English Angora

Genotype: Aa bb Cc dd Ee

Lynx Sr. Buck. Jan 4th, 2008 - Another case of a poor EA who had an owner lose interest or no longer had the time to properly care for him. I just picked him up from a youth breeder in Michigan who was the initial rescuer. She wanted him to go to a home where he could receive the much needed attention that will be required to bring him back to the gorgeous animal he deserves to be.

Sam had already put Repete on the road to recovery: clipped off his coat, immediately wormed him, and provided him with lots of high protein food. He actually doesn't look too bad, but his condition is obvious when you put your hands on him - skinny, skinny, skinny.

Jan 10th - Weighed him today- 5.14 pounds.

Jan 17th - Wormed him with Safeguard today. Weight up to 6.02 pounds. Yea.

Jan 28th - Maintaining last weight. Considering it got so cold, this is OK.

Feb 10th - Repete is doing good. He has not gained any weight, but it's probably due to the horrific up and down weather we've been experiencing. He seems to be a happy boy and always comes to the cage door to see what I have for him.

Feb 26th - Up to a big 6.04 pounds today. He's the only bunny that does not like sunflower seeds or the papaya enzyme tablets. He picks them up and promptly drops them through the floor wire into the drop tray. All the others eat this stuff like candy.

April 5th - Well, Repete went to the Lafayette show today. He didn't do well, but he was at least able to get all gussied up for the occasion. I entered him just to see how he would do. At least he was ooh'd and aah'd over by people who've not seen EA's before!

August 4th - Dear Repete was taken into a new home today to be loved and coo'd over as a pet by his new owner. The young lady has another english angora and is eager to take Repete to a local Youth Fair. Bye Repete. I'll miss you.

Holland Lop

Jan 1st - Friends of ours had bunnies that needed new homes. Two of them we gave away at a rabbit show. But, no one wanted Willow (aka Peaches). So I decided to keep her and see what she might turn into after a good couple doses of wormer and a nice 'put some weight on' feeding program. She is VERY boney, but hopefully we can bring her back into condition. She has a very prominent crown and good ear placement.

Jan 10th - Weighed her today- 3.02 pounds.

Jan 17th - Wormed her with Safeguard today. Weight down to 3# even. Note how gaunt she is in the hind quarters.

Jan 24th - OK. I'm concerned. She has lost another ounce. It has been bitter cold. She is so thin I don't think she can maintain her body heat and gain weight at the same time. I'm bringing her inside until her body weight increases and/or the weather warms to over 40.

Jan 28th - Weight back up to 3.02 today. Whew. Guess she will be staying in for awhile!

Feb 8th - I've been putting the 18% feed to her, but she just doesn't want to gain.

Feb 19th - Finally, a little weight gain. Now at 3.05. Good.

Apr 1st - Well, Willow is expecting her first litter in a couple days. I gave her a nest box last night and she went completely crazy arranging the straw just so. It was so funny. Have no idea what kind of babies she will throw, but really like her prominent crown, so thought I'd try it. Hoping that breeding her to Columbus will put his nice short, open ears with her crown. Stay tuned.

April 4th - What a good mama Willow is! Two chunky babies carefully covered in the nestbox at 1:00 am this morning! Looks like 2 broken orange/fawn.

April 12th - Here is a pix of Willow's babies, now 8 days old. Too cute.

April 13th - I recently realized that Willow has an ear number: FT11. Does that sound familiar to anyone? I'm very curious as to where/what she came from, what her background/lineage is.

June 2nd - Well, Willow is a mamma again. One little broken sable point. I fostered him/her to Felisa as she only had 1 kit also. So, does Willow carry the chl gene, or does Arden??? I'm guessing Willow since Arden has nothing like that behind him.

Sept 23rd - Willow is doing great. She has her third litter - two little broken torts that are now one month old. This is her third litter - each time she has had two kits. Very consistent!