Cage Photos!

Unfortunately there isn't much new in the "Adventures in Angora" world, so today we're having Show 'N Tell Time!!

The one new thing I have to report is that we will be meeting with a breeder over my Christmas vacation to see some rabbits. Woo hoo! The breeder raises English Angoras and they have three different animals that we may be interested in, so here's hoping! *crosses fingers*

On to Show 'N Tell: Pictures of our unassembled cages!

 The J-clip pliers that we got to assemble the cages, plus a little free advertising for the company.

 So  many J-clips!! These are used to hold the cages together.

 The cage sides, ceilings, and floors, still tied together. They're massive! (See the litter pan pic below.)

 The wheels for the bottom of the cages, along with a hand for size comparison.

 Me with the litter pans. Aren't they enormous!!!! These aren't cages, they're condos!

 Urine guards!! Oh how nice they will be.

 Piles of parts. The urine guards are in the back, legs are in the front, and I'm not even sure what the middle things are yet.

 These are the three big boxes that showed up at my house. They're in front of or on a twin bed, for size comparison.

 The feeders we bought. The bottoms are mesh so the "fines" (dust) from the feed can fall out.

Final pic: the kits that make water bottles out of 2-liter pop bottles. Nozzles, springs, and clips, Oh My!

Well, I know it's not as exciting to look at cage parts as it would be to look at bunnies, but they're coming soon, I promise!! We are still anxious to get this going, so let's hope that the breeder we're seeing later this month will have some promising critters for us!

Tip of the Week: This week's tip is more like trivia, I admit. I learned while reading one of my rabbit books that the kits (baby rabbits) only eat about once a day. Rabbits are notoriously bad mothers, and some more aggressive mothers will attack or eat their young. Breeders will actually remove the nest box from the cage and keep it elsewhere, bringing it back only to let the mother feed the bunnies. I also learned that rabbit mothers aren't particular about who they're feeding, so if you have an orphaned kit you can often foster it to another doe.