Texan Tales (& Tails) - by TinysMom

[Wabbitdad12]

Sorry about the lop baby, thats too bad. Sounds like the rest of the crew is keeping you laughing.

Hope the craft show thing goes well for you.

Mr. HB says hi to his big sis Nyx and wants her to know he is getting big like dad.

 

[TinysMom]

I GIVE UP!!!

Schioppi's brother - who has been caged with his brother...

IS A GIRL!!!!

I'm gonna go scream.

 

[JadeIcing]

Or don't sex until later on.

 

[TinysMom]

If you only knew how often I check them for the first 10 weeks or so - and I have Robin and Art double check them for me.

Its that gender fairy - it hates me.

 

[wabbitmom12]

LOL! I totally know what you mean. One of these days, I'm gonna SWAT her a good one!!

 

[TinysMom]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

LOL! I totally know what you mean. One of these days, I'm gonna SWAT her a good one!!

Can I watch? Can I? Can I?

:biggrin:

I'm uploading photos to photobucket right now...I'm sure NO ONE wants any pictures.....right?

But I just have to share....if I don't - I think Dukey (I know...I know...its really Duke after John Wayne) and others just might bite me!

Pictures soon...

 

[wabbitmom12]

TinysMom wrote:

wabbitmom12 wrote:

LOL! I totally know what you mean. One of these days, I'm gonna SWAT her a good one!!

Can I watch?  Can I?  Can I?

:biggrin:

I'm uploading photos to photobucket right now...I'm sure NO ONE wants any pictures.....right?

But I just have to share....if I don't - I think Dukey (I know...I know...its really Duke after John Wayne) and others just might bite me!

Pictures soon...

:biggrin: Yes you may!

And, Yes :thumbup PICTURES!!

 

[TinysMom]

First the babies....Dotty and Porthos (although Porthos may be renamed if she is a girl)...

 

[TinysMom]

Dukey getting his water bottle. We had a bit of a struggle because Robin threw away his favorite nipple (he'd bit a hole in it) - so he struggled some with the bottle - I finally had to dig the nipple out of the trash.

He has been known to grab the nipple (while we're making the bottle) and carry it around with him in his mouth..

Did I mention that Duke HATES waiting?

I mean - he really hates it...he'd rather jump down and nip at my heels while I make his bottle if he can't have it right off..

Aaah....but it finally got delivered ... just in time too!

 

[TinysMom]

When Duke wants his bottle - he will come up and jump in my lap and crawl all over me and try to nip at my neck and my...um....well - where he would get milk from if I WAS his mama - and he'll nip at my clothes and stuff too.

So if I'm busy - I pick him up and hold him - like this - and he'll go right to sleep. He has slept in my arms like this for 30-40 minutes at a time if I'm doing something - the only thing is - it makes it hard to type on the computer which is what I'm usually trying to do...or talk on the phone with Ali and keep him quiet.

 

[TinysMom]

You often hear me talk about Bullet - and Rudy...and Schioppi. Well...

Here is Bullet....I have to admit - he is one of my favorites. He has a fondness for cherry tic tacs....he doesn't get them often so no yelling. But he um...stole one out of my hand once and LOVED it. (Yum...just what I need...a bun on sugar).

Schioppi is not a big fan of being caged now....he is Nyx's son that I thought was a girl...

Here are Nyx's two other two "sons" - one turned out to be a doe...

You've heard me mention Mr. Bubbles - right? Runt of the litter from Rudy and Bullet and the girls? Well - here he is now...

Back to Bullet...just because...

Rudy's door needs to be replaced so it currently is made up of NIC panels and chicken wire - I don't dare open it to show him to you better....because he'll be on the floor in 10 seconds or less. BRAT! He loves to sit on his upside down turtle-shell litter box.

Schioppi wanted more attention..

But then again - so did Bullet...

 

[wabbitmom12]

:inlove: I don't even know where to start!! All of those lovely buns!

