The New Addition

Finally, after almost a month of searching and comparing breeders up and down the country for a new kitten (baby rabbit) i finally got one!!

I have been searching mini lop breeders to find a mini lop that i liked. I visited many breeders and contacted many by telephone, etc. I just so happened to come across a breeder not too far away that breeds full pedigree mini lops. I had in mind what i wanted as this kit will be the start of my revampt showing and breeding programme. I was wanting a female so i could breed her and had my mind set on an orange. Every breeder either never had any or they weren't suitable but i phoned this one breeder up and the first thing she said was that she had an ORANGE DOE! I had a feeling she would be the one so i got a lift up to the breeders on Friday 2nd September afternoon to view her mini lops as she also had many others. As soon as i got there it looked promising. She had over 30 rabbits which were well handled and kept and then i saw her and fell in absloute love! I got her and brought her home in her pink flowery carrier with her new baby blue blanket i bought weeks ealier for the new rabbit.

I called her Millie and from friday to monday she stayed in the conservatory in her carrier to sleep and run about in the conservatory. She didn't really eat at all for the first 3 days - only a strand of hay and a few pellets and i was worried but i think she was just out of her comfort zone. She is so playful but loves cuddles - she already knows my voice and is learning her name. We settled her into her hutch on monday night but gave her a hot water bottle and she snuggled into the straw. As soon as she got into her hutch she munched on her food for ages it was as though her natural instinct kicked in. Introduced her to my French lop Floppsy and they love each other. Floppsy thinks its her baby and licks her to death and Millie follws her everywhere. I think she is sort of teething so gave her some wood as she loves to chew on it. She is tiny inside the huge two story hutch but ive kept the latch up incase she can't get down the ramp and falls so i'll introduce her to it when she is older. She is just about properly litter trained completely and is really good at it. I went crazy and went to the big pet supermarket and got her a wee bowl, food, a new pink litter tray, toys, things to knaw on and got her her own wee pink harness. I will start harness training her when she is 4 months roughly.

Dedication to Dusty

On Sunday 29th May my beloved childhood french lop Dusty died. She had just turned 9 yrs old. She had began to get really old and slowed right down but she was such a great rabbit. Her sister Floppsy mourned over her for a while but is now doing much better and i have been letting her have more interaction with her friend Fudge who seems to be making her happy. There are two pictures of Floppsy and Dusty on my blogger (one at the top of the page and one at the bottom) Dusty is the grey and white one. She never liked to be lifted up much and i called her my "wee ground rabbit" as she was so happy and felt safe when she was on the ground. She would come over and stretch her wee neck out for you to clap her. She was fantastic at doing tricks and was great at walking by my side on the harness and agility. She won competitions for agility and was so responsive to signals. I miss her ever so much and no other rabbit i get will ever compare to her.

R.I.P Dusty my wee Princess