A few months ago our Bella was old enough to breed to our bunny Charlie. Her first litter of 3 little kits was born DOA, which I've read is really common for a bunny's first litter. We bred her again and anxiously waited for another liter of babies.
About 2 weeks after breeding she started digging a huge burrow. We couldn't even see the end of it.
She was covered dirt all the time. Victoria and I decided to investigate her burrow one night while she in the top of her cage. Apparently she didn't like that idea and promptly buried the hole right back up. We worried she had buried babies down inside since we thought she was due any day. Turns out I calculated her due date incorrectly and so we continued to wait.
She soon started building a nest at the top of her cage. Look at all that fur! Whats impressive is she doesn't look like she lost any fur at all.
After several checks a day by each excited child we finally saw a little baby in the nest!! The kids were so excited!
She ended up having up 2 little babies. Day One...
Day Three-The one on the bottom is a double maned which is why only part of its fur has come in.
Day Five...
Oh my goodness could they be any cuter?!
Shhhhhh...Don't tell the littles we held the baby bunnies! They'll never leave them alone once they are old enough to be held.
Even though they are just bunnies, its sure been fun to have new babies on the farm. Can't wait to see them get bigger and fluffier!
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