The Nursery

The new Baby Buns hang out on this page until they are old enough to be listed on the Available Buns when they turn 6 weeks of age.

Share our joy in the newest arrivals as they learn to hop, binky, and do zoomies under the loving supervision of their doting Mama Buns.

Quinoa and Sullivan (Five Babies)

Date of Birth: December 3, 2024 (about 5:30pm)

We are beyond relieved that Quinoa is finally a mother and that Sullivan has proved himself as a breeding buck. These babies are the very first for each of them! Six babies for a first-time mama is quite a litter. Truthfully, we aren't certain if all of them will make it, as a couple of them look rather bruised, as though they were stepped on by their mama's big back feet. They could pull through, but it will take a couple days to find out what will happen. We're going to hold off on taking and posting photos of them until we're reasonably confident that we have babies who are going to survive their first week. There seem to be a mix of colors among them, so that will be exciting! More news (and pictures) to come...

12/6/24 UPDATE...Sadly, one of the babies didn't make it. We believe Quinoa stepped on it in such a way that she damaged its back or neck and it wasn't able to turn over properly to nurse. Despite all of our efforts to help it nurse, it was unable to latch on. The baby that passed was one of the black-looking babies pictured below.

12/10/24 UPDATE...All the babies are doing well. Color-wise, we believe we have two orange, a cream, a chestnut, and an opal.

12/31/24 UPDATE...The babies are 4 weeks old today! We can't believe we'll be listing them in only 2 more weeks for matching. Genders weren't really discernable today,, but we'll try again later this week.

Snooker - Orange baby buck

Rather quiet and observant, so far

Scrabble - Opal baby doe

Social butterfly, busy Bun, adventurous, doesn't sit still for long.

Tiddlywinks - Chestnut baby doe

Once initially shyness wears off and she becomes comfortable and confident, Tiddlywink acts like a sweet middle-of-the-road girl.

Hopscotch - Cream baby doe

Initially reserved and rather shy, but enjoys cuddles when she is comfortable.

Parcheesi - Orange baby doe

Initially quiet, but she warms up quickly and her adventurous side comes bursting forth. She does the best zoomies when she gets going!

Rosie and Gumption (Four Babies)

Date of Birth: December 2, 2024, 2024 (about 5pm)

We are so excited that Rosie and Gump have four beautiful babies! Rosie had a single stillborn kit during her previous pregnancy and was depressed for a while, so she is looking very please to have such a nice family to care for. This is her largest litter. (She has had four kits before, but one or two were usually peanuts and didn't survive more than a few days.) The babies are all big and healthy looking. Barring any unforeseen problems, all should thrive, as we don't have to worry about any peanuts being in this litter since Gumption is a false dwarf buck.

Color-wise, we believe there are two solid blue babies, and the other two are probably going to be chinchillas or something else pretty from the agouti family, as they have pink inner ears and bellies, which will be white or cream. We're looking forward to watching these babies blossom and grow!

12/10/24 UPDATE...Rosie's babies are fat and healthy! Coloring indicates two blue, a cream, and either a squirrel (blue chinchilla) or opal.

12/26/24 UPDATE...One of Rosie's blue babies is showing signs of e. cuniculi. We took him/her to the vet at 8pm on 12/23 and saw Dr. Krupka at the Avon Lake Animal Clinic. The baby is on medication and we are very hopeful that it will respond well to treatment because we caught it early. We've never seen e. cuniculi in such a young kit before. There is no sign of infection, but we are to call Dr. Krupka if symptoms worsen. We're supplemental feeling the baby with goat's milk and KMR along with some probiotics. It has been a really long time since we had an active case of e. cuniculi in one of our babies, so we are taking extra special care of this wee one. Almost all rabbits carry this parasite but it lies dormant and symptoms only become active when a rabbit is stressed or becomes ill. We aren't sure what triggered it to become active, but all of the other kits are symptom-free and seem to be happily thriving. The affected kit is beautiful and has good mass and is eating and drinking well, so please say some prayers for a full recovery for this little sweetie. The only sign that something is wrong is that it has a tilted head. Otherwise, it keeps trying to play and groom itself, just as it should be at this point in its development.