We have our dog, Maggie. Since last September we have our kitty, Cowboy. Since last May we have had bunnies, Berdi and Benji. Most recently we acquired a loppy named Louis. But before him we had a bunny named Chester for a while. The short time we had Chester, Jason let him have a sleepover with Berdi (the female) for a night. Well, about a month later (yes, rabbits are only pregnant for a month) we doubled our rabbit population.
We found 6 baby bunnies in with the mama... but sadly one died.
But the 5 that survived, well, they are just so stinkin' cute! We let them out to get a little exercise yesterday. Have a little look-see:
The mother is a lion-head, which means she has extra fur around her head and neck. 3 of them have the extra fur and 2 do not. (We actually can't tell two different pairs apart. :) Bunnies don't make it easy when they have the same coloring and length of hair.)This is the only gray one, he's one of the lion heads:
This one is one of the twin lion heads:
And here is one of the twin non-lion-heads:
All nice and cozy in their travel-to-the-play-area-box:
Just chillin' in their hutch:
With 3 adult rabbits, and 5 baby bunnies, we decided to keep the male and female separate for a while.
But one day in March, we decided to let 2 of the adults get some much needed exercise after a winter of being stuck in a cage. I literally followed them around and kicked off the male any time he got near to the female, because he wasn't exactly behaving himself.....
I'm pretty sure all rabbits need is about 4 seconds to get the job done....
Because on Sunday, Jason found this in the female's cage:
Ha! More babies! (And the five bigger ones were still with her, so there were a lot of bunnies all hanging out together... so we decided it was time to separate them.)The funny thing is.... I thought the first batch of 6 was big.
Now there are 9. Yes, I said 9! Who has 9 babies! Especially after a 4 second moment!! Only a rabbit. Only a rabbit.
So, yes, if you're doing the math: We now own 17 rabbits. I really hope that people think Easter time means you need to get your kid a rabbit... cuz we have about 6 or 7 that can leave at any time now.
Any takers?
5 comments:
OY VEY!!! You guys are TOTALLY JW's. Love it. Andrew actually asked to see bunnies at the zoo today, and I told him that zoos don't have bunnies, but I know someone who does. :) Expect us this summer.
That is quite the collection of bunnies. Lots of fuzzy cuteness going on at your house right now.
Are you guys crazy? That is so many bunnies!!
Holy bunnies Batman! You guys can't seem to get rid of the bunnies and we couldn't seem to keep ours alive. Ruby our mini dachschund was our killer to anything non canine. The Easter bunny brought Porter a rabbit lastyear which lasted maybe 30 minutes before the dog found it, the 2nd one lasted a week and the 3rd made it for maybe a month or two. Sean and Jason must have the same idea, we have gone through several farm animals ... unfortunately none of them stuck. How are you?
Holy Cow! I think Aaron and Jason would get along really well. I think one day we will have a zoo in our yard too, if Aaron has anything to say about it. Good luck with that pile of bunnies.
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