Daily Archives: September 13, 2008

by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | September 13, 2008 · 4:04 pm

Chilling with BlueBerry

I realized today (took a little long to realize) that little has been written about BlueBerry. So what can I say about BlueBerry? To be very honest, the first time I saw BlueBerry, I was a little shocked to see her body length. Her mid section is a little too long for my fancy but her last litter of kits with Skor really proved to me that body length can be shorten. BlueBerry has got the most massive head among all the rabbits I have but she did not contribute this trait to her kits this time around.

What I hope to get from her in the future is throwing her massive head on top of Skor’s short ears and body. BlueBerry will be my hope for Blue Holland Lops in Malaysia. I hope to get a show quality solid blue from her next.

Cecal?

Rabbits have a lot in common with men because there is a saying that goes, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. The same goes with rabbit. The way to a healthy rabbit is through a healthy digestive system.

Do you know that rabbits reingest their droppings? Yes, it means they eat their own poop! Don’t feel disgusted just yet. They do this for a good reason. But before you let your imagination run wild, I must mention that they do not normally reingest those big round hard droppings.

Re ingestion normally happens during dawn and dusk. Those that they re ingest are called caecal/cecal/cecotropes/caecotrophes. These pellets are also known as “night faeces”.

Now, why do they re ingest the cecals?

To cut the long story short, reingestion is part of a rabbit’s digestive system and they do it because there are certain elements or nutrients in their diet that could not be “processed” or absorbed fully. The cecal pellets are filled with extra nutrients and therefore, reingesting these would help them strike a balance in their diet.

So how does cecal pellets look like? If I really need to describe without any real cecal to show as an example, I would show those interested this picture:

What’s this?!

Take another look:

Yes! These are PAPAYA seeds. Don’t they look like CECALS?

LOL!!! Bet I gotcha there!

Actually papaya is known to provide good enzyme for rabbits and although unproven, it is said to help lower the risk of fur blockage.

Saturdays are normally papaya day for everyone at Meadow Haven!

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | September 13, 2008 · 12:01 am

The Brother & Sister Team Of Havoc

Luna and Eclipse has since grown up quite a bit and as usual, I decided to let them out for a little run today.

I love their color! They are light blue in color. Really amazing! When I snap a photo of them against a white background, they seemed to be a little blur but that’s just their color playing tricks on the camera.

They run all over the place and I could see them binky non stop!

After a while, they got tired and cuddled each other: