my 4 beautiful babies

[Peek-a-boo]

ive been here for ages but havent made my buns a blog yet :shock:yes shocking or what!

anyway heres me introducing you to my 4 terrors! they certainly keep me on my feet!

first off is Crystal i got her in 2005 she was my second ever rabbit my first being a chin netherland dwarf called thumper when i was 9 they got rehomed because like every kid i got bored :Xanyway Crystal is now 3 shes speyed and sadly needs dentals every month her health at the moment is a rollarcoster one minute she seems top of the world next she seems like shes on deaths door she is by far my fav rabbit (shhhh dont tell the other ) and i do spoil her a little to much shes bonded with Misty the first rabbit shes ever excepted :shock:any other rabbit i tried her with she attacked but to be fair Misty is beautiful before Crystal started having health problems she used to groom me constantly our bond was so strong but its like she cant be bothered any more poor girl :Xor maybe ive just been replaced by Misty :?she had a litter of babies when she was 5 months old it was a delibrate mating but i didnt know any better i.e rescues, genetics etc. 2 of the babies ended up with health problems by the time they were 10 weeks old not sure if the other 3 gained any or not which is why im strictly for show breeding only and dont believe in breeding 'mutts' which you have no knoledge of their history. sorry for rambling on time for pictures!

Crystal at 7 weeks

Crystal 5 months

Crystal 1 year

Crystal 18 months

Crystal 2 years

Crystal at 2 1/2 years before she got ill

Crystal now looking ill

 

[Peek-a-boo]

Misty is 1 year 3 months hes my special little man so cheeky but so mischevious! he loves the camera and always has to pose, last year he won 2nd place in the bunny mad make your bun a star competition and featured in their 2008 calender but who could resist such a cute little face im entering him in again this year aswell and another comp hope he makes it into the magazine at least i got him from a petshop he was a replacement for a rabbit i bought teh day before who sadly passed on during the night i must say i am so happy i got him :biggrin2:hes neitered and bonded with Crystal.

Misty at 8 weeks posing

Misty at 5/6 months

Misty at 9 months old grooming one of the rescue babies Polo (R.I.P)

Misty now

 

[ChandieLee]

What cuties!!! :inlove:

 

[Peek-a-boo]

Binky is also 1 year 3 months ive loved Black and orange harlequins after seeing one so when i saw Binky there was no question about it he was coming home with me! at 8 weeks old he became ill with Mucoid Enteropathies and his life hung on by a piece of thread but sleepless nights and intensive care plus a huge vet bill he pulled through! but when i ended up in debt i rehomed him to a girl who i thought would give him a forever loving home a few months later a came across a website that happened to be hers and she was a breeder it was funny because she said on her website that she doesnt breed from 'petshop rabbits' and rabbits that she doesnt know the genetic history of yet Binky was a petshop rabbit and she didnt have a clue about his genetics and she had him as a stud buck :bigtears:it really tore me apart inside so when she wanted 'rid' of him i sent a family member undercover to go get him and here he is back with me and hes here to stay forever! i have totally lost all trust in people.

Binky when i first brought him him a few days before he got ill

Binky all better at 12 weeks

Binky just before i rehomed him at 5 months

Binky now back home where he belongs

 

[Peek-a-boo]

Lilli-Mai roughly 3 years old she is ex breeding stock and such a gorgeous little lionlop! when i first got her she was such the little madam always scratched when ever i picked her up! she was also rehomed when i got into debt but came back to me around the same time as Binky and is also here to stay! she is bonded with Binky and they are teh best of friends its taken a while but shes finally calmed down and doesnt scratch bite and flinch anymore when i go near her. she loves to binky around the garden such a wild girl! shes here to stay couldnt bare the thought of parting from her now.

 

[Peek-a-boo]

Since you've met the rabbits i might aswell show you where they live! they live in pairs in 6ftx4ftx2ft hutches they also get 6 hours worth of exercise during the day either in the 8ft x 4ft run or free range in the garden.

 

[SOOOSKA]

Oh My Gosh, your rabbits are all so cute. I can't pick a favorite so I will add them all to my Bunny Napping list. Now to figure out how to get them across the ocean.

Can hardly wait for more pictures ff those little Beauties.

Susan

 

[Michaela]

Beautiful rabbits!! :inlove:

I think Binky if my favourite. Don't tell the others.

