Forgive me. I never got a chance to even get a picture. December 19th, I walked out, checked on the rabbits and found 7 babies in Cream's pen.
Surprise!
I didn't even know she was pregnant. I tried to breed her with Brownie before he went to be the patriarch of another set of ladies. She showed no interest. He "attacked" from every angle but never got the good ole grunt and roll so I figured she just wasn't ready.
Fast forward 5 weeks and we have squirming babies on bare wire. I quick flipped over the nest box and put them in. I pulled some fur from Cream (who should have done that herself) who did not appreciate the help.
The next morning 5 of them were dead. A few minutes later I discovered Helen had miscarried. Can we say "miserable day?" The day after that the remaining 2 were dead. This is not uncommon for new bunnies. Its like it takes a tragedy for their maternal instincts to kick in. So Cream will be visiting "Steve" (the bunny down the street) this weekend. We'll give him a day or so to "reload" then take Sugar a-courtin' too.
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