Tizzy's First Kindle

[ihatedarkroast]

I just wanted to share the pictures. They are rex. I think there are 8? They are very squeaky and wriggly. There was not a single tuft of fur this morning when I left for work. And when I came back from work I was like where did all that fur come from?

I know it's not great but I used a diaper box for a nesting box. If it gets gross I have a backup ready. I heard from the sales lady at Rural King that their supplier stopped making nesting boxes a couple years ago because metal became too expensive.

This is my first experience raising the babies. Wish me luck!

 

[eco2pia]

Awww, the brokens are soo cute. I just started breeding for the year--I am late!

 

[ihatedarkroast]

Awww, the brokens are soo cute. I just started breeding for the year--I am late!

What are you breeding this time?

 

[eco2pia]

American Chinchilla. They are pretty but all the kits look the same. It is a blessing and a curse.

 

[ihatedarkroast]

American Chinchilla. They are pretty but all the kits look the same. It is a blessing and a curse

I like the feel and look of the chinchilla type. We tried one for a little while and the fur was so pretty!


I think the kits ate today. They are less wrinkly and very wiggly and squeaky. All of them appear to be moving around. Yeah the brokens are super cute!
As a bonus today, Chocolate my other doe might have been successfully bred. Harvey got one falloff. I tried once with Chocolate a couple months ago, but her kits didnt make it due to them being scattered around the cage and not warm enough...my fault as I didn't prepare well enough. I was so sure she wasn't pregnant. This time she has a really secure, cozy hutch. I hope she manages to have them in the nest box instead all over the place or they will go to my friend's pet cornsnake.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I like the feel and look of the chinchilla type. We tried one for a little while and the fur was so pretty!

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I think the kits ate today. They are less wrinkly and very wiggly and squeaky. All of them appear to be moving around. Yeah the brokens are super cute!
As a bonus today, Chocolate my other doe might have been successfully bred. Harvey got one falloff. I tried once with Chocolate a couple months ago, but her kits didnt make it due to them being scattered around the cage and not warm enough...my fault as I didn't prepare well enough. I was so sure she wasn't pregnant. This time she has a really secure, cozy hutch. I hope she manages to have them in the nest box instead all over the place or they will go to my friend's pet cornsnake.

You're keeping rabbits around where a snake is??

 

[eco2pia]

You're keeping rabbits around where a snake is??

I think the interpretation I am getting here is that if she doesn't keep them alive, the dead babies will be repurposed as pet snake food--a good use of them in my opinion, better than just throwing them in the bin.

 

[RabbitsOfTheCreek]

I think the interpretation I am getting here is that if she doesn't keep them alive, the dead babies will be repurposed as pet snake food--a good use of them in my opinion, better than just throwing them in the bin.

Ah, that makes more sense

 

[ihatedarkroast]

You're keeping rabbits around where a snake is??

Oooh, I didn't mean it that way! A friend at church has a pet snake in a terrarium at her house. When that litter didn't make it, I put the dead newborns into ziploc bags in my freezer to give to her when I saw her later at church. And we quietly pretended it never happened so the old ladies don't faint. XD So she has requested that if I lose any more baby bunnies, if she could have them. But I really would like them all to make it!