A Pregnant Rabbit, and Stomach Pains, Isaan Thailand.

Back on the 6th of June we saved a rabbit, well we accepted a rabbit from Noot’s village that wasn’t being looked after. It is called Panda as she is black and white.

And this is the old guy of the house, Cola. He is nearly four years old and had the run of the house until Panda came along.

At first Cola didn’t seem all that interested in Panda, but that changed with a little time. I had to start locking Panda in the cage that never gets used as she just wasn’t taking to the litter tray and it was driving me nuts. So she would be locked away overnight and parts of the day to try and help litter train her but it still hasn’t really worked.

Panda was skin and bones when she came to us. She was only feed the vegetable morning glory. She was never fed any pellets, hay or other vegetables. In the short time she has been with us she has really filled out.

I haven’t painted the rabbits’ room; I will do that hopefully many years down the track when they have lived long and happy lives. Panda is a little terror as she digs at the wall sometimes. And at the moment she is showing signs of nesting. It could be a phantom pregnancy but I doubt it. She has been piling up newspaper and old t-shirts I had on the floor behind the door. So she could be.

When a rabbit starts showing nesting activity she usually is very close to giving birth, some could be a few hours away or a couple of days. I never got to make a nesting box as I wasn’t planning on breeding rabbits but when you have a male and female rabbit it is bound to happen. Panda will be spayed after this litter for sure. Two rabbits are more than enough and raising litters and then finding families for them, good families would be too hard, I believe.

I have separated the rabbits now, too late I know. I have done this as if Panda does give birth; Cola could get her pregnant again straight away. I am not worried about Cola hurting her or the babies as he is the most placid rabbit. He lets nothing faze him at all. I actually think he doesn’t know he is a rabbit.

Panda was ripping Cola’s hair out for her nest, so I needed to separate them. She has plenty of t-shirts and paper for her nest and she can continue making her nest using them. We will know by the morning or next few days if it is a real pregnancy or a false one.

As I was taking the pictures, Nong Ja wandered in and insisted that I take her picture. Her she is striking a pose with a fish stick treat thing hanging out of her mouth.

Then she insisted on more pictures as she watched one of her favourite cartoons, Atomic Betty. And right now as I type she is watching the Addams Family, which she laughs and yells at. Uncle Fester just had a cake all over his head and the candles were still lit. Ja was saying in Thai, “blow out.”

And some needless information, while writing this blog I have been getting worse and worse pains in my stomach. A bit like when I had food poisoning back in December 2007, I ended up in hospital for 30hrs. Man I was crook. I had thought that I had food poisoning before but after experiencing the real thing I knew that the other times where just upset stomachs.

I have been stuck on the toilet in burst, last one a good 30 minutes and Miss Noot knocking every 10 minutes, checking I was okay. I have vomited everything I had in my stomach out, including the stuff that was meant to help settle my stomach down.

I have taken some more of that stuff and a few paracetamol and just hope I improve and it doesn’t get any worse. At the moment I feel cramps coming and going and on the edge of vomiting.

So, sorry to share that uninteresting information with you all and in the morning I hope to feel a lot better and maybe we will have some new family members.

Brunty

P.S Put orders in now if you would like a rabbit.....