Monday 25 June 2012

They have opened their eyes :-)


My little cuties have opened their eyes today, one or two of them are still only half open but one baby in particular had a good adventure around the hutch and even ventured down the ramp! while the other 5 just remained in their nest. Rosies nest has been removed now & replaced with shredded tissue paper to help prevent eye infections, here is a photo of them before the nest was removed:







Friday 15 June 2012

A bit of a shock!

I have now sold my 4 kits previously mentioned and was very sad to say goodbye knowing that Sweep was neutered at the beginning of May, so imagine my shock when I opened up Rosy's nest box to find a furry nest moving! I don't know if the op didn't work or I put Sweep with Rosy too soon afterwards (I stuck to the vets recommendation) but the result is 6 wriggling babies! :-)  Of course as well as being shocked, I was excited, but also felt very guilty, poor Rosy - another litter so soon after the last, but I spoke to the vet and she reassured me that in the wild rabbits are having babies all the time, it was an accident and Rosy is fine so not to beat myself up about it.