Wabbitdad12 wrote:
How are you and Avon doing?
How is your bunny herd?
I'm loving Avon - not making much money at it now - but then again - it takes time to build a customer base and to build any business. I've been busy stocking up for a craft fair/bazaar type thing in 2 weeks...I hope to do well at it and make lots of contacts.
Things are going sorta ok here with the herd. We lost another holland baby today - its like they just stop doing well and lose weight and poof...they're gone. I tried to save it and hoped I'd be able to - but it didn't make it. I was hoping to give it to a girl who wants to start breeding hollands (I was going to be her mentor). Not sure if the other tort is a girl...if it is - then I may give her that one even if it is nice. Dotty (the broken) is staying here for sure.
We just did cage switching. Mr Bubbles is now back in the cage he was in with Jar Jar (after spending a night in a carrier). Jar Jar has moved to a smaller cage for a couple of weeks (till I can afford a bigger cage for him). Ellie Mae has also moved to a smaller cage so that Schioppie (Nyx's son that we thought was a doe) - could have a bigger cage than what he was in. He seemed very happy with his cage.
I need to take photos of bunnies and share them - but a quick story. We have six of Harmony's kids w/ Mercury...been watching them to see how they develop. Mr Bubbles is/was the runt - he's almost caught up. Rudy and Bullet are the other two boys - Eve can't get along with her sisters (she got that name cause I wound up putting her in a cage next to Adam)....and then there are her two sisters who are currently nameless.
Well Bullet is a flirt - Rudy has gotten out of his cage once though (don't ask) and is becoming more of a flirt also. He also likes to turn things over and play with them.
Tonight I was in the rabbitry feeding and Rudy had turned his litter box upside down and was wearing it on top of him - as if he was a turtle and it was his shell.
It was hilarious. I laughed so hard I was almost doubled over....and he was like, "I know my food is here somewhere..." but he couldn't seem to get his litter box to turn around with him. Finally - he had to toss it off his head and onto its side so he could get to his food.
Oh - and Dukey (aka Duke). He is the flemish giant "baby" that I've been bottle feeding - even though he's now 10 weeks old (I think - I have to count it out) - he thinks he needs a bottle every night. So I give in and make him a bottle - with about 99% hot water and 2 - 3 drops of the sweet cream that he used to have as part of his formula (I ran out of powdered formula).
He guzzles it all down while sitting on the counter - and then flicks me off as soon as I put him down and he hops away.
The thing is - if I miss it at night - he hounds me in the morning till he gets it....and he'll climb on my lap and up onto my chest/shoulder area and start trying to nurse off my neck and stuff to let me know he wants his bottle...
He's spoiled rotten. Totally.
Its amazing to watch him develop - he's Big Jake's son...the only thing I have out of Jake yet. I've got to say - I think he's going to turn out nice...
