U2//Dudette
New Kit
I've been reading this forum and website over the last few days as research and thought I would join up. Looked through loads of rabbit care websites and they generally contradict each other regarding breeding.
A little about me...I'm 19, live in Essex. Utterly obsessed with U2! Saw them this Summer in Manchester. This year I've lived 3 life goals (yes only at 19!!). I met Roger Taylor and Brian May (heros of mine), saw U2, lived the experience of being at Live 8 (watched the orginal on DVD like a billion times).
I have an adorable rabbit called Evie who is just over a year old. I named her after Evangeline Elliot from House of Elliot (another stupid craze of mine). I bought at a pet shop believe she was a Lion Head. But she doesn't particulary resemble one now she has grown up! Not much of a mane and quite large ears.
We've had the idea of having rabbit babies with a friends rabbit. We sucessfully raised rabbits many years ago. So fingers crossed she will have a romantic afternoon with Peter tomorrow!
Sorry I'm getting a bit wordy...I can get like that! Here are few of my questions....
1. Does anyone from the UK know where I could buy a nesting box? I looked on loads of websites but couldn't see anything...do you know of any?
2. Do I really need one? Mucking around with a cardboard box earlier and made a sizeable attempt from seeing photos.
3. What food would you advice giving Evie up to the days before the birth? I read cereal soaked in milk....any milk? Some say not to increase food at all.
4. Evie has always used her bed as a toilet and slept in the living area. Will maternal instincts sort her out in changing her toilet place to the opposite end of the hutch? Is there a way to use elsewhere? Today cleaning her out I put some of her poo with a pile of straw in her living space.
5. If she still uses the bed as a toilet whats the deal with cleaning it out after the babies have arrived. Some say its ok to handle the babies with Mothers scent on your hands, some say never, some say rabbits don't mind if they know your scent.
6. This week we bought a GIANT run for the garden with a house at one end. Feeling more reasurred with a proper house we decided to leave her out all night. It was chucking down with rain for a few hours, I decided I better check on her. When I looked the poor thing was absolutely soaked! She had been sitting in the rain the whole time!!!! Do rabbits not understand about shelter?! Did make us laugh though!
Thanks for reading!
The giant run....
Baby Evie!
A little about me...I'm 19, live in Essex. Utterly obsessed with U2! Saw them this Summer in Manchester. This year I've lived 3 life goals (yes only at 19!!). I met Roger Taylor and Brian May (heros of mine), saw U2, lived the experience of being at Live 8 (watched the orginal on DVD like a billion times).
I have an adorable rabbit called Evie who is just over a year old. I named her after Evangeline Elliot from House of Elliot (another stupid craze of mine). I bought at a pet shop believe she was a Lion Head. But she doesn't particulary resemble one now she has grown up! Not much of a mane and quite large ears.
We've had the idea of having rabbit babies with a friends rabbit. We sucessfully raised rabbits many years ago. So fingers crossed she will have a romantic afternoon with Peter tomorrow!
Sorry I'm getting a bit wordy...I can get like that! Here are few of my questions....
1. Does anyone from the UK know where I could buy a nesting box? I looked on loads of websites but couldn't see anything...do you know of any?
2. Do I really need one? Mucking around with a cardboard box earlier and made a sizeable attempt from seeing photos.
3. What food would you advice giving Evie up to the days before the birth? I read cereal soaked in milk....any milk? Some say not to increase food at all.
4. Evie has always used her bed as a toilet and slept in the living area. Will maternal instincts sort her out in changing her toilet place to the opposite end of the hutch? Is there a way to use elsewhere? Today cleaning her out I put some of her poo with a pile of straw in her living space.
5. If she still uses the bed as a toilet whats the deal with cleaning it out after the babies have arrived. Some say its ok to handle the babies with Mothers scent on your hands, some say never, some say rabbits don't mind if they know your scent.
6. This week we bought a GIANT run for the garden with a house at one end. Feeling more reasurred with a proper house we decided to leave her out all night. It was chucking down with rain for a few hours, I decided I better check on her. When I looked the poor thing was absolutely soaked! She had been sitting in the rain the whole time!!!! Do rabbits not understand about shelter?! Did make us laugh though!
Thanks for reading!
The giant run....
Baby Evie!