Good morning, Olivia.

How are you doing today, my little friend?

It's time for us to take a walk over to the Bunny Hutch, and meet some of my bunnies!

This is Frank and Furter:

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And here is Columbia and Magenta:

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My bunnies' favorite time of day is dinner.

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Today, they are having crispy celery leaves, tender cabbage, juicy lettuce, and crunchy carrots.

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They also eat bunny pellets, made from alfalfa, and have special water bottles that hang on their house walls, and drip water ONLY when a bunny sips at the nozzle.

The bunnies have little wheels of salt, so they get all the minerals they need.

Plus, they get fresh grass to nibble on, and hay to romp in.

Olivia LOVES the babies!!! LOL Her grandma does too! I swear 'were hopping a flight one of these days!

um, NaeNae?

did Olivia want to see my REAL pig-pigs? or more of the Guinea pigs?

:D

Can I be a seatmate? :D I hate flying alone!

Um, yes, Carolina would like to see both! :D:p:D

okeydokey!

I'm headed out now to toss corn and cabbage, and pass out celery, carrots, and lettuce to my critters.

with luck, I'll be able to snap some pix!

:D

Kay,

I am fascinated with your pictures & captions! You have to be one awesome person because your descriptions are just filled with compassion for these lovely animals.

Can't wait for the next chapter. Watching your critters grow is really cool! :cool:

Thanks to Olivia for letting us enjoy this with her. :hug:

Good evening, Olivia!

Or, as we say down here in Belize: "Buenos tardes, senorita Olivia!"

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Here are my two pigs.

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Pigs are pretty boring... mostly, they just like to lay around, roll in the mud, and eat lots of food.

Pigs will eat almost everything, even kitchen scraps... and now you know why they're called PIGS !!

Because they're messy like pigs, and they eat like pigs!

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Next, I want to show you the Bunny House.

This kind of building in the rainforest is called a "Palapa"

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Palm fronds are tied together to make the palapa roof, and the poles that hold up the roof are called "bush sticks" - they're small tree trunks.

If you notice, there's no WALLS to the Bunny House, that's because it's hot here in the jungle, so this helps the bunnies keep cool, and they won't get WET when it rains.

My palapa is very fancy, it has a sink with running water, so I can refill their bottles, and even electricity, in case I have to go there at night, there's a light under the palm leaf roof.

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Here is one of my chickens, she's a Hyline Brown Hen, and she's sitting on a nest full of eggs. in 21 days the eggs will hatch, and we will have baby chickens!

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This is one of my guinea pigs... She's going to have babies soon.

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Here's a picture of Moe, standing in front of his mama Gwyn.

Little Connor is off to the side, and they're all eating corn and lettuce.

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As you can see, Moe has grown VERY fast (he is only five weeks old, but getting almost as big as his mom!)

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The last picture today is of my chickens having a WATERMELON party.

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Yum yum yummy yum! They just LOVE pecking that watermelon!

Here's how we built our Bunny House, last month:

We had three helpers come over, to teach us how things are done in the jungle.

We needed a cool spot for our animals, with shade, and protection from the rain.

Our neighbors Antonio Sr., his son Antonio Jr., and Señor Amelio built it in one day.

It was fascinating to watch them layering the fronds, and securing them to the bush-stick pole frame.

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The bush-stick frame is now in place.

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Here's Amelio sorting the fronds by size, for different parts of the roof.

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Antonio Jr. is helping his daddy, by passing up the next piece.

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Interior view, with Antonio Sr. attaching the palm fronds.

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Almost finished.... and then we'll all have some nice cold limonade!

thanks for sharing this, enjoy it for all its worth, I would give anything, to do what you are doing, :) I really enjoyed your home page kay wonderfully done.