2011 Texan Tales & Tails

[TinysMom]

Jynxie wrote:

Such cute pictures, the babies are adorable!

Also flint is for sure a border collie, very cute.
He's gorgeous.

Flint is our last name...his name is actually "Oreo"...

When I said that about his name being Flint - it was basically - saying - although we were thinking of rehoming him...it looks like this is his forever home.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

TinysMom wrote:

Also - I suspect that Oreo's last name is now officially "Flint". Art has grown to love him (somewhat) and we can't stop laughing every time we walk towards the rabbitry and find him curled up on top of a bunch of flemmies...

Oh - about flee-lops....Art would like me to do another breeding of them - but - with a doe that will take care of the babies.....so do y'all still want a flee-lop?

I can't believe he would like me to do this - but he is in love with Jesse too.

Sure we would love a fleelop from you!

That is cute the puppy cuddling with the bunny's. He could grow up thinking he is a bunny. I had a dog raised around cats from the she was just a pup, she acted more like a cat then a dog.

 

[Jynxie]

Ohh, sorry.
I get it now, well welcome home Oreo!

 

[wabbitmom12]

YAY!!! Baby Flemmie pictures! :big kiss:
We always knew that Art is a real softie!:wink Oreo is a adorable, and one lucky puppy! He is adopted by a family AND a herd. :biggrin2:

I just love how animals react to babies, whether they are the same species or not. The flemmie does know that Oreo is just a pup (probably because he doesn't have any mature sex hormones yet). Sounds like they tolerate him much like they would a baby...a WARM, SNUGGLY baby... because there's always room for another warm body in the sleeping pile :biggrin2: Maybe if you keep him socialized with the rabbits from this age on, he will be very trustworthy with them? Stranger things have happened.

 

[TinysMom]

Oreo is approx. 6 weeks old, weighs 3 pounds and 4 ounces....and had his first puppy shot. He will go back in 3 weeks for his next one.

His fecal came back negative (Praise God)!

He is definitely part border collie - not sure what else.

While we were waiting for the vet - he fell off the table....and of course he howled and cried and got all upset. As Robin said, "If you're gonna fall off the table and land on your head....at least this is the place to do it!"

He's fine.

 

[TinysMom]

Took a couple of photos of Jesse today...he was in "his" nestbox with the babies...his ears are at least 2 if not 2 1/2 times the length of his head!

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[TinysMom]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Sure we would love a fleelop from you!

That is cute the puppy cuddling with the bunny's. He could grow up thinking he is a bunny. I had a dog raised around cats from the she was just a pup, she acted more like a cat then a dog.

Art wants me to use a doe that will be a good mom. I'd use Harmony but I really want to retire her...so that leaves me Nyx.

Or I might try one of Harmony's daughters since they had such a great mama.

The thing is - I may use Jar Jar for the breeding instead (if he is doing ok).....can you imagine if I bred him with Nyx and got BROKEN BLACK flee-lops?

 

[TinysMom]

I keep missing Tiny....I am thinking about saving up and buying one of these memorial benches this summer. I like the last two the best...but I don't know.

That is a lot of money to spend....and I'm not sure where I'd put it as it wouldn't show up if I put it where we buried him.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

TinysMom wrote:

Took a couple of photos of Jesse today...he was in "his" nestbox with the babies...his ears are at least 2 if not 2 1/2 times the length of his head!


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So cute! I love those ears!:inlove:

 

[TinysMom]

First of all - R.I.P. Milina. I didn't talk about her much - she was a chocolate holland lop doe that we bought to breed with Puck (he was broken black otter that carried chocolate). She was six years old - the mom to Puckina....and for the last 3 days we've known we were losing her.

Art just held her in his arms for the last half hour and she just passed away a few minutes ago.

Art really loves lops and for some reason - they love him too (more than me).

I was going through my photos to try and find a photo of Milina - but I'm not sure that I took any of her (or many) after we got her.

The more I looked at all the pictures of rabbits I've lost...Tiny, Miss Bea, New Hope, Cassanova, Isenstar & Sapphira - etc. etc. - the more depressed I was getting.

Then I came across this photo - of a rabbit who is very much alive.

For those who don't know the whole story - Nyx came to us from Dave & Karen (Wabbitdad12 & Wabbitmom12). The story is sorta complicated because we were gonna get one - and then we started breeding and said, "We only want a girl" and we had to wait and see if they had a girl (she was called Houdini - for good reason). Dave & Karen were flying to San Antonio and they were going to bring her to us (we paid for her flight).

