Small Meadows Rabbitry

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019. Sunny  You may be wondering, " Woah, how did you go from introducing your homestead, to suddenly having baby bunnies? When did this happen?" We know, we're guilty.  There hasn't been many posts recently on the blog. Why, you ask? Let me tell you. April 13th, we went to someone's house to breed our rabbits. Callie was originally going to be bred with a solid red male. He ended up being very lazy and, after about 20 minutes, we gave up on him. We put Callie in with a broken red next, and it worked right away. We left them for about 4 hours, and came back to pick them up later on. We had been preparing for months before even planning to have babies. We thought the chapter on breeding in the book "Storey's Guide To Rabbits"  by Bob Bennett was very helpful. It taught us to Palpate the bunnies. We waited for about a week, and soon we saw a significant change in their behavior, and bodies. They started...

Hey everyone! Seeing as it's already April (I can't believe it!), I wanted to come and check in with our readers. I hope you are all doing well! A little blurry, but Maggie asked me to say hello!  Recently, Small Meadows has been preparing for the Spring weather! We started some much needed spring cleaning in the hutches. The bunnies were very curious about the cleaning supplies. Lol! We've also been preparing to plant our garden! This year, we might plant a bunny garden, so stay tuned to see posts about that!  I also wanted to talk about something I had an idea about back in Jan/Feb, and never quite got around to. I was thinking, that at the end of every month, we would do a "best of (month)"  post, with our favorite pictures/moments with the bunnies. Comment below your thoughts, those are always appreciated. Speaking of comments, we'd love to hear what kinds of posts you'd like to see. We're working on editing a few right now, and hope...

Come on Maggie! Yesterday, we went for a walk with Callie and Maggie. It was beautiful outside so we took advantage of the slightly-warmer weather (47 degrees to be exact). We let them munch on some leafy greens and leaves on the ground while we sat in our lawn chairs. We learned that Maggie especially likes the front garden bed. Mmmm Dirt SAY CHEESE 🐰  We were a little nervous when taking them out front, but we assured ourselves that we were confident in our bond with our buns and with our knowledge in rabbit ownership. Callie wasn't really into the whole cold ground and dirt process, but she enjoyed muching on leaves in our arms.  While cutting Callie's nails, she started squirming (she doesn't enjoy us clipping her nails), causing us to accidentally take off  a little too much. However, after we took a look at it and made sure she was ok, we realized it wasn't as bad as it looked. Bunny Love!!!! Overall, it was a succes...

C a l p u r n i a   Nickname: Callie Age: 8 months                   Sex: Doe Weight: 4.5 pounds Breed: Mini Rex (red) _____ PERSONALITY I’d say I’m pretty sweet, unless you don’t pay attention to me, or forget to feed me.  In those rare cases, because I’m too cute to forget about, I will hop up on you and,  as a last resort, I’ll scratch at your coat to catch your attention. I still love you though.  Take me for a walk, and I’m your best friend. _____ HEALTH AND GROOMING I’m pretty picky about the things I eat. For treats, I like my alfalfa “slims”,  and, occasionally,  freeze dried strawberries. When my Mommy gives me  things to chew, I pee on it and head to the wood on my hutch. When there  are too many crumbs in my pellets, or if they get wet, I like to flip my bowl.  For my fur, It’s important to not brush me too often, as my fur...

       Hi! Welcome to the Small Meadows Rabbitry Blog. Here, you will see weekly updates about our rabbitry, as well as tips and tricks when it comes to helping you and your rabbit live life to the fullest (and maybe some extra posts here and there).      🐰 Goals We have some goals for the new year that we would like to share with you:          1. We want to make sure you get as much as possible from our blog, so we would like to post at least once per week. 2. One of the main reasons we created a blog, is to educate others about what it means to be a rabbit owner. 3. Not only is it important to us to help you learn about proper care, we want you to enjoy our blog. Let's be honest here, nobody wants to read through a whole blog post, to find that they've just wasted fifteen minutes of their day on something that wasn't even interesting or helpful. While we want to ensur...