The stories of Duke crack me up...he's a mama's boy! But, as we have been known to wait and wean babies at 10-12 weeks...I guess he is still in that category, right? (With the Flemmies, it's so easy to think of them as older.) He must still need that special attention...and soothing...of "nursing". Can't really hurt him...but I WILL be cracking up if he's still demanding a bottle when he's 10 pounds. :biggrin2:

Dotty and Porthos are sooo cute!

And I so love all of the junior Flemmies!

 

[lelanatty]

Wha?! Holland Babies!!! I don't think you've mentioned to me that you had those... They are soooooooooo cute!

And all the Flemmies are so beautiful and big too!

Btw, will I see you at Seguin this weekend? If so, who will you be taking?

 

[TinysMom]

wabbitmom12 wrote:

:inlove: I don't even know where to start!! All of those lovely buns!

The stories of Duke crack me up...he's a mama's boy! But, as we have been known to wait and wean babies at 10-12 weeks...I guess he is still in that category, right? (With the Flemmies, it's so easy to think of them as older.) He must still need that special attention...and soothing...of "nursing". Can't really hurt him...but I WILL be cracking up if he's still demanding a bottle when he's 10 pounds. :biggrin2:

Dotty and Porthos are sooo cute!

And I so love all of the junior Flemmies!

I just looked it up - Duke will be 12 weeks old on Saturday around 11:30 am. Boy - how time flies.

Part of Duke's "problem" is he doesn't know he's a rabbit. I mean - Robin taught him to be cat-like by showing him how to jump up in her lap while she was sitting at her desk. From there he proceeded to climb around on the breakfast bar, dance on her keyboard (I still say he's looking for bunny porn), etc.

He's dog-like in the fact that he's like a puppy...when he sees you - he runs to get under your feet and trip you up if you're going to the kitchen...particularly if you're getting into the frig.

He's human like in the fact that he likes to be held like a baby.

He's flemmie-like cause he tries to get the sports scores from Australia with those big ears of his....and he loves to periscope.

But he doesn't get the fact that he's a rabbit and not "one of us".


By the way - here's a scary thought - I need to start breeding my girls now - the ones that were born last year at Christmas time....that's right - they're ready for breeding.

But I need more cages first - and to come up with more cage space...ha ha ha.

The bunny barn is on hold till next spring.

 

[TinysMom]

lelanatty wrote:

Wha?! Holland Babies!!! I don't think you've mentioned to me that you had those... They are soooooooooo cute!

And all the Flemmies are so beautiful and big too!

Btw, will I see you at Seguin this weekend? If so, who will you be taking?

I wish I could be at Seguin - Art needs the car to go to Alpine and take the motorcycle safety training course there - he's been scheduled for it for a couple of months now.

I'm thinking of sending Art up alone and staying here with the rabbits though - Eric and I can always watch a movie or something together or play EVE Online together (I've just gotten back into it to play with him).

I really miss the shows - hopefully this spring I'll be able to go to some.

 

[TinysMom]

Just a note for myself that Cindy's babies will be 7 weeks old tomorrow.

They look so SMALL.....they may stay with mama longer than usual just for MY sake....

 

[TinysMom]

I've been meaning to add - I need help naming Schioppi's sister....

I've been calling her Schi-Si (for Schioppi's Sis)....but Robin has been calling her "ThunderButt".

I am not sure I want to be heard calling a rabbit "ThunderButt" even if it IS a flemish...

I'll try to get better pictures later this week.

 

[TinysMom]

Some Avon news...I am SO proud of myself.

First of all - for those who don't know me - I really am shy in real life - PAINFULLY shy. There is a lot that goes into that from my background and stuff - but it is hard for me to talk to people...usually.

When I started Avon - I knew maybe 3 people I could give a book to. I didn't know my neighbors - (ok - I still don't really) - and I hadn't been to church for a while and didn't feel like I could connect with those folks just to hand them an Avon book.

