Warm Weather and the Critters

When the warm weather hits I like getting the bunnies out for exercise and the relaxation of nibbling grass. The guinea pigs make effective lawn mowers. :)

 Polish, loppies and Mini Rex chilling out together.

 Normally a chair is in with them, but today it was a cloudy day and they were under a tree

 Keener and Tanner relaxing

 Fresh airand fun!

 Biscuit is a much happier rabbit being outside.

Young Guinea pig and young bunnies

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Biscuit kindles, May 12 2012

13 kits born, one very large one DOA, one teeny tiny one fostered temporarily to Dusty.

 biscuit

German

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Biscuit outside

Since Biscuit does not tolerate heat well, I have her moved outside.

I'm not crazy about where I have her (in an old guinea pig cage) but she's covered, her nestbox is protected, and she is outside.

I have someone giving me a bunch of rabbits tonight, so I needed to make room for them in the isolation tent.  meant a whole lot of rabbits got moved around.

I am hoping over the summer to make a nice solid cage for Biscuit so she can just stay outside year round.  I think that overall that will serve her well.   She really just likes being cold, and she's a good producer, and she's the last offspring of Old Jack and as such holds a special place in our hearts, therefore I have no issues accommodating her needs.

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Bunnies out this morning

I put a whole whack of bunnies out on the lawn today.

Good to give them exercise.  

Biscuit and her kits are out. 

Slip is out with all the young girls (it is SO nice to have an older doe who is so accepting of young does)  

Minx is out.

and is Sera.

The remaining kits from Peek are out.

as are all the young boys.

Nice to have bunnies outside.

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Biscuit - March 7, 2012

thirteen kits born to Biscuit and Kayvin.

Kayvin was a flemish giant buck I had here for about a week.  he was a rescue awaiting a his own home.   Found him one but bred him to Biscuit before he left.

One kit fostered to Dusty
three kits fostered to Nicky who had a dead litter.

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Biscuit - November 27, 2011 litter pics

the girls

the boys

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The boys are weaned

last night I rearranged some rabbits.

I took half of biscuit's litter away...all the boys.

They ranged in weight from 2 - 2.75 lbs. They should all start doing better now that they are out of the mob. :)

Makes it easier for Biscuit to get around as well. As soon as I can I'll be getting the girls away from her as well.

These are Biscuits boys.

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Biscuit - Kindles November 27, 2011

13 kits for miss biscuit today.

Shade is a first time daddy! :)

at this point they seem a variety of shadings, but they are brand new so hard to tell for sure.

Two are quite small.

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Biscuit Sept 19 2011 litter

of the 13 kits born, 12 made it to weaning.

The boys

The Girls

Middle one is sold

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Biscuit Kindles Sept 19, 2011

Biscuit gave me 13 kits this morning. A mix in sizes from smallish to large. Most were in the medium range. Almost missed one as it had crawled up under the fur and straw and away from the group.

Bug is the dad. Quite impressed with the size of this litter. We lost one of the tiny ones.

They look at this point to be a mix in colour, will know more in three days.

the three fosters.

the ones she is raising.

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