Bottle Babies

There are actually TWO bottle babies.

Baby #1.

Turns out Rod hasn't been a big fan of

my "Q-tip" but is too sweet to tell me so.

Pearl (of the Trim Healthy Mamas) has waist

length BLACK hair, but now that she is nearing

50, she thought she should go with a softer color.

So she did, and cut a couple of inches off.

I thought it looked gorgeous, and she shared 

the brand of healthy hair color she used,

so I checked them out.

And then I showed it to Rod.

And he TOTALLY encouraged me to go for it.

So.....

Since I'm still not supposed to be using my arm,

I asked HIM (and Kyle in the peanut gallery)

to color my hair for me.

They got creative.

And then it was time to wait.....

I like it!

And more importantly, HE likes it!

Nobody at church even mentioned it.

Whatever.

(grin)

Meanwhile...

Bottle Baby #2.....

On Saturday while the guys were finishing

putting the wire fencing on the new garden

the dogs found a couple of baby rabbits.

One didn't survive.

The other they snatched from the jaws of death

and put into the rabbit hutch.

The plan was to put it back where Mom could

find it that night, but we forgot.

So...

We headed to Tractor Supply for a little bottle

and some kitten milk replacer.

We figure this little guy (gal?) is about 18 days 

old, which is how old they usually are when they

start leaving the nest and exploring...

Ignore my wrinkly face and focus on the cute

little bunny refusing the bottle.

After about 15 minutes he suddenly started

sucking for all he was worth!

And then he immediately fell sound asleep.

I got him out this morning for a repeat performance.

Without most of the struggling and trying to escape.

In fact when I opened the hutch, he ran right

into my hand. I think he might be lonely.

And chilly.

He fought the nipple for about 10 minutes

and then suddenly ate his fill

and back to sleep.

He/She is old enough to start eating solid food

so I'm going to pick up some pellet today

and put it out for him.

Still needs to nurse for a couple more weeks,

but by then he should be super tame.

We are going to keep this one and add some

more for our new breeding program.

We'll just pick up a couple of little ones

next month when Tractor Supply has them

on sale for Easter.

(Unless we can find a local breeder before then...)

Anyhow.

We now have TWO bottle babies!