[shazamataz]

bunnies rule.. i just can't have one :( but thats because i have a dog, four chinchillas and like 80 fish lol.

I read your fishy thread Binx... I wasn't sure what to answer with so I left it in case someone else knew exactly what was going on (didn't want someone to just look and see that it had been replied to and assume I was right lol)
I have a sucky catfish too, but mine is only about half as long as my finger lol

[Alty]

I have no luck with fish, except my goldfish Goldie. All others die within a few days, it's sad. :(

Bunnies are so much easier to keep alive. ;)

[shazamataz]

I take it you haven't heard about "the twins" yet Alty? ;)

[Unknown008]

Twins?? Nor have I then.

[shazamataz]

I shall find some pictures ;)

[binx44]

Twins? Oo I want to see tooo :D
Eventually when we move into our home (we are in a rental right now) I'll be able to have more pets again.. I'm sure once we do I'll be bringing home every stray cat and stray dog I come across :D I'm well known for doing that.. maybe adopt some horses from heaven can wait equine rescue in ontario like I did back when I had farm land

Shaz. I think I might of rambled on with that one.. the only thing I was wondering was how long guppies are pregnant for :D I've got like 6 pregnant ones and I do have a breeder tank (it flots in the big tank so I don't worry about water, or shocking the poor things when moving them to a new tank) I've yet to see them giving birth but I know they give birth to live young and I'd love to see it lol...
And yes... there's about eighty fishies... I wish my sucker was only a little guy :D back when he was new he was this little tiny thing. Now he's over half the height of the tank (top to bottom not left to right :D)

[Unknown008]

Just read your thread on the fishes binx... these fishes seem to like you very much to live for so long :p!

[shazamataz]

Watching guppies being born is amazing... the come out as little balls then they flick open and sink to the bottom... it's neat ;)

What sort of breeder trap do you have?
You need to have one with a plastic bottom with either holes or slits in it with a bigger box around it...
That sounded confusing... lol
Ok well... basically a box or box shaped net with an area at the bottom where the babies can get away from the mother otherwise she will eat them!

You also need to get some 'Fry Food', it's a cloudy liquid that you feed the babies with..

Probably should have posted that on your thread lol, oh well :D

Years ago my mum adopted an ex race horse (well a pacer actually), he lived to be 27 I think, before we had to have him put to sleep, he was great, I was too little to ride him when he could actually be ridden and by the time I was old enough to ride, he was too old!

[shazamataz]

Ok, here's the twins ;)

These are just some random snaps, I'll get some better ones later.
Lulu is so hard to get a picture of because she is a bit scared at the moment (We only got her on Monday)
And I threw in a picture of Dora just because lol

[binx44]

They are SOOOO adorable shaz hun :D

[binx44]

Watching guppies being born is amazing... the come out as little balls then they flick open and sink to the bottom... it's neat ;)

What sort of breeder trap do you have?
You need to have one with a plastic bottom with either holes or slits in it with a bigger box around it...
that sounded confusing... lol
Ok well... basically a box or box shaped net with an area at the bottom where the babies can get away from the mother otherwise she will eat them!

You also need to get some 'Fry Food', it's a cloudy liquid that you feed the babies with..

probably should have posted that on your thread lol, oh well :D

Years ago my mum adopted an ex race horse (well a pacer actually), he lived to be 27 I think, before we had to have him put to sleep, he was great, I was too little to ride him when he could actually be ridden and by the time I was old enough to ride, he was too old!

Shaz. My breeder trap is all plastic with slits in the sides.. floats on the top sides... with a plastic V that sits in it to separate fry from the mother. It used to be a friend of mine's (they were his fish origionally) I do believe the first few generations are long gone and these all are the newer ones :D.. I've got fry food. I should have mentioned that I guess hehe

[Unknown008]

Awww! You got 'new' bunnies, twin bunnies!! So cute! :p Will be looking forward for the pics!

Bye Shazzy and Binx! :)

[shazamataz]

Shaz. my breeder trap is all plastic with slits in the sides.. floats on the top sides... with a plastic V that sits in it to separate fry from the mother. it used to be a friend of mine's (they were his fish origionally) i do believe the first few generations are long gone and these all are the newer ones :D.. i've got fry food. i should have mentioned that i guess hehe

Good stuff ;)
You would be surprised how many people don't realise you need one of those!

