Hotot Takeover

I had forgotten to say the memorial mention of Blue. As most were aware he had a large tumor on his back left leg. Nothing could be done and it was my wish to keep him as comfortable as possible until his time comes. The last few weeks he was always outside in the grass running around enjoying life with the odd playtime with Boo. I decided to bring him to dawson fair because he loved car rides and wanted to be center of attention. When we got to the fair I took him out of the carrier to put him into his cage and he sliced open his tumor, realizing there was a vet next door I took him over to have him put down. And im gonna say this...unfortuntately the vets didnt have a clue about rabbits and it took them 35 min to finally put him down. VERY sickening. He had a nice life, he was the last original rabbit left from when I started breeding all those years ago, he will be missed dearly!! RIP Blue :(
In memorial I aquired a couple of his grandkids, knowing Blues bloodline, he has a tentency of throwing his head to his grandkids, so who knows!! His grandson BJ looks like a carbon copy of Milkshake, Blues son outta Clover and I found out after Milkshake ended up getting a monster head so im curious. He will stick around until I see what he looks like as an adult. Hoping!

Ok back to hotots...as many know I aquired some hotots as my new breeding program a few months ago. They were all related but when there are none around to find, best do with what you can do! When I had found out Kathy was coming up then I got another pair with similar bloodlines. And a new secret, I will be getting some more hotots soon outta Electrics stuff directly. Have to wait and see! But in the meantime im clearing out some other rabbits, such as Emma. That doe just doesnt have the thick eyebands I need and she is pinched so will be going to a pet friendly breeding home eventually. Keira is in the same boat but I would like to get a litter outta her first because she has a different line then all. So both my sr does are both bred to my jr bucks who happen to have the same birthdate..darn creepy haha. But both are nice and both sr does are proven so should get some babies. Im hoping Savannah will throw a sport or two because I also need to thicken up my eyebands.

To clarify with the thriantas, Jillian did have another litter of 3 outta Forrest but she doesnt have the mother instinct to look after them so I will only breed her again if I can foster the babies. Carmen had a litter a couple weeks ago and some are wondering why there all of a sudden dying. I think whats going on, and this is common..is carmen's immune system cant fight anything when shes in motherly mode so shes caught a cold (not snuffles!!) and its gone right to the babies. I have her on double antibiotics so shes ok but the babies are not doing as well. Ive lost a baby every 6 days now with another about to die. It totally sucks! But ya with Carmen it must be a genetic thing cause shes always been healthy otherwise. So she will be for sale to a pet home along with any babies that are left at 8 weeks old. Because I only have a pair of thriantas left I might sell Forrest to an approved home, he is 3 years old but gorgous type and very friendly personality. Jillian will stay here forever. :P

So ya I will have plenty for sale in a few months but if anyone is interested in hotots, they better email me asap because my waiting list is filling up VERY fast. There is already a backlog of about 3 litters already! Unreal little guys! They are so friendly though haha. So let me know!
I will try to blog again when I get some hotot litters or anything interesting happens! Cyah!

~Bri~

Valleyview & Dawson Results

Ok So I havent posted in a while..once again...sorry!!!

Ok so the Valleyview and Dawson Creek fall fairs have already past..results!
I was in charge of the Dawson Creek fall fair and we had quite the turnout in rabbits! We had so many rabbits we ended up moving to the petting zoo barn and taking that over haha. We had over 55 rabbits attending and during the fun judging, there was 28 rabbits entered. Man it took awhile to judge! What a great fun time! I also "liquidated" some of the rabbits that I had been trying to sell for a few months now, they all went to loving homes. Winter who was outta my original fuzzy line had 4 chances at babies and kept having dead kits, witnessing her kindle the last time I noticed her pelvic bone wasnt wide enough for babies to pass so she went to a pet home in Valleyview! Kyoko, Jasper (rescue I recieved) and Daisy (French lop didnt make weight and didnt have body type I wanted) all went to pet homes the first day of the Dawson Creek Fair. I was AMAZED at how many people waited the whole year to purchase a rabbit at the fair..just wow! Anyways it was a great time, lots of breeders to talk to and just hang out and enjoy!
On Valleyview show, Forrest blew his coat 3 days before the show and was pulled out and another new breeder with thriantas didnt show so I just had Jillian to show, the judges loved her type and color, great animal all commented. I showed 3 of my new breed..hotots!...Teagan, Kiera & Maddy. It was more of a learning experience and realized all 4 of my jrs were seriously lacking in eyebands and 3/4 were looking a bit pinched in the HQ. Something I needed to work on majorly. Kathy M had brought a few hotots with her and took breed which was fine, what a gorgous jr doe! I ended up taking home the BOS jr buck she had brought, Colton! His father happens to be Ready Teddy, gorgous buck! Quite a few wins on him. She had also brought me a registered broodie, Aly to get some nice babies with cleaner eyebands and nicer eyes. In trade I gave her Maddy who she needed to get thicker eyebands. I also showed my little holland Blue grandson BJ and he placed 2/6! Not too bad! As said only reason for going to the show was the experience and supporting the club! Congrats to all winners!