2011 Texan Tales & Tails

[TinysMom]

ROFLOL - Portia is now caged - but she was dragging a ziplock baggy of wooden puzzle pieces with her...to take to her nestbox.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

TinysMom wrote:

ROFLOL - Portia is now caged - but she was dragging a ziplock baggy of wooden puzzle pieces with her...to take to her nestbox.

Well,she has to have something to do while she waits!

 

[TinysMom]

I'm sure she would have enjoyed herself...its a 3D type wooden puzzle....if nothing else - she'd have something to chew on.

Gotta love my girls - they certainly have attitude and creativity.

 

[TinysMom]

Forgot to update that Jesse is still with us....and he's doing better than I thought he was. He doesn't like to hop around a lot - but he sure loves his banana.

I took him out to the kitchen tonight so he could have banana without the babies bugging him and I told him that tomorrow I'd take him outside on the table and video him eating it...and I promised him that as long as he stays alive - I will do my darndest to make sure he gets some banana every single day.

May he live a long life....even if I have to buy a banana a day....

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

Forgot to update that Jesse is still with us....and he's doing better than I thought he was. He doesn't like to hop around a lot - but he sure loves his banana.

I took him out to the kitchen tonight so he could have banana without the babies bugging him and I told him that tomorrow I'd take him outside on the table and video him eating it...and I promised him that as long as he stays alive - I will do my darndest to make sure he gets some banana every single day.

May he live a long life....even if I have to buy a banana a day....

ray: Such a happy little bun!

 

[Nyx]

Hello everybun....and hello humans also.

I'm taking a few minutes from my break time to write this to you. I hope you appreciate it. I mean...I am VERY busy between running a herd, nursing my babies and monitoring the puppy. Sometimes I wonder how I do it all - especially since Thunder has abdicated her rightful role as assistant matron.

That's right - she's abandoned us to go live in the office most of the time. She comes out at supper time and spends a couple of hours per day with us but then heads back to the office. Rumor has it that she's trying to start/manage a herd of lionheads. Ha Ha Ha. Right.

She left us for them?

Anyway - I've been trying to decide on her replacement. Her half-sister (on Mercury's side) comes running out to us several times per day to tell us what's happening. Meatball really irritates the girls...but I do need to keep a bit of an eye on my daughter - so I'll resort to using half-flemish spies if need be.

I'm sure mom has told you about my kids...that I had four boys and two girls Mom wanted more girls...but lets face it....more girls = more responsibility for me if mom plans to let them join the herd. So I HAD to have boys...know what I mean?

Apparently mom is in love with one of the girls....she's steel and she has a large head like a buck...but is a girl. Mom thinks she'd be a help to the breeding program. HELLO!!!! What about me mom???? Am I not a help?

Mom says this girl will have an even larger head she thinks....so I proceeded to tell Dukey that he gave me kits with FAT HEADS and he better not plan on breeding again. But what can I really say? I mean...mom is the one with the breeding charts and genetics, etc.

Then again - that girl is a bit of a nipper....so maybe she won't stay....you never know. Mom has been trying to figure out a name for her...remember - my other daughter's name is Thunder (which is not like Thunder and lightening but is a shortened version of her full name of THUNDERBUTT!!!). So to come up for a name for this girl....hmmmm....

The boys mom has thought about giving different character names from the actor Mark Shepard and the shows he's been on - like Crowley from Supernatural and Badger from Firefly and Sterling from Leverage, etc.

Excuse the pun...but I "nyxed" that idea. I told her if she had to give them character names....pick them from JOHN WAYNE characters .... or maybe Jimmy Stewart characters.

We'll see what happens. Robin wants to name them after "My Little Pony" characters.

Oooh - I just saw the funniest thing. Funny to me - and you - but not to Sasha. Sasha was trying to sleep and Oreo was tired and wanted comfort...so he went up and laid down beside Sasha......and started SUCKING ON HER NIPPLES!!!! Honest and for true. Mom even saw it and laughed. What was funny - was when he couldn't find milk - he went to another nipple.

Mom saw me snickering and laughed and said, "Better watch out Nyx....y6u've got milk...you'll be next..".

I think I threw my back out a bit flicking her off as I headed for the kitchen.

Oh - I think you'll want to know that Jesse is still with us. Mom sings to him "I'll give you a nana a day dear....I'll give you a nana a day..". That's right - little brat has been promised he'll have banana EVERY DAY he's alive if she can do it.

