Zues

This is Zues, one of the babies featured in the last blog post actually. :) Updated photo's of him, now that he is a little older. Cute as a button huh? Some of his littermates will be available for sale, but this little guy is just my cutie pie.

Baby Bunnies

Too cold for outside photos.. poohie..so indoor photo op.. of babies. :) Five weeks old. Two bucks and two does. At least two (one buck and one doe) will be available for new homes, and contacts are welcome if you would like to get in touch with me for more photos and information. These of lovely babies and just super sweet!

Little black buck on left and little fox doe on right! I love the little doe! She's a darling little girl :) These babies are sired by an otter buck (whom carried blue and chocolate, so 25% chance these babies have blue and/or chocolate genes as well).


Blackie and foxie again, pretty little heads for young babies huh? Loppy ears already too! I just love baby hollands.. hehe




Tortie babies! Look at those muggies! I just want to squishie them! hehe. Little buck on the left and doe on the right. Such chunky monkey's. Fantastic bone and structure even at a young age. :) Nice little bunnies. It'll be interesting to post photo's of them next week. This is when I start working with them the most, I start teaching them to "post" now, so they sit pretty for a few seconds. They are handled so much they just turn into mush anyhow. Even my boyfriend has been holding them. He likes the little fox doe since she just sit with him. She's a cute pie but I love the little tort buck. hehe. Babies are so darling. This is my first baby bunny litter in almost half a year so quite a long time and so much fun to have baby bunnies again! I just wish I could have taken nicer photo's of them ... humbug. For reference sake, they are teddy bear hamster size currently.

New Years bunnies

New Years free time finally gave me a little extra motivation to take a few photo's of bunnies once again. The little adorable buy above already has a home but I wanted to post his photo's (both one above and one below) because he was so stinking cute. He is a 14 week old little buck that found a fantastic home with a great family. I wish them all the best in the new year with lots of bunny kisses!


The next little guy, shown in the toy photo's below (one with and without the tophat) is a really nice little buck that well...is turning out he'll be staying here. I had a couple come up from NYC last weekend, under a huge amount of miss communication I (I'm sorry but things are done on a first come first serve basis, simply because if a great home comes along for a bunny and it is just such a good match.. I refuse to let the chance slip away for the bunny to have a great home, and there is no way of telling whom will be a good home until I meet them in person for the most part). Anyhow..back to the bunny story.

So this couple came, and I felt extremely sorry. I had tried to get a hold of them before they came to tell them that the particular bunny we had chatted about was already adopted but it didn't work out. They were of course very unhappy with the news when they arrived. So I offered them this little guy. Now he's not a baby so much, he's about six months old. I liked him as a baby but as he got older I didn't look at his type much and figured he wasn't such a stunning rabbit (gosh! I was wrong...). He's also very sweet, a little shy at first but he's a total love bug when you hang out with him for a bit and he loves to be petted and sit in my lap. hohum..

Anyhow, so I offered him to this couple, however...this little guy didn't like them. Actually, NONE of my rabbits like these people. They seemed like extremely nice people but my rabbits were not friendly with them. I'm not sure if it's because they were unhappy about the bunny situation and perhaps the bunnies sensed that or if the bunnies truly thought they were not good people. I'm not sure... boggled me, but the bunnies were stand offish and generally unfriendly with them. So they left...without a bunny, which is fine. They were previous bunny owners and I think they had in their minds replacing the bunny they had and were just very particular in what they want, which is fine, I wish them luck, however I'm happy they didn't like any of mine since I would have had to have let them go home empty handed anyways.

However, as it turned out, I would have been crushed for letting this bunny go and didn't even know it. These photo's were taken the day AFTER the NYC couple visited and I really got to see what a wonderful rabbit I could have let go of. He's a total ham, so calm and sweet.. He sat on this chair for over a half hour while I was looking for the tophat (it was in a box with dolls...hehe). He's just so easy to work with too, he has lovely confirmation (although, not perfect..he's quite nice though) and willing put up with my posing him, sticking hats on him and primping him in general.

He does have a lot of maturing left to do before I consider adding him to my breeding herd, however he has a wonderful foundation of what I look for and I'm very blessed he's still here. I'll admit though, he's a little gangly right now but I think he's going to be quite the cutie pie when he's older! So hooray! Another bunny for me to obsess over. He's officially been named Keyper (Keeper).

Snow flakes

So photo's finally got a chance today. Thankfully it only lightly started snowing when I got to it. Each bunny had a one minute tops photo shoot, so do not expect any great photography skills taking place here. My camera does best in outdoor light (only way I keep it from looking very blurry) but it's A) too cold for me and the bunnies and B) either lack of daylight or good weather to really ever get to photo's in my spare time. Alas, I got some..and they are adorable!

