JAK Rabbitry
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So I went to the livestock auction on Friday to get another chicken.
I came hoem with 3 rabbtis instead. Good job Jesse.
So I saw there were like 10 English angoras there and of course as usually they all looked like hell. Nohing but mats and they were so so dirty like they'd been sitting int heir own filth fora long time. I couldn't tell what color some of them were. All had runny noises, probably from breathing so much ammonia, sad sad eyes. Like they had just given up and were completely miserable.
I checked their ears for tats and as I suspected they had them, and were from a breeder my business partner and I had bought most of our angoras from. I didn't think this woman had brought them here, probably a second hand buyer. I know Angel cares a lot for her angoras. And has sold out weeks prior.
There was a BEW Angora there that caught my eye. He wasn't quite as matted as the others butt hat isn't saying much. He was very scared, it so hard to get an idea of a rabbit's personality at these places. Allt eh smells and noises and ugly people, I'd be having a fit too. But the BEW also had an ear number revealing he was from Angel's lines. So here's a nice show rabbit sitting here covered in mats with a runny nose, a broken toe, and a broken ear, absolutely miserable. I raised my hand twice and paid $4 for the poor thing. Mandi had been wantign a BEW English Angora for a long time. Btu they're so hard to find. A lady was goign to sell her one at this show but she backed out last minute for like, the dumbest reasons. We were kind of mad. But whatev. I thought this would be a nice present for Mandi...once we got him back into shape, and I know she likes to fuss over her critters.
Though the auctioneer is the same one they've had for like, a bajillion years and he has a cane that he uses to point tot he cage we're all bidding on. Well, he's a bad pointer. Because I ended up buying a Polish I didn't want either. So now I have a Polish I don't know what to do with. I swear he had been pointign tot he angora but I guess not.
So I got that Angora, a Polish, and a beautiful blue-eyed chocolate dutch. Pictures to follow.
So here's the angora (Which we've named 'Albus') Before I worked on him at all. Straight from the auction. Boy doesn't he look thrilled?
Hre is one of the larger mats that was stuck to his ribs. I outlined it so you can see it better and see how big it is. I pulled a bigger one off his butt.
Here's all the large mats I pulled off of him when I got home. But it was like 1AM by the time I was finished and I called it a night. He was so happy to have food. I wonder when he was fed last...he was sooo skinny. And his skin is all falling off from having so many mats and junk.
Here's a close up of those big pretty eyes....after we shaved him this morning. (Mandi and I). When I took that huge mat off his butt roll last night...I doscovered his tail...and I left a little poof at the end just because its ridiculous and funny to look at. And Mandi had a good laugh over it and we both just thought it was so cute so when we buzzed him this morning we left the poof there. We were saying how it looked like a Truffala tree (Dr Seuss)
Poof!
Here's Alby, all doen with his haircut. He obviously felt a lot better but in this picture It huoght he just had the saddest expression. Its like....heartbreaking.
Here's the Polish I got by accident. Any takers? She's actually quite sweet, but what am I going to do with her?
And Grand Finale.... drumroll please...
My blue-eyed chocolate dutch thing! yay!
I just thought he was so pretty. I hope Cymry thinks he's sexy. I like his spotted pattern over his bum, its almost harlequin-like, but not as sketchy, its very bold intence color. Stunning.
The End. I'll keep you updated on Albus. Mandi took him home though.
I came hoem with 3 rabbtis instead. Good job Jesse.
So I saw there were like 10 English angoras there and of course as usually they all looked like hell. Nohing but mats and they were so so dirty like they'd been sitting int heir own filth fora long time. I couldn't tell what color some of them were. All had runny noises, probably from breathing so much ammonia, sad sad eyes. Like they had just given up and were completely miserable.
I checked their ears for tats and as I suspected they had them, and were from a breeder my business partner and I had bought most of our angoras from. I didn't think this woman had brought them here, probably a second hand buyer. I know Angel cares a lot for her angoras. And has sold out weeks prior.
There was a BEW Angora there that caught my eye. He wasn't quite as matted as the others butt hat isn't saying much. He was very scared, it so hard to get an idea of a rabbit's personality at these places. Allt eh smells and noises and ugly people, I'd be having a fit too. But the BEW also had an ear number revealing he was from Angel's lines. So here's a nice show rabbit sitting here covered in mats with a runny nose, a broken toe, and a broken ear, absolutely miserable. I raised my hand twice and paid $4 for the poor thing. Mandi had been wantign a BEW English Angora for a long time. Btu they're so hard to find. A lady was goign to sell her one at this show but she backed out last minute for like, the dumbest reasons. We were kind of mad. But whatev. I thought this would be a nice present for Mandi...once we got him back into shape, and I know she likes to fuss over her critters.
Though the auctioneer is the same one they've had for like, a bajillion years and he has a cane that he uses to point tot he cage we're all bidding on. Well, he's a bad pointer. Because I ended up buying a Polish I didn't want either. So now I have a Polish I don't know what to do with. I swear he had been pointign tot he angora but I guess not.
So I got that Angora, a Polish, and a beautiful blue-eyed chocolate dutch. Pictures to follow.
So here's the angora (Which we've named 'Albus') Before I worked on him at all. Straight from the auction. Boy doesn't he look thrilled?
Hre is one of the larger mats that was stuck to his ribs. I outlined it so you can see it better and see how big it is. I pulled a bigger one off his butt.
Here's all the large mats I pulled off of him when I got home. But it was like 1AM by the time I was finished and I called it a night. He was so happy to have food. I wonder when he was fed last...he was sooo skinny. And his skin is all falling off from having so many mats and junk.
Here's a close up of those big pretty eyes....after we shaved him this morning. (Mandi and I). When I took that huge mat off his butt roll last night...I doscovered his tail...and I left a little poof at the end just because its ridiculous and funny to look at. And Mandi had a good laugh over it and we both just thought it was so cute so when we buzzed him this morning we left the poof there. We were saying how it looked like a Truffala tree (Dr Seuss)
Poof!
Here's Alby, all doen with his haircut. He obviously felt a lot better but in this picture It huoght he just had the saddest expression. Its like....heartbreaking.
Here's the Polish I got by accident. Any takers? She's actually quite sweet, but what am I going to do with her?
And Grand Finale.... drumroll please...
My blue-eyed chocolate dutch thing! yay!
I just thought he was so pretty. I hope Cymry thinks he's sexy. I like his spotted pattern over his bum, its almost harlequin-like, but not as sketchy, its very bold intence color. Stunning.
The End. I'll keep you updated on Albus. Mandi took him home though.
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