Keep everything crossed for us...

[dizzojay]

If everything goes according to plan, then two of these absolute little poppets will be joining our household in about six weeks time.

They're three weeks old Dutch x Mini Rex bunnies who lost their Mum at 1 week old, so they were shipped off to an animal sanctuary and have been being hand-reared, so they'll be very tame and humanised.  Dutch bunnies generally have lovely personalities anyway.

They'll be released to us in about six weeks when they're fully weaned, vaccinated, and any boys have had their little knackers chopped off.  The girls are being 'done' too.

We're hoping for a boy and a girl, and the sanctuary owner thinks she can accommodate this, but bunnies are notoriously difficult to sex before their little balls have dropped, so she's going to confirm back in a couple of weeks.

Aren't they just darling!!

*squishes and squees*

Comments

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Considering they're very gregarious animals, rabbits are very picky about who they get along with. One male and one female is the combination that is most likely to coexist happily — as long as they're both neutered, otherwise you end up with fifty rabbits after a couple of years!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Indeed, breeding like rabbits is not what you want!

I just had a thought about names — Juniper and Juno!

[yeuxdebleu.livejournal.com]

I just had a thought about names — Juniper and Juno!

Oh! I like that. She has already decided on Juniper and I think Juno would be perfect for the male.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

That's so cute! I haven't made my mind up about the boy bunny yet, and Juno is a cut name. But 'Nutmeg' keeps popping into my mind as well!