[shazamataz]

Night night Unky! Talk to you soon!

[Alty]

OMG, the twins are adorable, love them Shaz.

Congrats. :)

[shazamataz]

OMG, the twins are adorable, love them Shaz.

Congrats. :)

Thanks :)

It was a bit sudden (getting them I mean)
I am trying to get them used to me at the moment as they are a bit scared and hide in the box a lot.

[Alty]

Thanks :)

It was a bit sudden (getting them I mean)
I am trying to get them used to me at the moment as they are a bit scared and hide in the box a lot.

Tons of patience and lots of interaction.

The nice thing, they're already a bonded pair so bonding them to Dora shouldn't be that hard. :)

Where did you get them Shazzy?

[shazamataz]

Tons of patience and lots of interaction.

The nice thing, they're already a bonded pair so bonding them to Dora shouldn't be that hard. :)

Where did you get them Shazzy?

Got that wrong!
Yep, they get along great, they cuddle up next to each other when they sleep but Dora hates them...

A friend of Vaughns mum breeds them (I didn't know that before!) and after hearing what happened she offered for us to take one for free.
We saw photos and the love bug bit (nobody can resist a baby bunny!) and went and picked her up.
We put her next to Dora and she went absolutely mental biting at the wire.
I thought she might have just been trying to get to her in a good way so I opened the door to the pen... she jumped over straight away and tried to bite her... I took Dora away straight away so she didn't scare her.

I haven't given up hope and I will try again in a few months when she has settled down.
She bonded with Diego very quickly.. (as in they were together for 3 days and they were in love) so I'm thinking she is not ready to accept another rabbit yet.

Anyway, after that happened I felt really sorry for the baby so I called the breeder and asked about the other babies in the litter. We decided to pay for her sister to keep her company and picked her up straight away as well (I didn't want to risk them forgetting about each other by waiting too long)

We let the babies run around our dining room and we just sit to one side and see what they do... every time they come out for a run they get closer and closer to us and they are eating like little troopers... Dora eats hay but not as much as these guys!

We have taken Doras old double storey hutch and made it bigger so she is going to live in that and the twins are going to have the bigger pen.
I'll keep the hutches next to each other so they can get used to each other.
They are next to each other now and Dora has calmed down a lot... she pretty much ignores them now so that's a good sign. She still runs up to the wire if they are near it but she doesn't bite it anymore... I have bombarded her with toys to help with that though! Lol

Sorry for the novel... I posted most of this on another thread that I thought you would see but I can't remember which one it was!

[Alty]

How did I not get a notification that you posted? Wow.

Shaz, how old are the new bunnies? I'm assuming that they aren't fixed?

If they aren't fixed remember that they will hit sexual maturity at 6 months of age. If they've reached that point already then Dora can smell it and that's probably what's causing her aggressiveness.

Also, although most people don't believe it, bunny's do get depressed if they lose someone they love. Dora was bonded to Diego, and it happened really quickly. It doesn't matter if they were together for 2 days or 2 years, they were a pair and she misses him.

She may not be ready to accept another bunny into her life right now.

There's no hurry, you can bond them later. I'd wait until the twins are fixed and Dora has a bit of time to heal her little heart. Poor dear. Give her extra love and kisses, she needs them right now, and they're good for you too. :)

[shazamataz]

Thanks for replying :)

I was thinking that she misses him, I just didn't realise that they could get attached so quickly. I haven't had rabbits together since I was little so the bonding process is pretty much all new to me.

Yep, I'm giving her lots of extra attention, The dogs aren't used to the new bunnies yet and they still pounce at the cage so they have to be locked in the bedroom when they come out to play. But Dora is used to them and doesn't flinch so I move her pen into the lounge twice a day for an hour or so... plus I go out into the laundry a lot to see all 3 of them.
I just have to put down a vinyl table cloth when I leave Dora in the lounge so she doesn't stain the floorboards.

It probably sounds silly but with Dora, every night before bed I rub her cheek until she goes to sleep then tip toe out the room :o I feel like a proud mother.

The babies are only 9 weeks old so nope, no spaying yet.
We wouldn't be able to afford to spay them for a few months anyway so it worked out well.