Author Topic: All comes at once!!  (Read 6516 times)

plumseverywhere

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All comes at once!!
« on: April 22, 2010, 08:21:35 pm »
So the cat is due to have her kittens in a few days and now the rabbit that I was rehoming has just started frantically nesting (!) whats the odds that they both deliver same day/time?!
Daisy bunny didn't get on with my breeding buck (they are lionlops) so I was giving her to a friend for her daughters birthday (LO is desperate for a bunny!) now it looks like her daughter might have more than one to choose from.
still not sure how the deed took place, daisy had to be removed from bennybunny within minutes!
could be worse, the other doe could start nesting..no, lets not go there!!
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

sandy

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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2010, 10:26:29 pm »
Spring is in the air and the sun has been out ::)

Roxy

  • Joined May 2009
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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 10:58:32 pm »
I have spotted three of my farm cats waddling round with large bellies.  Did want to get them speyed, but catching them is a different matter. They come twice a day for food, but are definitely not the type of cat you can pick up.  Usually have kittens by the first weekend in May .....Lillian always has kittens then.

Rabbits can breed many times a year if allowed, can't they?  I have three, including a Lionhead, but I try and keep them apart as we have two boys and a girl.

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2010, 12:36:39 am »
What will you do with all those kittens, Roxy?  Will you be able to catch them?
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

Annie22

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • Hoddles Creek
Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2010, 01:03:42 am »
Where there is a will there is a way.  We were planning on not having calves this year, giving the cows a rest, but the next door neighbours bull paid a visit, hopefully I caught him in time. 

plumseverywhere

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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2010, 08:15:05 am »
luckily i have homes for everyone  :)  my half lionlops go to a local petstore run by my daughters friends dad - who is brilliant. he's been texting for a while saying "where's the babies?!" but my pure doe has crossed her legs.
don't envy you with 3 preggy cats though!! mine is my baby - she is half siamese and lives on my lap, perfect therapy after a hard day. need to keep her in this week now
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

Wizard

  • Joined Nov 2009
  • North East Lincolnshire
Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2010, 08:24:00 am »
You misery Anne-Marie  ;D ;D ;D :farmer:
Don't do today what can be put off until tomorrow because today will be yesterday tomorrow

WinslowPorker

  • Joined Mar 2010
Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2010, 09:57:07 am »
mmmmmmmm Rabbit stew Plums

Daveravey

  • Joined Jul 2009
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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2010, 09:58:34 am »
Spring is in the air and the sun has been out ::)

Indeed it is...... my wee mini lop has taken a liking to my boots again, dirty beggar   :D

plumseverywhere

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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2010, 12:01:10 pm »
Ooh Mr porker!! these are my gorgeous fluffy pet ones!! plenty of wild ones in the field here, cats keep bringin them in decapitated yuk!!
Smallholding in Worcestershire, making goats milk soap for www.itsbaaathtime.com and mum to 4 girls,  goats, sheep, chickens, dog, cat and garden snails...

Dangermouse

  • Joined Feb 2010
Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2010, 01:48:24 pm »
Spring is in the air and the sun has been out ::)

Indeed it is...... my wee mini lop has taken a liking to my boots again, dirty beggar   :D

OOO URRR Misis  ;D

CameronS

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • North East Fife
Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2010, 07:32:06 pm »
Out of 5 female rabbits 3 of mine are due any day now. So lots of bouncey babies  ;D

good luck with the cats Roxy  :cat:  :carrot:

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2010, 10:11:53 pm »
Daisy bunny didn't get on with my breeding buck ( daisy had to be removed from bennybunny within minutes!
could be worse, the other doe could start nesting..no, lets not go there!!

It could be phantom.... our does sometime 'nest' (we have 7 but only one 'pair' unrelated, thre rest are their 'children')
when they get friskey!

Smokey is fur- pulling but not due for a while yet....
good luck all
Little Blue

Roxy

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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2010, 11:02:34 pm »
I do handle the kittens, although some are like little wildcats, and hiss and spit.  But, as they are rehomed, they do need to be handled.  As they are white, I have no trouble finding homes, although only to people I like.  Quite simply, if the people are not to my liking, and I think they will not look after the kitten, they do not get it.  I make them pay too, becasue one lady took one, and then put it up for sale ......I was not mad about her making a profit, more that the kitten was going somewhere I did not know.  So, if they are asked to make a donation, which I say is for de fleaing and worming, they make look after it. 

I do see some of the kittens (now big cats) and am happy they are in lovely homes, so thats nice.  Its strange, but the cats up at my other farm, I can handle and pick up, without too much fuss.  Although, they do not like being held too long, just long enough for flea or worm treatment.  Obviously, they are all speyed.  Why the ones here are more feral I do not know. 

sandy

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Re: All comes at once!!
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2010, 11:12:41 pm »
 ;D ;D ;D

 

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