Not new, but returning!

Secuono · Mar 11, 2024

kusanar314 said:
Do you have Satin in your herd? That Gigi litter is awfully shiny. I know you have rex, but I don't remember you saying you had satin.

Don't all kits have a shiny milk coat stage?
Idk. Aqua kits looked pretty shiny the other day.

Gigi is out of Darkie, whose dad was 3-5. A buck soon after purchase I suspected wasn't a pure sf at all. Pedigreed, but it doesn't match up with what breeders say and prices they all claimed, so probably faked.
He was super shiny and soft, silvered lightly, awful shape. I don't believe that his fur stood up. I had a Satin pair years ago during my first go at rabbitiering. They had great shape and glossy, soft fur.
For all of them to end up super shiny because of one grandpa seems weird. Wait...Zippy is home bred. Sired by Rivian or Cinder. If kits end up shiny when older, then sire would of had to of been Cinder, because his dad was also 3-5! Well, at the least, one mystery would be solved. But then the new mystery is where the shine came from in 3-5, a mystery we'll never know the answer to.

Thanks. Now I've got to go write all of this down!

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN · Mar 11, 2024

elad352 said:
wondering if shredded cotton balls would work as fur substitute? any ideas

I haven't tried cotton balls before let me know if you try it. my does normally pull the right amount of fur.

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN · Mar 11, 2024

Secuono said:
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LOL, she looks like a giant cotton ball!

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN · Mar 11, 2024

I haven't been getting notifications for this thread. I came to look at the tread there are like three pages I haven't seen!!!

kusanar314 · Mar 11, 2024

Secuono said:
Don't all kits have a shiny milk coat stage?
Idk. Aqua kits looked pretty shiny the other day.

I don't know, I just have seen people that can tell once the fur starts coming in, and out of the 4 pics of litters, that one is significantly more shiny than the other 3. Could just be lighting, but it's pretty distinct.

Secuono · Mar 11, 2024

Got a ton of pedigrees printed & filled out today.

Then named 7 of 9 kits.
Raven, Teal, Cobalt, Malty, Haze, Fog & Vapor.

Secuono · Mar 12, 2024

$574 in the red. 30 in bun sales, 4 in dog food.

Currently $540 in the red.

Secuono · Mar 12, 2024

Picking up this sf doe soon. Hoping to get good buns from her. Will have to decide who to get rid of to make room.
Darkie is failing to have kits that grow, so will list her.
Nana has a nice blue buck growing well and a litter in the nest to watch.
Gigi's previous litter sucked, hoping for better this time. But will cull if not.
Have a buck n doe from Cocoa that I'm watching. If they suck, they'll both go.

Secuono · Mar 12, 2024

Secuono · Mar 13, 2024

$540 in the red. 35 in dead stuff sold.

Currently $505 in the red.

Secuono · Mar 13, 2024

Q2 was quick to the door when opened. Then sibling came over. Black Cocoa doe came up last.

Tried to get pics of the 3 Ella kits to show fur differences. They're the same color as mom, but dang does lighting change it! Blue otter rex fur. Long sf blue fur, middle. Regular blue fur.

RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN · Mar 13, 2024

Secuono said:
Q2 was quick to the door when opened. Then sibling came over. Black Cocoa doe came up last.
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Tried to get pics of the 3 Ella kits to show fur differences. They're the same color as mom, but dang does lighting change it! Blue otter rex fur. Long sf blue fur, middle. Regular blue fur.
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So cute I love the colors!

eco2pia · Mar 13, 2024

I know you are on a quest to find decent resting boards. Cardboard didn't last long enough. Tile was too heavy. The commercial ones didn't have big enough holes to let poop through, but they weren't flippable because they had ridges on the bottom.

I had a thought on my commute home today... What about dollar store plastic cutting boards, or the lids to plastic storage containers? They would be lightweight, and flippable, and they might last longer than cardboard. You might even find something on your local free listing like craigslist or buy nothing.