Mae
Young Bun
Hello, so I picked up my two bunnies Pipkin and Dandelion last Thursday. The lady who was supposed to give them to us was out so her husband showed us the litters and I picked out two (each from a different litter)
He told us that they were 12 weeks old (and I didn't know any better having never owned a rabbit before) and he didn't know the breed.
We took them into Pets at Home today and were told that they were only around 4 or 5 weeks old... And I think that they should still be with their mum until 8 weeks?
Anyway, we were told that Pipkin was a Netherland-Dutch and Dandelion was a Netherland-Lop.
We looked at the 8 week old bunnies that had been delivered to the store that morning and they were twice the size of my two...
I bought them both harnesses (not to wear until their older) and I got Pipkin the rabbit one which was slightly too large, and got Dandelion the ferret one which was actually miles too large and she managed to squeeze her head back through the hole and slipped out of it! Dandelion can actually sit in the palm of my hand, she is very very small and Pipkin is only slightly bigger...
They live in my bedroom, in the run, and they seem to like it a lot. They like cuddles, Dandelion more so, and absolutely love each other. Getting them from different litters, I thought that I would have to bond them and the man said that they might not get on. But they immediately became best friends and during the day they snuggle up next to each other and my mum thinks that this is because of their young age.
Obviously its hard to tell their gender when they are young and especially this young (around 12-14 weeks I think it was for gender?) but Ben (from PAH) told us he thinks that they are both female and to bring them back in a month for another check.
They're apparently both very healthy, and eating both hay, pellets, and cut grass (not from a lawnmower) but is there anything that I'm not doing that I should be doing because they're so young, or maybe they shouldn't be eating fresh grass yet?
He told us that they were 12 weeks old (and I didn't know any better having never owned a rabbit before) and he didn't know the breed.
We took them into Pets at Home today and were told that they were only around 4 or 5 weeks old... And I think that they should still be with their mum until 8 weeks?
Anyway, we were told that Pipkin was a Netherland-Dutch and Dandelion was a Netherland-Lop.
We looked at the 8 week old bunnies that had been delivered to the store that morning and they were twice the size of my two...
I bought them both harnesses (not to wear until their older) and I got Pipkin the rabbit one which was slightly too large, and got Dandelion the ferret one which was actually miles too large and she managed to squeeze her head back through the hole and slipped out of it! Dandelion can actually sit in the palm of my hand, she is very very small and Pipkin is only slightly bigger...
They live in my bedroom, in the run, and they seem to like it a lot. They like cuddles, Dandelion more so, and absolutely love each other. Getting them from different litters, I thought that I would have to bond them and the man said that they might not get on. But they immediately became best friends and during the day they snuggle up next to each other and my mum thinks that this is because of their young age.
Obviously its hard to tell their gender when they are young and especially this young (around 12-14 weeks I think it was for gender?) but Ben (from PAH) told us he thinks that they are both female and to bring them back in a month for another check.
They're apparently both very healthy, and eating both hay, pellets, and cut grass (not from a lawnmower) but is there anything that I'm not doing that I should be doing because they're so young, or maybe they shouldn't be eating fresh grass yet?
