Anyone raising dwarf rabbit breeds has experienced peanuts in their litters. They are generally easily identified at birth. Rarely do they live past a week. Sadly, they wither away.
About three weeks ago we had a jersey wooly peanut born. As is our custom we let life take its course. This time though things transpired a little different. Although we knew it would eventually die, it was still a joy to look at this tiny little baby as it developed.
It lived for three weeks. It was a pointed with fur. Fur usually never develops in a peanut. It was about 1/4 the size of its litter mates.
Earlier this week it was able to get out of the cage. I got up early to go into the office, and went to open up the barn for the day as I often do. I saw a small white animal on the ground outside of the barn. I hasitated and went to pick it up and realized it was the peanut. I thought for sure it would be dead. When I picked it up it was alive and I placed it back in the nestbox.
But as we already knew would happen, it finally lost its battle for life. It died on Friday morning. I’m glad we had taken a few pictures that we could share of this very cute little bunny.
Rob Usakowski
Three Little Ladies Rabbitry