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gentle giants wrote:
Boy, that Lily sure is pretty, where did you get her? Must have been a good breeder! :biggrin2::bunnydance:

Edit to add: Lily is Ben's grandaughter, BTW.

I got her from a most a outstanding bunny bunny owner in the midwest.

Of course I got her from the best breeder!
 
I haven't been online for awhile. Carolyn told me there was a new Flemish Fever thread and that Apollo is in it. I just got back online and had to check it out. There's my baby.

Peg, I want to thank you for including my baby Apollo. It's sweet knowing people are still thinking ofhim, so thank you

Tina
 
dajeti2 wrote:
Peg, I want to thank you for including my baby Apollo. It's sweet knowing people are still thinking ofhim, so thank you

TINA!!!

Our search engine just broke :grumpy:, otherwise you'd be able to see just how often everybody here still thinks of Apollo.

And we think of you, too!! :hugsquish:You've been SO missed! :missyou

Don't be a stranger, k? :ph34r2



sas :toastingbuns
 
Thank you Pipp.

Our family is actually discussing whether or not we are ready for a new Flemmie or two. I'm still torn, one day I'm for it because I miss having a Flemish, then the next day I miss Apollo. I'm beginning to lean towards getting two more, so who knows I may have a pic or two toadd in the future.
 
dajeti2 wrote:
Thank you Pipp.

Our family is actually discussing whether or not we are ready for a new Flemmie or two. I'm still torn, one day I'm for it because I miss having a Flemish, then the next day I miss Apollo. I'm beginning to lean towards getting two more, so who knows I may have a pic or two toadd in the future.
I almost didn't get Zeus because it seemed like a dishonor to Apollo's memory (since Zeus was white and Apollo was white and always looked so regal). To me - Apollo was an ambassador for what Flemmies could be like....he was what I always wanted Tiny to be like (and to be honest - he is what Tiny wound up becoming once we bonded).

I miss Apollo so much - I've gone back and reread stories about him (our picture links are broken to his album - I think the picture I used is the only one we have of him on the forum and I had to go find it).

After losing Tiny, I've got to say that I wondered how you were able to "make it" after Apollo passed. Tiny spent 12-18 hours per day at my feet or within 3 feet of me. I could barely walk in the office without bursting into tears.

But I've got to say - having Zeus now helps. He's not Tiny - and he'll NEVER be Tiny. But watching him bond with not one - but two girls - is helping me on a daily basis....and he is even learning to come to me and nudge me for pets.

Apollo may have passed on - but he'll live forever on this board as long as I'm around....he'll always be remembered.

Welcome back - and if you have more pictures you'd like to put on this thread - please feel free to do so.

Peg
 
Carolyn wrote:
gentle giants wrote:
Boy, that Lily sure is pretty, where did you get her? Must have been a good breeder! :biggrin2::bunnydance:

A rabbit like that????

It's gotta be from the best Flemish breeder on this side of the pond...No Doubt!
Actually - I think the forum is so blessed 'cause we have TWO of the best Flemish breeders here on this side of the pond...

We have Gentle Giants (who I understand has retired from breeding) and we have Blue Giants...who continues to breed (and has been breeding for forever...?).

We're soooo lucky!

Peg
 
Well, I can't access photbucket fromwork, so I'll just point out my girl on my avatar. My Flem Fever started with Maukin. Maukin was a gift from a friend of mine who saw me cuddling a giant rabbit while he was buying chickens. He said to the farmer "Throw the rabbit in too, since she can't seem to put him down." Maukin was a light gray. He was unfortunatelyscared to death by one of my dogs after escaping his outdoor enclosure at the age of ten months. I was devasted by it.

I had decided that I wanted to breed Maukin and was looking for a doe when he died. Aftertons of research in exactly the type of breeding I wanted to do, I found Arwyn.

Arwyn is a character and a love. She follows me around from room to room in my house, plays with my boys, flirts with my husband and torments my cats. I can grab her face in my hands and kiss her nose, wrap her up in my arms and cuddle her. I can even grab her tail and pull it in fun. She has the best temperment which I hope she can pas to her babies. My main plan is to breed her once, get a couple of good does from her and then spay her. I don't want to risk her life any more than I have to.

I'll be getting a buck in April. The same breeder that I got Arwyn from has two more litters (unrelated) that I want to be looking at this week. I promise pictures!

Flems Rule!!!!


 
Babies anyone?

