The poor rabbits- they haven't seen sunshine in almost 2 weeks. While we are all enjoying the cooler temperatures this May, it would be so nice to get that beautiful sunshine out!
The cooler weather is keeping some funky coats on bunnies that very much need to molt. However, it is helping poor Panda put a coat back on! He started webbing as his dead coat was refusing to drop off, so he and I had an intense several grooming sessions. He's only now starting to not look like a poor little homeless ragamuffin.
Keep's Fiona kindled today. She was so overdue that when I entered the successful birth in to my pedigree software, it popped up saying "This is more than 5 days past the due date. Are you sure you entered it correctly?" I definitely did, and her one little baby is as large as those that were born on their correct due date. Gotta love the challenges of the bunnies.
I did some rebreeding recently. I am excited to see the new babies. Meanwhile the most recent weanings have left me with absolutely no cage space. Every time I move a rabbit out, it seems like a litter is being weaned! Accck!
I am hoping everyone else has had the kind of litter luck I have! Even though there were some dead babies, every doe bred gave me at least 1 live kit. I evaluate feed and the health of the herd based on conception rate and 100% definitely makes me happy. I also got a first time doe started and a doe who was having trouble conceiving started back up! Hooray!
So far, it has been a successful May :).
-Kristen
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Sounds like the bunnies are going right to town haha
I think it's the first time they've actually been "breeding like rabbits" lol.
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