Naturestee's Foster Family

[BlueGiants]

The Heinold is a good food. I've never had a rabbit refuse it. (Wish I could still get it around here!)

Need new photo's of the babies please!!!!

 

[TinysMom]

It is so funny what mamas will put in the nestboxes with their babies...

Dawn Guth of Bastet's Bunnies once shared this on the lionhead list...

Yes, some mothers does are VERY sharing. Many of mine give their babies their toys ... maybe it's just them thinking they're 'adding' to the nest? I've tried taking the toys out... but they always end up back in the box. My tiny 2 pound Cumulus once even managed to get her LITTERBOX up on top of the nestbox too. Still not sure how she managed to lift it up there ... litter and all, but she did. Watch them if you give them rings or toilet paper tubes, anything that they may get stuck in or anything they could get sick from injesting.One was stuck in a shower curtain ring once and then once one got stuck in a toilet paper tube. See attached. This is one of Anna x Skywalkers DM REW Jr. Does this spring. She was perfectly content running around playing with her girdle on ... but I insisted on removing it just the same. ~ Dawn


along with this picture..

Please do not post photo on the internet, etc. (or share wtih friends who might do that) without getting permission from Dawn....as it is HER photo and she is not a member of this forum. I believe I got permission from her once before to share it here - but it really shouldn't go anywhere else without her permission!

 

[naturestee]

Note to self: no cardboard tubes till the babies are much larger!

I finally took some new pics when Myheart came over yesterday. It's hard to take pics of these wriggle worms! They all have lots of fur now and are growing really fast. They're all pretty fat except the little one that I thought was a marten (he's an agouti, forgot they had those light bellies!). He's growing but he doesn't seem to be getting a fair share like the others so I'm still giving him extra mommy time.

The littlest bun. He's about as big now as the biggest was a week ago.

A larger black baby. His ears are so furry! I love them.

Some shots of all the babies

If you look at the dutch, you'll see he's looking like a steel.

The monster sized steel/agouti in the middle was the monster huge blue one last week. The tiny agouti is right above him.

Widdle dutchie butt!

Jazzy: Run away! Run away!

I need to get some nicer pics of her. I just didn't want to harass her while she was settling in. She's still very shy but loves playing outside of her cage and has been doing lots of bunny 500s.

 

[Djakarta]

OMG ! I can't believe how much they have changed (and grown)!!

It's so much fun when the fur starts to grow in and you can see the markings.

That little dutch baby is just too adorable, I love the strange sleeping position- baby Superman?

 

[Haley]

They are so adorable, Angela!

We'll have to keep an eye on that little dutch to see if its a girl

Oh and I had tons of babies and a mom last summer for a week. They werent that young though..they were like 6 weeks when they came to me.

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=27376&forum_id=7&page=1

 

[tonyshuman]

naturestee wrote:

If you look at the dutch, you'll see he's looking like a steel.

Widdle dutchie butt!

:thud::inlove:I WANT THE DUTCH!!!!!:inlove::thud:

 

[naturestee]

Hey, I could always drive him down to you once he's weaned!

... or take the ferry over to Haley!

I got a few more pics today, I'll try to put them up when I'm home later tonight. A couple of them are starting to open their eyes (they're on day 11 so right on schedule) and Satchmo, the big brown one, looks like a massive whale! OMG he's so fat now!

James noticed that the smallest black baby has really short, plush fur. Maybe a rex? That would be awesome. Black rexes are gorgeous! Some of the rabbits that came in with Jazzy were listed as rex mixes so maybe that's actually right. So the parents would be rex-lop-dutch mixes, maybe with polish/dwarf or other breeds still?

 

[JadeIcing]

The dutch one reminds me of WASH! Someone get Katie to this thread ASAP.

 

[naturestee]

Ok, I finally got the pictures loaded up but I only have time to post a few right now. I think they all have opened their eyes at least a little except maybe the dutch. They're also all nibbling on alfalfa leaves.

Rexy baby:

How they were sleeping this morning, note Satchmo aka Fatty McFatfat in the middle:

And some long-awaited pics of Jazzy

Binky+Head shake+no fur= funny looking rabbit

Favorite spot

Jazzy thinks I can't see her here, LOL!

 

[Haley]

OMG they are so cute! Its easy to see why people breed rabbits. Those babies are just so adorable at that age (they look like a little cottontail baby I tried to rehab last week).

Im in love with the dutch baby. He/she is just precious. And mama is so cool too- she does look pretty funny with her hair missing. But she seems to be settling in a lot better and looks so happy in those pics!.

 

[naturestee]

Name notes for me to figure out later... although I can't tell the two normal furred black babies apart yet.

Set names:

Satchmo- ginormous steel (?) brown

B.B.- little agouti

Possible names:

Coltrane, Zappa,Billie (as in Holiday), Ella, Tito, Miles, Duke, Basie

It's hard to name babies when you don't know their gender! Totally have to name one Zappa though, it's too awesome to pass up.

 

[naturestee]

Yay, the power is back on! I couldn't post these last night because, well, electricity is useful.

These are from this weekend. As of last night, all babies have opened their eyes. Woot!

B.B.

Satchmo

Fluffy black baby

Are you Zappa? Maybe.

 

[mouse_chalk]

OH MY GOSH!!!:shock:

I want the maybe-Zappa, and Satchmo!!! They're adorable! How can you stand living with such cuteness? I'd never get anything done with those little babies around!! :biggrin2:

 

[naturestee]

Time for more pics! First off, for reference here is Zappa's thread, as he/she isn't doing that well:
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=37755&forum_id=16

He is active though, including this morning before I found his icky butt problem.

Nap time!

Everyone's favorite fatty, Satchmo! His favorite pastime is chasing Jazzy around the cage, looking for an extra meal.

He has funny-shaped ears. They're pretty wide too. Maybe they'll lop?

 

[naturestee]

The rex bun:

So very disapproving!

With one of the fuzzy blacks:

Fuzzy black #1

Why is Satchmo always on top of the smaller babies? B.B. looks uncomfortable on the bottom.

The tiny adventurer B.B.!

And last but not least, black baby #2.

 

[angieang21]

Aww! They are soooo cute! They sure do get big fast, huh? Dontcha wish you could keep them that little forever! Too adorable! I love the look of disapproval - lol!

 

[Haley]

Well, I notice the only one you got the video of was the dutch- was that intended to torture me?! lol He/she is so beautiful. The others are beautiful as well but that one steals my heart. I hope he/she is well soon!

 

[kellyjade]

Awww, babies..:inlove: they're so adorable, I love that video! So neat you got a rex baby and a dutch in the same litter!

 

[naturestee]

Actually, I do have another video from last week but it didn't show up very well. Satchmo was dead asleep on his back with the others piled on his belly, and he was dreaming. Twitching his paws and suckling in his sleep.:bunnyheart

Oh, and did I mention that Zappa is also unusually fuzzy? Maybe he'll be woolly- a woolly dutch!:shock:

Haley wrote:

Well, I notice the only one you got the video of was the dutch- was that intended to torture me?! lol He/she is so beautiful. The others are beautiful as well but that one steals my heart. I hope he/she is well soon!

 

[missyscove]

You've got such an assortment in that little family, it's so cool.