Texan Tales (& Tails) - by TinysMom

[wabbitmom12]

SO true! We've talked about that before, how when we rearrange after a bunny goes to a new home (or to the Bridge), the others who were housed nearby - especially in the line of vision - really take it hard. Sometimes they don't think much of it for a few days, but by the time a week has come and gone, some of our rabbits have nose-dived into a serious period of mourning.

I think you are smart to pay attention to their likes. You might not be able to breed them to their "favorite", but that doesn't mean that they can't be best buddies. And, putting Athena into another room to play when you get Ellie Mae and Brady together to make babies is good strategy. Rabbits can be so jealous! Why make it harder on Athena, you know?

:hug2: Btw, congrats on your Avon progress. I am proud of you!

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Congrats on the Avon!

I think you have too much cuteness in Texas.

I've been getting emails from Duke, he said he would like to visit Indiana for the winter. He is such a cutie.

Great pictures, Peg. You bunny's are so cute.

 

[TinysMom]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

Congrats on the Avon!

I think you have too much cuteness in Texas.

I've been getting emails from Duke, he said he would like to visit Indiana for the winter. He is such a cutie.

Great pictures, Peg. You bunny's are so cute.

I thought he was getting up on Robin's computer to get to bunny porn...you mean he's been emailing you?

No wonder he's tried to get up there so often...

I caught him staring at a US map also.

I think its cause I finally stopped giving him bottles....he's upset. He gives me the butt a lot now. I think at 12 weeks he's entering his teenage phase and mom is no longer "cool" or "fun".

Oh well...such is the life of a breeder mama.

 

[TinysMom]

Right now - Ellie Mae and Jar Jar are in much smaller cages than I would like them to be in - I will be able to afford new cages on Friday - and its only been a week or so since they got put in the smaller cages. Still yet - it bothers me.

So today I put them outside in a pen to let them get some exercise. Most of the pictures are of Ellie Mae as she did the most looking around, etc. She was bound and determined to get out. Jar Jar mainly ate a dried leaf he found and enjoyed the fresh air.

Eric actually came down today too - his friend towed his van down so we can have it worked on. I was explaining to both Eric & Paul that if I'd had Brady out there - Brady wouldn't moved the pen around so *I* was in it and he was running free - but that these two just weren't quite as bright...yet.

 

[Wabbitdad12]

Those are cute pictures! Love those long ears.

 

[JadeIcing]

I just want to say... I told you so...

 

[irishbunny]

Those ears are too cute!

 

[TinysMom]

Wabbitdad12 wrote:

I've been getting emails from Duke, he said he would like to visit Indiana for the winter. He is such a cutie.

I just caught him "exploring" a bit ago....getting into mischief - nothing major.

I handed him a couple of bags and told him if he wanted - he could consider them "packed" and head out your way.

He thumped at me a couple of times and ran off to cuddle with Auntie Nyx.

I'm telling you - since he stopped getting his bottle he has NO respect for his breeder mama anymore and he's almost worse than a teenage brat.

 

[peapoo_bunny]

oh my goodness.. the bunny in the pictures above is so cute! english lop? i want him/her! just send it to nc ok? haha.

 

[TinysMom]

Well...today we cleaned a bunch of rabbitry cages and moved some bunnies around (mainly from bottom cage to top cage - although we did put Hermes beside CJ - who has turned out gorgeous - and we put Harmony next to Mercury).

All bunnies seem mostly happy - there are a few that didn't get their cages cleaned - they'll be tomorrow.

Harmony's kids (Bullet's sisters) were out playing and wow...they've turned out nice. In fact - I got to take a better look at Harmony now that she's in a top cage and all I can say is ...WOW...she's turned out really nice as she's matured.

Oh - and Sassy and Zuba got bred....yeah!

 

[lelanatty]

That is a very interesting observation. I have noticed it a little bit in my rabbits as well. After I sold one of my does, who had been my other girl Stormy's buddy, their cages were next to each other, Stormy seemed a bit depressed. She also hated it when I got a new doe and put her on the other side of her. She was pregnant and refused to have her kits until I switched her cages with that new doe, because she likes to be the one on the very end of the row, and I had gotten more cages and added them there as well.



ETA: Oops. This was in reply to your post about the relationships between rabbits. I was reading it and saw that nice little quick reply box and didn't think about there being more posts, lol

 

[TinysMom]

I thought I'd share a short update on this weekend's fair since this is a large part of why I've been so quiet, etc. lately.

We did about $300 in sales - not as good as I'd hoped - but not overly bad either. Basically - the profit I made from the sales - paid for the booth - which is the goal whenever you do a booth.

However - I did a drawing for a banana/ coconut gift set. We had a huge jar and lots of entries for folks to fill out. I had over 150 entries - and of them - about 80 people are interested in buying Avon and I think there were 6 or 7 that were interested in either selling Avon or becoming a "helper" and getting free Avon that way.