I HATE HIM!

Then again - I have been jumping up in her lap and getting nana myself. I usually get part of the peel too.

Well - I guess that's all for now.

Oh - and two Holland lop girls MAY be preggers - or may not be preggers. We'll see!

More later..maybe....if I think I'm appreciated enough for all I do.

But now I'm gonna go contemplate who should be assistant herd matron. I'm about ready to offer it to Oreo but the girls will never go for that.....

 

[TinysMom]

R.I.P. Jesse

Sometime after he got his banana this morning - he laid down and went to sleep....and never woke up.

 

[Yurusumaji]

Oh, Peg. I am so sorry for your loss.

Binky Free, Jesse. :rainbow:

 

[MiniLopHop]

Peg, I am so sorry for your loss. Jesse wasa sweet boy. You made sure he knew he was loved and comfortable, that is all we can do in the end. At least he had his banana today.

:rip:

 

[TinysMom]

Thanks to those of you who expressed your thoughts both publicly and privately on here and on Facebook. I need to try and get the videos and photos off Facebook and put them on here - and maybe do a Rainbow bridge thread for him.

I'm somewhat ok with his passing - I knew it was coming - I had a week to prepare - and this morning when I felt the urge to give him his banana (instead of waiting till afternoon/evening like usual) - I did it. Art buried him out in a special place (I didn't ask where).

I was especially touched when Art prayed over our lunch at McD's that he thanked God for Jesse's life and for all that he meant to us and all the joy we got out of him, etc. etc.

I really need to take some pictures of the "Nyx Bits" too so y'all can see how they're growing.

I may take a day or two away from the forum if I can (don't know if I can bring myself to do it). I'm struggling with some things and I want to watch what I say and do.

 

[TinysMom]

Texas Tales and Tails

My new blog....I'll probably do most of my posts there - haven't decided yet - we'll see how it goes.

 

[TinysMom]

I'll be doing more updates in my other blog - but...

CINDY had five babies!!!!

Still waiting on Portia and Dotty!

 

[TinysMom]

Wanting to make sure her mom didn't get ALL the attention - Portia had SIX babies this morning - smaller than mom's babies...and one may be a peanut - I can't tell for sure yet.

So very happy...I have two broken torts it looks like and 9 torts...

 

[Wabbitdad12]

:woohoo

 

[TinysMom]

I figured I probably wouldn't blog on here anymore cause I thought that not that many people read it...but someone on here (more than one person really) told me that its easier to read my blogs on here and see pics than it is to find it through the feed on facebook...so I'll probably do both.


Now - for the thing I know y'all love most - PICTURES!!!

First up - Cindy's litter...

Now on to Porta's litter of six - two of which are teeny tiny (but still hanging in there)..

same baby

and now for something completely different......Ditzy Mitzi

Yes - she is sleeping. She falls off several times a day too - and then jumps back up and does it again...

Oh - and Dotty didn't have any babies. I am toying with breeding her with Triad, my broken tort lionhead - and getting broken tort (hopefully) lionlops.

I want to get her bred fairly soon before she gets too old for her first pregnancy.

 

[JadeIcing]

YAY HOLLANDS!

 

[TinysMom]

We lost Portia's two tiny babies - I knew it was going to happen as I suspected they were peanuts. However, her other four are doing quite well and I'm hoping they will make it.

Cindy's babies are doing quite well - the smallest one (broken) does concern me....but it keeps growing and is just smaller than the others but it grows at about the same rate.

I just made one of the hardest phone calls I've ever had to make.

We finally found the barn we want (long story - but our original plans didn't work out - turns out it was a blessing because it would have increased our property value and made our taxes go up)....but we realized that we could either buy the barn - OR - pay off our mini-van (well - be within one month of paying it off).

Paying off our mini van adds another $350 to our "disposable income" - meaning it would help a lot.

We decided to pay off the minivan and then buy the building in a few months once we've saved up enough to get it (at least we know how much its going to run).

Since we told the guy we'd call him by noon today to let him know if we were going to order the building or not....because he's placing his order for buildings then since he's just sold some from his lot....I called him to let him know what we're going to do.

I am really down about the decision - I WANTED the bunny barn - as we all did. But while my heart wanted the barn - my head said that it was wiser to pay off the van and get out from under that payment.