So I was coming into this business from way way behind the starting line...and the odds of my Avon business taking off were really against me. I wasn't sure I could believe in myself - but Maura - the gal who recruited me - believed in me when I couldn't.

When I went to San Antonio to the Avon conference - they talked about several things. They talked about recruiting and how you can't "prejudge" the people you meet and think, "They'll never sell well because they are shy ... don't wear makeup...aren't pretty...".

Then they played this video - for those who didn't know Susan Boyle (and those who did).

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EVERYONE in the room was moved by the video....and Maura nicknamed me "Susan Boyles" because she saw how touched I was by the video and she wanted me to know that she believed in me and knew I could shine.

Last week Maura and I got into a bit of a "heated" discussion. I wasn't getting out and handing out books and getting those books out there. Its kinda like having Walmart in your back yard but never opening the gate and putting the sign out and saying, "HERE WE ARE".

I decided to show her...so I went out one afternoon for an hour or so...handed out a bunch of books - found out about the welcome wagon program in town....and wound up getting a $60 order.

She was proud of me (I was really proud of myself) - then she asked me what I was going to do THIS week since I couldn't just rest on my rear and had to WORK the business. She challenged me to work 4 days per week for 4 hours per day (I refused to work 5 days per week because I knew was going to be busy a couple of days).

So Tuesday I went out and went cold calling on businesses, etc. for TWO hours...and today I got TWO orders that total a little over $50 for them both.

I've gone from having two customers per campaign who were buying from me (plus my orders) - to having FOUR customers - plus having larger orders.

I share this because I feel like I've gone through a valley with Avon and I'm coming out the other side because I'm becoming willing to actually WORK the business.

And I'm sharing this because it felt so good to have someone believe in me - even when I couldn't believe in myself.

If you've got a friend who is struggling to do something - find a way to encourage them and believe in them. You don't know what good it can do for them.

 

[JadeIcing]

Yay.

 

[TinysMom]

I've been debating sharing about this ever since early this morning - but I decided to go ahead and do so.

About 4 am this morning I was at my desk doing stuff when I looked over to the rabbits across from me - mainly Brady Hawkes and Athena. It was interesting to watch them "communicate" with one another.

Brady was sticking his nose through his cage bars to try and get closer to her....and he was trying to nuzzle her cage a bit. She was watching him and flicking her tail as if she was interested in him - or at least interested in something....but then she decided to lay down and ignore him.

So he turned his back to her and sat and gave her the bunny butt for about 10 minutes - but every couple of minutes I'd see him sorta peek back over his shoulder and then turn back around. Meanwhile - she ignored him for a bit- then she got up and stretched and yawned and faced him and he turned around and started to try and nuzzle her again through the cage.

It hit me how rabbits can really have feelings for one another and develop relationships with the rabbits that are beside them. Oftentimes I have to rearrange cages, etc. and I move them around - but I'd never really thought before about who is beside who and how they might feel.

One thing that really hit me though was this....Brady is going to be breeding with Ellie Mae sometime in the next couple of months so I can have at least one litter of e-lops to raise. I have to admit - I'm in love with the breed.

But Athena is beside him and he loves to flirt with her.

I'm going to move them in such a way that he can have Athena on one side of him and Ellie Mae on the other side of him...and then hopefully he'll build a relationship with BOTH girls.

Then - when I go to breed Ellie Mae - I'll take Athena and give her some playtime elsewhere so she doesn't have to see him with someone else.

I've notice the same thing with Sassy (holland lop doe) and Zuba. She will stand up on her hind legs to peer into his cage and flirt with him - even though she can also see Finnster ~ she prefers Zuba. Meanwhile, Sher - who is on Finn's level - really does prefer Finn and even when Zuba was on the bottom - she wasn't as fond of him as she is of Finn.

I guess I am just constantly amazed at how much rabbits have their own personalities and preferences and the ways they communicate with one another.