{lies}

i did not just find 7 new baby bunnies in the outside hutch with Jack and Rhett. Atwoods did not sex Jack incorrectly. surely i do not have a total of 16 bunnies in my care. i did not almost stroke out when i saw movement and a new "nest" in jack's sleeping area. my kids did not squeal with delight when they saw the wriggly little things. evan did not do a happy dance in his undies. i will not beg and plead with all of my friends to take a bunny, two, or three to their really good and loving homes.

i will be calling dr. nick tomorrow. sorry, rhett. someday, this may be funny. not today.

{bunnies - day six}

Unbelievable! They do not look so much like mice now, but, tiny bunnies. They are even hopping. Not a graceful, get-me-anywhere-hop; but, a hop nonetheless. They are all completely covered in hair now - 3 will look like their daddy - black and white (he is an angora - you can imagine all of that hair), 3 look like mommy (the English lop) and one is a golden blonde color. Scarlet has turned out to be a very good mommy and actually is much more nuturing to them than everything I have read. She is back to her calm self. I need to take a before and after picture of their tummmies related to their feedings....roly poly. Without further ado, this is day six, scroll down to look at days one and two. They are growing so fast!

So sweet! Look at those bunny ears! I can already tell it's going to be very difficult saying bye to these little ones. But, the alternative of keeping them is not an option BOYS! :)

{L&D}

NEVER in a million years did I ever think my days in Labor & Delivery as a nurse would lead me to helping 7 little bunnies latch on, one by one. Did I ever tell you that bunnies are exhausting? But, they all have full, rounded tummies now and are sleeping snuggled up instead of crying. :( How sad is that?

{bunnies - day two}

The night, besides being long with me up and down checking on them - went well. Apparently mother rabbits have very poor, very limited instinct. It is not maternal even at that. They will only nurse them about 5 minutes, once a day. There is no cuddling, no loving, nothing in that manner. That must be why rabbits multiple like they do, chances of survival are not the greatest. At one point, I had heart failure. Scarlet does not seem to mind having Scott and I around, but, the boys, even though quite seem to disturb here. At one point she started "digging" frantically in the nest area. Babies went a' flyin'. All were screaming - you can imagine. Then, she settled down. She did not seem to like the heat coming from under the nest per heat lamp in combination with the boys. But, I was very happy to see in the early morning hours that she had pulled quite the amount of hair and is keeping them covered herself. That's a good sign.
Pardon the picture quality, I did not want to use a flash, so I had my ISO extremely high and was trying not to disturb her to much. So, quick shot of Day 2.

The pics are in reverse order. I haven't figured out this blogger upload yet. But, the 2nd picture is how I found them, the first is with me quickly removing their covering. She was busy last night.

{famous last words - day one}

"Mom, can we keep 'em".

They look like little rats right now. But, they have potential. ;) Here are the seven from the ELEVEN that she had - the one she lost from earlier in the week? and the three that didn't make it from today. :( Seriously, will be paging Dr. Nick for that surgical procedure.

{unbelieveable}

the walker rabbit saga continues. SEVEN baby bunnies to good homes. Pictures to post soon. Busy making a nest. Seriously, who would even believe this?

{wrong again}

ugh! back to the original thought.....our boy bunny that became a girl bunny.....is actually a boy bunny. and our sweet girl bunny that became a boy bunny is back to being a girl bunny. So....our boy that has been residing in his bunny bungalow in the heated gargage.....just in case.....wrong. Our poor girl bunny that was rooming with Jack/Jackie in an insulated pen outside had...one baby on the coldest night so far. not a good combination. they are appropriately separated now. So, we are officially back to Scarlet and Rhett. But, they are no longer living together.

{paging dr. nick}

well, you actually barely avoided the page. seriously, who would have thought bunnies would bring along such fretting and near-medical emergencies? yesterday, i noticed that "a" bunny was pulling out hair - it looked like rhetta's (formerly known as rhett). who would have thought that a bunny can be pregnant again within HOURS of giving birth. well, due to the fact we didn't know he was a she and she had just had a litter of bunnies - why would we think she may have been pregnant again before we discovered all of the above?

so.......we brought her into the garage last night. she wasn't thrilled, but obliged us. then, this afternoon, i noticed.....no bunny pellets. not a good sign due to the ongoing fear of gi stasis - especially in an angora. so, tonight i performed gentle abdominal massage. extremely gentle just in case she is pregnant. but, remember, we're not good at determing that. obviously since we made sam (formerly known as scarlet) nest in an air-conditioned garage this summer because we just knew "he" was pregnant. nada. well, needless to say after the massage therapy, increased alfalfa hay and water - we had success! at one point, scott and i looked at each other and could not contain the laughter. we are nuts! absolutely nuts! who spends a night in the garage coaxing their bunny to well.......poop. there i said it. but, i'm the mom of two boys, i can say things like that.

it doesn't stop there. because of the frigid weather tonight, we brought all the bunnies in. and, well, we decided to do a little inspecting and we're pretty sure that jack is likely jack-ie. seriously, what in the world?

all i know is that we are about to keep dr. nick very busy with either spading and/or neutering.

{heartsick and confused}

Rhett, our boy rabbit is not a boy. He had babies today. Of course, we had no idea he was pregnant, he/she did not nest....and, well, he was a boy. We lost all of the babies, I am absolutely beside myself sick. Scarlet is a boy. I think. Or, maybe Jack is a boy? But, it wouldn't surprise me if he is a girl? We had them separated, but obviously, not in the correct gender manner. I'm so confused.

I'm certain Dr. Nick will be laughing. We had told him we thought we had an infertile rabbit. Well, now it makes complete sense. Of course, our boy rabbit was not getting pregnant!

So, so sad.