Well, here we are at day 37 and I can say that at long last I feel we are turning the corner and perhaps my 2 surviving kits will make it!

They have FINALLY started eating pellets well, figuring out what that bowl was in there for. They are drinking well from the water bottle and crock. In short, I believe they'll make it! In time, I hope their gut normalizes with beneficial bacterial taking over. Of the 2, the larger ones is doing better, having almost no bloat, although he does have a little of it occasionally (and the larger one is a buck). The smaller one is a female, and she often has bloat, but sometimes it goes down too.

They are still being given 1 feeding of diluted milk per day and I will continue this until about 8 weeks, just as their natural mother would have if she had lived. I have switched from milk replacement formula to goat's milk now, it seems to be closer to natural mother's milk. But goat's milk was not available to me until now. (My brother's goats just gave birth, so we have goat's milk now. )

I am continuing to give them Snapple as needed to keep their GI tract moving along,however I am trying to skip it sometimes too, so that they do not become dependent upon it. We all know how important it is to keep an angora's GI tract moving along naturally. I want it to be strong in case we have to deal with something like wool block later on in life.

In honor of their mother, Abby, the male is now named Abner, and the female is named Babs. I have a feeling I'm going to become very attached to these particular rabbits. Already, instead of running to the back of the cage, as most rabbits would, they come forward and welcome the attention. (Looking for milk,of course).When I sit down with them on the sofa, they crawl all over me, like they would have their mother. And when exploring, they rush back when something scares them

I will post more after I have declared them weaned