TinysMom
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Hello! You can find last year's blog here. I debated about starting a new blog this year because I haven't been very active lately - but then I was reading back through my old blogs the other day and thinking about how glad I was that I had shared so many memories in them that I could enjoy later.
For those who don't know me - my name is Peg and I used to breed lionheads and then took a break - then bred flemish giants and holland lops. I decided to stop breeding last year for several reasons but I still have many of my rabbits here with us and we will let them stay with us until they pass on. Many times I have thought about rehoming them but this last year we lost several rabbits - among the hardest losses were several of my flemish giant bucks - and I've decided to just enjoy the rabbits I have now and try to help them have happy and healthy lives.
Some of the rabbits you may hear about the most are the ones that live in the rabbitry area. Mercury, Athena and Hermes are my three oldest flemish giants and were part of my original herd when I started breeding. Athena is neutered and enjoys living alone in her cage. At this moment, she is snoozing in her litter box. Hermes and Mercury (aka "puppy" cause he used to follow us around like a puppy during his playtimes) are both intact and probably won't be neutered since there are girls who need to be neutered first. Harmony is next and she is my largest flemish giant rabbit - she came to us from New England. I need to weigh her but I think she's over 20 pounds now. She and Athena are my sweeties and they just love to get pets. Harmony is next to Mercury and loves to flirt with him sometimes.
Athena is next to my only English lop buck, Brady Hawkes. I don't know if its just me or what - but I find E-lops to be the MESSIEST rabbits I have. I love Brady dearly - don't get me wrong -but boy can he really mess up his cage.
I have two other full flemish boys - they are sons of Nyx (who you'll hear about later). One is all black and is "Tiny Tim" cause he reminds me a lot of Tiny. The other buck is a steel buck and he's named "Smithy" and he is hilarious. He loves to run and play and literally binky into the back door. Sometimes I think he's simply trying to make the puppy look smart.
There are also two Californian bucks who are brothers and have lived together since birth. They are Dallas and Austin and my greatest fear is that one of them will die and I'll lose the other one short afterwards.
I also have Sam and Dean Winchester - half flemmie brothers who lived together for over a year before they stated fighting -now they have separate cages. Sam likes to help me open his cage door for supper since it opens inward. Dean is our "box disposer" and we give him small priority mail boxes to chew up because he loves to destroy them.
Fiona is a Californian doe we rescued last year along with her sister (RIP) and her two brothers Castiel & Crowley. Cas & Crowley live together in the office...more on them later.
Moving on - there is Duke aka "Dukey" our bottle-fed from 8 days old flemish giant buck. He's beside CJ which stands for Calamity Jane - a flemish giant doe from my first litter. She's got a very mild personality but doesn't play well with other does. Dukey is in between her and Popcorn - a New Zealand doe I got from Snap - a forum member who was leaving for college.
Below those there are Lily and Rosita - two New Zealand does we rescued at the same time as Fiona - plus in the middle is Ske-doosh - a New Zealand/Flemish mix that I got from a forum member also as she was moving. I was in love with Ske for well over a year - maybe two? before I was able to adopt him. His story is very interesting - he was a leftover Easter bunny that broke his leg while at the store. The forum member took him and had his leg fixed, etc. and he was her heart bunny for a while...while he was my heart bunny from a distance. Ske loves to flirt with anyone - buck or doe - doesn't matter.
Charlie is our mini-rex that came to us at the same time as Popcorn.
Finally we have Ziggy, our very fluffy teddy-style lionhead, and Leo, Jed & Bruno - our holland lop bucks.
That is our rabbitry. Don't worry - the test won't be for 2 days - you'll have time to study.
I really need to get moving here so I'll simply state that the office has Nyx - our black flemish giant doe from Wabbitdad12 and Wabbitmom12 (who really should have ?? instead of a number behind their names cause they're always open to helping bunnies, etc) along with several other bunnies.
And I can't forget Zeus - our bedroom bunny that we adopted when Tiny died a few years ago. I still miss "The BunFather" as we called him and will tear up when I look at his pictures. Its hard to believe that I've had Zeus longer than I had Tiny...but I think it s true - or it will be true soon.
Zeus has been extremely active lately which sorta scares me a bit - almost like he's in his second childhood. He seems healthy but I know he's getting older and is like 7 now - almost 8 I think. He runs around the room and almost sounds like a small pony when he gets going. This morning he even willingly gave me kisses- something he's only done two or three times before- once when I was very sick with a fever. Needless to say - I wonder what is going on with him - maybe he's finally happy and realized he's staying here - I don't know. He had another home once but when he disobeyed and peed on the floor he got returned to the shelter. He's tried peeing lately and getting into trouble and he knows he'll get locked up and he knows his limits. I think maybe by seeing he has boundaries he's happy now and has finally accepted this is his "forever" home.
