The babies are coming out the nest now and chasing mom around the cage trying to nurse, nibbling at her food and tasting her water.
Holland Lops grow very quickly in the short amount of time that they are babies. Here's a detailed description of each week until 8 weeks old and what it brings in the bunny family. Above is day of birth. We'll be following one kit as he grows up, but right now he looks almost exactly like the rest of his broken siblings. The baby we're following is the little guy at the end, with his head underneath his brother or sister. Kits are born hairless, blind, deaf, and with a poor sense of smell. They are completely dependent on mom for everything. They can't even go to the bathroom by themselves at this age. Our little baby - dubbed "Freckles" because of the specks all over his back and face - is now one week old. He has a thin layer of fur and his color is becoming more apparent. At this age, you can tell that he's a broken orange. His ears are close to opening and so are his eyes. His sense of smell is getting better, and, whenever he thinks mom is near, he gets hungry and looks for her. In the short second week, the babies change tremendously. Here's our little Freckles with his siblings in their second week picture. He's on the top, we can see his side. His eyes are open, he can hear, and he can now distinguish mom's smell from mine. He has a thick layer of fur. Here's our same baby, now three weeks old!!! At this age, I'm very confident on his gender. He's a buck! His fur is getting very long but he's still only a handful! He is the smallest baby in the litter, the "runt", and has the biggest head and smallest ears of all of them. The babies are coming out the nest now and chasing mom around the cage trying to nurse, nibbling at her food and tasting her water. He made it to week four!! Baby bunnies can die very easily, but once they pass three weeks they are usually out of the dark until weaning. His fur is laying down nicely and is becoming so beautiful and thick! At this age, we are working with him on that carpet, should he become a house pet, teaching him to like being groomed, ect. At this age, I'm beginning to think he's a little different then his siblings. Week five! With this one, I've included a side-by-side picture of his sister, Cinnamon. Little Freckles is a lot fluffier then his siblings! I'm now positive that he's a "Fuzzy Holland". Some Hollands (such as his mother, Gracie), carry the fuzzy gene and, if both parents carry it (because it's a recessive gene), the baby can come out with fuzzy fur, or wool, rather then fur like the rest of his family. The babies at this age are drinking less and less of mom's milk. In fact, she has them almost completely weaned herself. They eat mom's food and hay and drink water. He's now six weeks old. From here on out, he really won't change much in looks. He's gone from "airplane ears" of week three to five to nice, lopping ears for the breed he is! What a beautiful boy! He's seven weeks old now. This week will be a busy one for him. He'll get reserved, weaned and then sold all in one week! His fur is still continuing to grow and getting crazier! This is the last picture I took with the little boy. He's 8 weeks old and ready for his new home. The day after this picture was taken, Mr. Freckles left to become a little house bunny for the Rodgers family and is renamed "E.B." from the movie Hop! He's spoiled and his family loves him so much! However, we'll always remember him and love him here, too!
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5/20/2020 07:57:49 am
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