My mother in law has just given her tearful goodbyes to Trelawnyd, after enjoying her first taste of a village fete. I told her to stay a few days longer but she has jobs in Broadstairs to do. She's an easy guest to have, and I shall miss her.
Suddenly everything has gone very quiet.
Well for a moment it went quiet.
I had just put a bleached loo brush to the bog bowl
When I heard the unmistakable sounds of strenuous sex coming from the open window
Doubting the neighbours had gone all rampant in the garden on a dull Tuesday morning
I walked outside to see Irene and Sylvia indulging in a loud, huffing bout of head butting and fighting
I need to think about finding a ram for them both for later in the year. Lambs need a daddy me thinks
Having a " man" around should calm their hormones down......perhaps.
Watching the bitchfight from the " luxury" of her new spacious accommodation, wild rabbit Mary seems to be a much happier bunny.
I know very little about rabbit care, but have been given a crash course in " fly strike" " the need for hay in order to keep teeth short" etc from local Bunny Expert Lesley, who kindly provided Mary with her new hutch.
Finally the ewe spat calmed down....and peace reigned again
And I am about to return to bleaching the bog
The cottage again seems just a little too quiet
What a nice hutch for Mary. The noise you heard outside at first was me with a fellow I picked up at a biker bar. We incited a riot among the ewes so you wouldn't know it was us.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
LOL!!
DeleteBiker bar?
DeleteAll too Cher for me!
I am Cher in real life. I just call myself Janie Junebug to fool people. Now you know. Don't tell anyone.
DeleteIt's dog fights here. Young Charlie (whose dislocated leg I had to manipulate back into place after the last spat) is hell bent on revenge against his Dad, Kizomba from next door.
ReplyDeleteI bet Mary's loving her new pad :-)
ReplyDeletenice butch! mary might need a little friend too.
ReplyDeleteI was told wild rabbits don't mix much ..is that true?
DeleteTrue. They will need to be neutered first... two girls getting along is very rare...
DeleteGreat she's survived though!
You might have to ask your vet about myxomatose en RHD vaccination. They can easily get it from flies that bite wild infected rabbits and it's a most horrible disease.
love
Els
Perhaps you could perform the ram function yourself? It would save a lot of bother. I understand, that you need to be wearing a pair of wellies so that you can slip the ewe's hind legs down there too. They tend to struggle a bit at first (so I am told!) but later they relax and when the job's done they roll over and smoke a Gitanes while you make the coffee.
ReplyDeleteYP
DeleteYOU GET WORSE
I don't doooo ladies
I heard a terrible sounding ruckus the other night and went outside to see two cats engaging in a fight to the death...craziness.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
ReplyDeleteEver heard hedgehogs at it? They make the most noise, you'd think they might not want to get noticed wouln't you?
Hope the bogs' clean and bright and sparkling!
Hedgehog sex?
DeleteToo many pricks
HA!
DeleteNever a dull moment! Mary is looking content in her palatial new home!
ReplyDeleteCareful....maybe just the calm before the next storm?
ReplyDeleteToo bloody right linda
DeleteKind of cruel to use the word bitch in the title and then start off by talking about your mother-in-law. You little devil!
ReplyDeleteDon't sit on the bleached bog again!!
ReplyDeleteOnce bitten ( or burnt) twice shy
DeleteNot too many dull moments around your place.
ReplyDeleteHope you find a ram soon. You will love having lambs.
ReplyDeleteAnother lady from the village used to keep soays
DeleteI have said if she gets a couple they can share irene and Sylvia's field...
Hey John, enjoy that peace and quiet while it lasts!!
ReplyDeleteI did today jimbo..... I watched the new Star Trek as a treat
DeleteMe too. I am positively gasping for a bit of a spat.
ReplyDeleteWhat I find unacceptable in rabbits how cute they are. Next time I need a roof over my head I shan't take to crime. I'll simply turn into Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter.
Think your technique how to clean a toilet needs refining.
U
Sing out if you want a row Ursula xx
DeleteMr Rooster didn't seem impressed at all!
ReplyDeleteDid I hear you say bleach and toilet in the same sentence?
ReplyDeleteTake care!
Hi John, just to let you know that hens get fly strike too. I have no doubt that you will attend to all of Mary's needs even putting on field entertainment for her to watch from the confines of her hutch.
ReplyDeleteRam time, oh man, just imagine that!
ReplyDeleteI've been bog cleaning too today - not easy when bleach is banned by the septic tank police.
ReplyDeleteAfter all that excitement John don't go and sit down on the newly bleached bog seat and burn your bum!
ReplyDeleteJo xx
That is a wonderful hutch.
ReplyDeleteQuiet seems the better.
Hope you have a wonderful evening, John!
Like Em, i don't use bleach because i, too, have a septic tank. I have used cleansers that have a little bleach in them, but most often i use soap. Vinegar or citric acid can disinfect, too, and is kinder to a septic tank than bleach.
ReplyDeleteMary looks very happy in her new digs. Hope you can find a ram for Irene and Sylvia.
That's the trouble with visitors and village fetes too - once they are gone the whole place seems dead - after the Lord Mayor's Show and all that. Comne to think of it, the saying fits well with the ewes being the fireworks.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, John, if you want lambs then you had better start looking for a daddy - the first rule of sex.
John, think you've just cottoned on to what Irene and Sylvia are trying to tell you.
ReplyDeleteJohn,
ReplyDeleteDo you have a friend who has a male you can borrow. This way your lambs will stop head butting each other?
I am looking for a ram.....as we speak!
DeleteI can never anticipate what I will be reading about when I pop in here!!
ReplyDeleteI love the way the chicken is just pecking around ignoring Irene and Sylvia fighting.
ReplyDeleteMary looks very happy.
cheers, parsnip
i'm a veteran of a few bunnies, one lost to dog attack at the grand age of ten, one to car , one to mixy....
ReplyDeletewe now have a pair of brothers who started out being housed together but had to be separated and after some vicious territorial fighting at adolescence, which resulted in eye surgery.
in summary: rabbits are trouble free if you have the right pair , desex and dont feel like you have to let them go walkies :)