after spending an entire day on the phone and googling like mad, checking out and e-mailing breeder after breeder I almost gave up hope, but then came my flicker of light, and luckily I was able to find a ride out to Canton early the next morning cause as we frantically ran through the dog alley we found them....
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)
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)
