Hello everyone!
So I recently decided to jump on the rabbit train and after some hard scouting, finally found a breeder who had a purebred Netherland Dwarf for sale. I quickly bought the bunny home whom I’m told is a doe. On the same day I brought her home, I went to work later that evening and some regular customers at my work told me they had a French Lop who had a litter and blah blah blah, they ended up giving me a bunny for free, who I was able to pick up a week later.
Vanilla (the Lop) and Cleo (the Nethie) get along fine! They love to cuddle with each other and are BFF’s, but here’s where the problems arises.
1. I have NO IDEA what sex Vanilla is. The elderly couple who were nice enough to give me a bun aren’t breeders and couldn’t give me a guess to what sex Vanilla might be. I don’t want to wait until accidental litters or whatnots down the road before Im able to tell “oh, so Vanilla was a…” I did some research and I know you’re supposed to press down near the naughty parts to see what pops up. Circular hole = male. And a slit = female. But the problem is I don’t really know how to hold my buns in order to do this. I mean I know how you’re “supposed” to hold them, but every time I try, they both flip out or scratch and kick themselves out. They hate being picked up and Im always scared I might be hurting them. Cleo’s nails were clipped before I got her, but Vanilla’s nails are super pointy and neither of them ever stay still enough for me to do anything to either of them. I hear some people put their buns in a trance but I DONT want to do that to them bc it’s stressful and not healthy for them! So if anyone has some good advice to how I should proceed with this, it would be really nice!
2. I also dont know if Im feeding them enough or too much. I wouldn’t have as much of a problem with this if they were both dwarfs or both large rabbits, but the problem is Cleo is teeny type and Vanilla is a giant type. They obviously need different amounts of food but Cleo is super competitive for some reasons and will eat if she sees Vanilla eating even though shes not hungry. What should i do about this? lol
Thanks in advance!
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