That was a large reason that I did the fair - to get a larger customer base and to get recruits to build my team.

I'm very very excited. If I can get at least four of these people selling and we have enough in sales every two weeks - I will become a "unit leader" and things only get better from there. Also - with this many customers - it may be possible for me to get Presidents Club this year ($10,100 in sales from April 1st 2010 - March 31st 2011 roughly). That means I'll be guaranteed 40% discount/commission.

Anyway - I am going to be posting something in the off-topic area about my business plans - I'm hoping some of y'all will read and respond.

 

[TinysMom]

OK - must share...just received my first phone call from someone who got a book at the fair....$23 order and she loves Avon but hasn't had great service.

I'm so psyched!

 

[Momto3boys]

WAHOO that's great news!! Hope the calls keep coming in

 

[JadeIcing]

Are you going to chart the sales you make from calls due to the fair?

 

[TinysMom]

Yes I am Ali. I don't know so much if I'll be charting them per se - but I am going to develop a way to keep track.

I'm very excited - I really am.

I kept hearing over and over again from folks how they had a rep and then the rep sorta disappeared or how they have moved and didn't know how to find anyone or how they wound up getting messed up by their prior rep, etc.

This gal was so impressed that with ALL of my customers I always go back two books to make sure I get you the best price I can get....even if it means I don't make as much money. But I figure - we live in tough times - I want to treat my customers the way I would want to be treated.

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

even if it means I don't make as much money.  But I figure - we live in tough times - I want to treat my customers the way I would want to be treated.

That's the way to be successful! So happy for you.

 

[TinysMom]

I sure hope these links work....

Big Jake (Duke's Dad) outside 11/1/10

Sam & Dean (Half-flemmie brothers) together outside

I hope to maybe get more photos taken later this week....today was a gorgeous day (as you can see from Big Jake's photos) and Big Jake spent some time outside - as did Princess Athena and Bullet.

They all had turns in the dog run of anywhere from 90 minutes - 2 hours and they seem to really have enjoyed their times outside. They did not share their playtimes with another flemmie (ie. - no breeding, etc).

I hope that I can continue this week to give some of the rabbits some outdoor time as they really enjoyed it.

Something really funny happened though that I have to share.

Big Jake was out there in the pen and this squirrel was very SLOWLY walking along the other side of the pen (the outside) - watching Jake the whole time that it (the squirrel) was moving.

You could almost see it thinking, "What the &*()) are you???"

Jake meanwhile - was just enjoying the fresh air and sunshine....

 

[wabbitmom12]

Beautiful pictures! I'll bet the Texas weather is very nice now, with the drop in temperature and humidity.

 

[TinysMom]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

Beautiful pictures! I'll bet the Texas weather is very nice now, with the drop in temperature and humidity.

This is the BEST time of the year to live in Texas - between now and March or April....weather is GREAT.

By the way - to update on some things...

I'm now selling Scentsy as well as Avon (pegflint.scentsy.us) - they are wickless candles that you burn in wax warmers. We have 80 scents and all I can say is "WOW....such a variety".

Cindy and Sasha have both been bred recently to Zuba - tomorrow Sher is going to be bred (hopefully) to Finnster.

I have a situation I'm praying about and debating about. I'll share about it here but I'm pretty sure I know what my decision is going to be.

I have two babies that survived from Cindy's litter. Both are girls - until the gender fairy visits. One of the girls I was going to give to a youth breeder in Uvalde - about 70 miles away because she wanted to start working with holland lops. I figured that by the time the girl was old enough to breed - I could / would take Zuba to Uvalde one day and let him breed with her after I checked her over.

I got to talking to the gal and mentioned that I thought that maybe Portia would be ready to go in a week or today and mentioned that I'd never thought to ask - but I wanted to make sure she would live indoors.

As it turns out - this gal keeps her rabbits outdoors. She said she could put Portia in a shed beside her other bunnies (in a cage in the shed).

I feel horrible - but I don't think I can bring myself to do that.

My rabbits are bred and raised in the house - not outside in our heat and humidity. The last time I let some rabbits go to someone to live outside because it was a mild time of year for them to adjust - two of the three girls wound up dying in a few weeks after developing some health issues. (They were from Nyx's litter and flemish are more hearty to me than holland lops - at least since I had some problems with this litter).

Am I a horrible person for breaking my word to her and telling her that I can't let Portia go?

I really focus on raising my rabbits to be indoor rabbits - both pet quality and show quality (and I do breed for show quality) - but I want them to become family pets and interact with the family and be part of the family. Portia lives here in the living room and will get pets as we walk by and stuff. To be in a cage - by herself - I don't know.

I keep telling myself that the needs of the rabbit have to come first.

Anyway - I guess that is it for now.....maybe more later.