promiseacres
Herd Master
Made coffee, got up to check a rabbit which acted as if she was about ready to give birth most of yesterday....gave her the night to herself and she's just filled her box and cage with fur..... 
Coffee anyone ?
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Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Thanks for the coffee @promiseacres
Baymule
Herd Master
Haha have some coffee and some bunny fluff. Hope you get bunnies soon!
promiseacres
Herd Master
Either I missed them or she had them in the last couple of hours...3 kits!
Wehner Homestead
Herd Master
Alaskan
Herd Master
congrats on the kits! What colors?
I brought more coffee!
I brought more coffee!
promiseacres
Herd Master
congrats on the kits! What colors?
I brought more coffee!
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a black otter, and a blue and chocolate but suspect the blue and chocolate are peanuts...
Alaskan
Herd Master
So sorry! 
promiseacres
Herd Master
it's ok, it's part of having a breed with the dwarf gene
Bunnylady
Herd Master
Have your rabbits been talking to my rabbits? (You know that I think mine put their heads together when I'm not looking and ask, "how can we drive her crazy today?!")
I have a Holland Lop doe that was due to kindle about a month ago, which she did, with no survivors. I rebred her, along with a Netherland Dwarf doe that I bought from another breeder a couple of months ago. They both kindled on Saturday, during the day, for which I am very grateful because both had one live kit on the wire when I found the litters and we all know they don't survive like that for long. Each doe had 4 babies, of which 1 was a peanut that mercifully was DOA - so 6 live babies total. I've been watching them like a hawk, and it appears that the ND doe has little or no milk. This is supposed to be an experienced doe, so I'm wondering if the guy I bought her from just neglected to tell me about this little problem of hers . . . .
The Holland is an experienced mom, and has raised litters of 4 or 5 without problems before, so I put the litters together last night and gave her the lot this morning (the babies are staying in my hall closet because we're experiencing a cool snap right now - best cold snap/heat wave predictor I know is due dates for my does!)When I put them in with her, the HL practically ignored them, and was frantically working on her water valve . . . which apparently wasn't working for some obscure reason. Gave her a cup of water, checked the valve - it's working now.
At some point the doe did feed the kits; they all look like they got something, anyway. Far from out of the woods with these guys, but one step at a time . . .
