Calgary

We have arrived down in Calgary! We're down here for the weekend as we wanted to make it down before the white stuff flew. By the sounds of it we just made it because we hear that it snowed at home - welcome winter. We'll do a few photos and such when we are down here of some of the bunnies and the two cute little babies who are now two weeks old. There's a tri doe and a harli who are adorable! All Hollands look cute with chubby cheeks and blocky little things at this age so photos of how "nice" they are are really cheating but these guys are too cute not to take photos of!

Until then stay warm = )

SLR's Thumper

He had an introduction a little earlier on the blog but we're giving him an official one and a welcome! Thumper is Robins first bunny and went to the EARS show this weekend with the Berry's. A Huge thanks goes out to them for showing him this past weekend! We haven't heard exact results but was told that he placed first in two Junior buck classes for his first two GC legs. This was his one and only JR showing as he will be six months old at the end of October. Believe it or not but this little guy is out of a chestnut buck and a Tri doe so he will be used in the tri program and we're excited to breed him to SLR's Sassy a torted tri doe to see if they produce some clean tris and with his color genetics they should! Anyways here's Thumper.

P.S. The black buck we have currently for sale is his full brother!

Updated Sale List

We've sold quite a few bunnies but there's still a couple left to go to new homes before the snow flies. Below is an updated list of the bunnies that are available. Photo's are in the two previous post's and more can be sent via e-mail. We are tossing the idea around about going to nationals this spring and will have more bunnies available then!

Harlequin SR Doe PENDING
Torted Tri SR Doe
Tort SR Doe SOLD
Black JR Buck
Cream SR Buck SOLD
Broken Tort SR Buck SOLD
Broken Tort SR Buck
Black SR Buck SOLD
Tort SR Buck SOLD
Mixed breed Buck
Tri SR Doe PENDING
Chestnut SR Doe
Broken Chestnut SR Doe SOLD
Chestnut SR Doe

Some New Photos of Sale Animals

Well we usually do our photos in front of a willow bush just outside the shed and it's usualy done in the afternoon so that the sunlight is not an issue. These photos were just done so there's some shadows and the sun is in their eyes so most of them are closed. There's a lot of things to think of when taking photos!

 Black and Orange Torted Harli Doe ON HOLD

Black Tort Doe SOLD

Black and Orange Tri Doe ON HOLD

That's all the photos for today, more will be posted tomorrow or the next day!



New Bunnies Available For Sale

We took a trip down to Calgary last weekend and brought up another 10 bunnies to sell. Here's a list of what we brought:

Harlequin SR Doe PENDING
Torted Tri SR Doe
Tort SR Doe SOLD
Black JR Buck
Cream SR Buck SOLD
Broken Tort SR Buck SOLD
Broken Tort SR Buck
Black SR Buck SOLD
Tort SR Buck SOLD
And a little mixed breed Buck who decided to move into our barn!

We also have up here
Tri SR Doe
Chestnut SR Doe
Broken Chestnut SR Doe SOLD
Chestnut SR Doe

Most of these guys are about eight months old. E-mail us for more info on any bunny posted above.

Here's some photos of the available bunnies:

Chestnut SR Doe

Torted Tri SR Doe

Tri SR Doe

Chestut SR Doe

Black JR Buck

 

 Broken Chestnut SR Doe SOLD

Broken Tort SR Buck 

Mixed SR Buck

More photos will be coming this weekend - stay tuned for those!

Treats that are Okay for rabbits!

We've said goodbye to the little black & orange tri color doe to a wonderful family which has given me an idea to write down some of the treats that we commonly feed.

The main component is a 16 %  or 18 % completely balanced rabbit ration. This is the only thing that a rabbit actually needs to eat to stay healthy. Since the food is a "completely balanced" food that mean that it has all the roughage, salt, minerals and everything else that a bunny needs to live a good life. When pet owners start feeding their bunnies food with the treats mixed in the common occurrence is for the bunny to start eating the "candy" treats in the feed and not the feed itself. This leads to an UNbalanced diet and often a very cubby bunny with lot's of wasted feed. The number one health problem in any pet today is obesity because people tend to think that by feeding their pet more is loving their pet more, this I can assure you is not the case. In a case study in Labs one group was fed to maintain a body condition score(BCS) of 4/9(5/9 is the ideal weight) and another group was fed to maintain a BCS of 6-7/9. The first or leaner group lived an average of 5 years longer than the heavier group with far less health problems. 5 years in a dog is a huge amount of time! Although that case study relates to our canine friend the same philosophy holds true to our rabbits as well.

The common things that we supplement with here are a good timothy hay every second or third day and everyday for the babies and other "treats" that are given maybe once a week or so. Good treats for bunnies are things like slow cooking plain oatmeal, plain cheerio's, dried bread, parsley, carrots, apples, dry pineapple and grass clippings. We tend to stay away from the fruits and any vegetables that are high in water content. These can be a great way to boost your bunnies hydration in the hot months of the year but we find that it's very easy to give them diarrhea with high water content foods so you do have to balance what you give and give it in moderation. Ideally anything you supplement your bunny with should not be over 10-15% of your rabbits totally daily food.

There's just a quick list of what I can think of off the top of my head but if there's any questions then please feel free to send me an e-mail. I have not listed all of the good treats by any means that you can give your bunny but have listed the common one's that we use. With anything that you do give though remember this, give it in moderation! Anyways we are off to get some photos of a cute little broken chestnut JR doe to post for sale! Enjoy the sunshine!

Two JR does for sale and South Peace Centennial Museum Petting Zoo!

We've taken photo's of two little girls that are available to new pet homes. One's a chestnut doe and one is a very beautifully colored tri doe. Photos will be below.

We will have these two does plus a couple more for folks to look at and pet at the South Peace Centennial Museum this Sunday September 11th. Although we will not personally be there if you contact us before hand the bunnies can go to their new homes at the end of the day. Fire us an e-mail or ask the lady there for our phone number!

Here's the little cuties!