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Eating- upside down!
Just left the nest- Magda's litter Photographing baby rabbits is really hard- they move so fast! So these 3 week old babies diving into...
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Jul 91 min read
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Solitaire's litter.
Solitaire's three little rabbits at 5 weeks old It is always sad to see baby rabbits leave home. Celeste, the little blue doe on the...
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Jul 91 min read
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Just One Rabbit
Jinx's Duke This is Duke, a Lilac buck. He is looking suspiciously at the camera. Jinx had just one baby, and he is a big one! He is...
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Jul 91 min read
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Jinx is nesting
Gathering barley straw for her nest Breeding Angoras is a wonderful hobby, but there is one very important concern- good homes for the...
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Mar 81 min read
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Elektra and Magda
Baby rabbits are not little for very long. One little Blue off to a new home, but 4 young does staying with me. Elektra and Magda are...
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Nov 4, 20231 min read
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Five little Blues
It is always a relief when baby rabbits are safely vaccinated against haemorrhagic disease and myxomatosis.Here they are, nicely immune,...
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Nov 4, 20231 min read
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Where are they?
A rabbit shelf is an essential part of a breeding hutch, allowing the mother to get away from her babies. After all, in the wild she...
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May 8, 20231 min read
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It was worth leaving!
Grass, kale and rabbit nuggets! Life outside the nest, with mother Blue Colorado. This is her third litter in three years and she knows...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Little Blue Angoras in the nest
Just three weeks old, these babies are thinking about leaving. They are not sure about the camera! There are 5 little classic English...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
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Are these pink rabbits? They seem friendly!
It is always good to have news of rabbits who have moved on to other homes. Sky is living her best life out on a farm in East Yorkshire....
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Jun 10, 20221 min read
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A picture with Alamo
Alamo was born 4 years ago, the runt of a litter of 7. I found him in a solitary nest, the day after he was born, and dropped him in the...
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May 5, 20221 min read
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How Dare He?!
The fox is still around, but I have not seen him. Every now and again, the rabbits out in their pens will freeze, and thump in unison. I...
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Nov 5, 20211 min read
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Big game hunting
My Angoras love going out in the garden. Four o'clock in the afternoon is traditional (and biological) rabbit playing time. I am always...
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Oct 17, 20211 min read
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The luckiest rabbit in the world
My garden is being visited by a new urban fox. Local people feed the foxes, and they have no fear of humans. I never leave my rabbits...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read
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Lockdown and her rabbit shelf
Lockdown is an athletic young doe, and is often found perched in her hay rack. She is a large rabbit and the hay rack is small. Her...
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Aug 26, 20211 min read
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The heatwave.
The July heat wave was risky for the rabbits. Six hutches got the afternoon sun, and the wet towels draped over the roof and the sleeping...
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Aug 26, 20211 min read
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Lacy baby bootees.
A delightful way of using a left over skein of spindle spun Gold Angora plied with spindle spun Tussah silk. A commission for a new baby...
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Jul 22, 20211 min read
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Orlando
Orlando was born here seven and a half years ago. He is active and happy, but has been losing weight despite eating well. His last litter...
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Jul 2, 20211 min read
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Online rabbit shows!
The National Angora Club is having an online show. To enter the "spinning rabbit" section, a photograph of the rabbit from the front and...
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Jun 4, 20211 min read
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In memory
It is three years since I drove to Scotland to pick up Violet, a Lilac Angora. My friend had telephoned me on his way to the hospice to...
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May 21, 20211 min read
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