 

[trailsend]

All your pictures were great - your babies are beautiful!! I am partial to Lilli Mai though. Can't wait for more pictures!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

They're all so very cute! What's wrong with Crystal, besides her teeth that she is unwell? Has she been to the vet? Poor girl.

Great pics of all of them!

 

[SOOOSKA]

Peek-a-Boo, I need to see more pictures of your Beautiful Babies. They are really some of the cutest Bunnies I have ever seen. Gosh if they were mine I'd get nothing done because I would be admiring them all the time.

Susan

 

[Bo B Bunny]

I can't tell who I love the most! I just kept thinking Oh, he/she is so cute! that's just adorable! .... then another picture would kill me! LOL!

Lion Lops are so cute!

 

[BSAR]

Your rabbits are adorable! I love the coloring on Lilli-Mai! Great way to spell her name by the way!

 

[Peek-a-boo]

AngelnSnuffy wrote:

They're all so very cute! What's wrong with Crystal, besides her teeth that she is unwell? Has she been to the vet? Poor girl.

Great pics of all of them!

yeah shes been to the vet a couple of times i dont know what was wrong with her she just changed :?it was like the lights were on but no body was home her eyes were so dull and all she did was eat and sleep but took her the vets again and he was a new vet he seemed quite good he prescribed baytril for a possible internal infection and thinks she could be in the early stages of arthritis the baytril seems to have lifted Crystal loads she even managed a little binky something i havent seen in ages :biggrin2:but she doesnt lick me anymore or come running when i go outside i think i may have been replaced with Misty

Lilli-Mai and Binky have sadly been separated due to a fight which left Binky with a wound on his shoulder poor boy this is Lilli-Mais second partner that shes beat up so feel she'll be better by herself and im going to take on the challenge of Bonding a trio :shock:good luck to me!

a few pics of Lilli today in the run she is one wild girly!

 

[Peek-a-boo]

I feel like telling the storyofteh2 rescue babies me and my mum hand reared last year.

Well i woman my mum works with had a rabbit who gave borth 2 3 babies sadly the mum died when the babies were just 2 weeks old (well were told they were 2 weeks think they were maybe 10 days myself :?) anyway thewomansaid how she was going to drown the babies as she didnt want to watch them die slowley with my mum being an ex breeder of birman cats she'd had plenty of experience in handrearing and immediatly offered to take the babies, sadly 3 babies turned into 2 as the runt passed on just before my mum got them :X

they were hand reared on diluted full fat goats milk with an added pro-biotic prescribed by my vet to help build a good gut flora, both babies grew and seemed to be doing great at 3 weeks old Rolo the black and orange harlequin had to be rushed to the vetsashe became lethargicand refused food turned out he was bunged up with poop:shock:but he survived

handrearing after that was a rollar coster one minute the babies were fit and well the next they were on deaths door! but each time they fought and clung onto life, i became extremly attached to Polo the magpie harlequin (maybe because its my favroute rabbit color ever!) and took the chance to take lots of xmas pictures of them although they wouldnt sit still!

Polo seemed to just stop growing litrally :shock:at 5weeks she still fit inthepalmof my hand no problem while Rolo was litrally twice the size if not more of polo. thebabes at 5 weeks they were both reserved at this point and had amazing homes to go to.

sadly at 6 weeks old Polo got ill :bigtears:took her to the vets where they felt a blockage the next 2 days were a big battle one that couldnt be won Polo passed peacefully at the vets :cry4:god writing this is bringing tears to my eyes Polowas really special to me she was a loving rabbit who used to love licking you and i even woke up to her lying next to my head on my pillow (they lived in a dog crate and easily fit through the bars so youcould say they were free rangein my bedroom) i remember holding Polo close when she was ill seringe feeding her abit of pineapple juice andjust seeing thelife that was once there totally gone :cry4:heaven obviously needed another angel but tobehonest when Polo stopped growing at 4 weeks old i did have a bad feeling about it R.I.P :innocent

I continued with Rolo who was so full of life but 2 weeks after Polos death i came home to find him gone aswell he'd fallen asleep never to wake up again :cry4:i dont know what happened as he hasnt shown any signs of ill health and was ready to go to his new home his new owner was just as upset as me as she'd prepared for his arrival and was looking forward to meeting him. i was blessed to have these 2 in my life for such a short time and im glad me and my mum gave them a chance of lifeone that their old owner wasnt prepared to do.

you could say my experience with Polo and Rolo was the reason i turned against breeding (except for show purposes)