I'm Now a Grandparent...

[sardonicus87]

We didn't intend for this to happen. Nadja and Laszlo ended up in the same run on a few occasions and they ended up breeding. Well, we weren't sure if they had or not, but I guess we're sure now.

This is Nadja's first litter, so we don't know how she's going to do or how many will make it, but there's 8 right now and they're all alive.

 

[mikethompson]

Nadja and Laszlo ended up in the same run on a few occasions and they ended up breeding.

Sounds like a match made in heaven. Congrats!

 

[BigEd]

I’ve heard that they breed like rabbits!

 

[BigEd]

Ohhhh. And congrats Grandpa. You’re now officially old

 

[TakeThisCobAndStuffIt]

They ARE rabbits after all....

 

[El Capitán]

I used to raise rabbits for meat. Make sure she stays alone and has plenty of food and water and protein. If she doesn't get that and a quiet space she will eat her babies.

 

[sardonicus87]

I used to raise rabbits for meat. Make sure she stays alone and has plenty of food and water and protein. If she doesn't get that and a quiet space she will eat her babies.

Oh yeah, she's got plenty. And the pens are much more secure than they were back when they hooked up.

This is also why we're raising rabbits as well (for meat).

 

[El Capitán]

Oh yeah, she's got plenty. And the pens are much more secure than they were back when they hooked up.

This is also why we're raising rabbits as well (for meat).

Mine were producing far more than I could eat lol.

 

[sardonicus87]

Mine were producing far more than I could eat lol.

Well, we keep them separate, we planned on scheduling breeding just to meet our needs and if we end up with larger litters beyond our needs, trade some with my mother for lamb and stuff (my mother and her husband have a farm where they raise all kinds of stuff, we just only do rabbits, and we only do that because I've developed a pretty bad intolerance to poultry meat and they don't sell rabbit at the store here, and ordering it online is stupid expensive).

 

[B.Lew]

Oh yeah, she's got plenty. And the pens are much more secure than they were back when they hooked up.

Oh you mean, like, five weeks ago? Man time flies.
Before you know it you’ll be great-great-grandparents!

 

[ThermionicScott]

Love the names!

 

[scloyd]

I used to raise rabbits for meat. Make sure she stays alone and has plenty of food and water and protein. If she doesn't get that and a quiet space she will eat her babies.

Oh yeah, she's got plenty. And the pens are much more secure than they were back when they hooked up.

This is also why we're raising rabbits as well (for meat).

I also raised rabbits for meat many years ago. My kids and I would eat the meat, my wife...no way. One morning, I went out to check on the kits and the doe killed them all. It was a bloody massacre. After about two years, I gave up...too much effort for me.

 

[sardonicus87]

Love the names!

Yes, that pair are Giant Chinchilla x New Zealand crosses. We have two others, a doe named Willow that's a standard Chinchilla x New Zealand cross and a buck named Oz that's a black otter Rex.

And I'll just say that Laszlo's name is very fitting for him. That boy is wildly incorrigible and horny as all get out.

Willow and Oz:

 

[El Capitán]

I also raised rabbits for meat many years ago. My kids and I would eat the meat, my wife...no way. One morning, I went out to check on the kits and the doe killed them all. It was a bloody massacre. After about two years, I gave up...too much effort for me.

Yeah, there isn't alot of pay off. Reason I moved to goats. I have two types of goats: pets and food lol.

 

[Singed]

The less you handle or examine the kits before their eyes open and they explore outside the nest, the better. Does need seclusion. Finding a nest of culled kits is heart-wrenching.

 

[sardonicus87]

Well, half died over night the first night. This is her first litter, but as of day 2, she figured it out and started pulling fur and nesting and feeding them. The remaining 4 are thriving.

And yeah, we don't go mess with them at all, wife just looks in on them once a day in the morning to make sure they're doing OK whenever she's in there to refill their water and hay.

 

[kcghost]

Wishing the parents well!!

 

[sardonicus87]

Wishing the parents well!!

The momma rabbit seems happier than she's ever been. Then again, I would be too if I were no longer being chased by horny boys, wasn't actively pregnant, and wasn't suffering any longer from coccidia.

Meantime, I have to build a grow-out pen, which I wasn't ready to do. Luckily, I have maybe 6 weeks to get it done.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

This is also why we're raising rabbits as well (for meat).

Those babies look like shrimp! Just need some cocktail sauce - probably at their most tender.

KIDDING! Congrats!

 

[bullet08]

Congratulations. I assume they are pets and will be named? 8 is one too many to name after the members of Snow White's protection agency.