Day Ten of Baby Rabbits.

Well, the eyes are not open yet. I was really hoping to see the peepers today, but also no. Perhaps tomorrow. They are getting thicker fur, their ears are more responsive although not up and open. Their toenails are even growing. (a couple scratches in the herd, but those heal). It's been so cold the last two nights that Rosie-mama has carved out a place next the the babies to sleep because the heat lamp is so near. They are cuddly, and I told the boys that they should enjoy the time now that the babies don't move around so much because soon they'll want to hop around and not be held as much.

It's cold, however, it is just a blessing that it is not raining and we can go in and out without too much wet/mud to visit them. The boys waited patiently until I got home from Bible study and errands to hold them. To rotate through all of the bunnies it takes a good 45 minutes at least. And I think it is important that we give each their fair time. (There was a study of hamsters, one group just fed, the other fed and held... the second group thrived while the first lost weight etc. So we want thriving bunnies here.) Tawny is definately the biggest, and has the pinkest ears. A couple of the others (Lone star and Speckles) will have a pink ear with dark edges around it like dad; Rosie Jr, still up in the air. Pee Wee and Darko, I expect darker ears. Why does this matter. Officially today, I got word that a family would like one for their son and his desire was a white bunny with pink ears. While these are solid white, they have white, pink ears and their fur is the softest out there. So 1 home found, a few homes to go.

The boys are beginning to be ok with that idea. But they still would like to keep one or some (preferrably the solids -darko, rosie jr, pee wee.) But we don't even know the genders right now and that makes a huge difference. 2 females can live in a hutch without problems, but 2 males in a hutch will fight, and we KNOW what opposite genders will do in a hutch. So I've made no promises what so ever, and so far the boys are accepting of that. This has been a great learning experience for the boys. They get to learn the how-to, what-fors, gentleness in handling, responsiblity of care and finding homes etc. It's just been a good bump in their childhood. One I hope they treasure the memories of until they are parents.

Pictures of today:

Baby Tawny

Speckles
Lone Star