I have to say I'm happy it's finally Friday, it has been a long week and I worked really hard school-wise! The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend and I plan to enjoy it as much as possible.
As I mentioned earlier this week, we were expecting a litter. Cammack's GH, one of my favorite does, ended up losing her litter. There was just one baby and it was too big. This isn't the first time this has happened to her, it's actually pretty normal for her, and I try not to get my hopes up when we're expecting a litter from her. I will give her a few weeks to recover and then I plan to breed her again, I haven't decided if I want to breed her to Cowan's Riptide or Frank's F2. Her and Riptide produced another one of my favorite does, KK's Lickity Split and the thought of more rabbits like Lickity excites me, but at the same time, I want to see what we could get from GH and F2.
On a brighter note, we were able to free up a few cages this week by selling some older stock. I ended up selling J's Journey, which....was a hard thing to do, but hanging onto 4 Jr bucks would be ridiculous. I also found a good home for KK's Allie, my last BEW carrier Holland. She was another one that was hard to let go but I'm happy they found great pet homes.
More good news is that we finally got Hunter, our Royal Python started on frozen rats! I know it might not sound like a huge deal, but to us it definitely is. Before, he would only eat live rats and boy, what a challenge it has been trying to find a meal for him every week! It got to the point where we could only find the odd baby rat in the pet stores (way too small!), so I bought my own male and female babies that I was planning to grow and breed. I'm glad I won't have to do that anymore! Now we can go buy a dozen rats, stick them in the freezer, and know that he'll be content for a few months at a time.
Well, that's all that's new this week! I'm hoping to get some pictures of the baby rabbits this weekend. The litters are growing so fast, as usual. I also have to do more site updating soon, although I did get a Guestbook up and running this week (Check it out: www.kritterkorner.net) I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Friday, August 6, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday Once Again
The weekend is over and it flew by once again! Saturday was the Crapaud Exhibition and it was a good time. There were over 70 rabbits in the exhibition, which is the highest number we have ever seen. The weather was great, and it wasn't too hot, which was nice for both us and the rabbits.
Our rabbits did well enough, I had a couple of new juniors that I was happy to get some comments on. Best in Show went to Bunny Hop Wabbitry once again, however it went to a different rabbit than the one who won the IRBA show.
I bought a nice little doe from Bunny Hop over the weekend. I can't take her home with me yet because I need to move some older rabbits and make room. We usually end up selling a few bunnies at the exhibition, but we didn't sell one this year!
I'm waiting on some of our Mini Rex to hurry the heck up and finish their molts! We have some nice seniors that we really want to show at some exhibitions this year. A black buck in particular. Our only senior entered in the exhibition won best of breed, because the juniors just can't compete with baby coats. Especially since fur is on 30pts. Even the senior that won really needs to molt, he's the only one who hasn't started to yet but he's a broken chocolate and he's starting to get that orangy color in his coat!
It was nice to have nothing to do on Sunday after a long day in Crapaud. I took a bit of a day off. I slept in, which I rarely get to do anymore! Then I decided I was only going to do what I wanted to do all day. So, I went to Brookvale and hiked through the ski resort with a friend and our dogs. Climbing up those huge downhill ski hills was hard work in the heat, but we had a lot of fun, and so did the dogs. It's a great place to explore in the off season, there were no bugs and there was no one around, so the dogs could enjoy time off leash. We just had to be careful not to get lost, because it's surprisingly confusing, and there aren't any signs. My next free day with half decent weather, I plan to go back. We were even thinking of camping there, it's just so amazing!
Well, that's my weekend in a nutshell. We have some babies due soon so I'll post soon to let you know what we end up with! Have a great Monday!
Our rabbits did well enough, I had a couple of new juniors that I was happy to get some comments on. Best in Show went to Bunny Hop Wabbitry once again, however it went to a different rabbit than the one who won the IRBA show.
I bought a nice little doe from Bunny Hop over the weekend. I can't take her home with me yet because I need to move some older rabbits and make room. We usually end up selling a few bunnies at the exhibition, but we didn't sell one this year!
I'm waiting on some of our Mini Rex to hurry the heck up and finish their molts! We have some nice seniors that we really want to show at some exhibitions this year. A black buck in particular. Our only senior entered in the exhibition won best of breed, because the juniors just can't compete with baby coats. Especially since fur is on 30pts. Even the senior that won really needs to molt, he's the only one who hasn't started to yet but he's a broken chocolate and he's starting to get that orangy color in his coat!
It was nice to have nothing to do on Sunday after a long day in Crapaud. I took a bit of a day off. I slept in, which I rarely get to do anymore! Then I decided I was only going to do what I wanted to do all day. So, I went to Brookvale and hiked through the ski resort with a friend and our dogs. Climbing up those huge downhill ski hills was hard work in the heat, but we had a lot of fun, and so did the dogs. It's a great place to explore in the off season, there were no bugs and there was no one around, so the dogs could enjoy time off leash. We just had to be careful not to get lost, because it's surprisingly confusing, and there aren't any signs. My next free day with half decent weather, I plan to go back. We were even thinking of camping there, it's just so amazing!
Well, that's my weekend in a nutshell. We have some babies due soon so I'll post soon to let you know what we end up with! Have a great Monday!
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