Peg, I love your new Hollands and Angel! Such beautiful rabbits. I just want to pick up "Sasha" and "Zuba" and smoosh them!!
Sasha and Zuba are in side by side cages (with bars that don't line up) and they spend a LOT of their time periscoping and flirting with each other. His cage is taller than hers too so if he periscopes - he can see Sher and flirt with her.
I had put Sasha beside Angel thinking that they're both fairly sociable breeds and Angel could have a friend.
I guess I forgot to tell that to Sasha...who wants a girlfriend when you can flirt with a buck??
I could see from the first picture that you are going to have some competition from Angel for Art's affection! :biggrin2: (He is such a softie...I love it.) She has such gorgeous markings. Kudos to you for listening to your heart and giving that little sweetie a wonderful, loving retirement. :thumbup Regarding going tinkle outside the cage: of course she had to mark her spot...draw the line, so to speak...so all the other buns would know to stay out of her new hutch! She's settling right in!
I've been doing some reading about Polish and how long they can live, etc. I am seriously considering taking her in and getting her neutered when I get Sophia done later this year. I'm just so scared I'll lose her - but I have always regretted that I didn't get Miss Bea neutered by the age of 2 or 2 1/2.
Broken Flemmies!!! First time I've ever laid eyes on one! It's amazing. It's hard to get used to though. I look at one, and have to remind myself that it is a Flemish Giant...the eyes are so trained to see only Solids, I automatically start thinking, "Hm, wrong ear type, can't be an E-Lop...wrong fur type, can't be a standard Rex...."
I could not get over how nice they looked. They used checkered giants to get the broken pattern....and now they're on the third generation in from those crossings.
I have to admit - I am very fascinated by them.
How did it come about that the broken Flemmies were at the show? Was the breeder doing an exhibition or something? And did the judges take a look at them, like as a Special Category rabbit? Inquiring minds want to know...
Here in Texas they will let you put almost anything on the show table and let it be judged if there is a standard. Since the breeder has been writing a COD and working with folks from the standards committee on it (unofficially) - he wanted to bring them and get a judge to look at them and comment.
The time I saw them get judged...the judge did like them. He said they still had a ways to go...but he liked what he was seeing. I forget all of his comments but I have to say they did look nice. I think they're on their way towards some nice flemish.
The thing is - I have such mixed feelings about this. I'm concerned that when the COD is filed and then when the rabbits are presented and it goes before the club whether or not to work with them (I don't fully understand the whole process) - this could split the national club. Many many (MANY) long-term breeders are against the idea of broken flemish. Many newer breeders like the idea - along with some of the old-timers.
The breeder is going to have some broken light gray ready to go fairly soon and I keep going back and forth on it. I tell myself "no" for some fairly good reasons...then I look at the pictures of the brokens and go "breeding ONE wouldn't hurt if I did it on the side and never publicized it".
Anyway - I'm glad I could share the pictures with y'all.
