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Spring is almost here!

I can't wait for Spring to finally get here....I want to get started on the addition to my barn. My bunnies are getting cabin (barn) fever and I know they are going to LOVE being able to run around the yard again!! I am going to buy an excercise run to put in the back yard so I can sit on the deck and watch them play. They have an area outside the barn to run as well.
The rabbit shows will be starting back up on Feb 21st and I can hardly wait!! I have some promising Jr mini Rex , Hollands and Lionheads although the Lionheads are not old enough to show yet.
A few of us crazy Utah breeders are going to Columbus, Ohio for the May 2 National Lionhead Show...we are so excited!!! The kits I have in the nest now are my show hopefuls. I am mostly excited just to meet the people who laid the ground work for the breed and see all the entries!

coccidiosis problem

Well I think I finally got my coccidiosis problem under control...I have everyone on Corid and it seems to be making a huge difference now...I had a broken blue mini rex doe that I didn't think would even make it through the night but today she is eating and drinking and acting just fine...I am going to do the Corid every 6 months from now on as a preventive measure...the Terramycin and the neomycin did not stop it...it seemed to only keep it at bay but then another bun would come down with it...I have killed every last mouse and keep the poison out there plus the cats...I hope the worst is now behind me...in all my research(which is ALOT!) I think that I had carriers of coccidiosis in my barn and so new bunnies that had never been exposed to it before caught it from them, carriers never actually come down with it....it is hitting the west coast really hard and also Ohio too...so I guess the trick is to treat all new animals as a preventive measure when they come in....or never buy a new animal which is highly unlikely...LOL ...I guess once a rabbit has it and gets cured it is immune but can still be a carrier...I am just so sick about the fact that I did not learn this until I had to loose my most prized rabbits...the Lionheads are the ones that took the brunt of it..then the Hollands and then the Mini Rex...I think that the lionheads had never been exposed before and that is why they went down so hard...of course it is impossible to know if a particular bunny has it unless you pay to have their dropping tested ...but what do you do??? Never buy a rabbit or go to a show??? I have been beating myself up so hard over this and I have finally come to the decision that I could not have possibly known and I need to get over it and just move on...

If I had known what I have learned now...I would have done things SOOO differently when bringing new bunnies into my barn....from now on I am going to quarantine and treat new bunnies with Corid and make sure they are not going to catch anything before I put them in my barn now that I know I have carriers...I just hope there is not some other "hidden" thing that might jump up and bite me....

More Bew Lions in the nest!!

Creamcicle had 5 healthy babies last night 1-29-09...she is being a great m0m this time..there are 3 Bew's and 2 Torts....I am so excited!!

Babies are Here!!!

Foxy had 3 healthy little babies today...they are all safe and warm in their nest. Foxy is being a great mom!!! Two are chocolate somethings and one is an orange...right now the two look tort but they could be Choc Otter or Choc Martin(Fox) or they could be Choc Tort...time will tell...doesn't really matter they are healthy and cuter than cute!!!

Foxy

Foxy is my F2 Lionhead doe who carries Chocolate..she was bred to the fabulous Buffalo Creek's/Enchanted Lion's Aslan..He is a Chocolate Tort...Foxy has been so busy the last couple of days making her nest just so..she is sooo cute...she has worked very hard to get everything perfect...I expect her to kindle sometime tomorrow 1-24-09....I am crossing my fingers, toes and eyes that she will be a good mommy and the babies will thrive....I am trying to produce Chocolates for a very good friend who very much wants Chocolate Lionheads....

FABULOUS Blue Mini Rex

I am getting 4 incredible blue Mini Rex in a few days from Random Rex Rabbitry in California...they are AWESOME!! Actually 1 buck is a brokem blue...I am sooo excited!!!
I don't have pictures of the 2 does but you can see the 2 bucks to the left...Random's Blue October has 5 GC legs and Random's Scud Missle has a BOB Leg so far...