“Hey Mommy, Anna! Brickle is taking
fur off! Look!”
I rush out the back door, and then
looking into the bunny hutch I realize that Grace’s words were not meant as a
joke.
“Mom…. She isn’t kidding! Brickle
is taking fur off—a lot of it!”
Although at first a bit askance, Mom
walks over to the hutch, lifts up the lid, and peeks in. A look of surprise
fills her face. I lean over her shoulder. There, surrounded by a nest of fur
and cardboard, is Brickle.
To explain the meaning of this, I
will have to take you back a few weeks to when we first thought that Belle was
pregnant. My mom immediately called the person who had sold us the bunnies and
asked for more information. The man replied with a few tips and pointers, one
of which was that when we saw the rabbits taking
fur off and making it into a nest we should expect bunnies within the next
24 hours!
When we arrived back from the U.S.
after our Christmas spent at my grandparents, and the hutch still contained
only 2 rabbits, we assumed that we were wrong about Belle being pregnant. We
had given up the idea and attributed her large tummy to overeating.
Therefore, you can imagine our
surprise when we discovered the nest of hair!
At the moment, Grace is jumping for
joy and Mom and Addison are setting up the cage. The only question is who is
pregnant? Belle is who we initially thought was pregnant, but Brickle is the
one lying on the nest…? We shall see!
Will we have a new litter of
bunnies? Stay tuned for more information.
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| Brickle, relaxing on his nest. |
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| Belle |
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