Casper & Natal

They arrived today, the rescued rabbits - huge boys 2yrs plus.

Casper is the larger one, less shy

Natal is the smaller, shy one, still a little unsure of himself and his surroundings.

The amazing thing was, Rusty, got really excited and did what males do - tried to mate - which was really shocking for the two white boys. So, the pen is separated now, until I can get Rusty done sooner at the clinic.

Going by what we witnessed, he's definately more than 4.5mths old.

Rusty - Day 2

Rusty seems to be fine, just that he is not used to being carried.

I am almost done with his condo - just a few more tweeks and he can be locked up in his condo at night. Right now, he's in a small cage at night -

He doesn't seem to like the mint leaves as much as his hay - so today, i'm going to pick up some parsley for variety.

He seems to know his name, so I can't say he's not intelligent - so I guess we need time to work on training him and getting him to adjust to the house rules.

Rusty

Rusty the Lionhead.

I'm the 3rd person to own him in his short life to-date.

He's just 4.5mths old and came to live with me yesterday, the 10th of Jan 2010.

He's so full of energy and a real glut - eats all the time.

He hasn't been handled too much, so he's still skittish like a stray cat - but rabbits generally do not like to be cuddled, so I guess he's not too far off track.

I got him booked to be desexed end of Feb as he's too young now, just so I won't forget.

He's a bit thin - not what I'm accustomed to as all my pets are just chubby - but I'm sure after the surgery, he will be larger in width!

He's quite intelligent, getting used to his name and hopping to the fence for us to take notice of him. Will make sure he's properly litter-trained before giving him a free run - which I heard could take some time - let's see if we can do this sooner rather than later.

The cats are curious and have been lurking around the playpen - so far, not aggressive, just curious.

Will be integrating them and hopefully they will all get along.