Nine Days old.

Wednesday, April 20th.

The first of our little baby bunnies has started to open his/her eyes. it is startling to see, as we have become so used to them with their eyes closed.  A few others have a bit more definition where their eyes will eventually open.

When I went to have my morning peek at them (I no longer check their tummies, as it is quite obvious Mom is feeding them), I discovered that one of the kits was out of the nest and laying on the cage floor. As the "nest" is actually a (bought new and never used) litter box with quite high sides, I wondered if perhaps the kit was still attached to Mom (feeding) when she decided she was done and jumped out of the nest box. It seemed unharmed, and when I placed it back in the nest, it cuddled up to the others and went back to sleep.

Momma bunny (Cuddles) definitely has an appetite now. She is going through her pellets, greens, oatmeal and water very quickly. We have also noticed that she is feeding the kits a lot more than once or twice a day as well. She still does not seem to go through her hay very quickly, so I am wondering if it is the brand of hay. Perhaps, it is not to her liking.

The kits are certainly becoming more adventurous and take any opportunity to wander around a bit. Their legs are getting stronger, so they wobble much less than before. They do not hop yet, but do have a staggering walk.

I had to give Sugar (the Dad) some pain medication this morning (one dose each day for four days following his neutering surgery) by syringe. I was told to just place the syringe inside his cheek where  there is a space. Sounds easy enough, right? WRONG! I will never complain about giving medication to a toddler or preschooler ever again. That is an absolute walk in the park compared to trying to get medicine into a rabbit's cheek. I did finally succeed in holding him in one hand and getting the syringe into his mouth with the other hand. He pulled his head back and around, so some of the medicine missed, but I believe that he got most of it anyway. He was licking away at his mouth and surrounding fur, so hopefully, he got whatever I missed.

Both Momma and babies seemed to be in very accommodating and affectionate moods, so we did a mini "photo shoot" today and took lots of photos. I hope that you will enjoy them!