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Momma (Beauty) and babies:

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3 week old baby blue:

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My Victoria:

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(Peg... forever is a long time! :embarrassed:LOL! Hmmm... I'm feeling so old!)
 
When I think of flemish rabbits, the first one I think of is Apollo. I've told many people about the bunny who loved baseball games and his stroller!

dajeti2 wrote:
I haven't been online for awhile. Carolyn told me there was a new Flemish Fever thread and that Apollo is in it. I just got back online and had to check it out. There's my baby.

Peg, I want to thank you for including my baby Apollo. It's sweet knowing people are still thinking ofhim, so thank you

Tina
 
Oh that is NOT fair!!!

Big bundle of soft black fur....... widdle black nosie....

I'd name him Brimstone....

:shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!:shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:
 
BlueGiants wrote:
Maukin wrote:
AAAHHHHH!!!!!:shock::shock::shock:

You'll have me doing blacks next!!!
What was that? You want blacks????? Just say the word... I'll drive them to your house!
So just how far will you drive?:ponder: I looove blues ( I may have mentioned this before, LOL) and they are impossible to find around here. Ones worth breeding, anyway.
 
BlueGiants wrote:
Momma (Beauty) and babies:

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(Peg... forever is a long time! :embarrassed:LOL! Hmmm... I'm feeling so old!)
Well.....maybe not forever.

For those who don't know - when I wanted a flemish the first time - I contacted Cathy but she doesn't ship. She pointed me to the flemish association's website and list of breeders - and that's how I found Tiny. (I really wanted a blue one after I saw all the different colors you can get).

When Tiny passed - Cathy was one of the first people I contacted. I almost considered waiting to get a baby from her (even though she doesn't ship - I was looking at all sorts of possibilities) and she even had babies born a few days after Tiny died.....

I gotta say though - Zeus stole my heart.

If I could - I'd have a flemish giant in my bedroom (doe or buck - doesn't matter)...along with Zeus in my office. Only problem.....Zeus seems to think he's a whole-house rabbit ..... so that won't work for now.

I'd say that my next flemish will be either one of the steels or gray or blue....but the fact is - I'm learning to never say what I will or won't have. If you'd asked me the day Tiny died if I'd ever get a white flemish - I'd have said "no" - because I felt like even though he wasn't mine - Apollo stole that "white flemish" place in my heart. He was always the one I thought of when I thought of white flemish.

Zeus is definitely changing that.....however, I am glad he doesn't have red eyes - no matter what my camera might make him look like...

Peg
 
Ok so I will post my boy :)
As requested by Tinysmom.

My boyfriend and I were going to get him from a breeder about 70 miles away. When we got there, I was overwhelmed with choices, as I did not want one under 3 months old. I knew I wanted a boy, but I could not decide between a fawn and a black flemish. I played with both of them and was just at a loss. Than I sat back and watched the black one; I knew he was the one! Oh and he was born on my dad's birthday! He was 3 months old.
I saw both his parents; his mom was black and his dad was blue. He was the only boy in the litter.
The breeder took this pic of him as a baby.
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Anyway, on the drive home, he sat on my lap the whole time. We decided to name him Bruce Wayne, because he is black and we like Batman. Then when we got home, we realized he was anything BUT stealthy (like Batman is). I was not prepared to have an 8 pound bunny binky and dash through my room. He ran into walls and almost knocked over my tv.
I had him in the superpet cage for three days just to litter train him. My ferret was quite amused.
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He was so wonderful; he litterbox trained the same night I brought him home. He also got along great with my cat.
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Everything went great with him. He kept growing and growing...
I neutered him at four months, and I was the only person at the vet who he would let hold him.
Five months after that, we moved to Oceanside.
He adjusted very well and is really happy that I have a porch he can have supervised outside time on. He seems stealthier at the new place, as well.
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Here he is about to do a huge binky...
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Here he is wondering why my cat is in his cage
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And lastly, him sleeping in his pen.
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My friends are always impressed when he comes when I call his name and he goes in the pen when I tell him to. They are also astounded that he never poops anywhere but his box. Watching the reaction on their faces when he darts through the room is priceless.
 
Everybun is so adorable. Gotta love the Flemmies. Here is our Fortune bunny. She was the first bun my partner and I took in... We were at this market sale and I asked to hold her, and as I was holding her, a man came along wanting to buy her for meat. I said no way she's mine! Kevin had no say in it, we took her home, and two more Flemmie crosses too! :)

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