What is cool is that the building we're getting - someone else here in town also got for their rabbitry and as it turns out - they even imported rabbits from the UK or Europe or something. I need to try and find a way to contact them!

The building will be 10' X 18'. The door is 4' wide and it will be on the 18' side - with a cut-out directly across from it for an air conditioner. Then - on each of the 10' sides will be a window so we can open it up and air out the building whenever we want. We also talked about how to lower the ceiling on it so that a 10,000 btu air conditioner would be enough to keep it cool.

Anyway - that's my news for now.

 

[TinysMom]

Pictures of new rabbitry building style

Colors of buildings

We're going to get Polar White to keep it cool....not sure about trim color yet.

 

[Nyx]

Well, I see that my threat to take over mom's blog if she deserted it ...worked! That's good cause I don't have a lot of time to do updates myself. Let me tell you - I forgot how much work it could take to nurse a litter. Its especially difficult when mom goes to bed before 3 am and I have to wait for someone to get up so they'll put me in the babies' cage and let me nurse. Do you know what its like to live with all that milk for several hours??? I think that's mean of mom to go to bed before I'm ready to nurse....she offers to put me up but I tell her I don't have milk yet and will have to wait a bit...so she heads off to bed and I'm sitting there frustrated for HOURS.

Portia and Cindy have it easy - their babies still have their eyes closed and stay in their nestbox. Mine? HA.

Mom told me about their decision to not get a bunny barn. Actually, I sat in the rabbitry and listened in on the discussion. Personally, I don't see what the big deal is....I mean - we behave pretty good - sorta - for rabbits. I know Ellie Mae can be frustrating and that Diane has been chewing on Robin's computer cords lately - so far she's destroyed the headphone cords twice - and ejected Robin from the internet once by chewing on that cord. She's pretty proud of herself for that move...but I told her she better take a couple of days off or she might wind up in a cage.

The bucks are doing quite well. Mom is talking about doing some planned breedings July 1st. Diane and the other girls are getting quite excited about it. Mom's also talking/thinking about taking "Princess" Athena and Fat Butt to the vet for a visit...something about getting a spay. I don't know what that is...but I suggested that maybe it was some weight loss plan? Anyway....she would like to do that in the next 2-3 months. 'thena is all excited about - saying she's getting something I'm not getting. I told her that if I wanted it...I'd get one too....

Ooops - sounds like Robin is letting the brats down for playtime...I best go....but before I do - I have some pictures to share with y'all.

I love the look on this baby's face - its learned the "I disapprove" look already. I give it a 9 for effort - it needs to look a bit more mean.

Somebun was trying to sleep through the photo shoot....

There's more pictures in my gallery - I don't want to make it too hard for people to look at the thread and have pictures load.

Aren't my babies just adorable? At least to humans.....to me.....they're just little bundles of fur that chase me around and go "feed me mama...I'm yours!"

Nope - they're soon to be BREEDER MAMA'S!!!

 

[TinysMom]

I am posting this for those folks who don't follow me on Facebook and didn't see the video I posted (I don't think I can bring myself to post it here).

For the last couple of weeks - Oreo has been acting strange sometimes. He will walk around with his head down - bumping into things - climbing over things (as if he doesn't really see them).

We thought / hoped it was hypoglycemia or something like that.

Today it got worse - to the point that we took him to the vet so they could see what he is doing.

The news isn't good.

After doing bloodwork, etc it is suspected that he "could" have a liver shunt (which isn't good and the odds of recovery are not great)....or he could have neurological problems that are genetic.

It would cost $1500 or more to get an MRI and other workup done in San Antonio - and even then - the vet doesn't believe that they can find a cause that can be fixed....he believes that whatever it is - it is genetic.

Basically - we are at a point where we will keep an eye on Oreo - but most likely have to make the decision sometime in the near weeks to help him cross the bridge.

What he is experiencing is getting worse and it is getting worse pretty quickly. It appears as though the more he grows - the worse he gets.

At this point - he does not appear to be in any pain (per the vet and per our observation) and we are going to go by the three A's to decide when he needs help. Those are:

alertness
appetite
affection

I am hoping he has a good day tomorrow so I can get a new video card for my camera and take some videos and pictures of him outdoors.

In my gut - I suspect we might have 1 week or 2 weeks. I don't think we have more than a month at most.

My heart is breaking - and I honestly don't know how I can handle this.

For those who believe in prayer - please be praying.

I want to share something later - but I can't type right now without crying.