Late May and early June I welcomed two new rabbits to my rabbitry. The first rabbit is Arlo. His name was Bee when I got him and he has 'Bee' tattooed on the inside of his ear, but I think the name Arlo fits him well. He is a broken black otter Mini Rex buck, fully pedigreed. The second addition to my rabbitry is Ophelia. She is a blue tort English Lop doe.
She has nice, long ears, and she's a very sweet girl. She's a proven doe who comes from a great line. She is a nice, broad doe who will make a good breeder.
A few days after I adopted Ophelia I attempted to breed her with my English/Velveteen male, Phillip. He just turned 3 years old in June. He has never been bred and this far has just been a pet. My plan was to get him a girl and get into English lops.
He tried breeding her, and she was very patient with him, but he was more interested with licking her ears and even biting her ears than actually breeding her.
She got very frustrated with him.
After a few tries with long breaks in between, I decided to let little Arlo have a go at it. He was very enthusiastic about it, but with how small he is, he was unable to successfully breed her. It's been about a month since I bred them. I will be trying to get her a proven male soon, I would like to have a litter of English lops before the year is over, so I need to move fast, my window for breeding this year is closing, and I need to get my last litters in before fall.
Arlo was distracted by the other couple and lost interest in Gustava once he saw them. I had to put a divider between the cages so he could focus on his lady.
Once he was back in focus he did a fantastic job with her! Successfully bred her at least three times, which with breeding rabbits is the magic number! I believe he bred her successfully 5 times. He did a great job!
He's definitely a great male! I love his coloring, he's the first otter rabbit I've ever owned, and hopefully I will get lots of stunning otters out of him!
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