Anyway - that is it for now. More later...
I'm going to try to update at least once a week if I can.
For those who don't know me - my name is Peg and I used to breed lionheads and then took a break - then bred flemish giants and holland lops. I decided to stop breeding last year for several reasons but I still have many of my rabbits here with us and we will let them stay with us until they pass on. Many times I have thought about rehoming them but this last year we lost several rabbits - among the hardest losses were several of my flemish giant bucks - and I've decided to just enjoy the rabbits I have now and try to help them have happy and healthy lives.
Some of the rabbits you may hear about the most are the ones that live in the rabbitry area. Mercury, Athena and Hermes are my three oldest flemish giants and were part of my original herd when I started breeding. Athena is neutered and enjoys living alone in her cage. At this moment, she is snoozing in her litter box. Hermes and Mercury (aka "puppy" cause he used to follow us around like a puppy during his playtimes) are both intact and probably won't be neutered since there are girls who need to be neutered first. Harmony is next and she is my largest flemish giant rabbit - she came to us from New England. I need to weigh her but I think she's over 20 pounds now. She and Athena are my sweeties and they just love to get pets. Harmony is next to Mercury and loves to flirt with him sometimes.
Athena is next to my only English lop buck, Brady Hawkes. I don't know if its just me or what - but I find E-lops to be the MESSIEST rabbits I have. I love Brady dearly - don't get me wrong -but boy can he really mess up his cage.
I have two other full flemish boys - they are sons of Nyx (who you'll hear about later). One is all black and is "Tiny Tim" cause he reminds me a lot of Tiny. The other buck is a steel buck and he's named "Smithy" and he is hilarious. He loves to run and play and literally binky into the back door. Sometimes I think he's simply trying to make the puppy look smart.
There are also two Californian bucks who are brothers and have lived together since birth. They are Dallas and Austin and my greatest fear is that one of them will die and I'll lose the other one short afterwards.
I also have Sam and Dean Winchester - half flemmie brothers who lived together for over a year before they stated fighting -now they have separate cages. Sam likes to help me open his cage door for supper since it opens inward. Dean is our "box disposer" and we give him small priority mail boxes to chew up because he loves to destroy them.
Fiona is a Californian doe we rescued last year along with her sister (RIP) and her two brothers Castiel & Crowley. Cas & Crowley live together in the office...more on them later.
Moving on - there is Duke aka "Dukey" our bottle-fed from 8 days old flemish giant buck. He's beside CJ which stands for Calamity Jane - a flemish giant doe from my first litter. She's got a very mild personality but doesn't play well with other does. Dukey is in between her and Popcorn - a New Zealand doe I got from Snap - a forum member who was leaving for college.
Below those there are Lily and Rosita - two New Zealand does we rescued at the same time as Fiona - plus in the middle is Ske-doosh - a New Zealand/Flemish mix that I got from a forum member also as she was moving. I was in love with Ske for well over a year - maybe two? before I was able to adopt him. His story is very interesting - he was a leftover Easter bunny that broke his leg while at the store. The forum member took him and had his leg fixed, etc. and he was her heart bunny for a while...while he was my heart bunny from a distance. Ske loves to flirt with anyone - buck or doe - doesn't matter.
Charlie is our mini-rex that came to us at the same time as Popcorn.
Finally we have Ziggy, our very fluffy teddy-style lionhead, and Leo, Jed & Bruno - our holland lop bucks.
That is our rabbitry. Don't worry - the test won't be for 2 days - you'll have time to study.
I really need to get moving here so I'll simply state that the office has Nyx - our black flemish giant doe from Wabbitdad12 and Wabbitmom12 (who really should have ?? instead of a number behind their names cause they're always open to helping bunnies, etc) along with several other bunnies.
And I can't forget Zeus - our bedroom bunny that we adopted when Tiny died a few years ago. I still miss "The BunFather" as we called him and will tear up when I look at his pictures. Its hard to believe that I've had Zeus longer than I had Tiny...but I think it s true - or it will be true soon.
Zeus has been extremely active lately which sorta scares me a bit - almost like he's in his second childhood. He seems healthy but I know he's getting older and is like 7 now - almost 8 I think. He runs around the room and almost sounds like a small pony when he gets going. This morning he even willingly gave me kisses- something he's only done two or three times before- once when I was very sick with a fever. Needless to say - I wonder what is going on with him - maybe he's finally happy and realized he's staying here - I don't know. He had another home once but when he disobeyed and peed on the floor he got returned to the shelter. He's tried peeing lately and getting into trouble and he knows he'll get locked up and he knows his limits. I think maybe by seeing he has boundaries he's happy now and has finally accepted this is his "forever" home.
Anyway - that is it for now. More later...
I'm going to try to update at least once a week if I can.
