The Rabbits – The End of the Beginning
- Storm Mackenzie
- Dec 11, 2019
- 3 min read
Originally published March 8, 2018
So it’s been a while, and a LOT has happened. Fluffy and Buttercup went to the family, who renamed them Ninja and Biscuit. My worries about them are over, the family seems really caring and has stayed in touch, sending pictures of the buns through every now and then. They’re in a beautiful area and loving it.
I ended up keeping Lymeria with Cookie, and not long after she was rushed to emergency with runny poos. Not much came of the visit, but I had to monitor her closely and feed her antibiotics twice daily and energy supplement every two hours day and night. Her poo is back to normal, but she still has a super randomly running one every now and then, and then it goes back to normal once again. I have no idea what is causing it, but as she’s healthy and fine living with it, and it’s so random, I’m not going to pay the bucket loads of money for a poo test (plus it’s hard to get a good sample of the poo since it’s so few and far between).
Cookie and every other rabbit is fine, except Lee. But you don’t know Lee.
Lilly, the pregnant rabbit we took in, had her four babies. And they are gorgeous. Lee is the same colouring as Lymeria, then there’s Tia who is beautiful otter colouring. Then there’s Swiss (mostly black/brown with a single white foot) and Socksie (looks a lot like his mum, but the white doesn’t stretch around his entire side). Lee found a home with two young women (who under paid me, but oh well). And what’s strange is that they messaged me concerned as his poo had gone runny. I gave them advice, and it seems to have cleared up on its own, same as Lymeria’s.
Which made me think, what if it’s not a disease but more of a disorder. What if it isn’t transmissible, as Lymeria and Lee have never been together and none of the other bunnies are sick. What if it’s got something to do with the chinchilla gene and the non-extension gene that they both share. Chinchilla is the Goopy colouring, and the ee gene eliminates most of the colour, turning it white. Cookie and Buttercup/Biscuit have the ee gene, but just on a normal agouti colouring, which is why they are creamy coloured.
I just think it’s strange that Lymeria and Lee both have the same issue and no one else does. Their genetics are the only thing that mark them similar to each other but different to everyone else.
Anyway, ignoring that, Lymeria is now better and the other bunnies are finding homes. Goopy and Dark Grey (who ended up completely fine after all, recovering from his leg injury) went for cheap to a lovely elderly mother-son pair. They’d rescued a wild rabbit, and she was very close to them. She would nibble a specific jumper and loved it, so they put it in with her as a blanket. Unfortunately, one day she chewed a hole through it, got her head stuck and panicked. Terribly sad, and reminds me that I need to notify people of why felt is good (no strings to get stuck around toes and necks).
Little Black went to a young couple and will fit in well. She almost took home Lymeria, but she had a pattern with black pets. ALL her other pets were black, and she had many. So he joined the collection.
Socksie and Swiss are still here, but on Sunday they’ll be catching a plane to Carnarvon to meet their new family. It’s an excited twist of events, and I’m preparing them for the journey. I’ll see how they go, but she seems lovely.
I also got a call from a 9 year old girl that used her mums phone, and looks like she’s interested in a future litter if we have any. I also have a lady wanting specifically a Cookie or Lymeria coloured rabbit, that is Lop and male, so she’s keeping in touch.
And yes, we got permission from the rentals to house the rabbits (luckily, as we are due for an inspection next week). This post seems very erratic and poorly laid out, but I fell behind with my work and study and the multitude of pets, as well as health issues, so this is a thrown together post to get anyone interested back up to date. There’s a slim but possible chance I’ll edit this later and repost a proper version. Until now, this is all there is.
These buns (and other litters to follow) are uploaded to Mae’s Rabbitry and Hand Raising’s Facebook page or on their website.
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