Surprise!!
Tijdens de vakantie van mijn broer en zijn gezin, past mijn vader op hun 2 jonge konijnen. Dat zou zo'n 5 weken gaan duren en dat vond mijn vader eigenlijk best een hele opgave. Toen ze er nog maar een paar dagen waren, ontdekte mijn vader dat het niet twee voedstertjes waren!! Zo had mijn broer ze wel gekocht en ze zaten ook samen in 1 hok!! Mijn vader belde mijn broer, maar die wilde het eigenlijk niet geloven. "Moet er niet eerst een dierenarts naar kijken, Pa?" vroegen ze wantrouwend. Ik heb snel via internet een ander hok erbij geregeld en zelf ook de twee konijntjes bekeken. Mijn hemel, ik heb nog nooit zo'n zwaargeschapen konijn gezien!:-) Geen twijfel mogelijk dus! Vanaf dat moment heb ik mijn vader geholpen met het wekelijks verschonen van de beide hokken (mijn vader kwakkelt wat met zijn gezondheid) en samen hielden we de twee konijntjes nauwlettend in de gaten. Mijn vader zag een paar dagen geleden, dat het voedstertje wat aan het sjouwen was met stro en ik had al gevoeld dat haar tepeltjes groter werden. Zouden we dan toch te laat geweest zijn, met het ontdekken van het rammetje? Vanmorgen wilde mijn vader de konijnen eten geven, opende het hok en zag tot zijn toch nog grote verrassing dat er babykonijntjes geboren waren! Natuurlijk zijn wij direct gaan kijken en heb ik gecheckt hoeveel konijntjes het zijn en of ze allemaal leven. Het zijn er 5!! Vier ervan zijn wit, zoals de moeder en 1 is blauwgrijs, zoals de vader. Ze waren behoorlijk aan het woelen en piepten om melk. Het is geweldig om dit te zien! Hopelijk gaat het goed en zorgt het voedstertje goed voor haar kleintjes. Ze is zelf nog maar 6 maanden, dus nog veel te jong. Eigenlijk zouden de konijnen over een weekje weer opgehaald worden door mijn broer, maar door deze leuke verrassing blijven moederkonijn en haar kleintjes nog een paar weekjes langer! En mijn vader? Die vindt het nu ontzettend leuk!
During my brother and his family's holiday, my father takes care of their two young rabbits. That would last about 5 weeks and for my father was that a bit of an effort. When they were at my father's house for just a few days, he found out that one of the rabbits wasn't a female! My brother bought the rabbits as 2 females and they sat together in a hutch!! My father called my brother, but he wouldn't believe it. "Shouldn't the vet look first, dad?" he asked distrustful. I arranged another hutch through the internet and I examined the rabbits too. Heavens, I've never seen a more heavely-armed male-rabbit!:-) No doubt about his sex! From that moment I helped my father with taking care of the rabbits, cleaning the hutches every week (my father has healthproblems) and together we kept a close eye on them. A few days ago, my father saw the female rabbit building a nest and I already had felt her teats had grown. Were we too late with discovering the male rabbit? This morning my father opened the hutch to feed her and he saw there were baby rabbits born! Ofcourse we went for a visit immediately and I checkes how many baby's she got and if they were alive. There are 5 of them!! Four are white, like the mother and 1 is bluegray, like the father. The baby's were very lively and screamed for milk. So great to watch! Hopefully it 'll go well and the mother will take care of her baby's. After all, she only 6 months old herself. My brother was supposed to collect the rabbits in a week, but because of this nice surprise the mother and her baby's have to stay a few weeks longer! And my father? He likes it a lot!
De eerste dag/the first day:
Paps en mams in hun hokken/Mummy and daddy in their hutches:
During my brother and his family's holiday, my father takes care of their two young rabbits. That would last about 5 weeks and for my father was that a bit of an effort. When they were at my father's house for just a few days, he found out that one of the rabbits wasn't a female! My brother bought the rabbits as 2 females and they sat together in a hutch!! My father called my brother, but he wouldn't believe it. "Shouldn't the vet look first, dad?" he asked distrustful. I arranged another hutch through the internet and I examined the rabbits too. Heavens, I've never seen a more heavely-armed male-rabbit!:-) No doubt about his sex! From that moment I helped my father with taking care of the rabbits, cleaning the hutches every week (my father has healthproblems) and together we kept a close eye on them. A few days ago, my father saw the female rabbit building a nest and I already had felt her teats had grown. Were we too late with discovering the male rabbit? This morning my father opened the hutch to feed her and he saw there were baby rabbits born! Ofcourse we went for a visit immediately and I checkes how many baby's she got and if they were alive. There are 5 of them!! Four are white, like the mother and 1 is bluegray, like the father. The baby's were very lively and screamed for milk. So great to watch! Hopefully it 'll go well and the mother will take care of her baby's. After all, she only 6 months old herself. My brother was supposed to collect the rabbits in a week, but because of this nice surprise the mother and her baby's have to stay a few weeks longer! And my father? He likes it a lot!
De eerste dag/the first day:
Paps en mams in hun hokken/Mummy and daddy in their hutches:
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