First of all - thanks to everyone who posted or contacted me privately or on Facebook. You have no idea how much it means to me. I am going to do a RB thread for Magnum when I can bring myself to do so - probably Saturday or something and I'd love it if y'all post in there.
I am thinking that I may name the remaining bunnies after West Wing characters instead of investigators...and I may someday hope to use Magnum's name again...maybe.
Anyway - for West Wing characters I have several to choose from - Leo - Josh - Sam - Toby - Jed Bartlet - etc. I can use Donna or Abby or CJ (although I have a CJ in flemish - but her's is Calamity Jane) or Bonnie or something like that for a girl.
We're getting close to delivery dates for the bunnies - I bred them July 1st. Nestboxes will go in this weekend....and I need to do some more palpating to see for sure who is pregnant.
I don't know if I mentioned that I also bred Rosita with Ske-doosh....so I may have some 3/4 New Zealand babies - and I'm sure that with Meatball I'm going to wind up with babies that are 1/4 flemish, 1/4 mix, and 1/2 e-lop. In this case, mama is a steel - dad is Brady Hawkes (tort) - but mama came out of light gray and blue. Meaning.....at this point only God knows what colors we'll have - I'm not even trying to figure it out.
I was talking to Alicia about this the other day and I'm going to put it out there....I think my breeding days for flemish giants are over after these babies are born. I'm already planning to neuter Nyx this fall and hopefully Harmony too since those are my oldest girls.
Part of me wanted to have my own lines - to show at shows, etc. That was sort of important to me.
But - feeding them right now takes a LOT of money per month. To go to shows would be expensive for show fees and gas - and it would take time away from my family.
It comes down to a combination of "what would I like?" vs. "what is good for my family"?
I may continue to breed holland lops for another year or so because they are easier to pet out than flemish giants. I haven't fully decided on that.
But I think that at least for breeding flemish - it is time for me to move on. Its a hard decision and I've cried a lot over it when no one is around and I think about it.
However, after being able to take in Popcorn and Charlie and work with Popcorn (who hates Zeus and he hates her).....I just find that maybe I need to make it so the inn has room for bunnies that NEED a home...even though we don't have many breeders here in my area.
Finally - I put on a chocolate/strawberry face mask a bit ago and went into my bedroom later to wash it off.
Have I mentioned that Zeus LOVES both chocolate AND strawberries (he tries to steal chocolate from me if he can)?
Yeah - he came running at me as if "wow mom - the only thing better would be a banana too!"
I made it out alive....as you can tell by this post.
Oh - I have pictures to post soon - maybe tonight or tomorrow...
Except its my kids clothes, I can never let them go!
