Out of quarantine, Fiona has continued to become a great part of the family. She's a Houdini and a clown, but also enjoys pets and plays fetch. Love her super soft ears, too. Ugh. She's going to cause me to get into Lion Lops if she keeps being amazing. Too bad I live somewhere they're not accepted yet! Might just have to make do with future Lionheads. Really love the black tort, crossing my fingers they'll get through their next showing. Otherwise? Fiona and Primrose have bonded and have play dates in my kitchen. Woohoo!
Of course, I won't be able to have more rabbits until about a half a year from now. The only sad news: My father doesn't understand how rabbitries work, even though I keep trying to explain. For now, half of my rabbits are out in the backyard and the other half are staying at another breeder, a saint by the name of Ken. Jade, a proven castor senior doe, and her three kits (false charlie, castor, maybe opal) are with him until I sort out the at home situation. The kits may carry otter, which is fantastic.
But, back to good news, I have finished out my trio! Jade makes the second doe of it. She has great castor color, but slightly pinched hips, so I'm considering keeping a doe kit as a replacement if it's better quality than her. We'll see.
Primrose has filled out into a gorgeous doe. She's got everything right except for uniform color/texture. On her front feet, there's some more obvious ticking and the fur is a bit coarser. I nearly wish she wasn't Vienna just so she could go on the show table! On the other hand, she's now pregnant (!!!) with a Basil litter, so I'm hoping for a great Vienna marked or broken VM buck kit out of the pairing to breed for show quality BEWs. Mind you, I'm also hoping one of the kits out of Jade's litter is a show quality rabbit (particularly a doe), so I can keep them for the table this upcoming year. I've decided on my varieties to breed for: BEW and castor. I'm also hopeful for opals or otters, but it's less likely and they aren't to be my main focus.
Anwen may also be pregnant with adorable meat mutt kits and I'm hoping she's taken and will produce a healthy, large litter. If not, back to square one and maybe crossing her to a Californian or American Chinchilla buck. As I have to follow the three strikes rule, this is her second chance and, if by the end of next month she hasn't produced, I'll have to pet home her.
Now for a photo spam of adorable rabbits:
Basil, the hammy prince; Primrose; and Jade (photo by Ken).
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