The following bunnies are all bucks, and .....all available. I did a bunny search last night, since I've had some lovely people inquire to me for bunnies and came up with this little group. I'm not in the business of selling bunnies or anything, in fact I love all of these too! But when lovely homes come along and if I can give them a fantastic match, then I feel that's best. No matter how much I love them all here, I can't give them a full families worth of attention each. :) Anyhow... onto the bunnies!

This first little guy here, is well..kinda shy. He opens up, no worries there. He's a really cutie patootie also. His head is starting to mature and oh my goodness, I just want to kiss his cheeks. He's a lovely chunky monkey in body style and just all over a beautiful little rabbit. I am keeping his brother (expect to see photo's of him in a post soon too!) so I decided to let him go. His mom is one of my lovely old gals, Althea. His sire is Belkin. Just a super little mix and a really cute little bunny. He'll mature nicely to a good three pounds (he loves food and he's pudgy right now), but he's small and will continue to mature and fill out into a very pretty bunny.





This second little guy, is Mr. Lap bunbun. He's, well...very reserved. He enjoys being petted but is not highly into exploring and forgetting about you. He would rather munch on fruit puffs and sit in your lap all day long. Because of that, my short photo session was a flop. He kept trying to come on the chair and back to safety. Poor little guy. He needs a really loving and calm home I think, he would just adore that. He's also pretty small, well under three pounds. His half butterfly or mustache adds to the cuteness factor. He's a mix of bloodlines, but his sire is EP and he shares many of EP's cute qualities.



Next up is Tiny Timmie.. maybe? Timmie isn't a really cute name but oh well, for today...he's Timmie. Timmie here is eight weeks old and just looks downright silly next to these slightly older boys. He's gangly..and well...silly looking in general. He's such a cutie though! I know exactly what he'll look like, but it's a little hard to see it right now unless you watch these bunnies do this (yep, they all get a little goofy looking at this age, which is why...I normally don't photograph them when they are this old..hehe). Timmie here is tiny! I can sit him in my hand. He's be pretty small grown up too but he's a pudgy little guy. Look how fat and round his head is! Oh my! And his body is like a softball. So cute...


I saved the best for last... a fuzzy Holland. Honestly he's only available because I do not have enough time to seriously brush him weekly and it is just not fair of me. I'd name him Chewy, for lack of a better name but I'm gonna go with dust bunny right now. Basically, yes...he's not named either (if I name them, then I have serious issues letting them go..figures). Fluffy here is just so freaking cute! He needs to be brushed about twice a week for an hour or so. His angora fur picks up hay, dust, whatever your feet dropped when you walked in the door... so basically he's a bunny Swiffer. He's honkin' cute though. His daddy is Posidian, and his momma is Molly. He's a beautiful little mix up (the fuzzy gene is a whoopie show up gene...so I didn't plan on a fuzzy, but got one...he's awfully cute none the less). He's maturing really nice and I feel temped to snap little barrettes and bows on him... I might do it. He loves people too! He's really friendly and social, which is awesome. He looks a lot bigger than he his, mostly due to the 2"+ of fluff he's carting around on him. His feet have extra fluff too, so it makes me laugh when I see the fuzz sticking out from between his toes.. he sleeps on his belly, back and sides...he's sometimes lazy but will explore if given the chance. Can you tell I like him? We have play time a lot, but I'm bumming over the fact he really needs more. Aw shucks though... he's available only to an adult or young adult owner...that will brush him and love him and pretty much assure me they will spoil him (well same for all my bunnies, they all need spoiling but you get the idea).

Winter bunnies

Ah, it has been a heck of a long time since I've been able to do anything with my website or blog. I'm so sorry. Bunny happenings have been very slow here, no breedings or anything of the like. The bunnies on my sale page, well the little broken doe is living with my friend and the others..well are either sold or ended up staying here anyways. Mabel is my baby of course now, I adore her. She's just soo darn cute!

Anyhow, back to rabbitry stuff. Since molting season is pretty much over I've been powerwashing the cages each day. It is a little too cold for it and it takes me about an hour a stack to really clean them well but it needs to be done.

I've been weaning some juniors and trying to go over some of the others and see if there are any I can part with. I came up with one to find a new home for today and another I'm edgy on. Both junior bucks. Very cute.

First up is the little guy I'm undecided about. He's a small little buck but I think he has quite a bit of potential if I'm right about him. His head is developing a little slowly, which might be part of my reasoning for maybe letting him go. Although I'm not sure yet, if you may be interested in him, let me know (might help sway me anyways! hehe).


He's overall a nicely balanced boy for being so small. A cute little solid tortoiseshell. His head I think will widen quite a bit with age, so that's not really a worry of mine. His bone is good and his shoulder short, although maybe his headset is a tad tiny low. He's Saynora, FRR and Pitney bloodlines.. a good mix of the countries top completing lines.


He's just finishing up his junior/fall molt, so his coat looks a little rough on the side. Yikes..sorry about that. I just wanted to get his photo's today but you can see below near his shoulder his molting fuzz. hehe. On the plus side he has a nice thick coat too boot.


