hers. 

So now Saffron and her litter are all together again and seem very happy with that. 

As for Bonnie, it's just a reminder of how devastating the heat can be.  I'm just so thankful I have other wonderful mother rabbits who are willing to foster. 

Dadooshka's Litter

I got some pictures of Dadooshka's litter today! Now, these little guys have zero adventure in them...trust me.  They haven't left their nesting box since they were born!  So today I pulled them out and made them socialize.  Some where more resistant than others.  Some decided to try and literally scream their way out of it.  However, I know they're at they age when they definitely need some socialization, and so from this day until they're sold, I will be holding every single one of them to make sure they will be sweet, easy going, good pets.

First up, the only black one :)

Then for the brown babies! Brown baby 1...

...and 2...

...and 3...

...and last but not least, number 4!  Now, this little guy was the one doing most of the screaming, so I held him close to keep him from flailing his hind legs, as I didn't want him to hurt his back. 

And I was able to get a few pretty neat shots of their mom, Dadooshka :)

She's a pretty rabbit, very natural.  More like a bunny you'd actually see running through your yard - except she's waaaay bigger than any wild bunny :) 

She's definitely in the 20 pound range.