garden lady":38m970fc said:
ZRabbits":38m970fc said:
Garden lady, Thank you so much for sharing those pics. What beautiful babies they are. My Fawkes' Mom was more Red. Beautiful Fawn coloring. Fawkes' ole man (breeder's terms for him) was more Sandy. Fawkes is leaning more toward his Mom's coloring every day. just love the way his coloring is changing.
My husband fell in love with a Gray one when we went to pick out our Fawkes. But this sweet baby was only 3 weeks old. What a beautiful baby it was.
Karen
You have a beautiful and intelligent boy that is for sure. If I had the choice to go pick, I might pick a gray, but I have Sandies and they would be my second pick. It will be fun to raise the 5 little ones to see what they will look like with care and good food, and have a lot of handling from the beginning. I was petting them and talking to them when I took their pictures today. They will have a lot of attention. I can take care of this many, but I just hope that Zoup the older female does not have a litter. I will have to find homes for rabbits then.
Great start for the little ones. Lots of attention, learning your voice, daily handling helps a kit so much. Other than their instinctive guardian Mom, they more is out there. It's a great start.
Hoping Zoup isn't pregnant, but if she is, raising the little ones to be sweet future Gentle Giants for another to experience and enjoy will be worth it. Sad to see them go, but heartwarming to know someone else will get to experience this Big Rabbit. Plus agree, you need to know your limits on how many you can take care of, which you do. Too many, and it gets overwhelming, you and the rabbits lose out. I commend you knowing your limit.
Hope you keep posting the babies progress. At 3 weeks old, Flemish babies are just absolute adorable.
Karen
__________ Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:00 am __________
My baby is growing up! Like a weed! When I first got rabbits, I was absolutely enamored by how tiny they were and how small they stayed when they hit maturity. Now I'm feeling the same way with my first Big Bunny.
Isn't he getting big!
Love this shot! Looks like how his Ole Man lays. True Flemish style. Love the "No neck" appearance.
With the little ones, they are friendly and will come up for quick pets and off they go. Fawkes seeks us out. Here he is watching my Husband in the Garden.
He's also learning the word "No". I think he listens better to my husband, which Fawkes adores" better than me. This shot is right after my husband said "No, don't you jump." (Fawkes is learning about the power of his back legs.)
But he does complain, by doing this when my husband says "No." He looks at me afterwards, lol.
This is the first time I have had to tell a rabbit to leave the Dog alone. Constantly trying to groom him, loves to pull on Jake's collar. But have to say the last few times, has laid right by Jake. Jake is handling it well. Did growl a bit at first, when Fawkes was grooming. (Fawkes just doesn't lick. He grooms you like he grooms himself.) So Jake now gets up and moves away. Also very proud of Jake who is watching where he steps too. With the little ones, they are in an x-pen. So not underfoot. Fawkes is out and about so we all watch where we step.
He has the oddest binkies, just so funny. I know my little ones do it, but seeing a big bunny do it, I've never laugh til I cried so much in my life. We think there's something wrong with his head, lol. He is learning to launch higher into the air. After the "trying to jump OVER the x-pen" experience, because he finally noticed the other Z-Tribe members, we are keeping him away from the x-pen. (That's where the word "NO" lessons started) He running around more showing his speed, which for a big bunny is fast.
Fawkes has found places in the room he likes to take his "recharge" nap. (Runs around like crazy, takes a nap, etc.) One is beside my husband's recliner, where he knows if he nudges my husband's leg, he'll get "scratches". One beside my chair where he knows there is an AC vent is.
Fawkes has learned that he can move everything around his crate. Fishdip, regarding my comment on the 3 am feedings, I had a 1 AM feeding this morning because of the racket caused by my big bunny.
But hey, when you see this, just can't help not being mad about it. Just look at that face.
He's a piece of work. Best medicine for a heartache I can think of right now. And Truly Thrilled that I'm getting to know the Rabbit World, one bunny at a time.
Can't help saying, Rabbits are Awesome!
Karen