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Baby rexes!

Kavanne

Mama Doe
A couple of weeks before Christmas I took in a pair of rabbits from a Facebook ad.

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I managed to arrange to collect them on the Saturday night and bought them home, we left the girl's nest as intact as possible inside the indoor cage they were in and separated them

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On Tuesday morning she had created a wriggling nest! She had 3 babies but one was very small and he did not survive :(

But we had two gorgeous tiny babies. Here they are at a few days old.

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And they haven't stopped growing since!

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They are so precious :love:

I don't think there is anything more adorable or fun, as baby bunnies. This makes me really miss when mine were babies. It's such a fun experience.
 
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Mama - now named Juniper
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And yesterday
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They are nearly 6 weeks now and had their vaccinations last week. All the staff at the vets came out for a cuddle and commented how good they were at being handled and how adorable they are! I told the story of how they came to be and they said they hear it a lot.

Mum dad and babies will all be staying here with us after my boyfriend had a wobbly and decided he couldn't possibly part with them! [emoji85][emoji85]
 
They are so precious :love:

I don't think there is anything more adorable or fun, as baby bunnies. This makes me really miss when mine were babies. It's such a fun experience.

Thanks! Never expected to see any bunnies from birth and growing but it's been an amazing, if stressful, experience
 
Awww so cute :love: As for the original ad' for them................oh dear................. :? :cry:

Just a wee bit of advice, feel free to ignore it if you like. But Rexes, as you probably know, are prone to sore hocks. Some of it being determined genetically. IE some particular Rex breed lines have a stronger disposition to it than others. Generally speaking if a Rex gets to 12 months of age and their hocks remain well covered, with good husbandry/ being housed on the correct type of base substrate they should be at no more risk than most other Rabbits. So personally I would not house Rexes on a hard floor surface. Especially babies.

Hope you dont mind me mentioning this, just trying to be helpful and not trying to tell you what to do.

Thank goodness you were able to take the family on. I dread to think what could have happened to them had you not done so.

Do they all have names yet ?
 
Awww so cute :love: As for the original ad' for them................oh dear................. :? :cry:

Just a wee bit of advice, feel free to ignore it if you like. But Rexes, as you probably know, are prone to sore hocks. Some of it being determined genetically. IE some particular Rex breed lines have a stronger disposition to it than others. Generally speaking if a Rex gets to 12 months of age and their hocks remain well covered, with good husbandry/ being housed on the correct type of base substrate they should be at no more risk than most other Rabbits. So personally I would not house Rexes on a hard floor surface. Especially babies.

Hope you dont mind me mentioning this, just trying to be helpful and not trying to tell you what to do.

Thank goodness you were able to take the family on. I dread to think what could have happened to them had you not done so.

Do they all have names yet ?

Thank you! Dad had quite bad sore hocks when he arrived, was afraid they were going to open up. He's had bath mats since and they've cleared up nicely. Mum was OK but I'll go and steal some of Toby's vet bed! He won't mind sharing, I'm sure :)

Mum is Juniper, Dad is Velvet and I think we have two boys who we've called Gizmo and Mohawk (why did I let my boyfriend name one???). Gizmo has a bit more white on the back of his neck than Mo so we can just about tell the difference!
 
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Oh my goodness...there isn't a "squee" loud enough! :love:
Lucky bunnies and lucky you too! :) I doubt I could part with them either. At least the original owner realized they'd taken on too much, but yeah, I kinda cringed at the ad wording. :roll:

Many happy, healthy years wished for you and this lovely family. :love: Bless you! xxxxxxx
 
Thank you! Dad had quite bad sore hocks when he arrived, was afraid they were going to open up. He's had bath mats since and they've cleared up nicely. Mum was OK but I'll go and steal some of Toby's vet bed! He won't mind sharing, I'm sure :)

Mum is Juniper, Dad is Velvet and I think we have two boys who we've called Gizmo and Mohawk (why did I let my boyfriend name one???). Gizmo has a bit more white on the back of his neck than Mo so we can just about tell the difference!

Yes, differentiating between very similar babies can be tricky until we get to know their individual personalities !!
 
They are absolutely beautiful.

I'm so glad they are with you :)


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Well done :thumb: They are so very lovely. I wouldn't have been able to part with them either :love:
 
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