Anyway - once we knew we were getting her - and which one - they took a picture of Nyx for us....if I remember right - she proceeded to eat (or try to eat) the hat after the photo session.

Here's the close-up of her face....I love it!

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[/align][align=center]I'm still very sad about Milina and all the others we've lost over the years...but pictures like this ...make me smile.[/align][align=center]
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[/align][align=center][line][/align][align=left]Baby bunny update: All of Nyx's six remaining babies are doing great. The two largest are about 2/3 (or more) the size of Jesse who is definitely built more like an e-lop. Its sorta funny cause the babies are 2 weeks old tdday and Jesse is...four or five weeks old?

Then again - Elops tend to be around 10 pounds - flemish can be 17-20 pounds and up.

Oh - special note to Dave & Karen....I'm thrilled with this litter and I think you will like what you see as they get older. Two of them have that huge wide buck face and several of them have HUGE feet. I think the Nyx/Dukey combination was an awesome way to go....


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[Wabbitdad12]

I am so sorry about Milina.

I had forgotten about that picture, put a smile on my face again. A Texas bound bunny just had to have a cowboy hat!

 

[TinysMom]

Dave - there is a saying here that is "Don't Mess With Texas" (you can see it on road signs sometimes).

Let me tell you - Nyx was BORN with that attitude I think. No one messes with Nyx...she is definitely the boss.

But she's also a sweetheart.

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

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[/align][align=center]I'm still very sad about Milina  and all the others we've lost over the years...but pictures like this ...make me smile.[/align][align=center]
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[/align][align=center][line][/align][align=left]Baby bunny update:  All of Nyx's six remaining babies are doing great.  The two largest are about 2/3 (or more) the size of Jesse who is definitely built more like an e-lop.  Its sorta funny cause the babies are 2 weeks old tdday and Jesse is...four or five weeks old?

Then again - Elops tend to be around 10 pounds - flemish can be 17-20 pounds and up.

Oh - special note to Dave & Karen....I'm thrilled with this litter and I think you will like what you see as they get older.  Two of them have that huge wide buck face and several of them have HUGE feet.  I think the Nyx/Dukey combination was an awesome way to go....


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:biggrin2: There's my Nyx!

Thanks for the litter update...it's amazing how you can start to see some of the desirable traits coming out already at this age. Don't get me wrong...others can and will develop...but the kits rarely LOSE the good qualities they are hinting at even this young. Usually they just keep gettin' even better.

 

[TinysMom]

Dukey is very happy that we like his babies and he's offered his services anytime that I want to breed. He says that he's willing to "sacrifice" his time and energy to help our breeding program along.

The funny thing is - Dukey (and Athena) don't have big wide faces....and Nyx's isn't overly wide either but when she had Schioppi - his head was sorta massive...and now with these two in the nestbox. WOO HOO!

On a different - almost funny note - we've come to the conclusion that Oreo is NOT a border collie. Yes - he has the markings that border collies have - but I found a puppy weight calculator thing and it looks like he's probably going to top out around 11-13 pounds. So I went search for what breeds are small and have black and white markings like his (and of course - he's probably a mixed breed anyway).

Um...he's probably a....BEAGLE!

GREAT! (Not).

He'll be taller than the flemish - but they'll still outweigh him (maybe).

Oh and now that he's staying - he doesn't really nap with the rabbits anymore....I suspect he did that to make me agree to let him stay.

 

[TinysMom]

These next photos are sideways - Jesse is trying to stand up and look out of his cage/carrier..

 

[TinysMom]

I forgot to share that it looks like we'll be getting our rabbitry building (well - the parts for it) by the end of May. In some ways I can hardly wait - in other ways - I'm dreading it.

When I first made arrangements to buy it - I didn't realize we'd be the ones "building" it. Then - once I realized it - Art LOVED the idea (while I hated it).

But we added so much to it that we couldn't afford right away...so we had to wait till now to pay it off and get it (and we're pulling money out of our 401K to finish paying it).

You can see samples of the building here.

I need to look at the paperwork - but if I remember right we are getting a 14' X 32' building - but since it is in 2' sections we may do one building that is 14' X 24' and one that is 14' X 8'. We're also getting sunroof type things for it (2 or 3 I think).

