We thought we had three female French Angora rabbits.  Holly, the “mamma” bunny is about 2 years old so we are pretty sure she is the mother of the new litter.  When we started separating the enclosure, she was stepping on the babies so we were’t sure.  Maybe she was nervous because two panicky maniacs (my daughter and I) were messing with the enclosure??

One of the other females, Effie Trinket, was born in June and we’re pretty sure she had nothing to do with this.  

The bunny in question was born in February and was living in a cage with the other two females on the farm when we got them all. 

I’m in contact with the woman who sold us the rabbits.  She has a large farm with many French Angoras (and other rabbits we do not talk about) and has been raising them for years.  She agrees that Holly is most likely the mother of this litter and Shuri/T’Challa is probably a male. 

SO, We quickly built a pen to put Shuri-now-know-as-T’Challa in.   We will try to calm ourselves down and get Molly settled with the babies.  We are building a nesting box.  

Poor Effie is all alone and looking confused.  I think she was born in June – I’m finding out for sure but I guess it’s possible she could be pregnant.

We do have a male, Bucky Barnes, but he was neutered a week after we got him and has always been in a pen by himself.  Ironically, its been over a month since his surgery and we were thinking about letting him interact with Holly this weekend to see how they got along.

Everyone is going to the vet tomorrow.  If we can’t get in to our regular bunny vet, we will take them the the MU Vet School hospital.

Any other advice for now?   

(Photo from left to right:  Effie Trinket, Shuri/T’Challa, and Holly Golightly)