Aggieterpkatie-Pics of my new rabbit-Page 38 !!!!!

[aggieterpkatie]

Almost there! Amniotic sac is out..baby is in correct position, and felt big but I was only feeling with 2 fingers. Waiting for the hard contractions to start!

 

[big brown horse]

Wow! Wow! Wow! So exciting!

 

[big brown horse]

Now Aggie my dear, when you are at a stopping point (I know you are super busy right now), will you walk me through the steps you took before, during and after the birth of the lambs to be?

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Twins! Buck and doe! I've already picked their names. The doe is Ides of March (Ida) and the buck is Et Tu Brute (Brutus). I'm so happy she actually kidded today.

I'm getting ready to upload pics...hopefully I'll stay awake enough to post them tonight!

 

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Yippee!!!!

 

[big brown horse]

YEA!! Congratulations!!!!

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Here they are! (oh yeah, they're kids )

BBH, it was pretty textbook. I noticed June had bagged up more when I fed this afternoon, and got the feeling she was going to be kidding soon (either tonight or tomorrow). I went out around 7 to bring her into the barn, and I noticed she had a good amount of discharge. Around 8:00 she had the amniotic bubble hanging out, but she didn't really push much until around 9. I felt with a finger or two to make sure the kid was in the right position, and I felt big hooves and a nose. She really started pushing good around 9:30, and after about 15 minutes I went ahead and helped her. I pulled the kid out past his head, and she did the rest. I cleaned him up and brought him inside, and she started cleaning up the fluids. Then I came back out and she pushed and I saw hooves. Then she pushed a few more times and out popped the doe kid! She had a much easier time with the doeling because she was smaller (and second). Then I gave June some warm molasses water and fed her hay and milked her out, then fed the babies (frozen colostrum, June is CAE positive). Now they're all resting comfortably. I'm going to go check on June again before bed. I can't wait until *I'm* resting comfortably.

 

[big brown horse]

Thank you so much!

Will June be sad w/o her babies? Reason I'm asking is b/c I have a very wild ewe (once used for sheep dog training) and I thought about just taking the lambs and bottle feeding them to tame them. Having a wild ewe is really hard. Now that Dolly is gone she is even more out of control. (She would follow sweet Dolly anywhere so which made her easier to catch.)

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Elmer loves them.

Video here.

 

[big brown horse]

OMG they are so stinking cute!!!!!