Watch out: Pounui weight watchers are tracking weights around here!
Collared, sexed (hopefully correctly) and weighed at 4 weeks old:
Red poss. female 640 g
Green poss.female 526 g
Black female 592 g
Yellow male 640 g
The babies seem to be weaned, they are now eating everything mum eats: fresh grass, hay, fresh vege scraps and pellets.
Mum might be due for another litter in a week, so I will have to move the babies to a separate hutch. Hope they won't miss mum too much.
Unfortunately their dad, Uno (the big white rabbit with the big snoz) died yesterday morning unexpectedly.
After doing a simple autopsy and posting the photos on forums, I'm relieved that he doesn't seem to have succumbed to an infectious disease. On the other hand, his condition ( possibly urinary calculi) is something I will have to bear in mind when raising more male big bunnies for breeding: they need obviously more exercise to keep everything moving and flowing properly. A shame he had to be the one to teach me that, but at least his kids seem to have inherited his pleasant character disposition, so I will see what will come of them.
TTFN
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