Horrible Week

This last week has been one of the worst in my years of breeding and totally unexpected. Losing two great animals within a short period of time was quite discomforting to say the least.
First happened last wed, I noticed zoey was not acting normal at all, she is usually the first rabbit at cage door at feeding time yet this time she did not move from the corner, I figured she was sleeping. I then grabbed her and noticed she was not moving too much, also noticing how she flinched when I touched her. I talked to Helga and figured she had a massive stoke because the color in eyes was gone and she was not even reacting to my voice, poor girl. Thurs morning I put her out of her misery and put her down, she was under 6 years old, being from the first fuzzy lop litter I had and also the last “original” I had left from my old herd. This doe showed no signs of health problems at all and always eating tons! She was a sweetie though and I will miss her a lot. :( RIP Zoey

Second was even more unexpected. On Sunday I happened to have the day off work and had some people coming to get some rabbits, I was showing them the dwarfs and noticed calvin sleeping in corner of cage with his pig buddy. Figured he’s an old man and needs his sleep, also had door open so sun was on him. After they left I went back out and seen he still hadn’t moved, I picked him up and he was limp in my arms. Bringing him in house he wasn’t moving and started to seizure, about half hour later I went outside and put him down, almost beat me to it the little pain. That last half hour I was petting him, he must have known his time was up, loving every pet closing his eyes and enjoying it. I will miss him even though I only had him for a short time, he loved attention and was never mean. The last 6 months he was spoiled silly with treats, runs in the house and a pig buddy. His kids and grandkids I have here will live on. RIP Calvin :(

In more positive news I have 2 does due this week, Bette bred to Sobek (who is doing better finally) and Flower, my home bred who is bred to a GC polish buck from Laura-ann. I may keep a doe from litter we shall see.

In regards to my herd in development, looks I will be getting two unrelated proven brood does at Chestermere. Helps to replace the two does I lost this past month and a new bloodline. So for whats for sale it will be whatever is out of these litters, Dice will be available once I breed him to someone and also ELO this summer once I can finally get a litter outta him and stargazer. I will be using sobek and devil on my does for now as both are different blood and size, etc.
Devil is looking awesome in development, he is still 1 pound 4 oz now, as big as the pig buddy haha. Filling in head and still super sweet personality. Myst on the other hand has surprised the hell outta me this past couple weeks if I haven’t mentioned by now! She is filling out in body and head just beautifully. Take a look on the home page of a pic of her I took with my camera, shes gonna be a beaut! Jewel is also starting to look like her half brother devil with chubby cheeks and nice short body, will be a nice show doe too! Other then that I will update when I get litters in next day or so and find time to get some decent pics!