May 14 – 50 Days Old Penelope is figuring it out. This is the first time one of the bunnies has actually tried using the water bottle. She sat under it and used her little mouth to move the inner nozzle piece and get water. But the other bunnies are still drinking from the water […]
May 13 – 49 Days Old Putting a piece of pineapple in the nozzle of the water bottle isn’t working. One of the bunnies gets the pineapple out, but doesn’t get the idea that water will come out too. So I got a water bottle that drips a bit and put it over a bowl
When the bunnies are little they are very curious. They love to explore the room. One of the ways they survey their surroundings is by standing on their back legs so they are taller and can look around. I think this is so cute. Today Penelope was especially curious. she jumped up on the box
May 11 – 47 Days Old Every morning I put three double bowls of food in their cage for a total of six bowls. Usually Willow goes in the back room to eat with Lexi and the other four kits eat in the front room. But today all of them crowded around the four bowls
May 10 – 46 Days Old It was another day of trying to get a photo of all five bunnies together and having a tough time. I finally put them on the chair again to get the photo. I am trying to teach the kits how to drink from the water bottle. They will only
May 9 – 45 Days Old The bunnies love to be with us. When we walk from one side of the den to the other, they follow us. When we look at a photo album, they hop on top of the album. As we sit on the floor, they crawl all over us. Then they
May 8 – 44 Days Old It is getting harder each day to get a photo of all five of them together. In the cage, they are usually scattered among the two rooms. In the den, they are running all over the room. I put them on the chair for a quick photo, but they
May 7 – 43 Days Old Today I scattered veggies in the den for the kits to find and eat. There was some broccoli, some lettuce, and some spinach leaves. They take these little nibbles out of the spinach leaves leaving little fringed edges. They gnaw on the broccoli and carry it around the room
May 6 – 42 Days Old The kits are six weeks old today. I tried to determine their sex again this afternoon. It still looks like Willow is definitely a girl and I think Quynn is too. I now think Ellie might also be a girl. Penelope and Charisse look like they might be boys,
May 5 – 41 Days Old The kits have little spurts of energy as they race around the den during play time. They will be sitting there and suddenly they will hop super fast from one side of the room to the next. Then they will settle down again and explore. After about 15-20 minutes