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Mama Doe
I've been holding out on you guys a bit. :lol: These two girls arrived home a week ago and they are a right box of tricks between them.
Iris is the blue butterfly. Arce (pronounced R-Say) is the agouti butterfly. As with my typical theme, they are the Greek goddesses of rainbows and the fainter double rainbow, respectively.
These girls came to me already spayed. Apparently, their previous owner was moving house and that's why they had to go. They are both around 4 and a half, so definitely older girlies. I was smitten at first sight, both of them seemed to enjoy cuddles and were very sweet. Not quite such the case when I got them home.
Both girls are quite territorial. Iris has issues with dominance - she's often caught humping Arce, often for no given reason. She honks like a goose when she does so too. Arce usually runs, but also occasionally tries to hump Iris, too. :roll: Neither girl likes being picked up. Neither girl particularly likes being stroked. Arce is headshy and has a huge dewlap. Iris is snuffly, occasionally bites/nips if things aren't going her way, likes to eat cardboard, and seems to have issues with uneaten cecatrophs. Both girls have sore hocks. Both need vaccinating. Both are working on the litter training - Arce seems to mostly have got it, Iris less so. Both are huge. The biggest lops I've ever come across. Not sure if they are large dwarf lops (though they dwarf Elphie and her deceased sister, Galinda) or German lops, or dwarf/German crosses. Not sure if they've been bred from - Arce has issues with fur loss on her back, allegedly from Iris's continual mounting. Iris has a smaller bald patch. They both seem thrilled with the space they have (lots of binkies!) despite it not being very large at all (due to litter training). I've seen lots of DBFs as well, especially from Arce.
They seem happy enough to be home. We'll work on them "liking" me in the future. We'll work on their health, or as much as we can. We're definitely working on diet as I have no idea what they are used to but they've been taken back to ground zero because of the uneaten cecatrophs. But hey, they're pretty and they're cheeky and they're fun to watch. They act as if they're doing the naughtiest thing ever when they climb on the bed. Iris already purrs loudly if I give her nose and ear rubs. Arce is learning to let me stroke her body. We'll get there in the end.
Arce
Iris
(I had a second one of Iris but it's turned out blurry. )
Together
Iris is the blue butterfly. Arce (pronounced R-Say) is the agouti butterfly. As with my typical theme, they are the Greek goddesses of rainbows and the fainter double rainbow, respectively.
These girls came to me already spayed. Apparently, their previous owner was moving house and that's why they had to go. They are both around 4 and a half, so definitely older girlies. I was smitten at first sight, both of them seemed to enjoy cuddles and were very sweet. Not quite such the case when I got them home.
Both girls are quite territorial. Iris has issues with dominance - she's often caught humping Arce, often for no given reason. She honks like a goose when she does so too. Arce usually runs, but also occasionally tries to hump Iris, too. :roll: Neither girl likes being picked up. Neither girl particularly likes being stroked. Arce is headshy and has a huge dewlap. Iris is snuffly, occasionally bites/nips if things aren't going her way, likes to eat cardboard, and seems to have issues with uneaten cecatrophs. Both girls have sore hocks. Both need vaccinating. Both are working on the litter training - Arce seems to mostly have got it, Iris less so. Both are huge. The biggest lops I've ever come across. Not sure if they are large dwarf lops (though they dwarf Elphie and her deceased sister, Galinda) or German lops, or dwarf/German crosses. Not sure if they've been bred from - Arce has issues with fur loss on her back, allegedly from Iris's continual mounting. Iris has a smaller bald patch. They both seem thrilled with the space they have (lots of binkies!) despite it not being very large at all (due to litter training). I've seen lots of DBFs as well, especially from Arce.
They seem happy enough to be home. We'll work on them "liking" me in the future. We'll work on their health, or as much as we can. We're definitely working on diet as I have no idea what they are used to but they've been taken back to ground zero because of the uneaten cecatrophs. But hey, they're pretty and they're cheeky and they're fun to watch. They act as if they're doing the naughtiest thing ever when they climb on the bed. Iris already purrs loudly if I give her nose and ear rubs. Arce is learning to let me stroke her body. We'll get there in the end.
Arce
Iris
(I had a second one of Iris but it's turned out blurry. )
Together
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