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Sagebrush

Sagebrush

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Well for those of you who have been following my thread about searching for a house bunny. Well I guess you could say I got a lucky find. I started looking online trying to find any Himalayan rabbit breeders anywhere close to me. Oh boy did I get lucky! I found the only breeder registered with the ARBA website lives just a few miles south of where I am. I contacted her through email, to see if she was going to be selling on any rabbits from her breeding program that would make good house pets. I got referred to a lady who was trying to rehome her rabbits since her children lost interest in them and "they just stay in the back and ignored unless I feed and water them." Well so I went out and saw them, out in the back of the property under the overhang of her shed with the chickens.

So of course I came home with two buns..... :oops:
First up Blue, I am not sure about her coloring. Previous owner said that she had alot of smut in her coat.
Blue Side.jpg
Blue Top.jpg
Blue Face and front feet.jpg

Next up is TJ I believe he is Black but again I am not sure. I do have the pedigrees for both.
TJ Side.jpg
TJ Top.jpg <br /><br /> __________ Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:21 pm __________ <br /><br /> More pics of TJ
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TJ Face.jpg
 
Yes! Another person converted to himalayans lol I'm glad you found some. The smut changes every time they molt, so I wouldn't worry about that. I would, however, put Blue on a diet, she looks a bit fat for a Himalayan.
 
:cheer1: :cheer2: :mbounce:

I'm so happy for you!!!!
I knew you would find a gentle house rabbit somewhere!
(personally a bit jealous of the breed! But I have enough to work on in my Magpie Harlequin breeding program with out diving off that bridge!)
 
Thank you both! I have already started with the diet, more hay less pellets. However they decided it was a good idea to breed through the wire. So I can now expect popples in about 27 days. I came home from dropping DH off to work to see TJ "finish".
 
Sagebrush":1tg80l40 said:
Thank you both! I have already started with the diet, more hay less pellets. However they decided it was a good idea to breed through the wire. So I can now expect popples in about 27 days. I came home from dropping DH off to work to see TJ "finish".
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Guess you'll have more rabbits than you were bargaining for in no time, then! :lol:
Congrats on finding some lovely house buns!
 
SarniaTricia":1kuadlxe said:
:cheer1: :cheer2: :mbounce:

I'm so happy for you!!!!
I knew you would find a gentle house rabbit somewhere!
(personally a bit jealous of the breed! But I have enough to work on in my Magpie Harlequin breeding program with out diving off that bridge!)
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As somebody who has breed both... Himalayans are super easy to breed in comparison to harlequins, and they breed so true that you don't need many to keep up a good line. It wouldn't be diving off a bridge, more of a jumping off a diving board ;)
 
Sagebrush":2bomzkhr said:
Thank you both! I have already started with the diet, more hay less pellets. However they decided it was a good idea to breed through the wire. So I can now expect popples in about 27 days. I came home from dropping DH off to work to see TJ "finish".
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Cause no one expected that.. :whistle:
 
Well I figured 2+ inches between cages would be far enough..... Nope. <br /><br /> __________ Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:58 pm __________ <br /><br /> Well like most things, when you don't want it to happen it shall right? I had palpated Blue (skill not up to par) and didn't feel anything but normal bunny tummy. I palpated TJ first to make sure I wouldn't guess wrong. I didn't feel any "grapes" so thought that it didn't take. fast forward a couple weeks, wake up to digging in food and haystaching. :slap: Thought great.... So today I had training at work, training on the new x-ray machine and software. I was only going to be at work for an hour to learn the system, so I take Blue in, get an x-ray just to see if it did in fact take and I just suck at palpating. I got the x-ray on disk.

Here is the x-ray and I will let you all figure out how many she is having in 2-4 days...
Blue 4.11.17.jpg
 
Fun x-ray! I clicked for a bigger pic - so hard to say b/c they are so faint and seem to overlap - either way, she's full!

I got to see a pic of our PG stray Jack Russel - we thought she was fixed b/c she had a scar, evidently it was from a c-section :roll: . I took her in when she was getting close b/c I was getting nervous due to how BIG she was. Poor thing was HUGE. Given the scar and not knowing how big the male dog(s) was/were I didn't want any surprises. She had 7 piled in there. So neat to see! (And thankfully went on to have them naturally over night - woke up Easter morning to her nursing them!)
 
FRC, that was a TON of pups for that little girl! I will sure post pics when they arrive :lol: <br /><br /> __________ Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:41 pm __________ <br /><br /> Well Blue is starting to build her nest, digging and haystacheing has commenced.
 

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