look at those adorable ears--all flopping side to side
I do believe the boys ears flop a bit more than the girls, but aren't they just precious.
in this shot you can notice just how fuzzy they are...again, the boy seems a pinch more fuzzy than the girl, but then again as I was checking again to see which one was boy and which one was girl I realized up till today we thought the girl was in fact the boy and the boy to be a girl, so I will definitely be re-checking before they go to their new homes to make sure we get it right
they were really enjoying sitting there, so much they didn't even notice that they could have fun off had they wanted to
and there is the little girl popping up to say 'thanks for the delicious treats'--look at thos beautiful eyes!!!!!
now I know, these bunnies look like normal bunnies so I am sure ya'll are wondering 'so what is the big deal?' someone else might pull ask 'Don't you already have 2 red eyed whites?' and if your anything like my friend Jen you might just be thinking 'she has officially lost it, why in the world would she want anymore bunnies?!?!? she already has 6 adults with 7 babies....'
now sadly we haven't decided on any official names, we have been so busy trying to get their new houses built and providing them with a permanent place to live we haven't had much time to talk about it. I was thinking of calling little miss Fawn above Bambi (since a fawn is a baby dear) but nothing is official yet and bamb is kind of a boys name, so who knows.
there little one here is 15 days pregnant, so we figured we better hurry up and get them settled in before she has a chance to deliver. I did forget to ask how old she is but after making 3 trips from the car and around dog alley I wasn't about to run back to find out, luckily I got the number of the guy who sold her to me and hopefully he will know.
so what is so incredibly special about these 2 new bunnies, with Even looking around trying to figure out what all the fuss is you would only imagine that these little girls are something to make such a big fuss about, but guess what...
they aren't that little, in fact, they are Flemish Giants--yes, GIANTS!!!! That is a laundry bucket that we purchased from Sam's club
some of you might recognize the brand and know how big it is, compared to our little miss momma you it's size can be deceiving--so in case you still don't believe me I took a few more pictures...
I don't know what I keep calling them little, that piece of paper is 9 inches long--and yes, she is not at all 'stretched out'
I know this isn't exactly the best photo but I wanted to give you an idea of how 'wide' they are--yes, that is the same 9 inch paper
oh and there is the picture of her 'somewhat' stretched out, she started to unstretch when I took it, and yes, that pice of paper has a 9 inch ruler on it...now do you believe me? and now do you understand why I am so excited? I am sure there is a place somewhere out there where these bunnies are so common that me being able to find 3 seems like no big deal, but thanks to their size (they can get as big as 25 lbs) they don't tolerate the heat very well and since Texas gets so hot it is hard to find not only a breeder but someone selling them during this time of the year, so yes, I am beyond excited and I truly can't wait to see the babies our lovely Red Eye White is about to have--wish us luck!!!!! (and no, this isn't an April fools joke)
Granted, pictures are a bit harder to tell differences in then when I am out playing with and feeding the bunnies. Like when I saw this black bunny in the picture I thought 'this must be Black Beauty' unfortunately it wasn't until I notice the 2 water feeders in the pen that I realized I was truly mistaken and this is in fact Skiddish.
We have owned Skiddish for 2 years now, we got her from Atwoods to be a friend to our first bunny rabbit (whom we no longer have, she got out of the garden and was chased off by the kids in the neighborhood who didn't know she belonged to us) Skiddish was one of the bunnies that lived in our Bathroom, and as much as I thought that would be an OK place for them to chill till daddy built the hutch boy was I mistake, Dominic would go in every morning and chase those bunnies till they were scared to death, I always got on him for it but he definitely didn't make their lives easy--and for that point Skiddish tends to be a bit stand offish. She loves daddy though and he was always able to calm that poor little heart of hers down, but that is how she got her name Skiddish--cause she is so skittish 
now, when we bought skiddish we were told she was a he and we thought that forever, then we finally flippered her over and compared her to our other female, they looked a like, so we assumed she was a she, then about 9 months later some one else flipped her over and told us she was a boy, so we went looking for another female to breed and luckily we found one with a male cause to my suprise the other day I finally flipped her over (now that I know a bit more about figuring out if they are girls or boys) and sure enough she is a she....
