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TinysMom

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So far there are three babies in the litter. I say so far 'cause Girly Girl was huge and I would not be surprised if she gave us more babies during the night....I've had does give birth and then have another one or two up to 24 hours later.

She had three live babies - they're fat and happy and all cleaned up by mama. I kept waiting for her to have them during Survivor...but she just kept pulling fur and nesting. During Celebrity Apprentice I told her she could help pick their names and I wouldn't name any Omarosa (who got fired) and she kept nesting. I almost begged during Lipstick Jungle 'cause I love the names Kirby & Nico and Shane....

....but now - she had to wait till about 5 minutes after Lipstick Jungle....well.........maybe 10 minutes.

She had to wait till Robin was watching the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie...and THEN give birth...

I told her - NO NAMES from Buffy. I don't care how hard she worked to have these babies.

Anyway - she's doing good. She just whimpered when I opened her cage to give her supper (she attacked me at suppertime and I told her I'd bring her the food when she was done). She didn't whimper as if she was in pain - she whimpered as if, "I'm really busy - can you leave me alone and let me tend my babies??"

I'm so psyched. All three are either brokens or possibly charlies - I'll know more later.

It feels so good to see her having this litter and know that she's ok and they're ok.

Peg
 
Congrats, i'm especially happy as it is your last litter that went so well, but we still need pics, there's no getting out of it!
 
So glad to hear your last litter is doing great, Peg :D. You needed something to go right for a change :hug:,
Even though she waited for Buffy LOL.
 
Congrats Peg and Girly Girl! Glad the last litter has arrived safely. And thank goodness you decided not to go for the names from Buffy! :p
 
YAY! I'm so glad they are doing well! I've been thinking of her and wondering when she was going to have those little babies!



On March 6, 1853, Verdi's opera "La Traviata" premiered in Venice, Italy. I like Verdi andI love that name Gastone! I thought it was an interesting group of names in the Cast of Characters:

  • Violetta Valéry, Soprano,a Courtesan
  • Flora Bervoix, Mezzo-Soprano,her friend
  • Annina, Soprano,Violetta's maid
  • Alfredo Germont, Tenor,Violetta's lover
  • Giorgio Germont, Baritone,his father
  • Baron Duphol, Baritone,Violetta's protector
  • Gastone, Tenor,Viscount de Letorières.
  • Marquis d'Obigny, Bass,Flora's protector
  • Dr. Grenvil, Bass,Physician

 
MsBinky wrote:
I have to ask... What are charlies? :baghead
When you have a broken rabbit - that means it carries one of the broken genes. This gene is what "breaks" the color pattern up to create the broken look. I believe brokens are called "Butterflys" in the UK - probably from the butterfly on the nose which is preferred.

However, when you have two broken genes....then the second broken gene - "breaks" the pattern even more. You wind up with a rabbit that looks very much like a hotot with the markings around the eyes and maybe a spot of color on the back - but not usually the line down the back.

Here in the U.S. ~ a rabbit with two broken genes is called a "Charlie" (I don't know why or remember why - I might have known once).

Now I'm gonna get into genetics for a minute here....

In order to get a broken baby - one parent must have a broken gene to give. Since brokens have a "non-broken" gene - that is why you can breed a broken rabbit to a solid rabbit and get both solids and brokens in the litter.

But if you use a charlie in the breeding - then the ONLY thing you can get in the litter.....is brokens. Why? Because the charlie only has the broken gene to give to the offspring - and since the broken gene is dominant when it is present...that means all you can have in the litter is brokens.

So how do you create a "Charlie" you ask? You breed two brokens together (which I did when I bred Girly Girl to Triad) ~ and you hope that one baby gets a broken from both parents.

I hope that I've helped you and not been too confusing...

Peg

P.S. Basically:

Broken = carries one broken "EN" gene.
Charlie = carries two broken "EN" genes.
Solid = carries two non-broken "en" genes.

The EN gene (broken) is capitalized to show it is dominant over the "en" gene.
 
Baby pictures - they're almost 12 hours old...







I wanted you to see how they could fit in Robin's hands...even though they are really good size.




Peg
 
Oh those babies are precious! I can't wait to see them when their fur comes in!
That little one with the dark stripe is so cute!
 
Oh how cute.

Hey for names you could always use Buffy the vampire slayer series names, i have a cat named after on of the characters,lol. There were some good names

these are some of the girl names Buffy, Willow, Faith ,Enya, Tara, Glory,Kendra, Charity, Cordellia,Dawn

Boys- Zander, Giles, Oz, Spike, Angel, Riley



lol

Congrats on your babies
 
You could use Barbie names since it's "girly girl's" litter:

  • Barbie (her middle name is Millicent)
  • Ken
  • Skipper
  • PJ
  • Allan
  • Kelly
  • Midge
Or Since it's march - Irish Names:

  • Sinead
  • Fiona (FiFi ha!)
  • Erin
  • Liam
  • Shane
  • Connor
  • Ava
  • Grace
 
Bunnies and Buffy?

Hmm...

I've got a theory

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Congrats on the last litter! I'm glad they're doing well :) I vote you name one of the babies Paul or Paulie since they were born on my boyfriend's birthday and he likes bunnies!
 
Thanks guys for the support and list of names....

I think one might be a charlie - not sure yet.

But I guess I didn't really share.

I'm definitely using the names Nico, Kirby and Shane if I have a doe and two bucks....otherwise, I will be looking at other names too...

Peg
 

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