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	********************************************************************************************************* MOST RECENT ENTRIES -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Thursday, February 08, 2007 More news from last year... I've just realised that I didn't mention our family additions! In the middle of June we bought two male rabbits. One black, the other a mottled brown/grey. The black one Paul named Sid in memory of the black rabbit he had as a kid called Sid Vicious. So I named the other one Johnny after Mr Lydon. We got them to help keep the lawn down, as we had so much rain over last summer that we couldn't use the lawnmower for fear of damaging the grass. They eat everything! The gits have eaten my lovely clematis and adore my fuchsias! Anyway, they were growing up nicely and fattening up on all their treats, food and most of my garden. The day after Gem had her first fit they were making a terrible racket in the hutch, and I realised that it was later than normal for putting them in the run. I went to the hutch, and put Johnny out. I returned for Sid and found him sitting with a load of fur all around his feet - looking rather guilty. The fur was moving, and after nearly giving Paul a heart attack with my panicked shouting, the truth dawned... Sid was a girl, not a boy, and had given birth to a litter of four black baby rabbits! We raised them with her, well... she did most of the work, but I was keeping a close eye on things and making sure that the hutch was nice and clean. The four of them were all claimed within about 2 hours of being born. 4 weeks later, and before any re-homing had taken place, she gave birth to a further litter. This time 3 pale ones. Johnny had his knackers lopped off very soon after and we separated mum & dad prior to the birth (having learned the first time how true the 'breeding like rabbits' saying is!). These were harder to home though. The first two from the first litter were homed, and within 1 week one had been killed by a cat. The new owner was devastated, as were we. Then the family who were going to have the remaining 2 couldn't so it looked like we were going to keep them. We were already going to keep one of the pale ones, one was going to a home and the other... well, we didn't know. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we had an incident (one of the dogs killed two of the pale babies) and the two boys of the bunch are turning a bit nippy now. So we've ended up with 5 rabbits, and that seems to be the way it's going to stay! To say that we're overcrowded with animals would be an understatement, bearing in mind we only live in a terraced town house with a small garden! But everyone seems happy, so we must be doing something right. We did a really good job with the first litter, and with the exception of the accident I'm proud of the results of the second litter as he's a lovely little bunny. For more pics have a look at these photo albums: Baby rabbits Assorted pics posted by Unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // *END OF NEW ENTRIES* \\	My favourite websites  The Official Duran Duran Website  Drum - The reunion  My Duran Duran Website (under  redevelopment)  Lizard King's Duran Duran Site  The Shrine  View Denis O'Regan's DD Photos  Buy Denis O'Regan's DD Photos  Karen Bryan - Website Designer  Club977 - The 80s Channel  Doctor Who - The Official Website  Outpost Gallifrey  Time & Chips  Chris Eccleston Forum  Time and Space - Further  adventures of the 9th Doctor         My Blog Archives     March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 August 2004 September 2004 November 2004 February 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 November 2005 January 2006 July 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007           Blog lists    Blog Search Engine  Blog Universe
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