TF3
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So... at the local fur and feather sale yesterday I picked up two fawn does.
It was the end of the day and the animals were going for $1... this pair looked like they needed a bit of TLC (too young to sell!).
The announcer and auctioneer BOTH said "two young Flemish does". My daughter heard it, too.
Basically everything that wasn't a lionhead was called Flemish, NZ or Holland all day.
The box only said "two female rabbits" on it when I got it,
and it is my own fault for not checking them before it was over (fur mites on one, quite scabby, I could have returned them).
Dumb purchase, I know.
So I have quarantined the pair.
The are the size of my small 5 week old kits, but they don't really *look* like babies in the face.
And I noticed their nails were long.
So I just examined them tonight and actually asked them (you know you talk to them too!!)
"how on earth does a baby get nails *that* long?!"
And then it hit me... they don't.
My 6/7 week olds have way less nail (living on wire).
So it seems likely that I picked up a scrawny pair of dwarf does... :x *smacks forehead* *learns lesson*
Other than weighing and watching for growth over the next few weeks, are there any telltale signs I can look for now?
(will post pics when get a chance!)
It was the end of the day and the animals were going for $1... this pair looked like they needed a bit of TLC (too young to sell!).
The announcer and auctioneer BOTH said "two young Flemish does". My daughter heard it, too.
Basically everything that wasn't a lionhead was called Flemish, NZ or Holland all day.
The box only said "two female rabbits" on it when I got it,
and it is my own fault for not checking them before it was over (fur mites on one, quite scabby, I could have returned them).
Dumb purchase, I know.
So I have quarantined the pair.
The are the size of my small 5 week old kits, but they don't really *look* like babies in the face.
And I noticed their nails were long.
So I just examined them tonight and actually asked them (you know you talk to them too!!)
"how on earth does a baby get nails *that* long?!"
And then it hit me... they don't.
My 6/7 week olds have way less nail (living on wire).
So it seems likely that I picked up a scrawny pair of dwarf does... :x *smacks forehead* *learns lesson*
Other than weighing and watching for growth over the next few weeks, are there any telltale signs I can look for now?
(will post pics when get a chance!)