LBMBarbalooski
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We brought home our first French Angora today and are so excited about starting our road to raising angoras for their fiber. Dijonaise is a chocolate tort doe and is about 1 1/2 year old. She has already had one little of very pretty kits. We got to see two of them with their first adult coats on. Pretty colors.
Dijonaise wasn't too sure about roaming around our tiled kitchen. She pretty much roamed from corner to corner until we finished getting her cage and area set up in the garage. Our two cats either ignored her or took a wide arch around her making sure to keep their distance. Our scottie was beside himself with excitement and had to be locked in a different room. He eventually calmed down. Once she was in her cage her ears went up and she started eating and drinking. I think she felt much better in there. She doesn't seem to really want anyone to touch her much now that she is in her cage so we left her alone the rest of the evening which was tough as we were so excited to have a rabbit a week earlier than we originally planned. We still will be going to Noblesville next weekend to pick up our tort buck.
My husband didn't think she would be as big as she is but I keep wondering how much larger she will look when she needs to be plucked next, in about 4-5 weeks. Until then, I will have to be content to just spending time getting to know our beautiful rabbit. I also hope to have a fodder system started in the next week.
Can a rabbit this age be taught how to use a litter box in the cage or is that too much of a challenge? The corner box I bought at the Tractor supply center looks way too small for her. Thoughts?
:bunnyhop:
(I tried to post a picture for you all to see our girl but it must just be too late for me to figure it out.) Another time.
Dijonaise wasn't too sure about roaming around our tiled kitchen. She pretty much roamed from corner to corner until we finished getting her cage and area set up in the garage. Our two cats either ignored her or took a wide arch around her making sure to keep their distance. Our scottie was beside himself with excitement and had to be locked in a different room. He eventually calmed down. Once she was in her cage her ears went up and she started eating and drinking. I think she felt much better in there. She doesn't seem to really want anyone to touch her much now that she is in her cage so we left her alone the rest of the evening which was tough as we were so excited to have a rabbit a week earlier than we originally planned. We still will be going to Noblesville next weekend to pick up our tort buck.
My husband didn't think she would be as big as she is but I keep wondering how much larger she will look when she needs to be plucked next, in about 4-5 weeks. Until then, I will have to be content to just spending time getting to know our beautiful rabbit. I also hope to have a fodder system started in the next week.
Can a rabbit this age be taught how to use a litter box in the cage or is that too much of a challenge? The corner box I bought at the Tractor supply center looks way too small for her. Thoughts?
:bunnyhop:
(I tried to post a picture for you all to see our girl but it must just be too late for me to figure it out.) Another time.