It's 3 days now n 'Chance' my baby rabbit is still going strong.
He/She (dunno what sex it is yet so will just call it 'he' for the sake of argument), is feeding like a demon n getting stronger every day. Was a tad concerned this morning for 2 reasons.
a) he fell out of the nest box I have for him. He was ok. Was soooo not expecting him to be able to be so energetic yet...lol
b) he's lost weight. I'm not entirely convinced its a bad thing but I'm not so sure its a good thing either.
The vet reckons I should be feeding him every 2 hours but having bred rabbits for a number of years and I consider myself to be not stupid when it comes to this I think that this is serious overfeeding doing it this often. Plus the weight loss is occuring after being instructed to do this so I've decided to revert back to 4 times a day each feed being 3-5ml that I know he can cope with. Its all trial and error I guess. Each bunny is different. Besides I've never hand reared one from birth before so it's a learning curve all round. I'm in constant touch with the vet so I'm covered.
I feel like I've had kids all over again with all this sterilising and powdered milk lark. Plus I'm knackered and the stress of worrying that he might not make it is killin me...lol. My fella keeps laffin at me. I'm a real hard arse when it comes to animals and have a very level head normally. I can put out of misery without hesitation if the need arises and not think twice bout it....but baby bunny....oh yeah...I'm hooked.
I'm gonna be devastated if anything happens to him. Rationale tells me that I have to be realistic and accept that there is a very low survival rate for bunnies that are hand reared this early but you know what I can't help but compare him to me....he's a fighter.
Mind you...don't stop me worrying. Am gonna upload a pic when I get one. He's gorgeous!....
Other than bunny life is ok. Still working...hard!
We are trying for a baby. Should be challenging as I don't ovulate. The child I have now was a pure fluke so I'm told. They gave me a less than 2% chance of ever conceiving. Was told I had more chance of winning the lottery....(damn! shoulda put that ticket on!!!)....lol
Seriously though I'm a very lucky individual, although I firmly believe that if it wasn't for my child I would be dead now so I'm more grateful than most for the fact that I have one. Maybe there is more to the 'Him upstairs' theory than I would believe. It would be nice to think that someone or something is looking after us.
Anyways we are trying. He's definitely not duff as I made him go get his soldiers tested. Apparently he's really fertile. Hmmmm! Guess we are just gonna have to practice hard....oh no! that's gonna be such a chore!....LOL
Watch this space....maybe I'm gonna be able to write up here that I'm pregnant...now wouldn't that be nice? More happy news instead of doom n gloom!