Winter In The Barn


















In the cold, dark and dead of winter, very little happens in the Bunny Barn. A whole lot of feeding and bringing of fresh water while watching for problems with the cold takes up a chunk of each day. Since it takes longer to do even the most basic of chores, fewer chores get done, and the whole mind set around here is "endurance" while waiting for signs of spring.

We get the occasional sunny day (like today, or rather; this morning) and my thoughts tend towards cleaning or trimming faces/feet. But I am holding off removing full coats, even though 3 rabbits need to be shorn. The temps this weekend are expected to be 0*F and I will, instead, treat them AGAIN with Ivermectin to hold fur mites at bay. Fur mites LOVE thick, full coats, and seem to multiply wildly in this kind of weather.

It's even been hard to get some time to shoot pictures. The weather has been SO cold, my digital camera fogs up or won't work well. So, again, as time and temperatures allow, I will be posting pictures of the bunnies.