Category Archives: Everyday Life

A typical day at Tru-Luv Rabbitry is nothing but sleeping. Every rabbit will get their ample sleep time which makes up the biggest part of their daily agenda. They have their free flow of Hay and sky juices.

In the evening, they get their daily servings of pellets and fresh vegetables every other day. Due to space constraint, they get their daily run on rotation.

I am still thinking about how to setup a neutral run so that everyone would have a chance to have a free range without too much hassle and work on my side. From what I observed previously, they do mark with loads of pellets and pee. Much research is needed on this and I shall be setting up their playpen once I get an idea on how to create a nice run for them indoors.

I have yet to allow Holly Hope having free range of the house as I still have loads of live wires lying around. Hope to get the house bunny proofed ASAP.

Have a great week ahead everyone!

Thinking back, I should have taken a video of the entire mating process. Yes, another mating session has taken place in Tru-Luv Rabbitry. This time, between Skor and Noobie. And I must say, this is the fastest mating ever!

Under 1 minute. Seriously, it is the fastest recorded time ever. Well, I did not exactly hold up a stop watch and take down the time but it was really fast.

Noobie was just in Skor’s cage for a good 5 minutes and I took her out. I’ll be expecting kits on 10th August 2008. I always count on Three Little Ladies Rabbitry’s breeding calculator to get a good date. They are expected to arrive on a Sunday!

I have chosen this date for mating because I wanted Noobie to kindle on a weekend when I am around to assist in case of emergency. For those new to breeding, this is called planned breeding.

It has been a really busy weekend and I am still waiting for them to come install the internet service. Need to get the phone line up first.

Anyhow, just want to share just one photo. Please bear with me on the quality of the photo as it was taken using the handphone.

I am very please with the entire setup.

Here’s BlueBerry and Skor:

I bought 2 shelving units earlier this afternoon to prepare for the move to our new place. I must say that it did not go as well as expected. It is mainly because firstly, the length of the shelving units were measured in millimeters and it was 1200mm. 1200mm is a little less than 48 inches and I thought it would be alright because my cages are barely 24 inches each when I measured them. Turned out, the length of the shelves cannot take two 24 inches cages! I need to improvise the length of the cages (by cutting of course). I will get that sorted out later.

Secondly, the Chloroplast sheet is exactly 4 feet (48 inches) and I do not have enough length to fold up the sides for it to work as pee guard. DARN! I went through it be trial and error and finally realize that I could use the wooden board that came with the shelving units as support for the Chloroplast sheets. I guess I need to find longer Chloroplast sheets then.

Overall, I would say that my first POC for a DIY rabbitry shelving unit with waste management FAILED badly!

Nonetheless, here are some photos:

A seasoned hobbyist of the Holland Lop or any other breed for the matter will tell you that every rabbit breed comes in different shapes, sizes and colors. When we say variety in rabbits, it mostly refers to the color of the rabbits in questioned.

But beyond the colors, I would also like to talk about behaviors. We all know that every individual rabbit have different behaviors and they are all unique. Some are nastier than another and some are sweet little creatures.

And looking beyond rabbits, we have their human counterparts. I have came across many rabbit owners that exhibit a wide range of behaviors. I believe breeders in US can also relate to my experience. More so when they have rabbit shows all around the country.

That is why, in our hobby, we must be aware and be vigilant on the tell tale signs of good and bad rabbit owners/breeders. I have my fair share of experience with ethical and unethical breeders. By experiencing all these hurdles I am able to identify a trustworthy and sincere rabbit owner/breeder from the opposites.

I just do not understand why sometimes certain people act the way they do. What is the point if you do not put in some passion to what you like doing? I believe to a certain point of time, most are raising their rabbits all for the wrong reasons. With this sort of attitude, I believe the hobby wouldn’t last very long.

I do pray and hope that all rabbit owners/breeders have better temperaments. If they do not, perhaps we should start culling and blame it on the genes.

Note: This must be the first time I posting in a sarcastic manner. Sorry for that as I just realized something that pisses me off big time.