Second up is the guy I will be posting as available (he is available if you read this and like him, email me, as it may take a couple of days before I get to my website updates). He is ready to go now.

He is an adorable broken tortoiseshell. His dam was from Saynora rabbitry and his sire is FRR and Pitney lines from a rabbitry in WA. Cute cross of top bloodlines in the country. He is available as a pet only to an indoor loving home of course. He is not available a a breeding buck, I'd like him to go to a wonderful home to be spoiled.


He's very well balanced and a beautiful bunny. His head is just starting to come in, and as you can see in the middle photo, it has wonderful shape and is just a fantastic bold and CUTE head. Overall great bone, good substance and cute as a button. He's a small buck, probably only going to mature at about three pounds. He's very inquisitive and loves to explore. He's friendly but a little shy when you first meet him, no worries though as he warms up quick and will jump all over you and hang out for some Cheerios's or applepuffs if you're willing to give in to him.


Other rabbitry news. I finally switched to ANOTHER feed, after three switches since the deadly Manna pro, I've finally settled for a while on one I like and helped create...still fine tuning and adding my own to it though. We'll see. The bunnies are doing better and several are back in condition, just some left to work on. The get to run in puppy pens and move around gaining muscle.

Lots of other bunny options and rabbitry ideas are spinning in my head of course, but time and funding will denote which if any of those get done..oh my.

Bunnies... hats...

Yes.. Strawberry Shortcake hats fit on bunnies so perfectly! This is little Chiyo, whom loves the little hat very much! Chiyo is a 6 month old little doe that I love to pieces. Isn't she darling?

Aneko here though, is not happy about hats...she just wasn't very happy about the entire ordeal. It's okay though, she's still very cute and was very kind to put up with this. Aneko is a five month old little and really is turning into a stunning little doe as well.

Sometimes ungreat events lead to great results

It has been a long time since I have actually been able to update, and you can probably thank the cold weather for that right now. I have a nerve disease that leads to my circulation being very bad when it is not about 85 degrees outside. Couple that with the dampness, and I'm pretty much stunk inside, outside of my barn chores. I can not even ride a horse even. I went out this morning, in a hat, gloves, long socks, jeans and coat. It's really quite funny, I would enjoy laughing at myself over it, except I remember the fact that four years ago I loved the winter and cold weather.

Although this isn't really a post about my health, I thought I might mention it a bit. One of my greatest reasons for breeding my bunnies for fantastic personalities, is because of my physical condition. I was in a life threatening accident three and a half years ago. I was in a trauma unit for weeks. I results in cracking my skull, braking five vertibrae and many many other issues (a bonus also being I severed all the nerves in my left ear, not only can I not hear out of it, I have constant ringing..like when you go to a concert your ears hurt and ring..mine doesn't go away though). My basic point is that a lot can happen to someone. I had a very long recovery and my doctors tell me I won't know the extremes of my injuries for another five to six years yet.

While I was recovering (I could not walk or move much for several months), it about the time I realized how much I needed to cuddle and love my bunnies. And although at the time, I already had been breeding for good temperaments, this is when I started to really want and have a goal towards producing super house bunnies. The bunnies were a huge part of my recovery. I always had a bunny with me on my bed. They slept and cuddled with me. It was fantastic!

When I was in highschool I would take naps after school on my bed and my lovely little ruby eyed white Holland doe, named Kissakei, would sleep next to me. I wanted to return to that. I had gotten so hyped about six years ago about breeding for color and show type that I lost a better goal of breeding for a loving animal as well.

I always kept a good eye on personality in my bunnies and refused to breed overly hyper or territorial bunnies but I've since just been fine tuning things even more. And I'm so very happy to have gotten as far as I have. In fact, it is a huge part of why I have such trouble letting my babies go. ^___^

I think it is fantastic, but there are some downsides. I've relapsed and been in the hospital several times since my accident and my bunnies, although cared for and all at home, do not get much attention when I'm not here or able to be with them. I've since been a-okay for over a year now, but it is a little scary knowing my brain might just pull a fast one on me. I also have to me careful to not hit my head, since even small bumps can cause issues. In fact if I hit it hard enough I may not wake up the next time...which may be a problem. hehe.

I just wanted to write a little bit about me, so whomever reading this can understand why I've become so worried with personality and why in the past on my own blog I really posted about how upset I was about people just breeding for the sake of breeding and not having good goals for the breed. These little bunnies helped me to heal and stay sane, to which I really owe them so much more and I really want other people to feel how important and how loved these little bunnies should be.

Personality is just one part of course, I still am breeding strongly for beautiful show quality animals, with lots of cuteness of course too! You will see however, that I am not what many people call a "color" breeder. Color happens here mostly by default, if at all. Bunny color genetics are easy (I'm happy to answer any questions one may have). I've probably had every colored Holland lop in the last 15 years and I'm just not interested in color, since I do not believe the color makes the bunny. The mind and type do. :)