So today marks five weeks till D-day. Basically nothing whatsoever is happening. I continue treading water as I wait, and wait. Of course there is plenty I should be doing, university work has piled up and I'm totally procrastinating. The issue is I have nothing to procrastinate with, so I'm watching a lot of old House episodes. Fascinating huh?
So I figure in a week or so I'm allowed to email the breeder again and see if any lovely babies have been born. Since we leave on the 29th, if it hasn't been born by the first, it obviously won't be coming with us.
Other than that our darling Luther has settled in well and I've even witnessed much binkying. Unfortunately as I should have expected, as rabbits go he's a tad defective. Not only is he allergic to hay, he can't eat any sugar, as in even vegetables are too much for his tummy. I'm thinking I'll make a warning sign to attach to his cage. With showing etc I'll be leaving him in others care for at least 3 days out of every month and the last thing I want is to come home to a rabbit with explosive diarrhea...
Right now his diet consists of compacted hay cubes (I've yet to see him actually go near one), free fed lucerne pellets and as much long green grass as he wants. I figure the grass should be able to replace hay and is probably the best possible food for him. So far he's still gaining really well (up to 2290g) so I must be doing something right...
The hay allergy is totally annoying. I have a rabbit who's allergic to hay and not grass, and me? Oh I'm allergic to all grass but not hay. I need to buy elbow length gloves or something I'm starting to get a permanent rash from picking grass so often.
I still have pictures/plans of the animal room to post up, but I'm as always on the wrong computer so will share them when I get a chance.
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