I did post on here asking for help with sexing them but it was inconclusive. In answer to the person who wants to know if I have sepearted them, yes, I have according to my sexing which as I have said before, I have got wrong in the past.
I have no more hutches so cannot seperate them all - I'd need 7 hutches to do that! I have 2 neutered males bonded recently in one hutch and run combo. Mum and the 2 babies I think are female together - one is definitely female, the other is the runt. People on here felt it could be male, I thought female.
Then I have an older baby - 17 weeks or so, female imo, alone in another hutch and run combo. I 'd like to bond this one - Thistle - with the two males once she is done.
Then in the final hutch and run combo are my 2 babies I think are males, one definitely is, the other people on here thought ma be female. They are the pairing I am worried about.
My plan was this:
Take the 2 male babies (Flapjack and Ebony) to be neutered and keep together. If one is female as suggested on here, then as long as the male is neutered swiftly, I assume they could remain as a pair and the female sorted in the future.
Next, spay mum but leave with her 2 baby girls.
Then spay Thistle and in the future bond with my two males if possible, they were neutered a few months ago.
Then do the two female babies together.
My issue is this - I need Flapjack and Ebony done quickly in case I have the sexing wrong. My husband and I both lost our jobs. My husband starts a new job tomorrow and so we need to wait til the end of Sept when he gets his first paycheck for the neutering of these two, we can then afford to work our way through monthly if that makes sense until they are all sorted?
My husband has cleared a space at the end of the garden for a large shed. I had hoped to divide it and provide half for Mum and the two baby girls (Wiggles, Elfie and Caramel) and the other half for Our 2 boys - Crackers and Bouncer and hopefully Thistle if the bonding is successful. That would leave Flapjack and Ebony who I thought could have our biggest hutch with a run combo. My husband said he could create a space each side of the shed to attach a run for each of the threesomes and they would all have had a good space - they spend much of the time in the house too as my children adore them and we have an enclosed garden so they all get space to run free at times.
So you see, I know people must think I am terrible, but despite the babies being unexpected, I did make plans to care for them and I took our responsibilities seriously. Losing jobs knocked us for six. I adore all these rabbits. We've handled them since a week old and they are the sweetest rabbits - all of them. None have ever bitten any of us, they come to us freely etc. I'm a bit worried people are assuming a life of neglect.
If it wasn't for the fact that the neutering is urgent, or if I could get them absolutely certainly sexed (please don't forget we are in this situation as the VET sexed our rabbits as two girls!), then I think they would have a very happy future here.
If anyone has any other thoughs, please do let me know - thanks also to those who have pm'd me, I will respond as quickly as poss.