August and Bear

Fire damage in the trees seen on the drive to Bend, OR.

At the end of November (2020), we made the beautiful four hour drive (one way) to Bend, OR to pick up our newest family members, two fluffy French Angora bucks. If you’ve been here for awhile, you have probably heard me ramble on and on about wanting to get started with Angora rabbits, and although we weren’t completely set up for them, I honestly just couldn’t wait any longer.

So without further ado, meet the newest members of our family, August and Bear.

August is the black self, and although he’s the smaller of the two, he’s definitely the sassy one. Bear is the chestnut (though don’t ask me anything about rabbit colors because I still know next to nothing) and he’s a bit more cautious and sweet. We really love them both, and would eventually like to get a doe or two, but we aren’t in any hurry.

This coming spring or summer, we plan to build a rabbitry either on our front porch or back deck (or both) to keep the rabbits outside, but also right near the house so we can easily bring them in for grooming and handling. As it stands, our front porch roof leaks badly, so we keep them in the house and only let them outside in their pens when it’s nice and dry, but they still get some supervised exercise in the house every day. I’ve really enjoyed having them in here with us, but they’re definitely a little stinky, being that they’re bucks, so it’ll be nice to get them out of the house and settled into their new homes once we reach that point.

If you’d like to see footage of all this and more, check out our latest vlog below. Enjoy!