a she that has never had babies, ofcourse we discovered she was a she after we stuck her in the cage with a boy so we figured why not see if she can have babies (she has never had babies before but she is still at an acceptable breeding age) and so in 3 more weeks I guess we will see.
because it was so cold and a cold went through our house we ended up losing all the babies but 3, we did sell their brother but decided to keep the girls. We named them Black Beauty and snow white, bet you can't guess which one is which.
in case you couldn't figure it out I thought I would just tell you. This is snow white, we actually puchased Mr Prince to be her mate, and thought we could breed Black Beauty to skiddish, until we discovered skiddish was a girl--good thing we had already purchased prince, but I will tell you about him in another post.
see that lovely little patch of hair Snow white has got, black beauty have a little extra hair as well, they have a lot back by the hind legs as well, I did brush it out once but they seem to do a pretty decent job keeping it clean now
and this is black beauty, she is a little camera shy, but oh so pretty
Luckily Snow white has no problems posing for a decent shot, showing off all her lovely locks, unfortunately you don't get to see her lovely Red eyes--and yes, she is a Red Eyed White, also known as an Albino (when it comes to other species) and we love both our girls oh so much.
but how could I pass this little guy up. Now the lady I brought him from was very helpful, she tole me he was a mini-Rex and that he was born in October, I am sure she gave me an exact date but I don't remember it right this minute, I was just so excited to find a Red Eyed White that was about the same age and sweet Snow White, so I excitedly wrote her a check and carried him off--litterally, I shoved him in my sweetshirt to keep him warm and off we went, Luckily my loving husband was wise enough to pick up a box to put him in for the ride home, but I did carry him through all the booths and even into the bathrooms (but don't worry I didn't put him fown or use the bathroom myself with him, I was in their with little K so she could go)
we actually named him Prince because we purchase him for the sole purpose of breeding him with Snow White, and so after drastically searching for the name of snow Whites Prince I was very disappointed to know that he never had a name, they just called him prince, and so from that point on Prince was called Prince. now that we have discovered that skiddish (who we intended to breed black Beauty to) is infact a girl though we have decided that unless we find a black mini-rex we will be breeding Black Beauty to Prince as well--and I am almost excited to see what color patterns they produce
but then again with a face that cute--he didn't mind one bit (he was just happy he didn't get poked)
tonight Tulip was the most active we have ever seen her, she spent about 30 or more minutes climbing all over us, it was so fun to finally be able to see her roam and investigate, since the move she has been a bit moody and today has made it all worth while
but then again she is an extra weight on my shoulders as well
now if only she would get off my back--I know I hadn't cleaned out her cage yet but it seriously hasn't been 'that long' but she has a point so I guess I better get on that
unfortunately this is the first time we have actually tried to take 'real' pictures of Adam--turns out, he is camera shy
don't get him wrong, he is actually a cuddly teddy bear, he just isn't happy that I am taking his picture so he seems to be giving me the stink eye as to tell me 'get that Camera out of my face'
luckily he warmed up a bit. Adam is definitely a wonderful father. with our first litter we hadn't planned on it's sudden arrival and so space was definitely limited and we didn't have much choice as to who would be where we were just happy to have a cage for each rabbit, but since we were able to plan out the 2nd batch a little bit better I made it a point to keep Even in a Cage next to Adam to see how they would do after the babies were born, many a times I would go out to find the two nuzzling each others noses through the cage wires. Often Adam would lay down with his back against eve's cage and she would lay up next to him--I could definitely tell he was concerned about her welfare and wanted to as much emotional support as possible which just tore my heart apart that I couldn't put them together in the cage (out of fear he might get too excited and impregnate her before she was ready for another set of babies).