I'm dreading it coming....it will be a lot of work - sorta. But it will be nice to have it also.

Now if we just don't want to kill each other over the process of getting the yard ready and getting it up once it gets here....(we have a running joke..."divorce...no. Murder? possibly!"

Ooops - make that 16' across - not 14'....

 

[Nyx]

I know....I know....its been a while since I've posted.

But come on folks...I'm managing a herd....feeding 6 babies....and helping mom out with some other responsibilities that appear to have been SHOVED on me (more on that later). So its a bit hard to find time to come on here and jabber at y'all.

First - FatButt wasn't pregnant. Yeah yeah...I know you know here as Harmony. I don't care....

Secondly - Portia IS pregnant and due May 17th. We're all very happy for her and she's been binkying when the door is open outside (for nice weather) and she still chases other rabbits around. I did explain to her that she needs her rest still and she's agreed that as she gets closer to her due date...she'd rest more.

Thunder is really mad at mom.....she wants to breed so bad and mom has said "NO". In fact- mom almost SHOUTED "NO" at her. It seems like mom said something along the lines of "You've had two litters and you've never fed them...breeding isn't just about the s_x .... its about having the babies afterwards...". So now Thunder is going in the bathroom and digging in the bathtub to get rid of her frustrations.

I agree with mom though and have told Thunder that she's blown her chances. She'll just have to be a pet rabbit.

She's not speaking to me anymore.

Mom has been working on some sort of a chart for "line breeding" to decide who should be bred to who for her lines. Unfortunately, she put it up high enough that the girls can't get to it - they want to plan their own breedings and they're trying to get the chart down so they can destroy it.

Supposedly mom is taking photos and weights of all the boys today so she can make some decisions...and then she may do photos and weights of the girls too later this weekend.

Can you believe that DAD wants me to breed with either Jar Jar or Brady Hawkes? I certainly thumped at mom when she came to discuss it with me. Of course, it wouldn't happen yet - I need a break after having babies....and these babies still need me for a bit. (That reminds me - the babies are being called "Nyx Bits"....ha ha ha).

Apparently dad wants more flee-lops and he wants mama to use a doe that she knows will take care of the babies.

HA HA HA.

Whatever.

I told her it would take an awful lot of craisins to put me in the mood...and she asked how many bags she should get...

Hmmm....I may have to consider this?

Anyway - back to my "other responsibilities".

As many of you know - mom is a softie. Let her know of a hurt animal or one that needs a home - and suddenly they're moving cages and fitting animals in. Sometimes the animals don't even get a cage...like in the case of OREO.

It appears that sometimes Oreo needs a "mommy". He will go to mom - but if she's not available and he needs cuddling to get to sleep...he comes to.....well...the picture will explain it.

Yeah - that's right - he comes to ME!

At least there are times when the other girls help me out with him. Here's one we call "Three Bunnies and a Beagle"...

Well - I guess that's all for now. Between Oreo, the herd and my babies - I best get off here and get some of my responsibilities done.

 

[JadeIcing]

I want him.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

What a Kodak moment!

 

[wabbitmom12]

My Very Dear Nyx,

Thank you so much for your update. I've been wondering how you have been managing all of your responsibilities, on top of trying to raise up a litter of 6 precocious kits. (Yes, that is "precocious", not precious. Although they ARE precious, and very adorable. But, since they are YOURS, they are bound to be PREE-CO-SHUS...these things tend to run in the genes. Your Mama Peg is going to have her hands full! ).

Now dear, I know that you don't WANT to hear this, but I am going to say it anyway: Having Oreo around is a good thing for your Mama. And what is good for your Mama, is also good for EVERYONE else. (Being a Mama yourself, you know this saying is true: "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!") Oreo makes her laugh, and gives her another "baby" to love on, like she does Jesse, and all of your kits. And sometimes lately Mama has been a little sad about some of the bunnies and kits that have gone to the Bridge. So it's GOOD for her to have happy, new life to enjoy.

So, my Nyx, I know that you will be extra kind to Oreo as a special favor to Mama. It's important to her that Oreo knows how to behave around the Herd, and YOU are the best doe to teach him how! I'm sure you will be fair, firm, and kind. He is a Baby, after all...and probably misses his mama and siblings A LOT.

Love to you and the kits,

Your Indiana "Mama",
Wabbitmom