So far, so good. No rat invasion accusations. No failing of the water pump. One chick did die this morning, but it appears to have been due to a neck injury, not a disease. I did start everyone on a few day's of tetramycin, though, just to be on the safe side. (Dang germs.)
Yesterday, I picked up two new rabbits at the animal swap in Fall Creek. They are really pretty meat rabbits: one is a 12 week old Californian doe, the other is a 9 month old New Zealand buck. He's a little on the small side, but he knows his job--and how. Watching rabbit sex is a little alarming. It's over in about 10 seconds, and you know it is done when the boy rabbit stops gyrating, makes this "wheeeee" sound and falls backwards. The girl rabbit just hangs out, with this bored look on her face. (I'm not sure, but this may be a social commentary on the majority of boy-girl relationships, cross-species.) So, after breeding his two new girlfriends (the New Zealand doe who had unexpected kits about a month ago, and the Flemish-NZ cross), everyone got some hay and some water and appeared to relax. Show's over, folks.
This weather cannot decide what it wants to be, October or June. I'd be happy with late May at this point. It makes it hard to keep the animals content, where one day it is 90 and the next, barely 55 degrees. And the garden can't decide if it wants to grow, or go back into hibernation. Myself, I'd be happy with summer break, which is planned to start at the end of the work day tomorrow. Then I can dedicate myself to house cleaning, gardening, and relaxing for hours on end. I can hardly wait.
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