Thursday, September 25, 2014
Breeding Day at the Rabbitry
This time, with careful planning, Drew and I bred Ray to Cherry. We bred them this morning at 6:00 am and then again in the evening, at about 5:30 pm. The first time, we put Cherry in Ray's cage for a few minutes. As seems to be usual, Ray was a little confused about which end he needed to be at to get the job done. I reached in and turned Cherry around for him. This afternoon, we put them together in one of the outdoor exercise pens. He still didn't get it right at first but Cherry had room to turn around on her own. Then we let them spend a little time together as the bucks don't get to spend time with other rabbits because they only want to mate or fight, depending on gender. Cherry groomed his face and he followed her around and laid down next to her. Here are a few pictures, although it was difficult because Cherry was on the move.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Goals met!
We got all the new cages built and stacked.
I washed all the food and water dishes, all the ceramic tiles left over from the hot weather and the two old cages, which are now drying on the lawn. My hands smell like bleach! We have started adding Bragg's apple cider vinegar with "the Mother" to the water as it is supposed to have quite a few nutritive advantages as well as lessening the ammonia odor of the urine. In addition, I started adding Manna Pro Sweet PDZ to the waste trays as that also absorbs the ammonia odor. We also added tags to the cages, identifying the occupants, for those times when we are away and have someone caring for them.
Because we spend every day with them, they don't look alike to us, but they sometimes do to others. I imagine if we had a few more fawn rabbits, it might get difficult for us as well. :-)
I washed all the food and water dishes, all the ceramic tiles left over from the hot weather and the two old cages, which are now drying on the lawn. My hands smell like bleach! We have started adding Bragg's apple cider vinegar with "the Mother" to the water as it is supposed to have quite a few nutritive advantages as well as lessening the ammonia odor of the urine. In addition, I started adding Manna Pro Sweet PDZ to the waste trays as that also absorbs the ammonia odor. We also added tags to the cages, identifying the occupants, for those times when we are away and have someone caring for them.
Because we spend every day with them, they don't look alike to us, but they sometimes do to others. I imagine if we had a few more fawn rabbits, it might get difficult for us as well. :-)
Monday, September 1, 2014
Condos
We finally made the move to separate Breeze and Grace. They have gotten so big in such a short time and we were ready to tackle stacking cages. It didn't take very long and, voila!
As I was trying to figure out how to get the slides for the waste tray on, I did smash my finger so there was some swearing but only then. Otherwise, Drew and I put it together without tears and recriminations. :-)
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