I moved her a bit and she is now looking at me like 'why did you do that, I was enjoying that clover' oddly she never noticed the 6 others I stuck her right in front of her.
Red eyed whites are most often referred to as Albinos, and isn't she just lovely
I don't know why I find her so mesmerizing--she is truly a doll though, look at her all nestled up just sitting and looking and taking in her surroundings, I could sit and stare at this picture all day, unfortunately my schedule does not allow for that, so off I shall go now, but if you want to sit and look a bit longer feel free to.......if you like her that much you might want to reserve her now before someone else gets her first, just saying, as rare as Red Eyed Whites are, chances are she is going to go fast
Cause part of me truly think when she grows up she is going to look a lot like her father
luckily I had my husband to help me take these photos--she is so curious had he not been there to help carol her she might have actually gotten away, luckily she didn't mind us not letting her run free to see her suroundings
she did sit rather still for this picture--I just wish I had a better camera so we didn't have to wait till it was dark cause as beautiful as she is in this picture she is so much cuter in real life!!!!
I think the hardest part about these babies is knowing that we just don't have the room or means to keep them all, but we know with easter just around the corner we will be able to find loving homes for each and every one of them.
Now this guy doesn't want to be shoved in an easter basket to surprise a kid on easter day and then shoved into a cage in the backyard never to be though of again--he wants to be loved on and cuddled, he wants a home where he can sit in your lap while you feed him some celery (oddly our bunnies prefer celery over carrots), and he wants to know that he is not forgotten.
I have to say, this guy is special. With 2 spotted patterned parents and most his siblings patterned I find it impressive that he is all one color, and such a studly color such as charcoal--yes, this is your prince in shining armor, and he will sweep you off with not only his stunning good looks but also his precious little eyes.
I believe, of all our animals, bunnies are definitely the easiest. If I was going to compare them to a 'regular' household pet I would think cat, but without the dander, although they are way more impressive than cats (in my honest opinion). This little guy is working on his litter box skills so that he can continue his training in his new home with his new parents. Unlike cats litter boxes when using the right kind of litter you can empty a bunnies litter box into the compost bin or even directly into your garden--bunny poop is one of the few that won't burn your plants. they are easy to please, and very entertaining (just give him a toilet paper roll and I am sure he can entertain you for hours--or until the roll is destroyed ) oddly enough bunnies are not that expensive, you can get large bags of their feed for less than $10 at pretty much any feed store. Yes, i would say bunnies are pretty easy pets, but don't take my word for it--google it and see what others have to say.......
this pic was taken when they were 10 days old, but it is sadly the most recent pic of I have our little red eyed white baby, also known as an albino, we refer to her as snow call--and yes, we think she is a girl
this pic is to show the grey and white bunny who is at the bottom of the doggy pile so you can't really see her--but she is a believed to be a girl as well--yippee, she will probably have similar colors as her father (adam) I will definitely be posting a better picture when I spotlight her later.
and yes, the twins are also 1 boy and 1 girl so the same goes for them--I just love to sit and stare at their color patterns, I can't tell the 2 of them apart for the life of me (so I made sure to mark which one was the boy in his ear so I could remember)--I will be spotlighting them in the next couple of days as well cause they are just so cuddly.
and Mr Charcoal, last but definitely not least, appeared to be all male tonight. look at that handsome face he has, I just want to kiss him all over, that curious little guy he is. 
Born on Thursday March 3rd of 2011, we originally thought we had 8 babies but later discovered I counted wrong and there was only 7--all beautiful of course. We haven't had any of them sexed yet, I keep trying but still don't have that skill down cause as far as I can tell they are all either boys or girls--hence why I want them to be determined by someone else (they were sexed today and we think they are boy and girl, but we will recheck them as they continue to get older)
these 2 are definitely curious, and brave, they would make the perfect indoor litter box trained bunnies that you could just cuddle up to and watch a movie. I just can't get over their color pattern!!!!
